Wednesday 26 June 2019

Whatever happens, Brexit has failed.

If the potential new PM, Boris de Piffel Johnson forces through a no deal Brexit either through fair means or foul, Brexit has failed.

What I mean is, the Brexit that was promised, written on the side of a bus, the one that the Brexiteers spun, will not happen.

Far from the UK having a deal with the same benefits as being members, the country will be poorer, industry ravaged, and the public purse much reduced, causing the Government and local authorities to make even harder choices about what to cut.

But Johnson also promised billion in tax cuts, tax cuts fro those earning between £40 and £80 k a year. Where is that funding coming from?

The Brexit we will get will have hard borders in Ireland and between Dover and Calais, this is a matter of fact and following WTO rules, the same WTO rules the Brexiteers now tell us will protect is from the very same hard borders for up to, and even beyond, ten years.

When the UK leaves the EU, and if there is no WA in place, to the EU, the UK will be a third country, and under most favoured nation regulations will have to treat the UK as all other third countries, or if the EU were to grant dispensation to the UK, then it would have to apply that to all third countries.

If no deal brexit only affected trade then that would be bad enough, as even a FTA would not cover services, and the UK having a service based economy, this will still be a disaster. No, no deal affects almost every aspect of life in the UK, and not in a good way. But that is being ignored, just not spoken about. Hoping that it will be alright on the night isn't going to work.

Assurances by Johnson that the UK is ready for no deal won't change the fact the country has wound down it's no deal planning since April 10th, and ramping that up will take the best part of the year, as officials have moved on, been promoted, and their replacements will have to get to grips with what to do. Medicines and fuel and food will have to be stockpiled, if there is space of it can be stockpiled. If there is a run on the pound, then all fuel prices will go up, as fuel is priced in dollars.

And Johnson, let us not forget spunked £80 million on a garden bridge that wasn't built, bought water cannon that could not be used, built a cable car that is heavily underused, closed down police and fire stations, increased homelessness despite promising to do the opposite, and yet the country is supposed to trust him with the country?

So, while the Conservative Party drives the country towards no deal Brexit, remember politicians after this will be defined by being for or against Brexit, many will see their careers destroyed, which is no bad thing, but again many are getting their excuses in early, blaming the EU for their own lack of planning and incompetence. Yes, I'm pointing the finger at you, Raab.

The continued lies over problems that just aren't there continues, with in the Torygraph this morning, Johnson claiming to "restore faith in UK borders". I mean, I travel most weeks through the UK border, and I am stopped every time, my passport scanned and verified. There really is no issue with the UK border. The same is true for EU citizens, their passports are scanned too. Because people believe that something is true, doesn't make it true.

Johnson also favours a points based immigration system, to stop the flow on unskilled EU citizens, and yet it is this flow that farming, the NHS and service industries rely on. Another problem people believe exists that doesn't.

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