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Re: Brexit-Transitional Period Ends 31/12/20
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Had you checked 3 posts further down, you'd have come across this posted yesterday:
Any reason why you chose to mock John Redwood?
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Andrew, you're being a silly billy. That's a gratuitous piece of venom.
JR is a first class local MP who seems to have fallen foul of your opinion by dint of being an ardent leaver.
I remember getting into an audience debate with him (1995, hosted by Paxman) as to the value of the then EEC. He wanted it to remain a trading bloc but otherwise was advocating our withdrawal. I argued against that then, since which he has been proved 100% in his assessment of the EU.
Just because you don't share his views does not put you in the right with your characterization of him.
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Because the slump is due to people not buying cars because of lock downs, not travelling by car to/from work, concerned about being laid off, being paid less due to being furloughed, car showrooms shut for a couple of months, not due to the fact we are in the customs union and single market...
To quote the SMMT (the people who manufacture and sell cars)
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12 MAY 2020 #USED CAR SALES DATA #VEHICLE DATA
UK used car market falls -8.3% in Q1 2020 to 1.8 million transactions as coronavirus hits.
Solid growth in January and February wiped out by steep -30.7% decline in March as showrooms closed.
Market for used plug-in electric vehicles stays strong with demand rising 13.6% in first quarter.
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We had solid growth in car sales in the first two months of this year (when we were still in the customs union and single market), but then they slumped in March - oooh, what could be the cause?
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2020/05/used-...irst%20quarter.
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Last edited by Hugh; 30-10-2020 at 17:10.
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