[1andrew1]

In other news: The Telegraph seems to be a getting a bit more realistic of late and is now reporting on the future significant negative impacts of Brexit, beginning with Northern Ireland.

An industry insider tells me a supermarket has calculated the cost of putting a single 'mixed' container (meat, fish, dairy) goods from GB to NI at £6,000 - or "half total value of consignment". This is a serious #Brexit issue.

I caveat the above by saying I am not privy to the methodology, but people who understand this stuff have checked it, and say it makes sense.
This the cost of compliance - vet decs etc, with SPS (animal health) stuff being the biggest burden. Why does this matter?

Because if you think about it, the Northern Irish "frontstop" is the FIRST moment where the #Brexit rubber actually hits the road - until now it's all been transition and obfuscation. This the first attempt at actually doing real stuff. And the UK govt is balking.

If those numbers are even half-right, you can see why.

There have been other numbers - the UK impact assessment spoke of £15-£56 per declaration, but this aggregate figure puts it into serious perspective....

This also puts into perspective the kind of incendiary language that @JP_Biz reported from the NI assembly yesterday - NI agri minister saying the protocol was "hugely damaging". One member called it a "punishment beating" for supporting #Brexit

https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status...06129639055360
http://m.email3.telegraph.co.uk/nl/j...witter,4422d04