
‘Brussels’ Brexit revenge’? No, this is just what Brexit looks like
The EU is not punishing the UK, it’s treating the UK as what it chose to become, a third country.

The EU is not punishing the UK, it’s treating the UK as what it chose to become, a third country.

2026 has begun much as 2025 ended, with bleak polling that confirms Britain’s deep and unresolved disillusionment with Brexit, a frustration now shared across the European Union.

“Well at least the Telegraph was warning us Brexit would be a terrible idea.”

The WTTC joins a growing list of businesses that have shifted operations from the UK to the EU since the 2016 referendum.

“The worst pro-Brexit book ever written.”

“Too busy enjoying those Brexshit benefits.”

The findings stand in contrast to the apocalyptic tone taken by figures like Trump and Farage, who, following the Brexit vote in 2016, triumphantly predicted the EU’s imminent collapse and labelled it a “dead” project.

“After a lot of hard work, I think we have seized success from the jaws of defeat.”

“Brexit, the scourge of the British electorate. Lied to by the right-wing self-interested.”

Many small businesses have struggled to adapt to new customs checks paperwork, and regulatory requirements, which have cost them time, money, and market competitiveness.