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.
Boris Johnson’s plans to shred the Northern Ireland protocol have no basis in law, economics or diplomacy.
Bureaucratic Brexit checks have begun and are hitting British businesses when they’re at their most vulnerable
06/01/2022
Inflation is rising, worker shortages are grinding us down and consumers are hurting, but No.10 is introducing measures which will make the situation worse
This week’s violence is an ominous sign that leaving the EU took a wrecking ball to the Good Friday agreement.
Trade has plummeted and red tape has blocked our borders. Is that what ‘protecting our sovereignty’ meant?
As we pass 60 days of Brexit entering the final month of the first quarter of 2021, let’s take a deeper look at the impact of Brexit on UK businesses and especially e-commerce businesses. Before authoring this article, I had numerous conversations with independent e-commerce business founders. I have based this article on those discussions to bring forward first-hand experiences.
The cost of new regulations means we’ve had to pause sales to the EU, losses are mounting and the government isn’t listening.
Brexit and fishing: Why we’re all wrong
28/11/2020
'There are no benefits to our fishing communities even if everything goes to plan.'
We’re running out of time. If post-Brexit negotiations don’t prioritise health, we won’t get through a second wave
30/06/2020
Everyone is fishing in the same pond. Stocks built up in readiness for Brexit are having to be replenished. If another pandemic strikes, we’ll hardly be in the best position to get through it.
Brexit as an ideological project has stripped the government of any sense of basic pragmatism.
As the June extension deadline looms, the prime minister’s priority will be to minimise damage to his personal brand and legacy.
Global Britain Doesn’t Need Free Trade
19/02/2020
Boris Johnson’s team isn’t going to let economic models get in the way of a political revolution.
One thing Johnson’s victory doesn’t change: he’s still lying about Ireland - Fintan O'Toole
15/12/2019
His false claims about the withdrawal agreement reveal an utter lack of interest in Brexit’s consequences for Belfast and Dublin.