Joelsnan in regard to your post @23:27 yesterday, you state correctly that under Johnsons present withdrawal proposals workers rights will revert to British government control which can be changed in any election. However, should Britain " genuinely wish" conclude a trade agreement with the European Union such legislation will have to be in alignment with EU workers rights regulations, so to write those guarantees into the withdrawal agreement would make sense.
The above is the reason why many political analysts both in and outside of Parliament believe that Johnson has every intention of taking Britain out of the European Union with no deal.
You also speak in your post @23:27 yesterday Joelsnan of manufacturers returning to Britain so as to shorten supply chains but you state that at a time when one in three manufacturers and their suppliers are moving their operations into European Union member states.
The reason for the above is the threat of Britain leaving the EU and therefore it will no longer be part of a free open market of four hundred and eighty million people but will become a much smaller closed market of sixty eight million people.
Indeed the only reason my company has now opened an operation in Europe is for the sole reason that two of our longterm customers have moved large parts of their business operations into the European Union under threat of Brexit.
In regard to other Just in time transport operations (JIT), 40% of Britains fresh food comes into the United Kindom through the channel ports on a seamless daily basis. Britain could not grow that fruit and vegetables in winter unless our growers were to use huge amounts of generated heat and light in enormous glasshouses. So, where would be the reduced carbon footprint in carrying out such an operation?
Media links to above:-
www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/01/one-three-uk-firms-activate-plans-move-operations-abroad-no-deal-brexit-iod-survey
www.independent.ie/world-news/nearly-800-billion-of-assets-moved-to-europe-due-to-brexit-uncertainty-37688158.html
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-02/great-brexit-insurance-migration-shifts-75-billion-from-london
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