The reality of Brexit is starting to hit us all - and even those who voted to leave the EU are getting upset.

“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.

An island nation must trade with its nearest mainland, whatever our new Brexit opportunities minister claims.

Britain is facing a post-Brexit “exodus of EU waiters and baristas” with "prospective foreign workers are shunning the UK because of tighter visa rules and higher entry costs post-Brexit.”

The prime minister has imperilled peace in Northern Ireland, and every day the economic fallout worsens.

It has been another gloomy week on the sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain, as a senior minister accused the EU of seeking “petty revenge” – and then hinted that the government might ban imports of European mineral water and seed potatoes.

While businesses struggle with the red tape of no-deal planning, ministers are busy with commemorative coins.