Not often I agree with JC but I think he's nailed it here!
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Jeremy Corbyn has compared Theresa May's handling of Brexit with the "shambles" in the UK railways as they clashed at Prime Minister's Questions.
The Labour leader said key documents, including the blueprint for future EU relations, had been "delayed" while customs proposals had been "cancelled".
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44381294
The Government is certainly giving Northern Rail, Thameslink and TSB a run in the incompetence stakes!
Couple of Brexit developments to note:
1) Theresa May is engaged in a serious row with David Davis, Brexit secretary, over claims that she wants to tie Britain to the EU customs union indefinitely as part of a “backstop” plan on the Irish border. He doesn't like the indefinite nature of the backstop
https://www.ft.com/content/bb75ccba-...3-0c230fa67aec
2) UK military secondments to EU to cease after Brexit.
https://www.ft.com/content/ab758f42-...b-4acfcfb08c11
3) Government warned British cars 'won't qualify for free trade deals' after Brexit
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The government, in speeches and through its "Automotive Council", has repeatedly said that 44% of the value of UK cars is "local content".
This would suggest that post-Brexit, the UK is not so far away from the thresholds of 55%-60% required to qualify for tariff-free trade in a typical trade deal.
But, since the beginning of the year, the car industry has explicitly told the government, including at roundtables in Downing Street in the presence of the PM, that these numbers hugely overstate the position that is relevant for trade deals under so-called "rules of origin" regulations.
This means that in the absence of special content deals, the bulk of UK assembled cars would not qualify for tariff-free treatment under a typical free trade deal...
This news shows that not only, as Sky News revealed yesterday, are European governments advising European export manufacturers to shun British parts, but that some of the marquee products from Britain would not qualify as "made in Britain" for free trade purposes.
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https://news.sky.com/story/governmen...rexit-11396219