There are already queues of lorries outside the Port of Dover. The port’s boss and MPs explained to ITV News’ Joel Hills why post-Brexit rules mean queues near the EU border are about to get longer.
Majority think the EU Trade deal with UK has pushed up costs, increased paperwork and delays, and put the UK at a competitive disadvantage. New research carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce of more than 1,000 businesses has highlighted a host of issues with the UK’s trade deal with Europe. The BCC believes urgent steps should be taken to address these problems…
From an EU perspective having ceased to be a Member the UK is now considered as a ‘Third Country’ and thus treated as any other Third Country. Consequently UK Passports now need to have six months remaining before the expiry date on arrival in the EU and one month remaining after the scheduled departure date….
False equivalence Over the years there have been a series of occurrences of False equivalence in BBC news programmes, where Ofcom has had to correct the BBC. The existence of Climate change being a notable one, where climate scientists were set against those with no knowledge of the subject. BBC Complaint handling The BBC’s failure…
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,…
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…
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…