Observations

Remainers' confusion

In our report yesterday, Facts4EU.Org predicted that Remainers would confuse imports with exports in their attempts to explain away the drop in the EU’s sales to the UK. Remainers did not disappoint. Time and again yesterday we saw comments saying “What do you expect? We are now a third country so the EU must impose border and customs controls. This is all the fault of Brexit.”

As we tried to explain to them in advance in our report yesterday, (which few seem to have actually read before commenting), we are reporting on sales INTO the United Kingdom. These sales are relatively unaffected by Brexit.

The EU’s borders have nothing to do with sales into the UK

The problems at the borders have all been about UK exports, not EU imports. These have been caused by the over-zealous actions of the EU and its customs authorities in allowing UK goods going to the EU. Goods flowing the other way – from the EU into the UK – have continued to flow thanks to the UK deciding to operate a ‘light touch’ customs operation with the EU.

To the best of our knowledge, no EU trucks have been impounded in the UK due to a French lorry driver having a half-eaten ‘baguette jambon’ in his cab. This is not the case with the EU, sadly. Last week the Chairman of Marks & Spencer described how an M&S lorry had been impounded in the Republic of Ireland because their driver had a ham sandwich in his cab. The driver was then forced to complete hundreds of pages of EU forms by Irish customs officials before being allowed in.

British people have nothing against EU27 people – it’s the EU autocracy that’s the problem

As we wrote yesterday, any move by British people and businesses to buy less from EU27 companies has nothing to do with the British public’s views about the citizens of EU27 countries. If there is a trend away from buying from EU27 companies, we suggest that attention be focused on Brussels and the fanatical ideologues who reside and work there.

The actions of the EU autocrats over the past five years appears to be having an impact – even on those who voted Remain in 2016.

Global Britain – the World’s fifth largest customer

Before the EU Referendum and in the five years since, the British public has been fed the narrative that “we can’t survive on our own, we’re too small to compete.”

What utter tosh. Today the United Kingdom is the fifth largest economy in the World according to the IMF. Who wouldn’t be queuing up to sell to us? We represent a massive market for global producers. We are home to the world’s international business language. We have the most powerful financial hub in Europe. English Common Law is widely respected around the world for the protections it gives and the efficiency it provides in doing business.

And - is if all that weren’t enough - we have the most fecund Prime Minister in the world, sporting the world’s worst haircut. What’s not to like?

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