Brexit: Things Can Only Get Worse, with Jonty Bloom

A North Herts for Europe presentation A Zoom webinar with Jonty Bloom, formerly BBC business and economics correspondent, now freelance journalist and blogger. His blog, Jonty’s Jottings, can be found on https://jonty.substack.com/. He worked in the City before becoming a journalist. Jonty presents a 40-minute review of the ways in which Brexit will impact the…

Government Brexit Worst Case Predictions Now Coming True

Operation Yellowhammer In 2019 the Government produced Brexit Worst Case Predictions for a No deal Brexit ‘Reasonable Worst Case Scenario’ for internal use only called ‘Operation Yellowhammer‘. This was leaked to the Sunday Times and the Institute for Government produced a summary. No Preparation The Government chose to produce a ‘Hard Brexit’ with no preparation,…

Brexit: Things Can Only Get Worse, with Jonty Bloom

A North Herts for Europe presentation A Zoom webinar with Jonty Bloom, formerly BBC business and economics correspondent, now freelance journalist and blogger. His blog, Jonty’s Jottings, can be found on https://jonty.substack.com/. He worked in the City before becoming a journalist. Jonty presents a 40 minute review of the ways in which Brexit will impact…

Priti Patel is deporting EU citizens who applied for Settled Status. We must stop them!

It is just over one month since the government’s deadline for applying to the EU Settled Status Scheme passed – and EU citizens are already paying the price. Deporting EU citizens In just the last week: It emerged tens of thousands of elderly and vulnerable people are at risk because they didn’t manage to apply…

Concern that Ports won’t be ready for Brexit Import checks!

Ports won’t be ready for Brexit Import checks at current rate of progress “From Oct. 1 new documentary checks come in and Jan. 1 is the date for the start of the full checks regime. That’s documentary with ID and physical checks at the new border control posts which haven’t opened yet, they are not…

Truck driver shortage 2021 solved by making roads more dangerous

Brexiters couldn’t answer the question “Which EU laws do you want to repeal?” They’ve finally found the answer: Further soften the limit on the hours that HGV drivers work. Tired drivers = more dangerous roads! See video for more information The truck driver shortage 2021 The haulage industry problems are impacting on food and other…

EU Citizen Settled Status and denial of offline proof

Deadline of 30th June 2021 for EU Citizens to apply for settled status The government has set (and recently confirmed) a deadline of 30th June 2021 for EU Citizens resident in the UK to apply for EU Citizen settled status. This requirement supersedes any previous granting of indefinite leave to remain from the days of…