Comparing the stories encouraging people to vote to leave the EU to those we've seen in recent weeks paints rather a bleak picture.

Leaked No-deal Brexit planning documents from Operation Yellowhammer warn of the likely impact on the UK - not the worst case scenario, and have been likened to 'wartime' in peacetime by the Lib Dems

As Johnson and Gove back off their pledge to scrap VAT for fuel, EU structural funds are not being fully replaced.

ANGUS Robertson has said that Brexit is the "biggest single factor" in the UK's supply chain crisis.

"#Newsnight was the first TV programme to highlight this in the summer... the government could have acted then." / As BP closes sites due to a lack of lorry drivers, the Road Haulage Association's Rod McKenzie says issues are down to Brexit, the pandemic and a historic shortage

At gas stations, there’s fuel rationing and hours-long lineups. At the supermarket, there’s sometimes no milk or meat, and warnings that Christmas turkeys may be unavailable – along with Christmas trees and many popular toys. Building materials are so scarce that construction sites have shut down.

Demands for prime minister to reveal if dangers listed in ‘no-deal readiness report’ last autumn are still real – and whether they have grown because of pandemic.

Rising energy bills, higher prices and a critical shortage of workers leading to food and fuel supply constraints are threatening to stall Britain's recovery from the pandemic.

The Prime Minister has used the Tory conference to downplay the societal and economic impact already being felt around the UK by leaving the European Union.

PM’s remarks come as Liz Truss insists it’s the role of business, not ministers, to resolve such problems.

The UK is facing chaos. With supplies of some key goods becoming scarce, the military have been called in. Is Brexit to blame?

The oil giant has warned the Government it will struggle to keep supplies topped up and called on ministers to change jobs rules for drivers.

Flybmi has advised its customers not to travel to the airport unless they've purchased flights through another company.

Pound’s slump and rising production costs mean consumers are feeling the pinch as they stock up for the festive season.

UK’s exit from EU ‘no doubt will have been a factor’, transport secretary concedes.

Lord David Frost will declare 'the long bad dream of EU membership is over' amid punch-ups on petrol forecourts, empty supermarket shelves and warnings thousands of pigs will be dumped in skips.

Lord Frost’s comments will come as the UK continues to feel the effects of a fuel crisis and staffing issues linked to the departure from the EU.

Continuing the letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg, reminding him – he seems to need reminding – of the many new opportunities created by Brexit.

Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves spoke to Channel 4 News ahead of her conference speech. She said she has “no plans whatsoever” to increase income tax adding that Brexit has “played a part” in the shortage of HGV drivers causing fuel shortages and queues at petrol stations across the country.

The paper, commissioned by the Scottish Government, identified 137 potential impacts.

As the possibility of a no-deal Brexit scenario increases, and the government publishes its “no-deal preparedness” notices, it is worth taking stock of the sheer variety of problems that would arise with a no-deal Brexit – and the devastating consequences that would arise from such a legal limbo. Here’s what we know so far.

Downing Street has played down the prospect of food and water shortages this winter if a no-deal Brexit coincides with a second wave of coronavirus.

Olaf Scholz, poised to become next chancellor, wades into row over HGV driver shortage.

Brussels also plans 'Just Transition Mechanism' to regenerate coal mining and oil regions after transition.

"Nobody can be surprised. The British government decided to leave the EU, to leave the single market, to leave the customs union. That means mechanic consequences."

THE average household energy bill in the UK is set to increase by at least £600 by the spring, energy and consumer groups have warned.

Britain’s fuel crisis is more likely to be the result of the “shoddy post-Brexit transition” than the aftereffects of the coronavirus pandemic, France’s state broadcaster has said.

Newspapers have splashed the UK’s struggle for fuel across their front pages as the Army mobilises to ensure petrol pumps don’t go dry.

Gas stations across Great Britain are running dry due to a post-Brexit shortage of truck drivers. The government announced a plan to issue 5,000 temporary visas for truckers.

Corbyn says claims that leaked dossier warning of no-deal chaos is outdated ‘can’t be trusted’.

Drivers are being urged by the Government to “buy fuel as normal”, after the lorry driver shortage hit supplies.

The UK government is reviewing plans to remove tariffs on a wide range of imports post-Brexit, following warnings that it would undermine the country's oil refining industry.

Motorists and shoppers have been urged not to panic buy fuel and goods as the shortage of lorry drivers hit supplies.

"The first rule of Brexit Club is you don't talk about all those "benefits" you mentioned 5 years ago..."

The British government is warning that the country’s fuel crisis is likely to last for another week. Gas stations across Britain have had to shut down because a lack of truckers has caused huge supply difficulties. As special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Brighton, on the southern coast of England, the problems appear to be one of the side effects of Brexit.

Staunch Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith (IDS) has said he does not “see the point” in Brexit forecasts on the day a government report warned the UK faced food, fuel and power shortages if a no-deal Brexit and second coronavirus wave coincided.

Neurologist David Nicholl helped draft Operation Yellowhammer document on medicine shortages - but Commons leader accuses him of incompetence.

The government is planning a temporary scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.

As we recover from the pandemic, the impact of Brexit – which we voted resoundingly against in Scotland – is becoming clearer by the day.

Contingencies drawn up for ‘no deal’ Brexit.

EMPTY SUPERMARKET SHELVES, queues at petrol stations and pumps running dry is far from what one would expect from Britain in 2021.

NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted that the HGV driver and fuel shortage crisis is a result of Boris Johnson’s “reckless” Brexit policy – and has called for the UK Government to “urgently revisit their entire post-Brexit immigration policy”.

Nigel Farage was firmly put in his place after he shared his frustration about the current fuel crisis in the UK on Thursday.

Government figures seek to play down predictions of food, medicine and fuel shortages in leaked document.

‘The challenge is, particularly in food, it’s perishable, so you can’t stockpile today for demand in November,’ Carney says. / A no-deal Brexit could cause food shortages, Mark Carney has suggested, adding that job losses and business closures are also likely.

As Boris Johnson careers towards a no-deal Brexit, what are the latest reports on the impact it would have?

From cross-Channel transport disruption to public disorder – the predictions in the leaked document.

A leaked cross-government study warning of the impact of a no-deal Brexit outlines a "worst-case scenario", cabinet minister Michael Gove has said.

The future of the UK's fuel refineries could be threatened by a no-deal Brexit, according to an internal local authority document seen by the BBC.

Since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister, the Government has announced it is spending an extra £2bn on no-deal contingency planning.

Ministers have been forced to publish details of concerns about public disorder and disruption to medicine and fuel supplies.

IN September 2019, the UK Government made public its list of “reasonable worst case assumptions” in the wake of a no-deal Brexit.

With inflation set to rise, alongside the cost of shopping and transport, the economic fallout will squeeze Britons’ budgets.

The Bank of England governor also hit back at suggestions he is peddling 'Project Fear'.

Cross-government emergency meeting expected to agree temporary visas for HGV drivers – and hundreds of military personnel could be making deliveries to fill empty pumps.

Boris Johnson has refused to cut VAT on fuel bills amid a huge rise in the cost of energy, despite promising ahead of the EU referendum that Brexit would allow him to do so.

Preparations being made at ‘every port and access point from Europe’, senior officer say.

Next, one of Britain’s biggest clothing retailers, warned it may struggle to deliver its normal service in the run up to Christmas unless the government relaxes post-Brexit immigration rules to allow more workers into the country.

Britain has been outside the EU’s legal regime for a year and has faced a number of impacts.

Shortages are the only thing we don't seem to be running out of in the UK right now.

ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston questions Keir Starmer about the fuel crisis and asks how big a role Brexit has played in the chaos seen at forecourts across the country

Boris Johnson believed to have overruled ministers unwilling to compromise on post-Brexit immigration as forecourt queues mount

The decision to limit immigration at a time of severe market shortages of drivers has escalated a squeeze into a crisis.

A leaked Cabinet Office document describes a possible disaster in the coming months.

With fuel and energy costs rising in the UK compared to the EU, a handful of quotes from Brexiteers championing the supposed fall of such prices if the public voted to leave have resurfaced.

‘Clear link’ between UK’s exit from EU and shortage of truck drivers, says former negotiator

Thousands of British petrol stations ran out of fuel due to panic buying on Monday, after days of long queues at pumps caused by the lorry driver shortage. Analysts say that, in addition to Covid, the speed of the Brexit process bears a lot of responsibility for the crisis...

A leading politician has slammed the Conservatives over the HGV lorry driver shortage and claimed that Brexit has played a large role in it.

Lines of cars snake from gasoline stations. Fights break out among angry motorists trying to get fuel. Grocery staples are out of stock on store shelves. A charity warns that doubling heating bills will force a million households to rely on extra blankets to stay warm.

UK Labour frontbencher David Lammy has blamed Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal for the HGV driver shortage.

Next boss, thinktanks and unions criticise Boris Johnson, saying ‘shortages cannot be blustered away’

More than a third of executives cite Brexit as the ‘primary cause’ of the fuel crisis, a sign that a business backlash looms at the Conservative Party conference.

US and European media give their verdict on the fuel, food and labour crisis they say is caused by Brexit

Continent’s press liken situation to 1970s Winter of Discontent and ‘boycotted Cuba’.