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"I can see no reason why any prime minister in their right mind would ever take us out" - Boris Johnson [2 mins]
28/07/2020
"I can see no reason why any prime minister in their right mind would ever take us out," says prime minister taking us out of the EU.
"Only way you can get frictionless trade is to actually be in the Single Market" - Liam Fox
01/07/2019
“I’ve always argued that the only way you can get frictionless trade is to actually be in the Single Market.”
"Re-join the single market to undo Brexit damage" says Plaid Cymru Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth
23/06/2023
Wales and the rest of the UK should re-join the single market to undo the economic damage caused by Brexit, Plaid Cymru has said.
This week we chat to Chris. He voted leave on promise that we could keep single market benefits but at the same time boost the NHS.
Andrew was pretty undecided in 2016 but in the end felt he had concerns about the EU commission so voted leave. When he did he thought that UK will remain in Single Market regardless. We chat about why he changed his mind, his experience on the Peoplesvote march on Saturday and what he thinks should happen if UK is asked to reconsider the issue again.
In this week's episode we chat to James from Halifax. He voted leave in 2016 almost as a protest but also on the basis we would stay in the Single Market. He now has drastically changed his mind for so many reasons and he explains why. We also chat about the #remainernow group visit to parliament last week and the NCA investigation of Mr A Banks.
We chat to Josh, he voted leave thinking we would stay in the single market but he has now changed his mind and is a Remainernow. He talks about why he changed his mind and his views in the recently approved brexit deal.
PM dug into a corner by refusing to compromise on sovereignty but EU reached ‘pain threshold’
Distributor of KTM road and mountain bikes shuts citing Brexit red tape as a major factor.
But En Marche's Alexandre Holroyd says the EU is regaining sovereignty over access to its markets.
'chilling explanation of what Brexit will do to the UK economy after December' - Adam Posen [5 mins]
This is the most chilling explanation of what Brexit will do to the UK economy after December. By @AdamPosen, President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Uncertainty over UK citizens’ future status is prompting some European employers to steer clear.
Diplomatic cables reveal the monarch also appeared to back the creation of a single market. / The Queen confided to the German ambassador that she believed the future of Britain lay in Europe, newly released diplomatic cables from 1988 have shown.
There has been “greater friction” and “difficulties” over trade since Brexit, Health Secretary Steve Barclay has admitted, as he denied a report that the government is considering adopting a Swiss-style relationship with the EU.
'Hello United Kingdom, it’s the ‘Friendly Five’ here, and can we ask you to cast your mind back to where this all began for us?'
'I feel for you,' James O'Brien tells fisherman who is 'worse off' due to Brexit [5 mins]
04/02/2021
James O'Brien said "I do feel for you" to a fishermen's union chief who confirmed his industry is "worse off" due to Brexit.
Deal or no deal, British companies will have to confront a wall of bureaucracy that threatens chaos at the border if they want to sell into the world’s biggest trading bloc when life after Brexit begins on January 1.
“This represents the death knell for frictionless trade," said one business leader.
The EU's Brexit negotiator has told a seminar in Dublin that there will be no renegotiation of the Northern Ireland Protocol and that the EU will not accept any solution that will cut the region off from the benefits of the single market.
'The deal with the EU must include Britain remaining in the Single market and the Customs Union' - Email campaign
This guerilla email campaign is about sending out brief, succinct and hard-hitting messages at frequent intervals - every day, every week or whenever you choose - to different - but specifically targeted - individuals to convince them that the deal reached by 31st December with the EU MUST include membership of the single market and the customs union.
The leader of Plaid Cymru Adam Price calls on Labour to make the positive case for the single market and customs union.
'They've Completely Lied': Sunderland Question Time Audience Member Wouldn't Vote For Brexit Now
02/03/2023
A Brexit voter from Sunderland has explained to a government minister why he would not back leaving the EU now – arguing it has “been a complete mess from the beginning”.
'Trust is good but law is better': Ursula von der Leyen calls for clear Brexit rules [2 mins]
25/11/2020
Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday it was still uncertain if a deal on the future relationship between the EU and the UK could be struck before the end of the year.