{"id":24293,"date":"2020-10-16T15:24:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T14:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=24293"},"modified":"2020-10-16T15:25:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T14:25:01","slug":"pm-must-stop-playing-politics-with-peoples-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=24293","title":{"rendered":"PM &#8216;must stop playing politics with people&#8217;s lives&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Responding to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2020\/oct\/16\/boris-johnson-tells-uk-prepare-for-a-no-deal-brexit\">prime minister\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s statement today (October 16) that the country should \u00e2\u20ac\u0098get ready\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for the prospect of no trade deal<\/a> with the EU, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe EU is our largest trading partner. The future success of many of our industries depends on getting our new relationship right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite has long campaigned for a Brexit which supports our members&#8217; jobs, sustains the communities in which they live and protects the future investment decisions of businesses,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve warned that as the clock ticks down to December 31 a deal on decent terms will not be forthcoming unless the government recognises the impact of a no deal on our manufacturing industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur automotive industry, just one example, relies on 1,100 trucks delivering parts from Europe every day for it to function. Without customs arrangements there will be chaos and delays on our borders and those parts simply won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get through in time,&#8221; McCluskey continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bFrom car and pharmaceutical production to food processing and warehouse distribution, working people need a deal that keeps our country moving, our shops filled. An Australian-style deal is not that deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe Prime Minister must stop playing politics with people&#8217;s jobs and lives. No deal will be a disaster for an economy already suffering deep harm due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThere is every risk that our country could experience its worst recession in generations and the prime minister\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reckless refusal to do a deal with the EU will only make things far worse for working people.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Ryan Fletcher<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to the prime minister\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s statement today (October 16) that the country should \u00e2\u20ac\u0098get ready\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for the prospect of no trade deal with the EU, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe EU is our largest trading partner. The future success of many of our industries depends on getting our new relationship right. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1308,1],"tags":[1205,1295,1187],"wps_subtitle":"Unite GS Len McCluskey: no deal Brexit will be disaster for economy already suffering from pandemic","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24296,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24293\/revisions\/24296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}