Friday

It seems Brexit is not going well.

As expected.

By some of us.

In the past week, the EU is stopping imports of shellfish from all third countries where water level is outside EU specifications. Most UK waters will fall, er foul, of this. Meaning that there is to be a permanent ban on exports of UK shellfish to the EU. This would not have applied if the UK was still a member state, but we left.

The (EU) shellfish ban will collapse UK businesses “entirely and permanently”.

Well.

So.

DFDS are turning away business as ports are full of vehicles and goods without the correct paperwork.

Meanwhile, Michael Gove has said independence for Scotland would cost the country (Scotland) more than Brexit. Is this the same Brexit that was supposed to have no downsides, which would deliver us a better deal than being a member state, something written on the side of a bus? And something which the Government may or may not have done or refused to release impact assessments that may or may not exist?

The brass bollocks of that one!

Former top government lawyer Sir Jonathan Jones warned the Government in December that there would be a hard border in the Irish Sea, and was ignored. Apparently.

And.

UK-EU border delays led to time-sensitive cancer drugs being delayed & destroyed. Just as I predicted it would.

Sigh.

Meanwhile, the BBC is reporting that: “Govt sources confirm the hotel quarantine scheme for Brits returning from coronavirus hotspots will come into force on 15th Feb”

Some 330 days after Taiwan. UK has had 110250 deaths, and Taiwan has had 8 (eight). Taiwan has a smaller population, but has higher population density and is much poorer. Yet has done so much better.