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Brexit

Liberal Democrat conference

Ed Davey calls to rip up red tape on trade with Europe

Hannah Davenport
19 March, 2023 (2 weeks ago)

However some Liberal Democrat members felt it was ‘better late than never’

GB News Rees-Mogg

GB News’ guest delivers some Brexit home truths, in awkward interview for Rees-Mogg

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
19 March, 2023 (2 weeks ago)

Jacob Rees-Mogg was forced to awkwardly defend Brexit this week, as an economist on his show managed to coolly rip our departure from the EU apart in just a couple of sentences.

Brexit and EU

An outline agreement between the EU and USA shows why Brexit is a failure

Tony Burke
7 March, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

The UK seems well behind the curve on green industrial policy and is increasingly left standing watching on the sidelines.

BBC Question Time

Question Time audience member perfectly sums up why Brexit’s going wrong

Basit Mahmood
3 March, 2023 (4 weeks ago)

“If Brexit has given us this so-called economic growth that we’re supposedly trying to see, why firstly is the automotive industry on its knees?”

The Windsor Framework

The Windsor Framework – a small step towards democracy

Diane Abbott
2 March, 2023 (4 weeks ago)

There are a number of reasons why the Framework deal is more democratic than the old Northern Ireland Protocol.

Northern Ireland

Brexit: The Windsor Framework changes politics more than trade

Mike Buckley
2 March, 2023 (4 weeks ago)

It is not the negotiating masterclass that Sunak would have us believe. Most of its provisions were offered unilaterally by the EU in October 2021.

Supermarket in Spain

Five reasons why Brexit is to blame for Britain’s fruit and veg shortages

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 February, 2023 (5 weeks ago)

From a shortfall of workers to higher transportation costs and more red tape, we look at how direct and indirect consequences of Brexit have contributed to the dwindling of fresh produce supplies in the UK.

Brexit

What happened to all the trade agreements Brexiteers promised?

Tony Burke
20 February, 2023

Many of the agreements are ‘continuity’ or ‘rollover’ agreements, which replicate the deals we already had previously as members of the EU.

Michael Heseltine schools Reform UK’s Richard Tice on failings of Brexit

Basit Mahmood
16 February, 2023

“I’ve just told you what the reality is. You’ve been deluding people as you’ve been doing for six years.”

Brexit

Brexit cost UK £1,000 per household, according to Bank of England economist

Basit Mahmood
14 February, 2023

“Yes, we suffered much more. A bit of that is that we have this larger financial sector. But I think it really goes back to Brexit.”

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