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Brexit headline comes back to haunt the Daily Express
A Daily Express front page from 2016 claiming there will be “cheaper food” in the UK after Brexit has not aged well, after today’s headline warned UK residents to “get used to higher food bills”.
Reactions as Times writer claims Brits secretly enjoyed Blitz spirit during pandemic
"Who doesn't secretly enjoy the camaraderie of searching for food & having no heating," wrote Toby Earle.
Oil-drenched Boris Johnson statue blocks Downing St in climate protest
Cambo contains crude oil, and Stop Cambo campaigners highlighted 80 per cent of UK crude oil is currently sold to the world - raising questions about what benefits this would bring to the UK other than money.
Watch: ‘Difficult to bang heads from Marbella?’ PM ‘swanned off on his jollies’ during energy crisis
“While working people worry about how they are going to pay the bills, the Prime Minister is relaxing in a luxury villa - missing in action once more.”
Over 100,000 Poles chant ‘We are staying’ in pro-EU march
It comes after Poland's opposition party warned the current right-wing government is threatening Poles' EU membership.
Brexit: UK Government accused of throwing a ‘dead cat’ on negotiating table
"..the goalposts continuously seem to change from the perspective of David Frost’s negotiation strategy and I think now that we’re seeing the goalposts shift once more."
According to our sauces: Consumers should expect higher food prices, says Kraft Heinz boss
"Who still remembers the ERG repeated promises of cheaper food post Brexit?"
Watch: ‘We know where everbody lives’ – Jeremy Vine’s concerning thread as anti-vaxxers turn up at his home
"These people are perhaps a little more scary than they are first appear," he said.
Damian Hinds: Kwasi Kwarteng ‘wasn’t telling porkies’ when promising help
It comes after business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng promised to help UK firms during the energy crisis - but Rishi Sunak's colleagues denied he has been in talks with them.