1. So many stories coming out revealing that Brexiteers sold Brexit on lies and that reality of Brexit is turning out - just as experts had warned - to be a fiasco and an enormous act of economic self-harm for UK. I’ll keep track of some in this Brexit reality thread🧵 👇 https://twitter.com/lizzzburden/status/1348911168002412545
2. Brexit reality: Scottish fish 🐟 exports 👇 https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1348589701972844546
3. #BrexitReality 🧵: first food shortages https://twitter.com/davidheniguk/status/1348555819055538183
4. #BrexitReality 🧵: sometimes no lines mean no trade is happening h/t @DavidHenigUK https://twitter.com/DavidHenigUK/status/1348923236365561856?s=20
5. #BrexitReality 🧵: rotting oranges due to delays on GB-NI trade with new border on Irish Sea https://twitter.com/sjamcbride/status/1347660319099936782
6. #BrexitReality 🧵: massive new costs for food and drink sector due to Brexit red tape https://twitter.com/rdanielkelemen/status/1347894761957580810
7. More on the new Brexit border on the Irish Sea and the empty shelves in Northern Ireland from the great @hayward_katy https://twitter.com/hayward_katy/status/1347293292849934339
8. #BrexitReality 🧵"Hauliers say N. Ireland's supply chain could collapse within days." Thank the lying Tory Brexiteers! (h/t @Arnold_Platon
for this one. Please tweeps send more of these, I'll add them to the thread) https://twitter.com/donnyc1975/status/1348714006551404544?s=20
9. #BrexitReality 🧵: cars become more expensive thanks to Brexit! (h/t @Alex__Mircea ) https://twitter.com/kitbradshaw/status/1349016609311100928
10. #BrexitReality 🧵: and of course no such thread could ignore the episode of the confiscated ham sandwich https://twitter.com/AnnaJerzewska/status/1348685261220302850?s=20
11. #BrexitReality 🧵: the interesting thing here is the @BBCNews headline. They claim these are 'surprising' consequences of Brexit, when in fact experts warned for years of exactly these sorts of disruptions https://www.bbc.com/news/55633632 
Brexit: Five surprising consequences

Confiscated ham sandwiches, delayed Scottish salmon and other fallout from the new regime.

https://www.bbc.com/news/55633632
12. #BrexitReality 🧵: great video emphasizing how @BorisJohnson lies about introducing checks on BG-NI trade & how @BBCNews fails to call out Gove on that https://twitter.com/PeterStefanovi2/status/1348347545106472960
13. #BrexitReality 🧵: Let's not forget that a key promise of lying Brexiteer referendum campaign was that Brexit would free UK of EU red tape. Instead UK business is now being strangled by new Brexit red tape. https://twitter.com/rdanielkelemen/status/1347522958273765386?s=20
14. #BrexitReality 🧵: Scottish shellfish can't get to EU market. "We are fighting for survival here just like every other exporter around Scotland. Get it sorted and get it sorted now." https://twitter.com/LochfyneLangous/status/1349381418804195328?s=20
15. #BrexitReality 🧵: oops! https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status/1349425148009582600
16. #BrexitReality 🧵: and the damage to financial services in the UK is already beginning to show: “London lost 6.3 billion euros ($7.7 billion) in daily stock trades to EU venues on Jan. 4, the first business day after the transition period.” https://twitter.com/brexit/status/1348605718618898432
17. #BrexitReality 🧵: Ireland-Wales trade down 70% https://twitter.com/AndyBounds/status/1349732865328574470?s=20
18. #BrexitReality 🧵: "On 4 January billions of euros of business left the UK for the EU"... "Britain is now losing its very strong position in trading of European equities in London” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/city-of-london-brexit-financial-b1784497.html
How the City of London got screwed by Brexit in week one

Boris Johnson has told us that the City of London will ‘adapt and prosper mightily’ after Brexit. But the industry itself is rather less confident, reports Ben Chu

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/city-of-london-brexit-financial-b1784497.html
19. #BrexitReality 🧵: More on trucking backups... https://twitter.com/torynski/status/1349784018628259841
20 #BrexitReality 🧵: Music orgs "had been repeatedly reassured that a Brexit deal would protect touring performers... in an industry worth £5.8bn a year to the UK economy." But instead UK rejected EU offer to allow visa free tour for musicians... https://twitter.com/DaveKeating/status/1349758747179151360?s=20
21. #BrexitReality: Will become more expensive to down Brexit related sorrows: https://twitter.com/BestForBritain/status/1349797437066653696
22. #BrexitReality good thread and article here by @Joe_Mayes & @lizzzburden on how new Brexit red tape is strangling UK-EU trade https://twitter.com/joe_mayes/status/1350073672674009089
23. #BrexitReality £50 an hour for truckers to park as they wait for new Brexit customs red tape before they can access ports for crossing to EU https://twitter.com/rolandmcs/status/1350321232835698688
24. #BrexitReality: long 🧵 from a wine importer in Wales explaining how Brexit is strangling his business with red tape and will lead to price increases for consumers 👇 https://twitter.com/daniellambert29/status/1350367078662987777
25. #BrexitReality: @guardian piece on Brexit damage to British entrepreneurs: “companies like ours in the UK are not going to be able to do ‘end sales’ to customers in the EU any more. Particularly, small orders for anything under £100 will be completely impossible,” says Paul” https://twitter.com/jennifermerode/status/1350741742967021569
26. #BrexitReality - business travel headaches 👇 https://twitter.com/mij_europe/status/1351096694822359041
27. #BrexitReality more on fishing woes- stuck in port... (h/t @ChamonMerijn) https://twitter.com/jude5456/status/1350896124631130116
28. #BrexitReality “it is stupid but it is Brexit” . Sounds like a new motto for the whole mess. 👇 https://twitter.com/lisaocarroll/status/1351223146339303426
29. #BrexitReality: good 🧵from @ColdChainShane on declines in UK-EU trade 👇 https://twitter.com/coldchainshane/status/1350869730291286016
30. #BrexitReality Peterhead fish market turned ghost town https://twitter.com/scotfoodjames/status/1351491482063171588
31. #BrexitReality @LSEnews study predicts UK exports to EU will drop by more than one-third & total UK trade will drop by 13%, & per capita income will fall by 6% because of hard Brexit trade deal 👇 https://twitter.com/euromove/status/1350125599285768199
32. #BrexitReality Where's the beef? "No matter how much better we get at filling in the forms, it's really not fit for purpose. This is going back to the dark ages in terms of a process really, in this digital age." https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55680315
Post-Brexit customs systems not fit for purpose, say meat exporters

Even experienced exporters are struggling with the system, says the British Meat Processor Association.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55680315
33. #BrexitReality: 😱 Horror! Belgian beer prices in UK set to rise: "UK is set to slap on VAT of 20% on top of a new export tax of 17.5% for orders over 150 euros. That means a case of 18 bottles of top-end Deus beer will go up from 234 to 320 euros" https://www.courthousenews.com/brexit-paperwork-sours-belgian-beer-exports-to-uk/
Brexit Paperwork Sours Belgian Beer Exports to UK

Some suppliers of Belgian beers are waking up to a post-Brexit hangover as exporting their brews to thirsty British drinkers across the Channel becomes more difficult and prices go up.

https://www.courthousenews.com/brexit-paperwork-sours-belgian-beer-exports-to-uk/
34. #BrexitReality: Brexit = rotting pig heads. “Most of the delayed meat will have to be destroyed and dumped on landfill, which is set to cost traders hundreds of thousands of pounds, Lindars warned.” https://twitter.com/adampayne26/status/1351528373235970049
35. #BrexitReality: story of end of exports for one Oyster farmer https://twitter.com/bylinetv/status/1351623041856495619
36. #BrexitReality: big price hikes on Portuguese wines in UK https://twitter.com/jp_biz/status/1351575997683011584
37. #BrexitReality: “EU hauliers and transport companies are turning their backs on UK business because they are being asked to provide tens of thousands of pounds in guarantees to cover VAT or potential tariffs on arrival in Britain.” https://twitter.com/davidheniguk/status/1351901255480782851
38. #BrexitReality: “about 20% of U.K. small and medium-sized enterprises have suspended exports to the EU, according to research by accounting firm UHY Hacker Young.” https://twitter.com/baldwinre/status/1351764284548767744
39. #BrexitReality: online shopping costs shoot up https://twitter.com/lisaocarroll/status/1352233266082967553?s=20
40. #BrexitReality: "Meat processing plant Randall Parker Foods in Llanidloes, Powys, warned it may lose a third of its 150 workers unless new border controls change... & could lose a third of his business "which will make the company seriously unviable". https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-55719498
Brexit: Lamb exporter to EU 'making virtually nothing'

Powys meat processing plant warns the extra cost of selling into the EU could mean major job losses.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-55719498
41. #BrexitReality: more on damage to online shopping trade... "The new rules have put thousands of specialist online businesses at risk as consumers on both sides of the Channel balk at having to pay the hefty import fees." https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/21/britons-buying-from-eu-websites-face-more-than-100-import-duties
Britons buying from EU websites face more than £100 in import duties

Parcel firms demanding payment before delivering items ordered from European websites since Brexit

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/21/britons-buying-from-eu-websites-face-more-than-100-import-duties
42. #BrexitReality: British shoppers paying a third extra for goods from EU- and as @JohnOBrennan2 points out 👇 @thetimes suggests this is “unexpected” when in fact experts said these sort of price increases would happen with a hard Brexit https://twitter.com/johnobrennan2/status/1352399436299857920
43. #BrexitReality: “he has had to lay off over 50 oyster fishermen and women because Defra hasn’t even created the form that allows them to export to Europe after Brexit.

...even with Covid we were doing well. Brexit is a death sentence,” he said” 👇 https://twitter.com/davidheniguk/status/1352576285344747527
44. #BrexitReality: not as dire as other issues listed here, but a new problem for higher income Britons... harder to get that mortgage for a holiday home in France (& they’ll either need to limit the length of their visits or apply for a visa) (h/t @Mij_Europe ) https://twitter.com/kimwillsher1/status/1352523708359991297
45. #BrexitReality No more Cheshire Cheese exports to EU... https://twitter.com/1cheshirecheese/status/1352534850142687232
46. #BrexitReality: excellent 🧵 from @BenChu_ on how Brexit is disrupting e-commerce, severely damaging thousands of small U.K. businesses that depend on sales to EU customers https://twitter.com/benchu_/status/1352570740554555392
46. #BrexitReality: excellent from @BenChu_ on how Brexit is disrupting e-commerce, severely damaging thousands of small U.K. businesses that depend on sales to EU customers https://twitter.com/benchu_/status/1352570740554555392
46. #BrexitReality: excellent from @BenChu_ on how Brexit is disrupting e-commerce, severely damaging thousands of small U.K. businesses that depend on sales to EU customers https://twitter.com/benchu_/status/1352570740554555392
47. #BrexitReality: great piece by @lukemcgee highlighting many of the sectors damaged by #BrexitReality - “logistics firms are skeptical that both importing and exporting is going to be viable for many businesses in the long term”👇 https://twitter.com/lukemcgee/status/1352916219830161408
48. #BrexitReality: Brexit leads to massive tariffs on bananas from Ghana- “If this issue continues for weeks, it will put the jobs of over three thousand workers mostly in rural communities at great risk.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-tariffs-bananas-africa-farmers-b1791225.html
Brexit tariffs totalling £100,000 slapped on Fairtrade bananas from Africa

EXCLUSIVE: Liz Truss under pressure to explain why punishing levies being charged - despite announcement that UK-Ghana deal was struck

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-tariffs-bananas-africa-farmers-b1791225.html
49. #BrexitReality: the new border on the Irish Sea (which @BorisJohnson lies about & pretends doesn’t exist) is causing problem for UK horticultural businesses- “Some plant businesses in GB have stopped making sales to NI customers.” https://twitter.com/bbcnewsni/status/1352503344053551104
50. #BrexitReality: More on wine cost increases for U.K. consumers caused by Brexit, from @pmdfoster & @JudithREvans in the @FT (h/t @Mij_Europe ) https://twitter.com/Mij_Europe/status/1352955127569788931
51. #BrexitReality: “Close to 30 per cent of small British firms have stopped shipping goods to the EU amid widespread confusion about customs forms & extra costs...
number of SMEs who have no option but to halt exporting to the EU could continue to grow” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/brexit-uk-manufacturers-import-export-orders-b1790270.html
Anger builds among manufacturers as EU customers cancel orders due to Brexit red tape

Government taking days to respond to queries, say stuggling businesses

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/brexit-uk-manufacturers-import-export-orders-b1790270.html
52. #BrexitReality: one of Devon’s largest fish exporters "Brainwashed by Brexiteers". "The reality is we're now January 20, we're yet to send a consignment to Europe from Brixham. It has just been an absolute nightmare" (h/t @RussellEngland) https://twitter.com/BylineTV/status/1352352805273657347
53. #BrexitReality: @adavies4 on how trade is being rerouted by bypass UK (h/t @RussellEngland) https://twitter.com/adavies4/status/1352540538470330368?s=20
54. #BrexitReality: “British businesses that export to the continent are being encouraged by government trade advisers to set up separate companies inside the EU in order to get around extra charges, paperwork and taxes resulting from Brexit, the Observer can reveal.” https://twitter.com/simon_nixon/status/1353063479226208256
55. #BrexitReality: “HMRC estimates that Brexit demands that British companies complete 215m additional, often highly complex, documents a year... The cost of that alone on British businesses is thought to be around £7bn a year.” Good overview of Brexit costs by @andrewrawnsley https://twitter.com/dphinnemore/status/1353286292503670784
56. #BrexitReality this 🧵focuses on economic costs of Brexit that have already hit, but a huge long term cost of Brexit may be break-up of the UK. Many predicted this as risk of Brexit, & new polls confirm that majorities in Scotland & NI now want referendums on break-up of UK https://twitter.com/thesundaytimes/status/1353043741813202944
57. #BrexitReality: @DanielThomasLDN & @NicholasMegaw report in @FT that MasterCard will increase fees more than fivefold when a shopper in UK buys from an EU based company, sparking alarm among companies that rely on online payments. (h/t @FrancescoNicoli) https://twitter.com/lionelbarber/status/1353487925175070720
58. #BrexitReality @tobyhelm reports that new VAT charges on UK—EU trade & bureaucracy are forcing UK businesses set up new companies in EU. “The only way to avoid the Brexit barriers was move back into the single market. “If you don’t, you are screwed in so many ways,” he says” https://twitter.com/proftimbale/status/1353616802371264512
59. #BrexitReality Scottish dairy suspends deliveries to N. Ireland: "We just don’t have the resources to undertake the paperwork required." Remember that @BorisJohnson lied & said there would be no checks on goods going from GB to NI. (h/t @DGDimitrakop) https://twitter.com/theethicaldairy/status/1353785732633145344
60. #BrexitReality @SJAMcBride reports that in N.I., "About 100 small corner shops and larger convenience stores are losing more than 400 items from their shelves because of the Irish Sea border" (border that @BrandonLewis continues to claim doesn't exist) https://twitter.com/SJAMcBride/status/1353753294259310594
61. #BrexitReality: More Brexit induced pain for the UK financial services industry (h/t @DGDimitrakop) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-26/eu-turns-the-screws-on-financiers-clinging-to-their-london-desks
EU Turns the Screws on Financiers Clinging to Their London Desks

London financiers are discovering that warnings from the European Union over the cost of Brexit are more than tough talk.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-26/eu-turns-the-screws-on-financiers-clinging-to-their-london-desks
62. #BrexitReality Consumers discover costs of new customs duties on orders from the EU https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/jan/27/anna-customs-duty
My 'Brexit bonus' proved to be a customs duty bill from DHL

Whether picture frames or trainers, buyers are counting the cost of ordering from the EU

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/jan/27/anna-customs-duty
63. #BrexitReality - more customs chaos👇 https://twitter.com/itvjoel/status/1354403190494654466
64. #BrexitReality: @pmdfoster & @JudithEvans1 report in @FT on how more than 100,000 British piggies can’t get to market in EU because of #Brexit border problems. See his 🧵👇 https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status/1354461719263907843
65. #BrexitReality @pmdfoster & @DanielThomasLDN in @FT: “A month after the UK left the EU’s single market and customs union, British SMEs are still working out whether they can afford to maintain once-thriving export businesses with the bloc.”  https://www.ft.com/content/13f0f13a-abce-4327-ad81-aaf392518b2a
UK’s small businesses struggle with Brexit red tape and costs

Many companies forced to shift operations to EU or risk sliding profits and lost sales

https://www.ft.com/content/13f0f13a-abce-4327-ad81-aaf392518b2a
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