Trade friction and a race to the bottom. Dismantling standards and rights.

Much (with exception of the new red tape) was possible without Brexit.

But people wouldn’t have swallowed it without the “taking back control” “sovereignty” and “Brexit means Brexit” wrapper. https://twitter.com/tconnellyrte/status/1347802186135310336
THIS is Brexit unwrapped.

We are hurting our shopkeepers, our most vulnerable people, our ecosystem, our animals, our food supply, and our kids’ right to privacy, a fair wage, health, welfare, and education, to salve empire-obsessed egos and stuff Scrooge’s coffers
Worth checking how new the benefits are when the government scrabbles to find some.

Also worth asking yourself to whom the benefit accrues. Who gets richer? Who’s production costs get cheaper to increase profits not wages. How secure are the new jobs? https://twitter.com/tobyontv/status/1345672631203323906
How much future harm is enough? See Trump’s bubble for info.

Mortgaging health, safety, and environmental wellbeing, by removing checks on profiteering, polluting, and population abuse, will turbo-charge markets. Just keep folk too angry to ask “at what cost” https://twitter.com/cnnbusiness/status/1247546966139158529
You can’t put a price on owning the libs...right?
Think I’ll use this thread as a bookmark for broken promises https://twitter.com/journojane/status/1347664977461706754
Obvious lies. Treating people like fools https://twitter.com/coaimpaul/status/1348517350031683584
Now it’s the cats being let down https://twitter.com/holly/status/1348703173494632449
Did you know this? The CE quality mark thing? Or the July thing? I didn’t. Suspect the surprises will continue. How much do you reckon that will add to the price stickers? https://twitter.com/uk_domain_names/status/1348744912699842561
Should have been obvious, but it’s the sheer weight of detail that defeats making a simple decision.
Rest of the thread https://twitter.com/trialbytruth/status/1348761997060542468
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