And this mornings economic news from ROI, overall imports YTD Feb 2024 vs same period last year, down 5%.
Within that, imports from UK down 34%😳.
Now the ROI market is one of UK’s main export destinations. Paddy has been a very good customer, for a very long time.
Now it seems, Paddy is fed up...
But, but, but, shaking off the protectionist racket of the EU, was supposed to “unleash” all that pent up potential of Global Britain. Why, I thought there would be very substantial daylight between Britain doing “mightily”, while the protectionist racketeers fell further and further behind.
The world today, hosts many democratic countries, led by democratic leaders, whose predecessors were classed as terrorists, simply because they took back control from various colonial empire terrorist powers.
Israel is a terrorist state!
Whether or not, any of the drones get through, Iran will have achieved its objective. Israel will no doubt, hit Iran back directly, and one punch will draw another. The entire region could blow up. Putin no doubt delighted. USA attention such as it is now on Ukraine will totally dissipate...
Russian Attacks on Ukraine Stoke Fears Army Near Breaking Point
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-11/strikes-on-power-plant-kharkiv-stoke-fears-of-russian-breakthrough
I received a small package today from Amazon UK. When I compare the tracking history on the package, and compare to a similar one from Amazon Germany, I really get why UK businesses are so fugging pizzed with Brexit. Bloody torture on UK small business.
It’s all going swimmingly. Trade barriers are wonderful thing. What on earth was Maggie Thatcher thinking when she saw the wondrous benefits of single market and customs union? Silly woman…
Meanwhile back in the Disunited States, the asylum escapees on the right of the GOP, continue to wreck the joint.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/politics/trump-fisa-speaker-johnson-house-republicans?cid=ios_app
He doesn’t need one. All you intelligent, outgoing, worldly, innovative, creative, Brits, who are slowly having your best attributes stifled by the Brexit cultural straight jacket, are most welcome in ROI. You can’t go to the sunnier climes of EU, but with good waterproofs, a better life awaits...
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