A ban on bringing meat and cheese home from Europe is said to be designed to protect British livestock, but is another reminder of the bureaucratic botheration hamstringing the economy since Brexit, says Adam Boulton.

I found this interesting. It’s mainly about how Brexit has introduced extra red tape when dealing with Europe. The article says how the EU is the UK’s largest trading partner, with the value of trade being over double that of the next largest trading partner: the USA.

Here are some quotes:

The days of freedom of movement for people, goods, and services between the UK and its neighbours are long gone.

The British economy has lost out and British citizens and businesses suffer from greater bureaucratic botheration.

Nor has immigration into the UK gone down since leaving the EU. The numbers have actually gone up, with people from Commonwealth countries, including India, Pakistan and Nigeria, more than compensating for EU citizens who used to come and go.

  • FarceOfWill@infosec.pub
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    24 days ago

    I really think you’ve misunderstood the nature and benefits of “investment in London”.

    You can point at crossrail and endless tower blocks as in estment, but these largely cater to a commuter class of stockbrokers from outside London. In the shires.

    You seem aware of this, perhaps you’re not aware of the poverty figures for parts of London are genuinely shocking, even compared to other poor parts of the country, largely due to housing costs.

    By accepting the media framing of this group , exploiting londoners for their own benefit, as “London” you are hurting our cause. Providing opportunity and ending squalor across the UK needs a focus on the people not how close they are to those benefiting.