Brexit - Teething problems
From The Guardian in the past few days in mid Feb 2021. I am sure I do not need to comment, these speak for themselves.
Opinion on Brexit by Observer columnist Nick Cohen
In the fairytale land of Brexit, we’re trading with the world. It’s a fantasy
Half of UK exporters to EU are having Brexit difficulties, survey finds
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said that 49% of UK-based exporters in a survey of 470 firms had suffered problems with post-Brexit arrangements since the start of the year, as companies struggled to adapt and faced higher costs due to extra border checks and paperwork.
Brexit: as half its sales are wiped out, silk firm joins exodus to Europe
Mike Bennett runs a small firm called Bennett Silks in Stockport, Greater Manchester, which has been in his family since his great-grandfather set it up in 1904.
“Our only chance to retain EU business is to create a distribution centre in France,” he said. This, unfortunately, will have the effect of taking jobs and economic activity away from north-west England.
“To turn our backs on the world’s largest trading bloc, which is on our doorstep, in favour of trying to create trade deals with countries that couldn’t be further away, and have much smaller economies, is total stupidity and beyond comprehension,” he says.
“Britain used to be great but no longer,” he says, blaming Tory politicians at the top of government. “To adapt a phrase from our most famous leader, ‘Never in the field of British business has so much been destroyed for so many, by so few.’”
