Zonism 2024 – approx 28 x 28cm, paper, acrylic paint, tape, letraset
It is becoming clearer by the day that once Labour are in power those very same SEZs that Sunak and Truss are currently setting up, all 12 deregulated Freeports and 74 SEZs, will be continued under Labour. Understand it is not a case of Labour inheriting the Tory’s chaos, we know this because Labour are board members of Sunak’s nationwide Freeports/SEZs consortia.
We are witnessing the live reconfiguration of the UK into a kleptocracy, SEZs are enclaves carved out of the nation and ‘freed’ from the laws and regulations of the host country. Companies flocking to the zones are chasing State Aid (public money) of £160 million per SEZ, the zones are tax-exempt for 10 years and licensed for a quarter of a century. 74 SEZ = £11, 84 billion of public money.