There’s a growing understanding in Britain that the country’s vote to quit the European Union, a decisive moment in the international rise of reactionary populism, was a grave error.
The leaders of our political parties cannot go on hiding from the damage to our economy, our reputation in the world and the frustration of our younger generation, writes Lord Michael Heseltine.
It is increasingly evident that leaving the European Union — the world’s richest single market — was a monumental act of self-harm for the UK. African countries should take heed and cooperate to ensure the success of the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Sunak has let slip the truth about the single market. Brexit will never be the same again
28/02/2023
Now the rest of Britain will ask, ‘if it’s so great, why aren't we in it too?’
In our series looking at life after Brexit, the European parliament’s former negotiator Guy Verhofstadt argues that Britain exchanged a Jaguar for a Ford Fiesta in the 2016 referendum.
It’s Brexit, stupid
14/11/2022
We are stuck in the Tory game of make-believe that everything is coming up roses in an English country garden. The reality is that following Brexit the rest of the world looks at England with a mixture of perplexity, pity, and amused contempt.
Forget austerity, we need to reverse Brexit if we are to enjoy any form of economic growth
17/10/2022
Keir Starmer must be brave and try and reunite us in some way with the rest of our continent.
Although a narrow majority UK-wide (not, of course, in Scotland) voted for Brexit, many have already realised it was a grave mistake. It is the biggest economic, diplomatic and constitutional mistake in the history of the United Kingdom. It is likely to be proximate cause of the United Kingdom’s ultimate collapse.
We desperately need to rejoin the single market and customs union, whatever the former PM thinks.
The Northern Ireland protocol row shows the similarities between two former imperial powers intent on regaining lost glory.
As with another self-inflicted economic injury in the 1920s, Britain is struggling under a burden that could be reversed.
Boris Johnson’s plans to shred the Northern Ireland protocol have no basis in law, economics or diplomacy.
Rees-Mogg’s efforts to reap economic benefits from Brexit has come up woefully short.
‘Sovereignty’ and ‘taking back control’ seem a lot less attractive when you’re stuck at an airport or struggling with red tape.
An island nation must trade with its nearest mainland, whatever our new Brexit opportunities minister claims.
The UK Government's handling of the exit from the EU has been an "unmitigated disaster" with little cause for optimism, writes Record View. / The survey of 1000 businesses by the British Chamber of Commerce on the impact of Brexit makes grim reading.
There is an air of desperation in attacks from those on the right and their supporters in the press. They fear if Johnson falls, the Brexit deception will crumble too.
A summit crucial to the issue of climate change is instead mired in disentangling the mess of Britain’s exit from the EU
The prime minister has imperilled peace in Northern Ireland, and every day the economic fallout worsens.
No 10 is in denial about the cost of Brexit – and the Welsh Government about what they can do to fix it
25/03/2021
Meanwhile, in the real world, we have seen a catastrophic slump, by 41%, of all our exports to the Continent. / Trade between Welsh ports and Ireland (which remains in the single market) has seen a decline of 50% in Holyhead, and 40% in Pembrokeshire.
Single market perks are no conjuring trick, but the result of years of EU legislation.
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 sort of minimal deal he is after would be a disaster for an industry that relies on frictionless trade.
Boris Johnson’s government is waging a war of words not against the EU but the British people.