Interesting Links for 04-02-2021

[andrewducker]

French ferry firm opens new post-Brexit routes to Ireland bypassing UK

(tags:France UK Ireland trade Europe )

How Theresa May casually decided that Brexit meant the United Kingdom would leave the single market and customs union

(tags:UK Europe history OhForFucksSake )

The way we produce computers (and phones, printers, cameras, and anything else with a chip in it) is insecure and dangerous. Is regulation now necessary?

(tags:regulation hardware software security )

Capt Tom donations: What was the £33m spent on?

(tags:charity NHS uk )

With impeccable timing, the white cliffs of Dover are collapsing

(tags:UK video )

Autistic comedian Joe Wells on having a non-autistic brother

(tags:autism comedy video viaSwampers funny )

Edinburgh's two shelved tram lines could be revived

(tags:Edinburgh trams transport Scotland )

Comments

[calimac]

Writer on Brexit asks us to compare Hammond's revelations with our own recollections of the Brexit process from outside. Well, my recollection from very far outside is that there was nothing surprising or game-changing about May's declaration that the UK would leave the single market and customs union, because it was already clear that the Brexiteers would stand for nothing less. See the fury generated, which Hammond cites in the full interview, at the mere suggestion that there'd even be a transition period. The only alternative was to try to keep delaying the process.