Another Brexit fiasco.... British cheeses failed to get to the World Cheese Awards in Portugal as they failed to clear customs in time (now being from a non-EU country).

In the scale of the disasters of Brexit its not going to to be a big thing (although it will be for the frustrated cheese makers), but is emblematic of how myopic the Brexiters were about the impact of their successful plan to leave Europe....

#brexit #cheese #food

theguardian.com/food/2024/nov/…

UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs

At the World Cheese Awards in Portugal, British entries were conspicuous by their absence after failing to clear import controls

^{Tomé Morrissy-Swan (The Guardian)}

#Trump #Kamala #USA #USPol #UK #Brexit #Labour #Starmer #UKPol #Putin #Ukraine

🚨*Shots Fired by Macron!*🚨

Following the stunning, but unwanted Trump victory, President Macron outlines his future vision for the #EU & #Europe

He acknowledges that Europe can no longer rely on America for its military security & economic stability, & that the EU needs to stand on its own 2 feet & see #America & #China as rivals

North Koreans are fighting #Europeans in Europe, for a Trump backed #Russian dictator

As a second Trump term looks more likely, the Brexiters hope/aim to (re)align the UK with the Atlanticist economy instead of looking across the channel to Europe appears ever more like a major mistake in national economic strategy.

If Trump wins (as now looks likely) & imposes the tariffs he 'promises' then the NIESR suggest the UK's already meagre growth rates will be halved, presenting a further economic headache for Govt. & country!

#Brexit #economics #Europe

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n…

Trump tariffs would halve UK growth and push up prices, says thinktank

NIESR warns Republican nominee’s protectionist policies, including against Britain, would harm domestic economy

^{Larry Elliott (The Guardian)}

“Meanwhile, the water industry has extracted vast profits from customers, while saddling their companies with billions in debt.

Last year, the Guardian revealed that more than a quarter of water bills in the south of England have been spent paying the interest on the debt the companies hold.”

Another result of #Brexit.

So, Energy UK estimates that Brext & the UK's exit from the EU member states energy market structure, has cost the country around £370m a year in additional energy charges for imports compared with what might have been achieved by remaining in the internal market....

Yup, the continuing detail on the economic self-harm of Brexit is demonstrating that the so-called 'project fear' was a lot more realistic than the bulls*t spouted by the Brexiters...

a lesson learnt way too late!

#brexit