Ruth Skelton 🇺🇦
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@CllrRuth
Retired from being a councillor May 2023 All views my own.
The Liberal Democrats have admitted to discriminating against Natalie Bird (@Nat_freespeech) for her gender-critical views. She was suspended from the party and barred from standing as an MP. I spoke to Natalie on last night’s show, along with her lawyer @ElliotHammerSR.
case is from 2019, and there was no admission made, we spoke outside and have a draft agreement J - so it's settled HM - what was important to C, is that there was an admission, <discussion of process that I'm struggling to follow - both barristers and judge.
⚠️ New Brexit UK border controls will cost British biz £2bn and fuel higher inflation, new report warns UK-EU trade will be damaged as a result. ⚠️ The insurer Allianz Trade said the controls agreed under Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal could add 10% to import costs over the first year. ⚠️ The Allianz report said that the checks would affect £21bn of agricultural product imports, including eggs, live trees and plants, meat and fish, covering about 3% of all UK imports. ⚠️These new costs were the equivalent to adding a 10% tariff on these imports, EU companies would be likely to pass on these costs to UK customers. ⚠️ It said these items accounted for about 6% of the overall basket of goods used to calculate the UK’s headline inflation rate, and that the additional costs could add 0.2% points to inflation, with dairy, meat and fish most affected. ⚠️Inflation has fallen back from over 10% last year to 3.4%, helped by cooling food prices after the sharpest annual increase since the late 1970s. However, food prices are still 30% higher than three years ago. ‼️ British firms also face the prospect of tougher barriers to exporting to the EU as the UK steadily falls behind the introduction of new rules set by Brussels. ‼️ A separate study by UK in a Changing Europe said UK companies would have “little choice” but to follow new EU standards currently being pushed through the Strasbourg parliament before elections in June. ‼️ Joël Reland, research associate at UK in a Changing Europe, said: “The UK is living next door to a regulatory behemoth, which it cannot afford to ignore. Even after Brexit, the EU remains the UK’s chief export market, so British businesses have little choice but to conform with new EU regulations. ‼️ “The main difference is that now the UK government has no means of influencing EU policy decisions from the inside.” theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
Fire safety for your business is still important during the busy #Christmas period. Please ensure that escape routes are kept clear of stock and that escape doors can be opened easily. @DerbyshireFRS
