Thread by @DmitryOpines, 1/ As far back as 18 months ago, still prominent public figures [...]

1/ As far back as 18 months ago, still prominent public figures were publicly saying crashing out of the EU with no transition period would either be no big deal, or actually quite good for the UK.

It& #39;s 18 months later. Let& #39;s check the papers.

2/ @Joe_Mayes reports the government is so concerned about port and highway chaos after transition it is using a statutory instrument to acquire authority to unilaterally slap giant lorry parking lots all over the country without local council consent. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-03/government-gets-power-to-build-brexit-lorry-parks-across-england?sref=yMmXm5Iy">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...

Government Gets Power to Build Brexit Lorry Parks Across England

With Britain less than four months away from its final split with the European Union, U.K. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick gave himself sweeping powers to build truck parks across large parts of...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-03/government-gets-power-to-build-brexit-lorry-parks-across-england?sref=yMmXm5Iy

3/ @adampayne26 reports UK food companies still don& #39;t know how to label their products so that they& #39;re eligible to go on EU and NI shelves.

The government has missed what the industry called the absolute deadline to inform them. https://www.businessinsider.com/brexit-food-companies-warn-boris-johnson-has-missed-labelling-deadline-2020-9?r=US&IR=T">https://www.businessinsider.com/brexit-fo...

UK companies fear food shortages as Boris Johnson's government misses deadline for new Brexit...

British food exporters say they have run out of time to produce new packaging for trading with both the EU and Northern Ireland from next year.

https://www.businessinsider.com/brexit-food-companies-warn-boris-johnson-has-missed-labelling-deadline-2020-9?r=US&IR=T

4/ @Joe_Mayes again (does he ever sleep?) reports the logistics industry is terrified by the massive gaps in the Border Plan, including entire IT systems that haven& #39;t even been built yet. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-03/u-k-races-to-fix-critical-gaps-exposed-in-brexit-border-plan?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&cmpid%3D=socialflow-facebook-brexit&utm_content=brexit&utm_medium=social">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...

U.K. Races to Fix ‘Critical Gaps’ Exposed in Brexit Border Plan

Boris Johnson’s officials are urgently working to avert a major border crisis when the U.K. leaves the European Union’s trade regime, amid warnings that vital government IT systems may not be ready...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-03/u-k-races-to-fix-critical-gaps-exposed-in-brexit-border-plan?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&cmpid%3D=socialflow-facebook-brexit&utm_content=brexit&utm_medium=social

5/ Those are all stories from the last 24 hours, and I doubt they& #39;re an exhaustive list of every readiness gap.

This horrific barrage of chaos, unreadiness and uncertainty is what the state of play looks like with months to prepare.

What would it have looked like 18 months ago?

6/ Has anyone who called for a "Hard Brexit Now" back then been called to account?

Has a single person who went on TV to scoff at "project fear" and "so-called-experts" apologized, in light of what we& #39;re seeing?

No.

They& #39;re too busy being taken seriously.

Still.

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