Trade has plummeted and red tape has blocked our borders. Is that what ‘protecting our sovereignty’ meant?
Brexit will decimate UK services exports – but remarkably clueless politicians would rather remain silent
08/07/2019
Leaving the single market will come as a huge blow to the services sector. Rather than acknowledging that fact, our ruling class have opted to press on.
Johnson is at the mercy of his cabinet. The trouble is, as Leavers, none of them will face up to our post-EU crisis either
No Deal Brexit Is Back With A Vengeance
09/06/2020
The political implications of a no deal outcome threaten to be every bit as significant as its economic fallout, Anand Menon and Jonathan Portes write.
Something odd is happening with Brexit. Since June 2016 polls have all shown a nation split 50-50 on its merits. But now as we see what the reality of Brexit means there is a shift.
Anger as Scottish seafood firms 'ineligible' for UK Government funding amid Brexit export crisis
10/02/2021
Seafood sector representatives have said exports have "slowed to a trickle" amid what is described as a Brexit "export crisis".
The industry may become one of the starkest examples no-deal folly, with those dependent on EU markets facing devastation.
Brexit is costing the economy dear, no matter what 'Brexit Opportunities Minister' Jacob Rees-Mogg says – Angus Robertson MSP
28/03/2022
“Brexit Opportunities Minister”. How about that for a contradiction in terms? Yet, this is a genuine post created for the oft-called “Member of Parliament for the 18th Century”, Jacob Rees-Mogg.
The sort of minimal deal he is after would be a disaster for an industry that relies on frictionless trade.
The UK debate about Brexit’s impact on the economy has ranged from non-existent to unserious. Labour is avoiding the subject, to try to regain lost voters in pro-Brexit constituencies, and the government immediately changes the subject to vaccines or free trade deals.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), within the last quarter of 2022, the UK imported about £33billion more than it exported to the EU. / This is the worst performance of the UK export trade balance since records began in 1997. / This is a shocking testimony that Brexit has caused fundamental deep-rooted damage to British exports.
Bank of England criticism is unfair – Brexit has made it near impossible to avoid this financial crisis
29/09/2022
There is only one real way to properly calm the markets – the Prime Minister and the Chancellor need to reverse the unfunded tax cuts they announced.
The evidence that leaving the European Union was a bad idea just keeps pouring in – Angus Robertson
29/11/2022
Every now and again the full, ongoing Brexit disaster is illustrated in technicolour. New evidence has been published showing how appalling it is for the economy, exports, jobs and the health service.
“Car crash!” exclaimed managing director Andrew Varga, whose Brexit progress I have been following since the referendum. News of the latest Brexit U-turn landed on him on Tuesday out of the blue. All his years of preparation for a new UK product safety mark, all his thousands of pounds wasted, all the uncountable hours and effort were rendered pointless, at a stroke.