The fall and decline

Most of the way through the four and a half years it took for Brexit to fnally happen, forecasts were of driving off a cliff and there being food shortages within days and riots soon after. At least that seemed a possibility.

But due to business pulling orders and deliveries forward, the first week and a day of full Brexit have been quiet, COVID has taken almost all the headlines, but there has been bad news, if you look for it, even if Ministers would like to say otherwise.

There is food. More than the adequate food promised. But there are gaps on the shelves, mainly fruit and vegetables. More and more pictures are being shared online of the empty racks where there should be stock. For now there is other stuff, so we are all coping and there is little packing. But soon the stock of other fresh produce that was imported at the end of last year will run out, and then we shall see.

It was nice of that chap Michael Gove to admit that there would be more queues at ports because of red tape, the red tape he as leading memember of Vote Leave said Brexit would avoid. Could it be he was lying or just did not understand the implications of Brexit? Maybe one day we will get answers.

We have food. We bought some frozen vegetables back in Novemeber to go in our new freezer. And we have tinned tomatoes, pasta and rice. We shall survive. But we shouldn't have needed to just survive.

On Monday, €6 billion in European share trading switched from london to mainland Europe, it was expected, but when suggested this would happen it was shouted down as project fear.

It seems many small and medium sized companies will just gove up importing and exporting, as it is just too difficult. It will cut down on queues at Dover, obviously, but will do little good for the ecnomy or jobs.

The next few weeks will be tough, grim even, just as well there's not a pandemic out of control in the country then to cope with at the same time.

Oh.

So, the table is set, what will happen now is unstoppable. THe pieces in place, plans, for what they are, are made and now we hope for the best.

Oh and JRM has denied the Commons time to scrutinise the Deal wth the EU. So much taking back control, but then MPs did vote away their right to scrutinise. Turkeys and Christmas springs to mind