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Brexit after Boris
31/07/2022
Boris Johnson became prime minister on the promise that Brexit would bring prosperity and pride. Did it?
Private equity veteran Guy Hands says Boris Johnson ‘threw the country and the NHS under the bus’.
Less than two weeks after her government plunged the markets into crisis with a disastrous budget, Prime Minister Liz Truss used her closing speech at the Conservative Party conference to blame the meltdown on a nebulous anti-growth coalition.
An honest assessment of Brexit from Fareed Zakaria of CNN... "On virtually every measure, from business investment to exports to employment Britain is falling behind its peers."
In London for LSE symposium, politicians express confusion at Britain’s post-Brexit stance
How Brexit stuffed the City
14/06/2023
The banks pay huge amounts of tax. If they lose business, then Britain’s economy will suffer.
Leaked copy of plan suggests UK will be told to match EU on workers’ rights, environmental protection and state aid
German chancellor warns of economic threat if UK fails to match EU standards.
Post Brexit inflation is making UK "sick man of Europe" | Economics | The New Statesman [22 mins]
18/06/2022
A "perfect storm" of Brexit, covid and poor macroeconomic fiscal policies by the Conservatives has weakened Britain's economy and diminished the UK's standing in Europe, says economist Duncan Weldon.
Ahead of another vote in the Tory leadership race, former chancellor Rishi Sunak pledges to get rid of those pesky EU regulations and unleash Britain’s potential. Where have we heard that before?
The government has quietly admitted Singapore-on-Thames is dead.
Voters were promised better-funded public services and stronger employment rights after Brexit – Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are now offering us the opposite, reports Adam Bienkov.
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