Boris Johnson barred from discussing Brexit with Merkel an 'insult to EVERY Briton'
BORIS JOHNSON being snubbed by the EU over plans to speak directly with German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been dubbed an "insult to every Briton".

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1371386/boris-johnson-brexit-news-angela-merkel...

Alles im Lack:

Ireland in despair over Brexit deal collapse as anger at Macron grows 'France says no!'
IRELAND has seemingly been sidelined in Brexit talks as Brussels attempts to pressure the UK into agreeing to its terms.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1371458/Brexit-Ireland-news-micheal-martin-eu-s...

So beknackt kann postimperiale Nostalgie sein:

Saturday’s Daily MAIL: “We’ll Send In Gunboats”

https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/1337512413374058496

"Großbritannien wird auch ohne Brexit-Deal mächtig florieren"

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https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1337358553552707584

Mark Rutte:

@MinPres on Johnson's annoncement that he is prepared to travel to Paris, Berlin, other capitals to clinch a deal: 'I would like to invite him to stay in London and work hard. Capitals don't negotiate, Barnier does, has our full support'. #brexit #EUCO

https://twitter.com/trouwschmidt/status/1337354111331790848

Rule, Britannia! rule the waves

In the event of no deal with EU on Sunday we must receive absolute guarantee from @BorisJohnson that British naval forces will be deployed from January 1st to prevent illegal French fishing in our waters @SkyNews

https://twitter.com/DKShrewsbury/status/1337485318690394113

When I said three years ago that the Brexit hardliners wouldn’t be happy until we were at war with France I was told to fucking behave myself

https://twitter.com/MitchBenn/status/1337804131365482497

Brexiters blaming Germany for the “wreckage” of Brexit is something else.

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https://twitter.com/mikegalsworthy/status/1353423859668676609

Wieso wird sie nicht von ihnen gepriesen?

OK - wahrscheinlich ist es eine Variante von "See what you made me do!".

Wo er Recht hat, hat er Recht:

https://twitter.com/HallekMichael/status/1382202964853583872

UK Customs is “looking down the barrel of a potential nightmare” as a delay on the requirement to submit declarations nears its end and the country still lacks sufficient resources to cover the backlog.

HMRC announced it would provide a six-month (175-day) delay on declarations for goods imported 1 January-1 July, but with the first batch of delayed declarations due on 25 June, concerns have been raised over the country’s capacity to process them.

“We’re in a situation where we have maybe millions of declarations due and we have insufficient brokers to get us out of the backlog,” a customs expert told The Loadstar.

“We have all these importers that have not declared what they’ve imported, and shipments will fall through the system, either because the importer cannot find a broker or they cannot be bothered.

“It leaves HMRC in a quandary; one option is it may further extend the delay or maybe it will find itself missing out on a hell of a lot of income.”

Post-Brexit, brokers clearing goods from the EU are required to have one of several certifications, with the Customs Freight Simplified Procedures (CFSP) the most sought-after as it provides swifter clearance.

However, attaining CFSP-approval has proved anything but simple, with one company claiming it took close to five months, despite a “perfect application”.

“CFSP is the only mechanism for meeting the declaration requirements of goods imported under the six-month waiver and, as it takes four to five months to achieve, those importers that have not applied will need to find a broker,” a source told The Loadstar.

“In a lot of cases, these are going to be EU companies and so the CFSP broker will need to work for them on an indirect basis.”

For brokers, processing UK importers’ declarations presents few problems, but by taking on EU importers as indirect clients, the broker becomes equally liable for any tax due on the imports declared.

This, said the customs expert, may make it “not so easy” to find brokers willing to handle the backlog of EU importers’ declarations.

“Let’s say we process a declaration and earn £35 for that bit of work, but it also makes us jointly liable for the tax due and, to give an idea of what we’re talking, the other day we processed a declaration that had some £2,300 in duty owed,” said the source.

“If customs come and audit us and ask us to prove origin and we cannot, they will ask us to pay it, if not they will go to the importer.

“But, with the importer in the EU they could just say ‘come and get us’. Well, HMRC will not do that, and they don’t have to, because they have us, here in the UK, equally liable and much easier to get a hold of.”

Compounding the issue is that the UK’s failure to properly prepare for Brexit forced it to further extend the option of delaying declarations until 1 January 2022.

This, said the source, would simply see the problem grow.

“If you’re one of the importers that’s missed a declaration, are customs going to find you? Even if they do, they could block subsequent deliveries, but you could just route them through a different company or change the legal terms,” said the customs expert. “It’s almost been left to the good graces of the importer whether we see that duty paid.”

https://theloadstar.com/threat-to-uk-customs-duty-revenue-as-backlog-of-declarations-gr...

https://twitter.com/vivamjm/status/1354415024253640704

Sollte das Handelsvolumen zwischen (Nord-)Irland und dem Rest des UK weiter abnehmen, könnte sich die EU großzügig zeigen. Aber nicht solange noch 20% aller EU-Importkontrollen in Nordirland anfallen.

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/warum-die-irische-insel-nach-dem-brexit-zus...

Brokers processing EU importers as indirect clients leave themselves equally liable for any tax due, which the custom expert said would leave “few” willing to handle the backlog.

“Let’s say we process a declaration; we earn £35 for that bit of work, but it also makes us jointly liable for the tax due and, to give an idea of what we’re talking, the other day we processed a declaration that had some £2,300 in duty owed,” said the broker.

“If customs comes and audits us and asks us to prove origin and we cannot, they will ask us to find it, if not they will go to the importer. But, with the importer in the EU, it could just say ‘come and get us’. Well, HMRC will not do that, and don’t have to, because they have us, in the UK, equally liable and much easier to get hold of.”

HMRC notes just 35 companies that will serve as indirect representatives and there appears to be little chance of that list growing any time soon.

The source noted that further evidence of the shortfall in viable brokers was the absence of any sustained “pick-up” in the number seeking CFSP approval as the first due date, 25 June, neared.

The source added: “This is a clear indication that declarations are not being lodged on a massive scale and the Treasury is not receiving what it should.”

https://theloadstar.com/delayed-declaration-scheme-means-uk-customs-is-losing-money-han...

Der (offizielle) Rücktrittsgrund ist genau genommen so schwerwiegend nicht und leicht bizarr. Er hat mit einer direkten Untergebenen eine Beziehung (ein Fauxpas), wird aber gegen Boris' Willen zurückgetreten, weil er damit gegen die eigenen Covid-Bestimmungen verstoßen hat.

Teflon Boris strikes again.

Naja. Das kommt immerhin einem kleinen Autoritätsverlust gleich, schließlich hatte er sich vor Hancock gestellt und die Sache offenbar für abgehakt erklärt.

Du läßt möglicherweise außer acht, dass er nicht aus professionellen Gründen, wie Versagen im Amt, Korruption, etc. zurücktritt. Lies Dir mal sein Rücktrittsgesuch und Boris‘ Replik durch.

Nee, der offizielle Rücktrittsgrund kommt mir ja gerade für den Laden komisch vor.

Möglicherweise habe ich aber den Guardian-Artikel nicht ganz richtig gelesen oder einen Punkt überbewertet, wenn Johnson Hancock kurz vor dem Rücktritt das Vertrauen ausgesprochen hat. Das kam für mich jedenfalls so rüber, als wolle er (wirklich) nicht, dass Hancock zurücktritt. Was ein falscher Eindruck sein kann.

Zudem nimmt BoJo der Untersuchung

Was für eine Untersuchung?

und weiteren möglichen Enthüllungen Wind aus den Segeln, indem die Schuld Hancock zugeschustert wird.

Ein loyaler Parteisoldat opfert sich fürs Team und empfiehlt sich für weitere Aufgaben.

Der sitzt schneller wieder im Kabinett als wir denken.

Meint übrigens auch Phil Moorhouse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv3zxCzi3xQ

Dass Hancock den Fall Guy macht, ist (zumindest) völlig plausibel.

Wobei Moorhouse auch nicht sagen kann, für was genau. Das müsste irgendein Scheiß sein, der in breiteren Bevölkerungskreisen für Empörung sorgt.

Wir werden sehen.

Reminder.

Not worth resigning over:

- Worst Covid death toll in Europe
- 1000s of avoidable care home deaths
- Failing to provide enough PPE
- Breaking law on contracts
- Breaking ministerial code re sister’s firm
- Siphoning billions to pals, donors, the guy who owns his local

https://twitter.com/davidschneider/status/1408841582405640197

Sicher. Aber der Punkt ist, dass das alles in den Augen einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit spilt milk ist. Viele Briten sind froh, dass sie aus dem gröbsten Covid-Mist raus sind. Und schließlich hat die Regiering Johnson wenigstens eine Sache richtig gemacht, sie hat frühzeitig für genügend Impfstoffe gesorgt. Das müssen ihr gar nicht so viele Leute direkt positiv anrechnen, es hat aber erstmal die Lage entspannt.

Es müsste also mit Blick auf die oben genannten Punkte noch eine smoking gun in der Pipeline sein, die aus mehr als aus einer Umarmung einer Mitarbeiterin besteht und eine breitere Empörung hervorrufen könnte. Oder es droht noch irgendein unbekannter Scheiß bekannt zu werden.