There isn't.
So many stories of new barriers to trade between UK and EU, but you might be thinking at some point these will run out. The government is certainly hoping so. Well they may slow down, but trade relations and regulations are not static, and changes will lead to further problems.
There isn't.
Also, wonder what this says about the PM's trust in Michael Gove? https://t.co/7VOJTATToP
NEW: David Frost is joining Boris Johnson\u2019s Cabinet! The peer has been appointed a minister at the Cabinet Office, effective March 1.
— Sebastian Payne (@SebastianEPayne) February 17, 2021
Frost will also chair the partnership council overseeing the UK-EU trade deal and oversee reform to "maximise on the opportunities of Brexit"
And will take over from Michael Gove as UK co-chair of the main committees established in the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Co-operation Agreement. (It had to be done by a minister.) https://t.co/2qhqjJzR1V
— Adam Fleming (@adamfleming) February 17, 2021
Hmmm. Lord Frost\u2019s appointment as a minister a sign of disharmony not harmony, I\u2019m told.
— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) February 17, 2021
- Frost was unhappy with Cummings/Cain going. Now factional tensions revive after Gove allies Henry Newman and Simone Finn arrive in No10, plus Frost miffed at Gove brexit committee role
One of the big questions about \U0001f447shenanigans is what it means for who runs EU-UK relations.
— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) February 17, 2021
Inside the Cabinet Office there\u2019s a new Europe secretariat being set up, under a Director General. It\u2019s the remnants of Taskforce Europe. Frost was due to be involved. https://t.co/SXXU0TLkv7
And I *know* it\u2019s a radical thought, but might it not have been better to have given the Brexit responsibility to someone\u2026 who could look at all of this afresh?
— Jon Worth (@jonworth) February 17, 2021
1/ Northern Ireland protocol
2/ Existing business lost / compensation
3/ Financial services equivalence
4/ Large business asking for stronger EU ties
5/ Potential new EU restrictions
https://t.co/9RBUDEktXE
What the UK government wants to do and what it in reality has the space to do tend to be two quite different things.
— Alexander Clarkson (@APHClarkson) February 17, 2021
Boris Johnson is running out of cake.
Perhaps finally a moment for some more UK commentators to pay a sliver of attention to what the EU did to Switzerland between 2014 and 2016?
— Alexander Clarkson (@APHClarkson) February 17, 2021
Nah. My ball, give it back... https://t.co/kMM1Rtt3Sr
There seems to have been a real Whitehall bunfight over the last 24 hours.
— Sebastian Payne (@SebastianEPayne) February 17, 2021
Some govt officials said Lord Frost was unhappy with Gove's interim role overseeing the implementation of the trade deal. \u201cHe feels the deal is his baby and wants to oversee it.\u201dhttps://t.co/kBbaBPjYcS
More from David Henig
We need to talk about UK politics. More specifically we need to talk about the absence of opposition to a no-deal Brexit risking Scottish independence, Northern Irish peace, the end of the mass market car industry, more expensive food, and damaged relations with US and EU 1/n
Project fear and the red wall. The first meaning that every serious threat, such as that of Nissan that their plant will be unsustainable, is dismissed with little discussion. The red wall, apparently so angry with Labour about the EU they are afraid to have a position. 2/
Because 'sovereignty' apparently. But a particularly nefarious form of sovereignty in which the normal kind of things you discuss in a Free Trade Agreement - shared rules, access to waters - become when discussed with the EU unacceptable infringements and threats. 3/
You note in the UK we aren't having a discussion on what level playing field rules or access to fishing waters might be acceptable. Or normal. Or even what we might want, like shared increased commitments on climate change. No, all rumours. Evil EU. Worse French. 4/
Those who follow closely see incredible briefings in the papers, like today claiming the EU demand for raising minimum shared standards was only raised on Thursday, treated as fact. This was known months ago. But the media too often just reports the spin as fact. 5/
UK cabinet to back Johnson over no-deal Brexit - The Times https://t.co/uCuOTsNdJL pic.twitter.com/88x5Tw2g53
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 6, 2020
Project fear and the red wall. The first meaning that every serious threat, such as that of Nissan that their plant will be unsustainable, is dismissed with little discussion. The red wall, apparently so angry with Labour about the EU they are afraid to have a position. 2/
Because 'sovereignty' apparently. But a particularly nefarious form of sovereignty in which the normal kind of things you discuss in a Free Trade Agreement - shared rules, access to waters - become when discussed with the EU unacceptable infringements and threats. 3/
You note in the UK we aren't having a discussion on what level playing field rules or access to fishing waters might be acceptable. Or normal. Or even what we might want, like shared increased commitments on climate change. No, all rumours. Evil EU. Worse French. 4/
Those who follow closely see incredible briefings in the papers, like today claiming the EU demand for raising minimum shared standards was only raised on Thursday, treated as fact. This was known months ago. But the media too often just reports the spin as fact. 5/
More from Brexit
A further thread on the EU/UK musicians/visa for paid work issue (the issue is paid work: travelling to sing or play at eg a charity event for free can be done without a visa).
The position that we now have now (no relevant provisions under the TCA) is complicated. For EU musicians visiting the UK see
In essence the UK permits foreign (including EU) nationals to stay up to 30 days to carry out paid engagements, but they must (a) prove they are a professional musician and (b) be invited by an established UK business.
Either condition could be tricky for a young musician starting out and wanting to play gigs. And 30 days isn’t long enough for a part in a show with a run.
Longer stays require a T5 visa - which generally requires you to be in a shortage occupation (play an instrument not played in the UK?) or to have an established international reputation.
Disgraceful and shabby if true: not only ideologically blinkered, but ashamed to admit its ideological blinkers and their consequences. https://t.co/7PgOEogTlA
— George Peretz QC (@GeorgePeretzQC) January 9, 2021
The position that we now have now (no relevant provisions under the TCA) is complicated. For EU musicians visiting the UK see
See here a summary of what is permitted from U.K. POV. https://t.co/HkdRlubySr
— Luke Piper (@Pipermigration) January 10, 2021
In essence the UK permits foreign (including EU) nationals to stay up to 30 days to carry out paid engagements, but they must (a) prove they are a professional musician and (b) be invited by an established UK business.
Either condition could be tricky for a young musician starting out and wanting to play gigs. And 30 days isn’t long enough for a part in a show with a run.
Longer stays require a T5 visa - which generally requires you to be in a shortage occupation (play an instrument not played in the UK?) or to have an established international reputation.
