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Export using groupage; each shipment is on a lorry containing many shipments. Wrong documentation on one of them stops the whole thing.
Safety regulation: complex and laborious
Documentation by custom brokers: not enough to go round
SBS: Health checks; documentation is hardest - export health certificate - relies on having enough vets - which we don't have
Fish rot very quickly. Form filling is very difficult.
E.g. one lorry stopped because one lorry was 1.5kg out in weight.
Also, can't get the health certificates done.
Importers in Europe are looking for other sources of goods; they may never go back to UK supply.
Covid reducing freight to about 10% of normal; when it gets back to normal rates, it's going to be chaos.
We shouldn't say "I told you so"; these are potential converts; convince them that they have been conned and betrayed.
Tories want a culture war; Starmer needs to avoid that. So he needs to suppress talk of rejoin right now. For now, build better relations step by step.
Aim to get back in by 2030.
Make the case that business is being strangled
Spirit: encourage people to feel European
A: Plenty of stuff that was missed out; it was the result of talking to experts!
A: nothing is inevitable. But we are now a separate territory to NI. Problem for Scottish independence: problems with Brexit shows what could happen of Scotland separates.
A: So many to choose from! How about: "reduction of red tape"? "No border in the Irish Sea?"; had signed a document that said the opposite!
A: I love the UK, one of the most diverse populations in the World. Would not say to give the anti-immigration people the satisfaction of succeeding.
A: Yes, London's resources mean it will stay as world number 1
A: Biden will continue to consider the UK as very important. Have lost some of the special relationship; done for insane reasons. Fawned over Trump; went down v badly with the Democrats.
A: Not many. Has quelled Euroscepticism in the rest of Europe. There are some EU policies that aren't good, e.g. CAP. But these are miniscule.
Britain was part of a movement to reduce the chance of war by working together.
A: 2016 campaign had no heart. Failed to see that the electoral dynamics were different. Must fight with heart!
A: Electoral reform; 2019; more votes for parties that wanted another referendum; FPTP causes grotesque, arbitrary outcomes. Need electoral reform more than anything else, particularly if Scotland leaves.
A: Not bad; wouldn't win though. Lib Dem position strange.
Needs an outcome of progressive internationalism.
A: Tinned foods etc. are OK. Fresh produce is the problem. But you can't stockpile them! Some drugs (medicines) could be problematic.