Suella Braverman is being completely ludicrous and accidentally hilarious at the moment.
I see Daniel Kawczynski was out regurgitating McVeyâs Euro nonsense earlier today. He really does find it a challenge to speak for more than a few seconds without promulgating some lie or other.
Nicky Morgan on the mushrooms. Again.
How many Liberals can you fit in a Bath?
All of them
I was never for a moment convinced sheâd had some sort of Damascene conversion to sense. As batshit as ever.
The bald bloke in the scarf - gammon personified!
The bloke from the LBC who reckoned that Brexit went wrong when May stopped listening to David Davis and started listening to Ollie Robbins? Feckinâ mentalistâŚ
These people really have nothing to fear from decapitation
Got to love American right wing bloggers
So these proposals on âNo Dealâ Tariffs. Increasing the range of products subject to 0% tariffs is really going to help secure those precious trade deals weâve been promised, not to mention the damage itâll do to domestic manufacture or production in multiple business sectors.
The party of business. Fuck business (as Boris would say)
So the âno dealâ NI plan is essentially carry on as is. The EU wouldnât accept this as part of a deal but will make it work as part of a âno dealâ.
The government also announced that it will not introduce any new checks or controls, or require customs declarations for nearly all goods moving from across the border from Ireland to Northern Ireland in the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
The decision to drop all checks to avoid friction at the UKâs land border with the EU will be temporary while longer term solutions are negotiated and was taken to recognise what the government described as "the unique social political and economic circumstances of Northern Ireland.
The government said tariffs will be payable on goods moving from the EU into the rest of the UK via Northern Ireland.
It will mean a lot of cheaper goods from RofW for an undefined interim period, with protection for farmers, car manufacturers and ceramics apparently. However, farming produce from the EU will be subject to the tariffs, so some food prices will increase.
But since there wonât be anyone at the NI border to check, these tariff payments will presumably be made on an âhonesty boxâ basis. I wonder if the UK govt will ask at least the largest retailers whether theyâve had shipments come in over the border, and from whom, and if they find those suppliers havenât paid will send them an invoice ?
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I gather thereâll be BMW & VW dealers in ROI rubbing their hands together.
I imagine so. The BBC says
Imports of cars from the EU will have a tariff of 10.6% applied, which would add ÂŁ1,500 to a typical family car. Volkswagen has already said the cost would be passed on to the buyer.
But if you can just drive them across the NI border tariff-free and back across the Irish Sea on the ferry then I guess a few scallywags just might.
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