Why Labour Must Reverse Brexit Divergence Quickly

British manufacturing is suffering due to the trade friction with its previously established supply chains. Divergence increases each year, and research suggests we might have only a few years to do something about it. People are unsure about the practical effect of Labour's brexit position, but it is undeniably certain that they cannot afford to allow British manufacturing to fail.
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[brianmacadam]

Hi Phil, I'm a manufacturing guy myself and I've been watching the decline in manufacturing since Brexit. The more important issue, I think, is the decline in Financial Services. The EU has a vibrant manufacturing sector, the EU can allow the UK back "into the fold" the supply lines are not so degraded that they cannot be resuscitated, and the European manufacturing sector can revert ( with tweaks as required ) or evolve as it were into an improved sector.
By far the more Important issue is Finance, the EU allowed the finance industry to build up disproportionately in London until it became the gorilla in the corner. Now that financial services have begun to transition into the EU in a number of smaller centres ( Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, ...), the sector can be more easily regulated and controlled. The EU will NOT want this process to stop, I can imagine that any "new deal" with the EU would require a robust services industry distributed across the EU, if the UK resisted there will be no deal.
Why would the EU give up on cleaning the financial sector ( was that in fact the reason for Brexit ?) now that they have the chance.

[Matt-kqks]

Best of luck Phil! I think you'd do a smashing job.

It would be great to see people of your intellect, eloquence and a pure motives going into office

[kevinmcloughlin]

I suspect that Labour has lost more than it has gained in pretending to support the stupidity of brexit.

[andreasstavrinides]

DELIGHTED to hear that you've put your name in the hat to stand as a candidate Phil! I'd love to see you as an MP.

[johnwilliams]

Good luck Phil Parliament needs genuine people like you

[timmcaree]

Best of luck Phil. With your knowledge and common sense you would be an asset to Labour as an MP. 👍

[clacton]

Austerity and Brexit the Silent Killers in our Midst. Not just Lives but Jobs as well.

[casbot]

But would _Aligning with the EU_ in order to reduce trade friction mean that EU financial transparency laws would have to be applied in Britain as well?

That's going to upset a few of the 0.01%.

[william]

Good luck Phil, I’d certainly vote for you, you would make a huge contribution for the betterment of this country

[richardcoates]

Your Country Needs YOU, Phil! You could certainly be an enormous positive influence in Parliament and on tv question panels. In my view, you thoroughly deserve to be selected for a safe seat. Good luck..!

[bigN-]

OMG. Phil you are really offering to stand as an MP. I am super excited. Best of luck. 🇩🇪❤🇬🇧

[supernoodles]

I think it's great that you've put yourself forward as a candidate for Doncaster East Phil!

[jounik]

I'd say the tipping point went by already, around mid-2022. Since there was no sign of any actions taken to reform manufacturing in Britain to match the new realities 18 months into being outside the SM and even worse, no sign of admitting that such actions are even needed, foreign investments have wisely sought saner locations. I don't see how Labour can possibly stop what has already happened, _those_ investments aren't coming back and there's precious little making the UK in general and England in particular a choice target for new investments.

[JustinTimeEnglishClip]

Good luck, Phil. I hope your very strong shoulder does get behind it. The country needs more people like you to fix all the Tory debacles.

[MalkWilliams]

That was a remarkably throwaway line for such a big announcement!!! Good luck, Phil. I hope the selection panel can see your merits as we can!

[ewanRbeck]

Best of luck Phil! Politics really needs people like you, real people with a real understanding of what's going on. I'd vote for you!

[piccalillipit]

*IN 1995 IS WAS ON £27K - IN 2005 I WAS ON £65K* Thats what Labour did for me - a kid who went to School in a black bin bag too poor to afford a coat due to the Tories.

Labour gave me the opportunity of a good life, the Tories ensured I had a deprived childhood, but Labour gave me a life. And now the Tories are ensuring another generation of deprived children.

[rocketsurgeon]

No, Phil (4:00), the EU doesn't have to renegotiate anything in 2025 or 2026. The 2025 TCA Review, postponed until 2026, is exactly that, a Review. Not a renegotiation. This has been further and explicitly clarified by Maroš Šefčovič, who, I'm reliably told, ought to know.

Indeed, he was quite emphatic in saying that this review wasn't an opportunity for renegotiation, and that the EC otherwise wasn't open to any negotiations, especially seeing as how the UK still haven't even fully implemented the TCA or made the most of it.

[Nickbaldeagle]

The sooner that Labour can show that reversing Tory policy has benefits for everyone, the better.

[DutchLabrat]

It is not just convergence in laws that is needed. Like all quality marks and systems they only have value if your customer trusts you are following the rules. For that you need a large and transparant system of controls and that is what the UK misses now.