Looks like "fuck business" is the first promise Johnson has ever kept. https://t.co/aci25sFW3B

— stefanstern (@stefanstern) March 12, 2021

Massive drop in UK trade shows extent of Boris Johnson's Brexit own goal https://t.co/8UoaqpjDTZ

— Graham Simpson (@grahambsi) March 12, 2021

UK trade with EU collapsed in January according to ONS data. Much smaller falls in trade with non-EU countries

Compared to previous January, for goods (excluding precious metals):

EU exports: – 38%
EU imports: – 16%

Non-EU exports: -8%
Non-EU imports: -9%

— Thomas Sampson (@thom_sampson) March 12, 2021

BREXIT TRADE: The UK/EU trade figures for Jan 2021 are out. They’re bad, really bad.
👉Stockpiling pre-Jan is a factor.
👉Covid is a factor.
‼️BUT this graph shows an export crash much deeper than anything during Covid in 2020.
And read on for the food export trade collapse… pic.twitter.com/Rv8E2ld1V7

— James Withers (@JamesRWithers) March 12, 2021

A thread expressing hope that Brexit-related problems will soon be less bad than they currently are. The idea that Brexit would deliver any actual ‘benefits’ has already been quietly abandoned. https://t.co/0z8HxgpGJX

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) March 12, 2021

Pick your team folks, David Frost (and the UK government) v Sam Lowe (and pretty much every reputable trade specialist globally + 100 years of trade theory etc).

All, or at least some more, to be revealed next month with February's figures… pic.twitter.com/pzqZxMy4uH

— David Henig 🇺🇦 (@DavidHenigUK) March 12, 2021

Comment: Brexit has led to depressing – and inevitable – trade chaos. The issue with Brexit is not simply day one snags or queues at Dover — it is that, in the long run, the UK will be permanently and unnecessarily poorer. https://t.co/6Fl1LRZmGK

— Graham Simpson (@grahambsi) March 12, 2021

My objections to Brexit were never economic. But contrary to the promises, there was indeed an economic cost https://t.co/jmYqalySup

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) March 12, 2021

The 'battle to save the union' is one of the most hilarious of all the battles. https://t.co/f9y9sMHGks

— Peter Geoghegan @ democracyforsale.substack (@PeterKGeoghegan) March 12, 2021

Wales's First Minister has said strict “stay at home” restrictions will end tomorrow, being replaced by a “stay local” rule. @adavies4 explains.https://t.co/IhUL5xGos0

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) March 12, 2021

£37 billion squandered on test and trace. £80 billion now for the military, though it’s hard to imagine what, if any, wars we can now fight as an independent nation.
And, oh yes, a 1% pay rise for the NHS. pic.twitter.com/pHw3V8t09X

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) March 12, 2021

Boris Johnson rules out return of Parthenon marbles to Greece https://t.co/L9u0wdfI92

— The Guardian (@guardian) March 12, 2021

🔴 NEW – Arlene Foster tells Boris Johnson to 'stand up for NI and replace Protocol'. https://t.co/YlDWM9FFer

— Belfast News Letter (@News_Letter) March 12, 2021

Try explaining that the Prime Minister doesn’t know how to wear a mask.

— brendanbelfast 🇪🇺 (@brendanbelfast) March 12, 2021

Very bold of @DUPleader to state on TV that 'the majority' of people want the protocol sorted out properly? Where did she get that info from? The majority voted to remain in the EU.

— Niamh 🍒 🇮🇪 (@NlAMHMEALONE) March 12, 2021

Reminder that the nature of the 'Irish Sea border' is a function of not just the Protocol – as presented here – but also the UK-EU trade relationship. The terms of the former were known when the TCA was being negotiated, but – so it would seem – ignored.https://t.co/VHgNkTVcSB

— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) March 12, 2021

An extraordinary rewrite of history is underway in the UK. Apparently the Irish government did not engage with them enough about the consequences of Brexit.

Reader practically the whole of Ireland was shouting at them, government included from before the referendum. https://t.co/AUcndQKtUS

— Jonathan Mills (@Muinchille) March 12, 2021

The difference between "not realizing" and "not caring"
Who seriously believed the UK could exit the EU without a shitstorm in NI?
Nobdoy. Some voted for that shitstorm, some voted against it, some voted without giving it a thought.
Nobody voted Brexit thinking "NI will be grand"

— Bryan O'Donoghue 🇺🇦 🇮🇪 🇪🇺🇹🇼🌻🖥️ (@0xB0D) March 12, 2021

"This makes a statement that George Floyd deserved better than what we witnessed on May 25, 2020." Floyd family attorney Ben Crump reacts to the $27 million settlement the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay to settle a civil lawsuit in George Floyd's death. https://t.co/e7RRIe1E6V

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 12, 2021

Happy the family is compensated, but money isn’t justice. This just punishes the taxpayers. This money doesn’t come from the officers or from the police but from the city’s coffers, some from the very communities that feel oppressed. How is that justice?! https://t.co/wnO95oD8ou

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) March 12, 2021

A day after President Biden delivered a sober prime-time address on his effort to defeat the pandemic, he joined Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic leaders to celebrate enactment his $1.9 trillion Covid relief package. https://t.co/YYxv1DIwaJ

— POLITICO (@politico) March 12, 2021

On @Breakingviews: Biden’s vaccine pledge looks too modest. Vaccine production and real-time data like air traveler numbers show things are moving quicker. Wall Street may also be underestimating how fast some sectors will recover https://t.co/0NmAY9YzXR https://t.co/0NmAY9YzXR

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 12, 2021

BREAKING: CDC now reports more than 100,000,000 coronavirus vaccinations in the US. pic.twitter.com/NpEmakGXMa

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 12, 2021

Dr. Fauci aims for a “universal” vaccine to overlap the new Covid-19 variants that continue to produce in other parts of world. https://t.co/ottGNqpFmd

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 12, 2021

I get the feeling that, someday soon, certain people are going to wish they’d let Garland onto the Supreme Court after all. https://t.co/0YKAjoBDeK

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March 12, 2021

DOJ seeks to build large conspiracy case against Oath Keepers for Jan. 6 riot – The Washington Post – 🙂 https://t.co/VyEAnORKps

— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) March 12, 2021

Wow! Former acting Defense Sec Chris Miller, a loyalist appointed by Trump after the November election, says Trump "did incite rioters to go to Capitol" and played a role in what happened on Jan 6 per CNN.

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) March 12, 2021

It’s not clear who would want to read this book or why https://t.co/I2qQ0UWihl

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 12, 2021

Ted was alarmed by President Biden’s vision of families and friends getting together in backyards and neighborhoods for cookouts or barbecue on July 4th. Ted was planning to spend the 4th in Cancun. At the Ritz Carlton. No problem Ted. The president’s not closing the border. Go. https://t.co/ELaxVhzeOI

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 12, 2021

I wish they had thought to do this pic.twitter.com/w5cNOeYDiE

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 12, 2021

Can’t imagine why https://t.co/X5UwBtcKRP

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 12, 2021

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday rejected calls from members of New York’s congressional delegation for him to resign, and said he won’t bow to “cancel culture.”

“I did not do what has been alleged, period,” Cuomo said. https://t.co/ZjfvmXJkez

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 12, 2021

"In a distinctly Trumpy press conference Friday, Cuomo displayed the classic combination of maudlin self-pity and mule-headed stubbornness of the shameless tyrant under fire," writes @ryanlcooper. https://t.co/GP0tsoQdGA

— The Week (@TheWeek) March 12, 2021

BREAKING: Schumer and Gillibrand call on Andrew Cuomo to resign. pic.twitter.com/f5vZUJbJWy

— Jon Campbell (@JonCampbellNY) March 12, 2021

Here it is, folks, #Florida legend @Carl_Hiaasen's final column for the @MiamiHerald. I wanted to shout amen at every sentence. Love the headline, too. https://t.co/Q5Vkh9vPWh

— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) March 12, 2021