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Brexit Transition Extension Advocates Edited by Colin Gordon, Grassroots for Europe Colinngordon@Aol.Com Version R16 09/06/2020 20:30 Brexit Transition Extension advocates Edited by Colin Gordon, Grassroots for Europe [email protected] Version r16 09/06/2020 20:30 Now available online at : https://ukpen.eu/reference/brexit-transition-extension-advocates/ See also this major campaign resource site: http://www.onecrisisatatime.co.uk/ About this document This document is intended to provide an up to date listing, with key quotes, of all significant English-language public statements available online containing evidence or arguments in favour of the extension of the Brexit Transition period. Some emphases have been added to some quotes. There is a table of contents listing each item by principals named source(s) – persons and/or organizations. The most recently added items (since 30th May) are listed at the front of this document, in approximate reverse order by date. (Some recently added items are not new.): NEW: Since 30 May 2020 NEW IN THIS VERSION Today's update contains several major new contributions: • Two open letters to Boris Johnson: one from the Brexit Civil Society Alliance of 55 civil society organizations, delivering front-line services and national projects aross the UK; • the other, published in Yorkshire Bylines, from 13 pro-European local campaign groups in Yorkshire. • a report published today by the major academic think-tank UK in a Changing Europe, with comments by its director Prof. Anand Menon, stressing the necessity of an extension to the transition in order to obtain a good UK/EU trade deal, and • a recent report from the Institute of Government on key business risk issues with the Brexit protocol for Nortthern Ireland. • a strongly worded report from the powerful House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, with comments from its chair Meg Hillier MP, warning that the government lacks the communications capability to handle COVID-19 in parallel with the scheduled exit from the Transition Period. • From local media we report statement by a campaign group in Swindon on local business risks in the event of no deal, and • a letter from a concerned citizen in Gateshead, on the no deal threat to the Nissan works. The section of recent items is followed by a complete listing of all items to date, classified into four sections: 1. International, government, politics, law, faiths 2. Business, Industry and Civil Society 3. Experts and commentators 4. Campaigns, polls and petitions. The document will continue to be updated frequently during coming weeks. Additional materials, contributions and corrections will be most gratefully received. Our thanks to all those who have assisted so far. We will be particularly happy to receive and include statements from local and regional organizations, businesses and citizens. This compilation is intended for the use of campaigners, researchers, media, and all citizens and stakeholders with a potential interest in speaking out on the need to extend the Brexit transition period and avert the threatened disaster of a no-deal Brexit on top of the ongoing disaster of the COVID-19 pandemic. The polling evidence also documented here confirms that a broad majority of the UK public now accepts the urgent necessity of transition extension in a world transformed by the pandemic, and that this majority now includes a large section of Conservative and Leave voters. The document currently references well over 100 public media sources and this number is growing briskly day by day. Some have already been widely reported, others less so. The voices recorded here span the political and Brexit-related opinion spectrums and wide sectors of government, business and civil society, both UK and international. The scope of the document is limited to the testimonies of those who have so far spoken out explicitly in public on this issue. Many others who hold equally strong views have remained silent in public but are likely be communicating their views via private channels, and may be considering a public statement as time gets shorter and the stakes rise. Charles Grant, Director of the Centre for European Reform, tweeted recently: <<Recently spoke to a group of senior business leaders. All believed that not extending Brexit transition would be v bad for their businesses and the economy. But none was willing to speak out in public, for fear of punishment by No 10. Not a healthy way to run UK.>> https://twitter.com/CER_Grant/status/1266832207760502786 This is one of the reasons our country is in a bad place today. [Postscript 08/06/2020. Mr Michael Gove was today reported by the logistics industry website Loadstar as telling Commons Committee chair Hilary Benn that “Businesses are exaggerating their concerns about the additional customs declarations needed after the UK ends the Brexit transition period on 31 December”. https://theloadstar.com/businesses-exaggerating-concerns-about-post-brexit-customs-claims-gove/] Since 2016, businesses have been under various forms of coercion by government and Brexiter forces to remain silent about the business costs and risks of Brexit. The COVID-19 pandemic now places businesses under a severe existential threat such that their need for government aid and favour can act as a further powerful cause of intimidation. For people in the arts, science, academia and public life, similar pressures are known to apply. We hope this compilation will help encourage more key actors and voices to speak out before it is too late, for the sake of our economy, our society and our democracy. Background information on the transition period. Please see the following useful sources: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/brexit-transition-period h ttps://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/events/extending-brexit-transition-period [08/04/2020] https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/implementing-brexit-securing-more-time [30 /05/2020] For a recent overview of the debate (and business concerns) see https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/extension-is-brexiters-chance-to-show.html On June 2nd, the House of Commons Library issued a Briefing Paper by Stefano Fella, “UK-EU future relationship negotiating timetable: extending the transition ”. It commented: “This briefing sets out the timetable for the UK-EU future relationship negotiations. It provides an overview of the debate on whether the post-Brexit transition period should be extended, and explains the process for extending this period. ” Table of Contents About this document.............................................................................................................................1 NEW: Since 30 May 2020....................................................................................................................9 Liberal Democrats............................................................................................................................9 Nourish Scotland..............................................................................................................................9 UK in a Changing Europe ...............................................................................................................9 Swindon for Europe [via Swindon Adverstiser]............................................................................10 Yorkshire Bylines...........................................................................................................................10 Jessica Simor QC...........................................................................................................................11 Insitute of Government/ EUobserver.............................................................................................11 Public Accounts Committee, House of Commons. Meg Hillier MP (chair) ................................12 Louise Brown, The Northern Echo. ..............................................................................................12 Brexit Civil Society Alliance (55 civil society organizations); Geoff Nuttall, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action.........................................................................................................13 The Loadstar..................................................................................................................................16 Andrew Opie British Retail Consortium. Mark Bridgeman, Country Land and Business Association. Frances O’Grady, (TUC).........................................................................................16 British Retail Consortium..............................................................................................................17 Delphine Strauss............................................................................................................................18 Peter Donaghy (Salmon of Data) ..................................................................................................18 Stefano Fella..................................................................................................................................18 Andrew Opie, director of food,British Retail Consortium............................................................18 Amber Khan, Young Fabians.........................................................................................................19 Ed Davey MP, Liberal Democrat Acting Leader ..........................................................................19 Senator Neale Richmond...............................................................................................................19
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