Full Independence: Britain has left the EU Single Market and Customs Union

Full Independence: Britain has left the EU Single Market and Customs Union

The United Kingdom is now fully sovereign again as it was in 1972 as the UK-EU FTA (Free Trade Agreement) comes into force

Live: Big Ben bongs to mark Brexit https://t.co/2X73ovknfH

— ITV News (@itvnews) December 31, 2020

Britain has just become a fully independent country again - deciding our own affairs for ourselves.

Thank you to everyone who worked with me & @BorisJohnson to get us here in the last 18 months.

We have a great future before us. Now we can build a better country for us all.

— David Frost (@DavidGHFrost) December 31, 2020

By signing this deal, we fulfill the sovereign wish of the British people to live under their own laws, made by their own elected Parliament. pic.twitter.com/FQDj1Nnqan

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 30, 2020

Well that's that. All over. And weirdly... the sky hasn't fallen in!?

Whoever you now vote for in a General Election will make all of our British laws. Your vote now counts.

Here's a map to show where Britain now is in regards to European integration. Sovereign!


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ies-en.svg.png

@dbgtz;

Where is the chaos now we've left the Single Market and Customs Union?

Food shortages, medical supply shortages, border choked, end of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), banks leaving London, a recession... where is it all?

FTSE up 3%, £ trading at multi-year highs, ports flowing as freely as remainer's tears.

— Global Guido (@GloboGuido) January 4, 2021

Life seems to be going on as normal.

A week after Brexit and Dover port working fine. Still no apologies from the Project Fear commentators and media forecasters.

— John Redwood (@johnredwood) January 7, 2021

Casting my eye over the international markets so far this week it seems that 3 days out of the EU the FTSE is the world's best performing stock market. Pound's up as well.

— Dominic Frisby (@DominicFrisby) January 6, 2021

BoE governor: Brexit job exodus 'substantially less' than predicted https://t.co/NIqorlt7zW

— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 6, 2021

probably should have waited more than a few days before you attempt to brag

fisherman export problems
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/s...lmost-23330866
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-b...on-redirect=uk
https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...italy-spain-vn
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-firms-in.html
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/13...eu-markets-ont

not just limited to fish
https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/brexit-se...t-export-trade
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...medium=twitter

other problems at the border, part of which is the fact traffic at the border is down significantly
https://news.sky.com/story/freight-t...bites-12194430

food shortages in northern ireland
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b1790502.html

medicines seem fine apart from people not being able to get certain medicines
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-55558094

FDI not sure where this point of argument even came from. the most recent publication was in december 2020 for the year 2019, and it was down massively compared to 2018. so unless you have an amazing source for up-to-date data the point is moot

similarly how would you have expected us to enter a recession in weeks

plenty of jobs in banks have been leaving london as even one of the tweets you posted said. and this could still get worse since theres some aspects which have been temporary equivalence until next year only (looks like euro clearing is only until march as well)
https://www.cityam.com/eu-markets-wa...g-from-london/
https://www.cityam.com/eu-banks-give...ndon-clearing/
https://www.cityam.com/frankfurt-boo...e-with-london/

reduced production
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29Q1CB

loss of business
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/b...-b1790270.html

@dbgtz;

A few teething problems like I predicted, but no smoking gun like you all claimed.

deluded

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It shows the dangers of hollowing out your institutions and contracting government functions out to abroad. The former Soviet states in Eastern Europe had major teething problems when they become independent, as did many of the colonies of the British Empire. Why? Because those states were simply not able to function given they had no one with any experience in running things from the top. Britain obviously isn't in exactly the same position, but it is clear that 47 years of having our fisheries/agricultural/border/trade policy done from Brussels has harmed our efforts to run things well, in contrast with nations such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand where running an independent trade policy, agricultural policy, fisheries policy and controlling your own borders is simply a normal matter of governance for them.

Our tiny problems at the moment, alongside a major world pandemic it must be said, are mainly logistical and people adapting to the new rules.