Record View says the blame lies with Boris Johnson’s government, which was determined to push through Brexit whatever the cost.
The Tories are upping their attack on our democracy, under cover of the leadership contest
19/07/2022
Deep within the Northern Ireland protocol bill, ministers are making a sinister grab for yet more unchecked powers.
Without free trade with the EU, British health services are set to face grave challenges throughout the second wave of coronavirus and beyond.
Brexit: Endgame - Fabian Zuleeg
08/09/2020
The UK Government's recent statements make a deal between the EU and UK less likely, regardless of whether that is the intent or not.
The increasingly shrill nature of the rhetoric around Brexit is a worrying development that has the potential to do as much damage to Irish-British relations in the longer term as the practical consequences of the process itself.
The last chance to save us from a no-deal Brexit has now slipped by. Here’s what we lost today
01/07/2020
The negotiations which will set our relationship with our closest neighbours for the next generation are being rushed in a reckless game of chicken.
After coronavirus, the UK government can’t afford to play Russian roulette with the EU over a Brexit trade deal - Michael Heseltine
27/06/2020
The battle for foreign investment is not a game conducted on public school playing fields. It is ruthlessly fought by governments armed with every trick in the book.
We can’t make a deal with the EU in the middle of a pandemic – whatever Boris Johnson tries to tell you
27/06/2020
The dangerous threat of a no-deal Brexit will only rear its head again in six months time, just as we’re striving to save jobs and fix our economy. Even if we are able to reach a deal, it will fall short of what’s best for us.
Stop trying to link Brexit to coronavirus – politics has nothing to do with a global pandemic. Oh, wait...
26/06/2020
Nobody ever said that a no-deal Brexit would badly affect our ability to deal with the global outbreak of a viral illness. Well, apart from the British Medical Association in 2018. And the Faculty of Public Health, in 2016 before the referendum was held.
No Deal Brexit Is Back With A Vengeance
09/06/2020
The political implications of a no deal outcome threaten to be every bit as significant as its economic fallout, Anand Menon and Jonathan Portes write.
Chlorinated chicken is just the start. The government intends to rip up food standards, public services and public protections.
"THIS was the week when the EU stubbornly refused to collapse, yet again. Two much-publicised EU crises did not turn out as the hardline Brexiteers fervently hoped."
Wild spending on Brexit preparations makes good political theatre, but it won’t protect us from the impact of no deal. / The civil servant works in a Whitehall department and is part of Operation Yellowhammer.
'No Deal' Spending Is Pushing Bigger Issues To The Back Of The Queue. Our Children Will Not Thank Us.
04/09/2019
While the government throws money at Brexit, they are saddling the next generation with a triple whammy of social and economic costs of automation, climate change and trade disadvantage, writes Faiza Shaheen
During her meeting with the Prime Minister on Monday though, Nicola Sturgeon spotted that No Deal is not a bluff, but Johnson’s real aim. I think she’s right.
The industry may become one of the starkest examples no-deal folly, with those dependent on EU markets facing devastation.
Economic and political disenfranchisement are key drivers in the current swell of political violence in Northern Ireland, writes Séamas O'Reilly.
Many Brexiters, including the prime minister, are in denial about the cruelty that their choices have already inflicted on millions of people.
The secret Brexit document exposes the duplicity of those that led us into this no-deal debacle
18/08/2019
If Brexiteers had been more honest, arguing we face perhaps a decade of pain to reset our global stance, I would have more respect for them.
Crashing out of the EU would not end uncertainty and would be a dark day for agriculture and food in Britain.
A no-deal Brexit will be grim for patients. Yet gagging orders are being used to keep the truth from coming out.
Boris Johnson is not only willing to risk peace in Northern Ireland – he's destroying a US trade deal too
15/08/2019
On the 21st anniversary of the Omagh bombing, the prime minister's brinkmanship over a no-deal Brexit manages to be both morally indefensible and utterly stupid.
While businesses struggle with the red tape of no-deal planning, ministers are busy with commemorative coins.
After Trump security adviser John Bolton’s visit it’s clear the price of US backing will be paid both in trade and foreign policy.