Brexit shambles needlessly damages Britain's carmakers

[JohnD]

As Buffoon Boris said "F**k Business"



BMW, Honda and Jaguar Land Rover all scheduled downtime in their factories during April, following government advice to prepare for a no-deal Brexit scenario.

But a possible delay to the date — voted for by MPs on Thursday evening — leaves the carmakers with empty plants during the crucial months, while leaving them facing the prospect of the same disruption they were hoping to avoid if the UK does leave without a trading agreement later in the year.

“The worst case scenario is a short extension that tears up [the] parachute while throwing us off a new cliff edge,” said a senior executive affected by the delay.


https://www.ft.com/content/d9a421b8-4720-11e9-a965-23d669740bfb

 

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then they should have voted for a deal

I assume Corbyn along with ERG are aware of the above but like bufoon Johnson they do not give ***t

 

[EddieM]

Plus looks suspiciously like FoE may quit Europe entirely according to some (unconfirmed) sources.

 

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Lucas the green MP will be happy no more dirty fossil fuel cars made in the U.K

 

[JohnD]

Meanwhile, the taxpayer picks up the cost of STBXPM May's ridiculous insistence on 29th May No-deal option.

That nobody wants and the country couldn't cope with.

Failing Grayling has still not been sacked, presumably because he was "just obeying orders."




"Brexit delay could cost millions in extra payments to ferry firms"



"Estimated extra cost of £28m will be fresh blow to transport secretary Chris Grayling"

"Any delay to the UK leaving the EU could cost the government tens of millions in extra payments to keep its no-deal ferry contracts in place.


The extra costs will be a fresh political blow to the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, after the collapse of one contract with an operator that had no ferries and a lawsuit by Eurotunnel that was settled out of court at a cost of £33m.

It seems unlikely the contracts will now be realised after MPs voted to instruct Theresa May to seek an extension to article 50, which would delay Brexit beyond 29 March. According to the Financial Times, the cost of the delay could reach £28m.


Brittany Ferries, which has contracts worth £46.6m under the deal, said the terms “included fair and proportionate compensation in a deal scenario, taking account of the significant preparatory work and concomitant costs incurred”.


It said the firm had already “incurred a series of direct costs and resource commitments”, including hiring new staff and changing more than 20,000 bookings, and “the new schedule cannot now be changed, even as an extension to article 50 seems likely”.

The contracts are intended to ensure imports of medicines and other vital supplies to the UK continue in the event of a no-deal Brexit causing chaos on the short Dover-Calais and Channel tunnel routes. A National Audit Office memorandum in February noted the potential problems caused by a delay to the article 50 process.


“If the date of the UK’s exit from the EU changes, and there is still the possibility of a no-deal EU exit, the department will need to decide how it wishes to proceed with the contracts,” the NAO said in February."

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...Z2d5px8wYlLXt20VABcQR8c91xSuqrK2te6N_OuN9C4zY

 

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28 EU states set the time table for any state wishing to leave the EU

Namely article 50

Afaik it was agreed in the Marshticht treaty that they all signed up to

So the UK is on there time frame

As for the current deal it was the deal agreed by the other 27 member states with the U.K.

It is not a UK deal . Buffoon Corbyn along with buffoon Johnson are in part responsible for damaging the UK by voting the EU deal down

Something that buffoon Johnd can't quite get his ead around

No surprise there than