Brexit impact studies

[BR14]

Is that Volkswagen's new car which passes all the EU crash tests?

nah, - it's a mole wrench

[meridian]

Brexit impact studies

would you show a bridge opponent all your cards before playing the game?
why should the media demand that from the government?

It’s not about the government not showing the media.

It’s about a government department (DExEU) claiming to have extensive analysis into the impacts of Brexit, and informing Parliament that they had extensive analysis, yet when a parliamentary select committee requests those impact studies under FOI it turns out that they may not exist after all.

In other words, it’s about David Davis deliberately misleading Parliament.

Which, in turn, means that the minister that is in charge of Brexit negotiations doesn’t have the faintest idea what the impact of his negotiations may actually be.

Ministers have been sacked for less, but sadly not in this government so I’m not holding my breath.

[darmstadt]

'If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.'

[motoukenin]

Is that Volkswagen's new car which passes all the EU crash tests?

You didn't recognise the Brexit Bus, your a disguised remainer

[mattfx]

Seriously what car interior is that.. A Vauxhall Carlton would be my best guess?!

[WTFH]

Seriously what car interior is that.. A Vauxhall Carlton would be my best guess?!

Close.

Clues: right hand drive, but speedo in Km/h, so it won't be a Vauxhall. If it was Ireland, it would be an Opel Omega.
But it's not.

It's Australian, a 1993 Holden Commodore if I'm not mistaken.

[darmstadt]

Now turning farcical. Obviously they have something to hide...Contempt proceedings need to be acted upon:

“As Lord Callanan and I have respectively told both Houses, and in response to the House of Commons motion of 1 November, we are writing to confirm the Government has made a reading room available in 100 Parliament Street from today, Monday 4 December.

“The reading room will allow Members and Peers to have access to the sectoral reports that were submitted to the Commons Committee on Exiting the EU and Lords EU Committee, on Monday 27 November. The reading room is available for the use of Members of both Houses only; it will not be accessible to Members’ staff.

“Members of both Houses of Parliament are invited to arrange a time to read the documents at 100 Parliament Street. The room will be open on days either House is sitting from 10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 17:00. Appointments can be booked for one hour slots, but Members are welcome to book multiple hours back-to-back, or on separate visits. The room is limited to eight Members or Peers at one time and we strongly encourage all Members to make an appointment in advance as entry to the room unfortunately cannot be guaranteed without an appointment.”

So...800 pages, 6 hours a day access, 8 spaces, 650 MPs and 800 Lords will take long past March 2019 before they are read...

[northernladyuk]

would you show a bridge opponent all your cards before playing the game?
why should the media <or the opposition, or twats on here> demand that from the government?

Because it is not a game of cards. This is about government accountability to the sovereign parliament.

Anyway, as there are no impact assessments, this is a simple case of a minister misleading parliament.

[darmstadt]

Project Lying Bastards continues to grind along:

David Davis has admitted the UK Government has done no impact assessments for the implications of Brexit on sectors of the British economy.

Despite having previously indicated that work had been undertaken, Mr Davis accepted in public that there is "no such systematic impact assessment".

[meridian]

Project Lying Bastards continues to grind along:

I don't know whether to be more annoyed with Davis for being a lying drunken toerag well out of his depth, May for not sacking him and being well out of her depth, Parliament for not pressing contempt charges (although that's still a possibility), or the other 625-odd MPs that voted to trigger A50 without the faintest idea what the impact is on the UK.