/* Michael D O'Shea */

𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔-𝐔𝐊 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭? Here are 8 things you should know: 𝟭. 𝗜𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆? The UK already has zero-tariff trade with the EU under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which both the EU and UK said is working effectively. This undermines the claims that Brexit has hurt UK trade with the EU, and the subsequent need for a Reset. 𝟮. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗣𝗦 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 The SPS agreement says it will remove the need for border checks and health certificates on agrifood products, but this will only invite EU plant and animal diseases into the UK. Food and live animals are also just 1.3% of UK exports, so why are we so eager to join the EU's SPS Area? 𝟯. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 The Government wants to join the EU’s Internal Electricity Market to save a bit of money on electricity imports. But the UK only imports 10% of its electricity from the EU, so we’ll be saving a sliver on just 10% of our electricity costs, yet having to pay a fee each year for joining the market. 𝟰. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗖𝗼𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 For whatever reason, the EU has said that if we want to join its IEM, then we must pay into its Cohesion Fund to support its poorer member states. First of all, that money should probably go to poorer areas of the UK, and second, the amount of money we will be paying into this fund is expected to dwarf the amount we save on electricity costs, so why should we join the IEM at all? 𝟱. 𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗕𝗔𝗠 Joining the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is going to raise the cost of UK manufacturing and force what remains of British industry into closure. Either that or British companies will send their production to other countries with lower costs of manufacturing. In both cases, British jobs will be lost. 𝟲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 The Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) will apparently allow "unlimited" EU students to attend British universities at the same fee paid by UK students (where they previously paid higher international tuition fees). The EU has also demanded that anyone living here under the YMS will get free access to the NHS and will also get to bring their families with them. 𝟳. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 The Security and Defence Partnership essentially says the UK and EU will coordinate on everything up to and including "space security". There’s also no plan to tackle illegal immigration, just a promise to work together. 𝟴. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁 There’s been no official cost attached to this Reset, possibly because the Government knows this will affect people’s opinions. And it wasn’t mentioned in the Budget either, which begs the questions, where are they going to get the money to pay for it all? Knowing this, do you support the Reset?