The UK Is Being Carved Up—And Nobody's Talking About It

While the mainstream media stays silent, Britain is being systematically divided into 86 deregulated corporate enclaves: 74 Special Economic Zones and 12 Freeports, now merged under the banner of "Industrial Strategy Zones," with 200 AI Growth Zones on the way.

#ZoneFever #Freeports #SEZs #CorporateTakeover #Brexit

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The UK Is Being Carved Up—And Nobody's Talking About It While the mainstream media stays silent, Britain is being systematically divided into 86 deregulated corporate enclaves: 74 Special Economic Zones and 12 Freeports, now merged under the banner of "Industrial Strategy Zones," with 200 AI Growth Zones on the way. It sounds incomprehensible, but it's documented government policy, implemented through secondary legislation that bypasses Parliamentary scrutiny and public consultation. What I've uncovered: 25-year licenses granting corporations sovereign powers over designated territories Billions in state aid flowing to private companies while regular businesses face increased costs Systematic dismantling of employment rights, environmental protections, and food safety standards A two-tier economy where location determines which rules apply Bipartisan complicity—both Tory and Labour officials serving on zone consortia boards For eight years, I've been researching this as an unpaid volunteer, connecting the dots between Brexit, free zones, and the corporate takeover of public services and infrastructure. If you value independent research that challenges the silence: Subscribe to my Substack at europeanpowell.substack.com Support my work at ko-fi.com/europeanpowell The zones are spreading. The clock is ticking. And the media won't tell you. #ZoneFever #Freeports #SEZs #CorporateTakeover #Brexit

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Eye-ing up another profitable trough.

#UK #politics #freeports #StinkingFish

UK`s future as a state comprised of feudal fiefdoms owned by rich oligarchs who can impose their own laws, currency, and laws governing slave labour. Welcome to the "new" medieval Italy in the North Sea. People voted for this!

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maps-of-uk-freeports

#FreePorts #fascism #politics

Maps of UK Freeports

These maps show Freeport locations in the UK, their outer boundaries and the Freeport tax sites within them.

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I'm quoted here, talking about Freeport tax cuts.

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/dunfermline-press/20241121/281968908231712

The logic from the Scottish Government is that if the tax cuts cause job creation, then the income tax etc from the jobs will outweigh the tax cut - except they've never actually estimated how much they'll lose vs how much they'll gain.

#ScottishPolitics #UKPolitics #Freeports

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Britain shifts radically to a tax and spend economy http://dlvr.it/TFw7G1 #budget #Business #BusinessCommerceMiscellaneous #Freeports
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And then they weren't....

That plan to establish another five Freeports.... err, seems like Labour are now saying that was never the plan & it was a 'cock up with the comms'.

So its just continuing with the current Freeports then, despite extensive evidence that they generate no new investment, just displace investment from other paces... in other words they are a scam to reduce corporations tax exposure & little else....

Reeves should have been winding them down...

#Freeports
h/t FT

#Freeports
#CCS
#Reparations (not)
#2ChildCap

As I said, #Labour's "Change" is mostly Lampedusian:
"Everything must change so everything can stay the same".

Zombie policy ahoy:

the FT is reporting, despite their lacklustre performance as engines of regional growth in the past (and when I say lacklustre, I mean negligible), another five Freeport's look like being announced next week in the budget....

When there a real polices that could be enacted, why does our political class still think Freeport's are the 'answer' to anything (other than money laundering & tax evasion..... oh wait..)

Its a policy that just won\t die

#freeports #AutumnBudget