British exports to the EU countries fell by 40% in January (compared to the previous year).

Who'd have thunk it? 🙄

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That 40% figure, in combination with the effects of covid, is a portent of a coming catastrophe. The EU was the UK's largest export market. The Lockdown is probably just masking a terrible economic collapse.

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However, it gets worse, a lot worse.

Scotland is a small country which has to exist economically by having strong exports (and we have always *had* strong exports).

Here are the figures for some of Scotland's strongest food export sectors:

fish & shellfish down 83%
meat down 59%
dairy down 50%

EU exports in general down 63%

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Let's do it.

#politics #Brexit #Scotland #Yes

@fitheach That sounds like a wise choice.

@tsturm @fitheach Sadly, we can't rely on the people of the UK to make wise choices.

@wim_v12e
Democracy, huh?

@tsturm

@fitheach @tsturm I personally don't think the Brexit referendum was democratic, due to the way it was set up.
And while we're on the topic, I don't think FPTP is democratic either. To my mind, it is the root of all evil.

@wim_v12e
That's an amazing coincidence! I'm currently watching "The Root of All Evil" (1947) starring Phyllis Calvert. Very good it is, too.

@tsturm

@fitheach @tsturm Thanks for the tip! I just watched The Razor's Edge, and tonight it's Gilda. I've seen them both before, but I never mind watching a good movie again.