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  This is a detailed and authoritative post about one particular industry (Music 🎹🎻🎵) which has now been crippled by Brexit. https://www.nme.com/news/music/marillions-fish-lays-into-government-over-eu-brexit-touring-fiasco-i-genuinely-despair-at-the-dreams-that-are-being-broken-2863389 The underlying reason is that our Government vandalised our trading arrangements without allowing proper time for - consultation - impact assessment - clear guidance - education - preparation by businesses. The music industry had 24-31 December for informed preparation when they should have had at least a year. Over and above the fact of Brexit itself, the incompetent implementation has massively damaged the music industry (read the full post if you doubt this) and the same lack of consultation etc applies in every other industry sector. If you wanted Brexit, presumably you didn’t want the Brexitshambles we now have? Did you? If you didn’t want Brexit, I’m sure that you didn’t want the Brexitsham...

  JOHNSON DEPARTURE - why, when, how, who & what next? (1000 words) I have blogged bits of this in various places, so this blog post brings them together. WHY? Boris Johnson is arguably the worst leader we could have at this time. Thousands of people have died unnecessarily because of his mistakes; thousands more will die. We also cannot start to fix the Brexit blunders while the Blunderer-in-Chief is in charge. He persistently resists scrutiny and will learn nothing. #IDontBegPardon , we hear from him, which is why that's the title for our new book & CD. A change of Prime Minister, has the potential to save thousands of lives, and that on its own is a good reason to hope for this and to work towards it. We could get a new Prime Minister who is focused on the real job, not on enriching incompetent cronies in the way that the National Audit Office report shows that Johnson's Government has done. WHY WILL MPs SACK HIM? Most MPs want (1) to retain their seats - that's...

  I posted this meme, and below is my response to some of the  100+ comments ______________________________________________________________________-- Having opened this discussion let me make a few comments. I wrote just a few words to start with because the choice is as ever between writing 20 words which result in 800 responses – which feels as if it’s had some impact – or writing 800 words that may get 20 responses - which may have impact in a different way It’s worth considering what we really want to happen. If our main motivation is to make ourselves feel better in the moment, then “I told you so” may work But what if we have other objectives …..? Here are my thoughts on some of the responses. You don’t have to agree, but some of the comments invite a response. “Why should we be nice to them?” – being nice to them is not my rationale, I’m trying to gain their support which is a different objective “I’m entitled to say ‘I told you so’ “? – that’s fine, I was commenting on...