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What has Brexit meant for the NHS?
10/02/2023
Mark Dayan assesses the impact of Brexit on the health service, looking at the effect on funding, the workforce and medicine supplies.
Brian Reade marks the third anniversary of leaving the EU by lamenting the huge cost the country has suffered as a result.
Stella Creasy compared governments claims of great Brexit benefits to “a toddler's imaginary friend. Ministers keep talking about them, but only they can see them”.
Three years on, we are covered in the scars of what it has done to this country.
Boris Johnson has faced the wrath of social media for posting a video banging on about Brexit.
On the third anniversary of Brexit, Boris Johnson has attempted to paint the withdrawal from the EU as a major boost for the UK – but immediately faced pushback over a questionable claim.
Speech on the Retained EU Law bill by Alyn Smith : "If you will do this damn silly thing, don't do it in this damn silly way." [3 mins]
18/01/2023
"If you will do this damn silly thing, don't do it in this damn silly way. This bill will come back to haunt this gov't, in the same way so many other mistakes, harrumphed to the rafters in this House, have."
Michael Gove has failed to name a single change from Brexit that has “made business easier”, as criticism of the economic harm from the trade deal grows.
An anti-Brexit passenger confronted sun-seeking Michael Gove over his “lies” at a Greek airport after she suffered a 30-hour delay.
As Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to depart Downing Street, tossed from office by his own party, his legacy — the opening lines of his eventual obituary — will call him the man who “got Brexit done.” / So how is that going? What can be said about the post-Brexit Britain that Johnson is leaving behind?
The recent closure of the Charles Peguy centre is sad but hardly surprising.
James Grace addresses Boris Johnson’s falsehoods about the impact of the EU on the speed of our jabs.
Rishi Sunak accused of wrongly claiming that VAT axe on solar panels only possible ‘thanks to Brexit’
27/03/2022
A new EU directive is allowing member states to remove the charge for ‘supply and installation of solar panels’.
Brexit Opportunities Abound – Part 2
17/02/2022
Continuing the letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg, reminding him – he seems to need reminding – of the many new opportunities created by Brexit.
Did the EU ban crown marks on pint glasses?
05/01/2022
To mark the first anniversary of the trade deal between the UK and the EU, Downing Street issued a press release about how prime minister Boris Johnson plans to "maximise the benefits of Brexit".
As crises mount, the polls show voters turning at last. But the national newspapers that backed Leave – even the two now edited by Remainers – continue to pretend there is nothing wrong.
The Brexit Benefit Myths
29/10/2021
The government and its supporters are beginning to claim 'benefits' of being outside the European Union some of which were always available to EU member states or, in other cases, are not benefits at all.
A new video by Peter Stefanovic rubbished Johnson's claim that the vaccine rollout's success was down to Brexit.
Not for the first time, the prime minister delivered a major speech that was economical with the truth.
How cocktail of Brexit and Covid is causing mounting problems in Folkestone - and across the country
08/09/2021
But over the course of the year, a crisis, fuelled by the decision to leave the European Union, has been steadily, stealthily, stretching its tentacles around many of the services and products we expect and rely on.
The London bureau chief for Germany’s public broadcaster reflects on Britain’s government.
Thierry Breton, who is also single market commissioner, believes downsides of leaving bloc are exposed by pandemic
Measuring the Cost Brexit Six Months On
09/06/2021
The end of the transition period was merely a staging post within a process that will be long with us, says Chris Grey.
Two Banks Warn Of Threat To Pound Sterling Outlook Vs. Euro, Dollar On Brexit Drag, Fading UK Vaccine Advantage
13/12/2020
Pound Sterling exchange rates at a crossroads: JP Morgan and BNY Mellon warn fading UK vaccine advantage, UK break-up risks also in focus.
Brexit, tabloid 'sulks', and AstraZeneca
23/03/2021
Having spent almost five years living in Brexit Britain, the tabloids' hostility towards the EU comes as no surprise to me. However, I was surprised to discover the theories surrounding the suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine, in which European countries are accused of deliberately punishing the UK.