Britain risks becoming an also-ran, losing its easy access to the huge EU common market, unable to strike a groundbreaking deal with the United States and on the brink of a trade fight with China.
Boris Johnson has warned that there are signs of a "second wave" of coronavirus in Europe - even as the UK continues to suffer more daily deaths from the virus than the entire EU combined.
“The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe as its handle was made of wood and they thought it was one of them" - Turkish proverb
There have been calls for fast food chains to be excluded from the government's flagship "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme.
As the EU flag loses a star, America’s banner gains one.
It comes after the ISC published its long-awaited report into Russian interference in British democracy this week, warning that Russian influence in the UK is “the new normal”.
Johnson pointed furiously at Starmer telling him that Jeremy Corbyn had been on Russia Today, failing to mention his own father has been on the state owned TV station.
They have excluded nurses and care workers from pay rises, scrapped free parking and put the NHS on the line in future trade talks.
Ministers are working on the assumption that Britain will trade with Europe on WTO terms when the transition period ends