In just the first few months of 2021, the UK has slashed its overseas aid budget, made clear its intent to pursue trade deals at all costs – including turning a blind eye to human rights atrocities and genocide – and announced an increase in funding to the UK’s weapons of mass destruction by 40%, signalling the start of a new arms race and ripping up 30 years of commitment to gradual disarmament.

Trade has plummeted and red tape has blocked our borders. Is that what ‘protecting our sovereignty’ meant?

The industry may become one of the starkest examples no-deal folly, with those dependent on EU markets facing devastation.

The sort of minimal deal he is after would be a disaster for an industry that relies on frictionless trade.