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Brexit: Gove slammed as EU exports plummet – Most unsurprised reactions

Gove: ‘I think the people of this country have had enough of exports’

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-02-08 11:14
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The Observer revealed yesterday that the volume of exports going through British ports to the EU fell by a staggering 68 per cent last month compared with January last year, and it was mainly put down to Brexit.

One of the stand out themes of the pre-referendum messaging was the idea that the UK would be able to trade more easily with non-EU countries, while having no loss of access to the EU. This doesn’t appear to be the case though.

The Road Haulage Association’s chief executive, Richard Burnett said their contact with Micheal Gove had been limited and had achieved little over recent months.

He said: “Michael Gove is the master of extracting information from you and giving nothing back.

“He responds on WhatsApp and says he got the letter but no written response comes. Pretty much every time we have written over the last six months he has not responded in writing. He tends to get officials to start working on things. But the responses are a complete waste of time because they don’t listen to what the issues were that we raised in the first place.”

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Whitehall sources vehemently rejected that claim, “We don’t recognise these figures at all,” said a Cabinet Office spokesperson, adding: “We know there are some specific issues and we are working with businesses to resolve them.”

A government spokesperson said: “Thanks to the hard work put in by hauliers and traders to get ready for the end of the Brexit transition period, there are no queues at the Short Straits, disruption at the border has so far been minimal and freight movements are now close to normal levels, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

“As a responsible government, we made extensive preparations for a wide range of scenarios at the border, including the reasonable worst case. However, it appears increasingly unlikely that our reasonable worst case scenario will occur.”

However, the RHA’s figure was backed by Richard Ballantyne, the chief executive of the British Ports Association, who said it was “broadly in line” with his experience since new year.

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A lot of people saw this coming and the reactions on Twitter showed no surprise at all at the slump in trade.

Reactions

1.

Let’s never forget this, eh? pic.twitter.com/0CrzgBcHIM

— Sue Perkins 💙 (@sueperkins) February 4, 2021

2.

a staggering statistic even in the circumstances pic.twitter.com/9VFW3zmulZ

— Jim Pickard 🐋 (@PickardJE) February 6, 2021

3.

https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1358327322869436416

4.

Gove: ‘I think the people of this country have had enough of exports’ pic.twitter.com/mNhNA79J9I

— Andrea Catherwood (@acatherwoodnews) February 6, 2021

5.

Exports to EU down 68%.

And import checks still to come.

The only time Boris Johnson has ever been honest is when he said “fuck business”. pic.twitter.com/nEwpHDcLp6

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) February 6, 2021

6.

Stories that should lead the news but won’t ….. Fury at Gove as exports to EU slashed by 68% since Brexit | Brexit | The Guardian https://t.co/JA2R9gAQLG

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) February 7, 2021

7.

How long will it take for the anger directed at those who warned of the impact of a hard Brexit to be directed instead at those who conned people into voting for it in the first place? https://t.co/FMdVEaUQ0h

— Dr Phillip Lee (@DrPhillipLee) February 7, 2021

8.

Whether it’s “experts” or “exports” – we clearly need more of both. And far, far, far less of Gove. https://t.co/XFItcLJNdG

— Seb Dance (@SebDance) February 7, 2021

9.

maybe we could export Michael Gove?

— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@mrdavemacleod) February 7, 2021

10.

I am so tired of doing my surprised face. https://t.co/gz6Nc4sAIn

— Michael Moran (@TheMichaelMoran) February 6, 2021

11.

Well, I suppose that’s one way of cutting down that red tape…https://t.co/92mRSN4OnR

— Marina Purkiss (@MarinaPurkiss) February 7, 2021

12.

Carbon reduction programme off to a good start I see… https://t.co/pOioeGgWD4

— Tom Sutcliffe (@tds153) February 6, 2021

13.

I wonder if the way to attack this politically is to stop associating the chaos with Brexit as a concept, which gives government political cover – will of the people etc. Just say it’s a catastrophic failure of trade policy for which Johnson and Gove are personally responsible. https://t.co/dJUjO9wEYu

— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) February 7, 2021

Related: PMQs 3rd Feb – Boris Johnson is creating troubles for himself and everyone else

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