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Brexit is Done

Journal by turgid

Brexit finally got done at 23:00 GMT on 31st December 2020 when the UK's Withdrawal Agreement with the EU finally expired. A "trade deal" between the UK and EU was agreed on 24th December. The Alt-Wrong finally got their prize of freedom, democracy and British sovereignty.

What did they actually win? Chaos at the ports, thousands of tonnes of fish that can't be sold, tariffs, duties, and all sorts of things which were once Project Fear and the undemocratic, treasonous lies of the Liberal Metropolitan Elite, Socialists, Marxists, quislings, traitors, lefties and people who hate their country. Socialism, Marxism, EUSSR, Venezuela, toilet paper!

We are on the third week of this glorious new future of sunlit uplands with no downsides, only upsides with much more to look forward to. And Donald Trump is going to give us a fantastic trade deal with the USA straight away.

Over at the Guardian, Polly Toynbee has an excellent summary entitled Brexiters are waking up to the damage they've done.

As Brexiters turn on each other, Brexit politics move fast. Until now the Tories planned to move on, only reviving “Brexit done” triumphalism to re-arouse the captured red wall at the election: Labour just wanted to bury the whole issue.

The Westminster system has failed us (the UK). We are now looking at Irish Reunification and Scottish Independence. Gibraltar has already got its own deal where it gets to join Schengen.

We have Taken Back Control(TM).

 

Reply to: Immediate oopsies

    (Score: 4, Informative) by c0lo on Tuesday January 19 2021, @12:49AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 19 2021, @12:49AM (#1102195)

    Shellfish rotting in lorries [yahoo.com]

    Scottish fishermen have been unable to export stocks to Europe after the Brexit transition period ended on 31 December due to the introduction of catch certificates, health checks and customs declarations. These have all added to delays to the delivery times meaning European buyers have rejected their stock.

    The hold-ups have seen boats stuck at sea with no one able to buy their catch. There were complaints of shellfish rotting in ports due to lorry pile-ups, which has meant the stock had to be thrown away.

    Not enough ports to service local fishermen in North Ireland [highlandradio.com]

    Germany's DB Schenker suspends deliveries from EU to UK [ft.com]

    German logistics group DB Schenker on Wednesday became the latest major parcels operator to suspend cross-border delivery services because of new red tape and customs paperwork imposed by Brexit.

    In a note issued to customers the company said it was suspending shipments from the EU to the UK blaming the “enormous bureaucratic regulations” created by the post-Brexit trading arrangements that had left recipients in the UK unable to handle shipments in a “legally compliant manner”.
    ...
    The suspensions came as it emerged that the UK government is proposing to fast-track empty supermarket food lorries returning to Europe to restock, as concerns mount in Whitehall that post-Brexit port disruption threatened supermarket supply shortages.

    EU firms suspend deliveries to the UK over "ludicrous" new Brexit tax rules [mirror.co.uk]

    New tax rules from this week mean VAT is now collected at the point of sale rather than at the point of importation, a change that HMRC says will ensure that goods from EU and non-EU countries are treated in the same way

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