Britain outside the EU

[1andrew1]

Bears and honey.

Exchange chief says Brexit has made investing in the UK harder

Intercontinental’s Jeffrey Sprecher was early backer of EU split but now says London has lost value as a trading centre

Brexit has made it hard to invest in the UK, according to the head of the company behind the New York Stock Exchange — a one-time backer of the UK’s split from the EU.

Jeffrey Sprecher, founder and chief executive of Intercontinental Exchange, said the UK had lost value as a trading centre since leaving the single market, and uncertainty around some post-Brexit regulations had made it difficult to invest in British businesses.

“They still seem to be getting their arms around ‘what does a post-Brexit UK look like from a regulatory standpoint’,” he said on Tuesday. “So it’s hard to make investment decisions for us in either London or continental Europe.”

Sprecher is the latest senior international executive to say that the UK has lost its appeal to investors since voting to leave the EU in 2016. One of the world’s biggest infrastructure investors said in October that Brexit was contributing to the UK’s lack of attractive investment opportunities.

He added that Brexit had “complicated” things for the UK, which had historically been a global trading centre. “There was this international move to seeing London as an access point to Europe,” Sprecher said, adding that he now saw the UK as a “foreign country”, and that investments in the US were easier to make.

https://www.ft.com/content/f027f3ec-...4-89c4ba13879f

[1andrew1]

Tractors descend on Parliament over 'betrayal' of British farmers in post-Brexit trade deals

Save British Farming claims imported food is falling short of UK standards and farmers are being undercut by their counterparts in the EU who are still receiving subsidies.

Save British Farming claims imported food is falling short of UK standards and farmers are being undercut by their counterparts in the EU who are still receiving subsidies.

https://news.sky.com/story/tractors-...deals-13101822

[1andrew1]

Remember the good old days when we had an EU-inherited trade deal with Canada? This is no 1st April joke.

UK car exports to Canada face 6% tariffs within days as trade dispute deepens

Allies in stand-off on how much EU content can be in vehicles as post-Brexit deal runs out

British car exports to Canada are facing tariffs of more than 6 per cent within days, as a deadlocked trade dispute between the two allies descended into further acrimony on Wednesday.

British government officials said Kemi Badenoch, UK trade secretary, felt like she was banging her head “against a brick wall” as the tariff cliff-edge of April 1 approached.

Tensions escalated last month when Canada denied Badenoch’s claim that trade talks were continuing, even though she had unilaterally suspended them on January 25.

The resulting stand-off means that on April 1 a post-Brexit trade arrangement with Canada will expire, leaving some British car exports facing a 6.1 per cent tariff if they contain significant EU content.

https://www.ft.com/content/51f6afd3-...1-354e089d3081

[1andrew1]

Sad to see some electors faith in politicians wiped out due to broken Brexit promises. Non-participation in elections weakens democracy.

Why do fishermen feel disillusioned after Brexit?

Fishermen in Devon and Cornwall said they had lost trust in politicians after Brexit "I don’t think it matters who I vote for - they're all lying," said fisherman Dave Toy.

He said it was not what he voted for and as a result he did not see any point in voting in the general election. Dave Toy said he did not see a point in voting in the general election

Fishermen said they had wanted Brexit to deliver an increase in fish stock, but instead had got more paperwork. They cited the introduction of a mandatory catch app to record catches before they are landed, new vessel monitoring systems, inspections and the requirement of medical certificates, which was later removed for existing fishermen.

Fisherman Graham Nicholas said life post-Brexit had been difficult. He said he was angry with the Conservatives but he did not believe any of the major parties would provide the help needed by the industry. "We were stitched up by the Conservatives [but] I don't think Labour would have done any better for us," he said. "The main two parties I haven't got any time for at all."

Fish exporter Ian Perkes, in Brixham, Devon, said he voted for Brexit but was not told of the changes it would involve. He said his business had suffered due to the extra costs incurred by paperwork needed to export fish to the EU. Speaking of the Leave campaign's pledges, he said: "Well we’ve obviously realised now that they didn’t have a clue.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c066r811z7ro

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Sad to see some electors faith in politicians wiped out due to broken Brexit promises. Non-participation in elections weakens democracy.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c066r811z7ro

Hmmm

Fishermen said they had wanted Brexit to deliver an increase in fish stock, but instead had got more paperwork. They cited the introduction of a mandatory catch app to record catches before they are landed

An app, an app that just replaces logs. They’ve always had to record their catch. To move it from paper to an app, is nothing to do with Brexit, it would’ve happened anyway.

new vessel monitoring systems,

The only “new” system I am aware of is iVMS for the U12m inshore boats. All the larger boats have had VMS and AIS for a decade. Again nothing to with Brexit, if we were still in the EU iVMS would have been rolled out.

inspections

A Bit vague, but I’m sure they were inspected before

and the requirement of medical certificates, which was later removed for existing fishermen.

A measure introduced and then removed.

The issue here is, the fisherman thought Brexit would = increased quota, and it didn’t. The other stuff is nothing to do with Brexit.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Pierre

Hmmm

An app, an app that just replaces logs. They’ve always had to record their catch. To move it from paper to an app, is nothing to do with Brexit, it would’ve happened anyway.

The only “new” system I am aware of is iVMS for the U12m inshore boats. All the larger boats have had VMS and AIS for a decade. Again nothing to with Brexit, if we were still in the EU iVMS would have been rolled out.

A Bit vague, but I’m sure they were inspected before

A measure introduced and then removed.

The issue here is, the fisherman thought Brexit would = increased quota,
and it didn’t. The other stuff is nothing to do with Brexit.

A good point on quotas not being increased.

Exporting to Europe has certainly resulted in more paperwork.

I don't know the detail of their other claims but doubt they would make them up.