The industry worldwide is failing. There just isn’t enough raw materials to complete the dream utopian carbon free market. Let alone the effect the disposal of used, worn out batteries will have on the environment, alongside the fact that it will never allow a second hand car market as changing the batteries, if available is yet more 1000s of pounds as well as no warranties after 3-4 years. Total cluster f u c k of an idea with no thought from minute one.

Ministers have been accused of leaving a “record of failure and broken promises” as internal forecasts show Britain will be 15 years late in achieving its £1tn annual export target after being hit by Brexit.

Projections from the Department for International Trade (DIT) show the value of UK exports will not reach £1tn until 2035, based on current trends, with the total due to fall to £707bn next year.

The deferral underlines how difficult British ministers have found it to meet the lofty predictions Brexiters made about international trade after leaving the EU.

Remarkable, how will the politicians and leavers avoid this one.

An amazing overlap between people who have utterly bought the forecast that public sector pay rises will cause spiralling inflation, and those that apparently don't believe in inflation forecasts.

Think what you're told to.

More Brexit nonsense unchallenged by the media as usual and not just the BBC. Eurostar carrying 30% fewer passengers.

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So the fall in passengers it's all Brexit's fault according to the CEO nothing to do with the multiple train strikes and frequent breakdowns on the service or the lack of staff or the financial losses. No it's Brexit all day every day.

I have several friends who use the service regularly they actually prefer it as they can arrive later and check in easier that at an airport so the idea that having your passport stamped discourages passengers is nonsense. What discourages people is all the stuff I mentioned above e.g. reliability.

Why on earth do the media just accept this stuff unchallenged Eurostar has had financial problems for years.

Shoddy journalism.

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Bottlenecks are due to lack of staff because the company is a financial basket case. Responsible journalists should be asking the CEO about this rather than the knee jerk Brexit.

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Sorry Steeleye I don't accept that.

I have friends who use the eurostar because they say it is easier than all the problems flying. Of course the train strikes and frequent breakdown might have something to do with it.

If you want a romantic weekend in Paris Brexit will not stop you and the tour operators are swamped at the moment most of the media have been reporting significant volume since Christmas despite the cost of living crisis.

The Eurostar CEO is trying to deflect attention away from the poor performance of the company. During COVID they get begging the government to bail them out luckily we told them they are a French company so go knock on their door.

I except lack of staff at the borders is an issue but this applied across the world not just the UK and the Eurozone.

I have traveled to Europe quite a bit since Brexit the only hassel was the COVID forms which have now gone.

Later this year they will introduce their version of ESTA and no doubt there will be teething problem but this is travel these days.

I am off to Jordan soon and you have to do pre flight forms this is becoming the norm across the world.

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