From what I hear officials are beginning to realise the dramatic nature of the change to our trade on January 1 - and their implications. Ministers and MPs less so, and I expect them to be asking next year why they weren't warned... https://twitter.com/QUBFoodProf/status/1329799978022293504
Since all close parallels came at a time of far lower trade, or were phased, I suspect it is correct to say that the change in UK trading relationships on January 1 will be the greatest single day change any country has ever faced.
Read and retweet this reaction to the January 1 UK food trade story today from the leading expert I know on the subject of goods trade across borders. "None of it is new" "A complete mess" - but at least we will not all starve https://twitter.com/AnnaJerzewska/status/1329804939409952774
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