Brexit

Brexit continues, still with denails from the Government about its effects on business.

But, Liz Truss has said she wants to see the border checks as detailed in the WA, NIP and TCA done away with; does this means she is disowning the deal the PM negotiated?

SMEs have all but given up on exporting, due to the complexity of the process. Its time consuming and therefore, costly. It is putting up barriers to trade with our closest customers.

No trade agreement, free or not, with Australia will replace the the amount lost with the EU, and in the scramble to get a deal, any deal, farmers will be thrown under the big red bus.

But Boris promised.....

Indeed.

Things have settled down in Kent; the lorry park on the M20 is gone and the facility in Ashford is up and running, though the one in Dover is still mostly green fields, and when I went past on Thursday no work was going on. Traffic levels into Kent across the Channel is high, but that is because there are no incoming customs checks as of yet. So shops are well stcked and many are still furloughed, so life goes on.

But a report this week showed that many exporters are chosing to pay tariffs rather than plough through the lengthy paperwork and Rules of Origin (RoO) requirements to qualify.

Such reuirements were know, but brished aside to get a day, any deal with the EU.

Such actions have concequences.