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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Not agreed. Peoples' lives are being attended to. Brexit should not be ignored.
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It shouldn't be ignored, but it has to be acknowledged that huge swathes of the Civil Service are moving into Covid-19 response roles leaving them less well equipped to support future relationship negotiations. In tandem with this we need to carve out what we want our agriculture and fisheries sectors to look like, and wider trade agreements with the rest of the world.
The DWP are moving staff to support Universal Credit applications and HMRC (who would apply any tariff regime) moving staff to support small businesses and the Chancellor's support for the self employed.
All the while hundreds of thousands of staff are having to work from home and their key stakeholders in the same boat affecting delivery of thousands of key projects up and down the land.
I know in the other thread I get accused of doom-mongering somewhat - but the western world as we know it has never seen a challenge on this scale since World War 2. I have no hesitation in sharing that I have genuine anxiety over what the next two months will bring.
Everyone on this forum knows I didn't support Brexit - that's no secret. Do I want it to succeed? Of course I do. Our collective wealth depends on it. Collective wealth that in turn supports tax revenues to support the NHS, education, police and all the public services on which we all rely.