Project fear - a media friendly term which at one stroke, mocked the expertise of those at many of the coal faces of Brexit and dismissed it with a sneer. Yet, just 9 days in, it looks very much like project fear predictions were true and should have been heeded.

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Project fear was not a myth. It was the truth.

Project fear was not a myth. It was the truth.

Project fear was not a myth. It was the truth.

Project fear was not a myth. It was the truth.

Project fear was not a myth. It was the truth.

Project fear was not a myth. It was the truth.

Shame on the politicians & media who, because they wanted to stick two fingers up to the EU and filled with hubris & exceptionalism, dismissed the valid concerns of industries & experts, whose jobs involve the kind of detail this government so happily glosses over on every issue.

Oh, how could I forget this. Also forewarned as being part of the Tory plan behind Brexit, now we see they aren’t even pretending it wasn’t their aim all along.

Remember Gove assuring us that once we had left the EU we would INCREASE agriculture and animal welfare standards?

Yep, it was yet more “keep ‘em sweet until it’s signed” bollocks https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/08/bee-killing-pesticide-banned-eu-approved-government/