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Now the Conservative Party’s reputation for economic competence has cratered, Matthew Gwyther sees businesses getting increasingly politicised.
'Get Brexit done is the biggest delusion of all' - Michael Heseltine launches scathing attack on Boris Johnson.
The reality is that government resources will be tied up on Brexit for the foreseeable future. Brexit will not be done on January 31 2020
'You've still got the main negotiation to happen ... anyone who is telling you it is that simple is conning you' [2 mins]
22/11/2019
Powerful interview from Tony Blair. Should be watched by everyone. Whatever your views about Brexit, we’ve all got to be honest about what’s involved. Boris Johnson is trying to con the British people.
At the last general election, all of you stood on a platform of “getting Brexit done”. / Voters were told in your party’s manifesto that this would “unleash the potential of our whole country” and “transform the UK for the better”.
Boris Johnson & the Rise of Make-Believe
17/06/2021
It is no good offering people a ‘story to believe in’ if it ends in harm – but the Prime Minister does not know any other way, observes Jonathan Lis.
Boris Johnson 'refusing to be honest' about likely damage from Brexit, expert study warns
04/02/2020
Prime minister on course to strike only 'barest of bare bone deals' by end of 2020, think tank concludes - and failing to be upfront about 'trade-offs'.
Boris Johnson has been accused of wanting to “get Brexit done” while ignoring the important details in the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Boris Johnson faces 'biggest Brexit crisis' yet after election and is deceiving voters, former ambassador to the EU warns
26/11/2019
Sir Ivan Rogers condemns 'diplomatic amateurism' that will lead to hugely damaging trade deal – or a crash-out Brexit in a year. / Boris Johnson is deceiving voters by claiming he will “get Brexit done” quickly and hiding the “biggest crisis” yet to come, a former ambassador to the EU is warning.
Boris Johnson hires unelected Cabinet minister for Brexit - a year after 'getting it done'
17/02/2021
Brexit negotiator Lord David Frost will enjoy a seat at Britain's most powerful table overseeing Brexit - a year after the job of Brexit Secretary was abolished for being unnecessary
HuffPost UK learns that No.10 is keen to show that Brexit is 'done' within weeks, despite a year of crunch negotiations ahead.
Conservative manifesto plans mean continued Brexit uncertainty and risk no-deal crash-out at end of 2020, says thinktank.
In historical terms, however, those transgressions will end up being little more than footnotes. Viewed from afar, Johnson’s greatest failing is liable to be what he hoped would be his glorious legacy: Brexit.
Boris Johnson’s real scandal: Brexit
13/07/2022
Not before time, Boris Johnson has resigned as leader of the UK’s Conservative Party. The Guardian reports that Johnson’s leadership “toppled under a wave of sleaze allegations and failure to tell the truth.” But his real scandal lies elsewhere — with Brexit.
Brexifornia: Checking out but never leaving
08/06/2020
Brexit will never be over.
After months of closure, Mini-Europe, the outdoor museum at the foot of the Atomium which allows visitors to travel all over Europe in a few hours, has reopened to a different Europe than the one it closed to.
Brexit Batters British Wine Trade
26/04/2021
Shipping wine to the UK is now a "bloody nightmare" and it's only likely to get worse.
Brexit Freedoms Bill - freedom from what?
11/02/2022
Mired in politicking, the Brexit Freedoms Bill that will ‘move us away from outdated EU laws’ has still to be published. What lawyers are confronted with at present is an elaborate game of charades.
The end of the holiday season heralds the return to centre stage of a number of burning Brexit-related issues this autumn.
Seven years on from the referendum, the divisions it exposed still affect how people vote.
Brexit is a ‘living animal’ and may never be complete, says EU envoy Joao Vale de Almeida
23/06/2021
Brexit is a “living animal” that may never be entirely over, the first EU ambassador to London warns today.
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?
Brexit isn't done yet - Andrew Opie, BRC
03/09/2021
We could have been forgiven for thinking Brexit was done when the UK left the EU at the very end of 2020. However, for retailers the real challenge of Brexit is likely to be felt in early 2022 when border controls are finally introduced for the UK.
Brexit Republic - Brextension?
24/10/2019
Will Boris Johnson's gamble to cut off the DUP to cut a deal with the EU prove to have been the undoing of his promise to 'Get Brexit Done' by October 31st?