The Independent 25th July 2022

This link is outside the paywall.

https://archive.ph/2022.07.25-155415/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/brexit-border-etias-dover-eurostar-b2130495.html?r=48505&fs=e&s=cl&fbclid=IwAR3FtCOhYsCIdvlIlOgqJdgmS0g8MwRF4Y40rnHcqL-vU3n5F0wWntN6ZtU&fs=e&s=cl

British passport holders must now have their travel documents inspected and stamped.

Just when we all thought the queuing in Dover and Folkestone this weekend was a temporary inconvenience that will soon be sorted out.

The next steps, which are due to be introduced in May 2023, will involve more red tape. Passport stamping will end. Every traveller must be fingerprinted and provide a facial biometric instead.

The EU will introduce an “entry exit system” (EES) that will record the movements of non-EU visitors.

British travellers are restricted to 90 days stay in any 180 days, but checks currently depend on checking passport stamps and are haphazard.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_4663

The European Commission has today launched four new infringement procedures against the United Kingdom for not complying with significant parts of the Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland

1. Failing to comply with the applicable customs requirements, supervision requirements and risk controls on the movement of goods from Northern Ireland to Great Britain.

2.Failing to notify the transposition of EU legislation laying down general EU rules on excise duties,

3. Failing to notify the transposition of EU rules on excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages.

4. Failing to implement EU rules on Value Added Tax (VAT) for e-commerce, namely the Import One-Stop Shop (IOSS).

The Guardian 19th July 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/18/green-groups-in-last-ditch-bid-to-block-uk-australia-trade-deal-brexit

Environmental campaigners have launched a last-ditch legal bid to prevent or delay the UK’s trade deal with Australia.

The groups – include WWF, Sustain, Green Alliance, Compassion in World Farming, the Soil Association, the Trade Justice Movement and the Tenant Farmers’ Association.

Under the Australian trade deal, the UK could be opened up to Australian beef and other farm products that are subject to lower standards, including on the use of antibiotics on livestock and of harmful pesticides, than are legal in the UK.

Meatmanagement.com 15th July 2022

https://meatmanagement.com/flaws-in-the-uk-new-zealand-trade-deal-exposed-by-separate-eu-arrangements/?fbclid=IwAR1EyIpphcDTnSdobIuJwX3Jm0d2-ZF_phRJUCs39hOuLrluD2VYkQuhRuU&fs=e&s=cl

Chris Southworth, the director of the International Chamber of Commerce, speaking on the Farming Today programme, when asked if the UK-New Zealand trade deal left British farmers at a disadvantage compared to EU farmers, agrees the new UK / NZ trade deal is potentially damaging to UK food and farming interests.

The Guardian 15th July 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/14/jail-water-firm-bosses-over-appalling-pollution-says-environment-agency

The Environmental Agency is awarding star ratings for water company performance ratings. Southern Water is only one star (the worst category) and Thames Water is just two star.

The agency said water firms’ performance had declined to the worst seen in years.

Although this report doesn’t mention Brexit, it cannot be a coincidence that the absence of EU standards and obligations has allowed the companies to behave irresponsibly. They obviously aren’t frightened of the UK regulations or penalties!

The Guardian 11th July 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/10/post-brexit-visa-rules-a-disaster-for-arts-says-edinburgh-festival-director

The outgoing director of the Edinburgh International festival has called for the UK’s visa and exports rules to be greatly simplified to allow musicians and artists to travel overseas far more smoothly

Fergus Linehan, said the UK’s post-Brexit visa rules had been a “disaster” for the arts and for artists by stifling collaboration and travel.

Just another business suffering from Brexit!

said the UK’s post-Brexit visa rules had been a “disaster” for the arts and for artists by stifling collaboration and making it harder for British artists to tour abroad.

Get Reading 6th July 2022

https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/bracknell-mp-james-sunderland-quits-24419123.amp

Writing letters to your MP is never a waste of time it seems!

In his resignation statement James Sunderland has said

“I have today resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary to DEFRA. I would like to thank everyone who has taken the trouble to share their views with me in recent months. I continue to serve the people of Bracknell, Crowthorne, Finchampstead, Sandhurst and Wokingham Without to the best of my ability.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/25/what-have-we-done-six-years-on-uk-counts-the-cost-of-brexit?CMP=share_btn_tw

Sectors from fishing to aviation, farming to science report being bogged down in red tape, struggling to recruit staff and racking up losses for the first time

Only now, with the worst of the pandemic (probably) behind us, and ministers unable to blame Covid, is Brexit reality being laid bare.

The Office for Budget Responsibility says Brexit will have a long-term effect of cutting UK GDP by a hefty 4%, an estimate unchanged since early 2020. The Financial Times says such a decline amounts to £100bn in lost output, and £40bn less revenue to the Treasury a year. The UK is now behind all the other G7 nations in the pace of its recovery from the pandemic, with exports by UK small businesses to the EU down significantly.

Outside Paywall

https://archive.ph/2022.07.02-080901/https://www.ft.com/content/f471d783-5942-4495-892a-361bb0b6aaf0

UK scientists have warned that Britain’s exclusion from Horizon — to which it had committed £15bn over seven years — will cause huge damage to research collaboration and harm science in the UK and EU.

Britain’s Brexit deal envisaged the UK’s continued participation in Horizon, but that has been blocked by the EU in light of prime minister Boris Johnson’s decision to rip up the Northern Ireland protocol, part of the Brexit treaty.