There is zero chance of this government changing course. The EU embodies everything that is right and progressive as far as Labour is concerned; the enviable oficiousness, the jobsworthness, the relentless, teasing interference with business, the religion of the climate EMERGENCY, the eager drive towards the 'great replacement', the Office-of-Circumlocution maze, and vastness, of the bureaucracy. This is the stuff of Labour's dreams. We have to hope we can get them out, but, so far, and distressingly, there is no hope to speak of.
In a recent podcast, Jacob Rees-Mogg made the point that the actual benefit, in terms of increased exports to the EU of SPS-affected products would be relatively small, if you take out re-exports, which do not greatly benefit the UK. I suspect that this initiative is being pushed by the Treasury, in the misguided expectation that this will have a major impact on our Trade Balance. I suggest the IEA might like to explore the actual figures here, to strengthen the case that needs to be made against this absurd concept of "regulatory alignment."
There is zero chance of this government changing course. The EU embodies everything that is right and progressive as far as Labour is concerned; the enviable oficiousness, the jobsworthness, the relentless, teasing interference with business, the religion of the climate EMERGENCY, the eager drive towards the 'great replacement', the Office-of-Circumlocution maze, and vastness, of the bureaucracy. This is the stuff of Labour's dreams. We have to hope we can get them out, but, so far, and distressingly, there is no hope to speak of.
How many French regretted giving Pétain full power? Giving the EU full power over a range of matters will certainly be regretted in time.
In a recent podcast, Jacob Rees-Mogg made the point that the actual benefit, in terms of increased exports to the EU of SPS-affected products would be relatively small, if you take out re-exports, which do not greatly benefit the UK. I suspect that this initiative is being pushed by the Treasury, in the misguided expectation that this will have a major impact on our Trade Balance. I suggest the IEA might like to explore the actual figures here, to strengthen the case that needs to be made against this absurd concept of "regulatory alignment."