Brexit "freedoms"

This morning, both the Express and Mail report thatJOhnson and his Government are going to accelerate the positives of Brexit by slashing more EU red tape, and that "The EU can't hold us back".

Thing is, we can indeed slash EU red tape, but there will be duble the regulatory costs from those UK businesses that trade at home and with the EU, as any good shipped to the EU must be compliant, and as divergance accelerates, unless this is only more red meat for the ERG and Blue Rinse Brigade, this will cause even long queues at ports for goods as the EU checks and checks again for compliance.

This is madness, and the opposite what business and industry wants. They want allignment so they can trade freely and without added costs. This will increase delays, increase costs, reduce UK competitiveness, reduce employment, increse prices and generally make the country poorer.

II suspect what the Government really will do is reduce more persnala and working rights for UK workers here, making us work longer hours for less money and not be able to do anything about it.

Sounds very much like the 1970s to me, when prior to 1973, the UK was known as the "sick man of Europe".

Hmmmm

Meanwhile, last night, delays at the Inland Border Facility in Ashford now reached more than 24 hours, meaning, one suspects they are running out of room for lorries and drivers waiting for clearance, which is why the M20 is being prepped for Operation Brock.

Update:

It seems the Brexit freedoms much trumpeted is the Primary legislation which keeps retained EU law (REUL) on the UK statute, and which should require Parliamentary approval to remove them, the Governent is proposing to allow Ministers to sidestep Parliament and remove these at will.

So much for restoring sovereignty to Parliament.

Update 2:As of 12:00 today, average time spent in the Inland Border Facility is now 42 hours.