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BRITISH BUSINESSES HAVE warned that they are reaching the “point of no return” as they must put significant time and money into preparing for a no-deal Brexit as chaos continues to reign in Westminster.
“Businesses have been watching in horror as politicians have focused on factional disputes rather than practical steps,” the British Chambers of Commerce said in a statement this morning.
It comes as the UK is due to leave the EU in 100 days’ time.
The EU is set to announce a slew of notices today on how a Brexit no-deal will affect a range of sectors today, as preparations ramp up from the Europe-side.
These proposals could see the European Commission proposing legislation to ensure flights can still arrive in EU airports from the UK, even though a no-deal scenario would see Britain outside the single aviation space, RTÉ reported.
Separately today, the British government is set to publish a series of planning notices on Brexit today, as parliament remains deadlocked with the vote on Theresa May’s deal with the EU not taking place until next month.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid is expected to announce a new skills-based immigration to “get control over our borders,” the BBC reported. The system would scrap the cap on high-skilled workers like doctors and engineers.
According to the Times of London, a document that was leaked to them indicate that the government is being told to prepare in the event of a no-deal for a rise in “homelessness, poverty and suicide”.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock told BBC Newsnight that there were plans to store six weeks of stockpiled medicines for the NHS in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Prime Minister May cancelled a vote in the House of Commons on her Brexit deal last week after it became clear it wouldn’t be passed by parliament.
Pressed by the opposition this week, she said that it would now be held in January just a few weeks before Britain is due to leave the EU.
‘This is not where we should be’
In its statement, the British Chambers of Commerce expressed dismay at the looming possibility of a no-deal Brexit.
“With just 100 days to go, the suggestion that ‘no-deal’ can be ‘managed’ is not a credible proposition,” it said.
Businesses would face massive new customs costs and tariffs. Disruption at ports could destroy carefully built supply chains. From broadcasters, to insurance brokers, to our financial services – the UK’s world-leading services sector will be needlessly disadvantaged, and many professional qualifications will be unrecognised across the EU.
It called on MPs to listen to its constituents and ensure a deal is reached.
“This is not where we should be,” it added. “We hope that they will listen and remember that when they return to parliament, the future course of our economy will be in their hands.”
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Looks like under a hard Brexit, they’ll be turning Into a Central American state, no direction, no political center and no business confidence. I really hope , for all our sakes, they can get it together, but I fear it’ll take decades to settle back down.
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@Tommy Sea: More job creating business people should be in politics and less anti prosperity ideologues. Ireland needs to learn from the pantomime created by misguided populist politicians with the help of the politicised media misleading voters.
@Thomas Molloy: It’s the big businesses that manipulate politicians. Let them in at your peril.
@Nick Caffrey: Prosperity and opportunity in the workplace just like in sports results in degrees of success but what’s the alternative ? Should everyone become a couch potato in case anyone might win a medal and create inequality. Next campaign might be “ban sports” everyone can’t win cup or title. This blandness is EQUALITY of poverty and boredom for all except the Communist party leaders.
Yet another Brexit article!!!….Belgium’s PM resigned yesterday over the UN Migration Pact in a massive blow to Europhiles… Still nothing on the Journal!!!
https://twitter.com/V_of_Europe/status/1075133578307080192?s=19
@The Lone wolfe: go away.
@Ryan Dub: No! Not going anywhere sweetie.
@The Lone wolfe: In case your comment confuses the issue, he was actually a supporter of the UN Migration pact. Resigned because his coalition partners have their own particular agenda and went rogue.
@Tommy Roche: weird comment! Yeah he was forced to resign due to his support of the UN Migration Pact….
@The Lone wolfe: He was forced to resign because his coalition partners tried to hold him to ransom and made it impossible for him to govern effectively. Much like the DUP are doing to the UK government at the moment. Biggest lesson to take from the UK/Belgian experience is, don’t go into coalition with backward thinking partners.
@The Lone wolfe: breitbart or infowars might be more your style.. No one else here falls for that crap you keep posting.
@Rob Cahill: whomp whomp… Breitbart may well trigger ya but the text below is from the BBC.
“Mr Michel lost the backing of the nationalist New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) over his support for a UN migration deal signed in Marrakesh last week”
@The Lone wolfe: of course there will be Brexit articles. It will directly affect us in a very serious way. It should and is being reported on daily. It’s on of the biggest political blunders of our generation.
Ramping up the fear like the millennium bug.. Remember there are two sides to any equation.
@Martin Critten: is that one of those equations where the outcome =0
@Greg Blake: x=0, where x is growth.
@Martin Critten: child
Hard not to laugh at how their arrogance no longer works for them
All a part of the plan to terrify them into staying whilst simultaneously terrifying any other country into not even considering trying to leave.
Working well by the comments.
Long term it should generate more unity as everyone can see what’s on the other side.
EU club just needs to be changed from within and made more democratic and people accountable.
Putting it bluntly, the sh*t has fallen from their eyes and it is now clear that Brexit is completely unworkable on every level.
@ianglen: Have you got the evidence to back up that statement? Britain is too big and powerful to fail. Ireland should have quit too.
@jo mixon: the way all the big banks were too big and powerful to fail?
@jo mixon: no Britain likes to think it is too big and powerful and look at it now. Failing failing failing
@jo mixon: Britain too powerful to fail? What does that even mean?
@jo mixon:
“Britain is too big and powerful to fail”
Except they’re not big, not powerful and we’ve watched 2 years of Britain failing…..
They are being told to prepare for ‘homelessness, poverty and suicide’. This is a mess. Farage is some dick.
@Jane: they already have an issue with homelessness – which will start to get worse…
Ignorance is bliss?
it’s the best option just walk no deal wto rules & say f-u to the eu which is falling apart
@Kenneth Clohessy: only an ill-informed idiot would think that this is the “best option”. Plenty of them in the general population over in the UK and here it seems but the UK parliament won’t let a no deal happen. They know the consequences.
@Ger: thing is they might not have a choice now. The only way the eu will extend article 50 is for the UK to offer a second referendum. They have more or less been told this. Also, the way it’s going now with savid javid saying this morning that the borders will be closed post brexit to Europeans. They will work a skills based immigration system. Everything the UK are doing is a kick in the teeth to Europe so can’t see the eu offering anything going forward. May playing a big game of chicken and the only losers will be the brits themselves.
@Jason Healy: yeah May definitely uppped the anti today. I agree with you, she is playing a dangerous game of chicken. I still think/hope that parliament will stop a no deal and that a second referendum is the likely outcome.
Home secretsry Sajid Navis????
It’s a negotiation tactic from May to get her “deal” through or get some concessions from the EU. The woman is shameless at this stage. Fortunately a bill in the house of commons last week went against the government and now Parliament has a say in any final Brexit solution, and they won’t let a no deal happen.
There is still the possibility of a frontstop.
Why are you hitting yourself!
Why are you hitting yourself!
Why are you hitting yourself!
Why are you hitting yourself!
No pity. Our independence a 100 yr setback. and they had it all: refunds, non Schengen and sterling. The power of bigotry
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