1/ Ok, so instead of just making jokes about the EU Reset, I wanted to do a very simplified thread on:
- what the actual problem is Keir Starmer is trying to solve;
- the options on the table; and
- why this shit is hard.
This will be very long. I'm sorry.
Let's get wonky.
- what the actual problem is Keir Starmer is trying to solve;
- the options on the table; and
- why this shit is hard.
This will be very long. I'm sorry.
Let's get wonky.
Comments
'No, he's still got a blank face and doing nothing'.
The basic concept has been around since the dawn of humanity
Among other things this effectively placed a goods border between the UK and the European Union where previously none existed.
a) Provide governments visibility of what is entering the country from abroad;
b) Provide governments the ability to charge tariffs on products entering from abroad;
c) Provide governments with the ability to screen entering goods against regulations.
This "rules of origin" paperwork can be very painful.
It's just kind of inherent to there being a goods border that you have to do some additional paperwork.
Countries regulate products in all sorts of ways, and any products that want to be sold in their territory have to prove they meet these regulations before they can be imported.
Don't I remember.....
That said, the segments are often about 4 minutes long and so the edification can be... limited.
There will come a point where Starmer just forges on, probably late in parliament, and then offers a referendum in the next GE to rejoin EU.
No point in pushing to Rejoin. Much better to ask for the people to decide. They know what being in EU was like. They know what being out of EU is like.
So they can now make an informed decision.
We need to pile on the pressure.
Though for others reading:
A veterinary agreement would still have to follow and incorporate those three principles (equivalence, alignment or overseas testing).
Makes sense to focus on it though, since the regulations are strictest there.