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  Charlie's latest tweet says "In Commons seeking assurances that the ramping up of preparations means we will be ready on day one deal or no deal. Ministers say they will be fully ready and prepared for every eventuality." So that's OK then; or is it?
  
  To me, being prepared for every eventuality implies contingency measures, which have a habit of costing money and which may not be required at all, or not for some time. So a major question is, assuming such measures are actually possible in the time available anyway: who's going to pay - commerce or government?
  
  I suspect I know which blinkered option government has in mind, but am happy to be enlightened otherwise - a Christmas announcement of government-funded apprenticeship scheme for freight forwarders, underwriting of Transit and Import Deferment (credit card account for paying duty) guarantees and re-introduction of Postponed Accounting for VAT (so you don't have to pay it and claim it back 2 months later) would all hit the spot.

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