Brexit - Taking back control?

From The Guardian Mid March 2021
'It’s been tough': UK exporters on how Brexit has damaged them
”Businesses cite higher costs, customs delays and paperwork as among the problems they face”
Angelbond, shellfish exporter: ‘We lost a lot of money’
Trunki, suitcase and bag maker: ‘We have an extra admin burden and level of cost’
Brompton, bicycle maker: ‘There is a cost’

The Observer view on the grim effects of Brexit being impossible to hide
”Johnson sold Britain a botched EU deal and no amount of spin or downright lies can conceal that it is falling apart”

Eight major government U-turns on post-Brexit controls
”The timetable for the major new controls that have already been imposed and those that have been delayed”

Ministers watering down green pledges post-Brexit, study finds
”Greener UK claims analysis shows rhetoric on environment not being matched by action”

Brexit blamed for British exports to Ireland falling 65% in January
”New customs rules also a factor in 41% drop in value of goods moving from UK to the EU”

The Brexit deal was astonishingly bad, and every day the evidence piles up
”Trade has plummeted and red tape has blocked our borders. Is that what ‘protecting our sovereignty’ meant?”

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