Select committee concludes Festival of Brexit is £120m ‘waste of money’
The festival’s “muddled approach” was a “sure-fire recipe for failure”, Conservative MP Julian Knight said.
The UK is the first and so far only country to have left the EU and Brexit was and is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). The official withdrawal was at 23:00 31 January 2020 GMT (00:00 CET).
The festival’s “muddled approach” was a “sure-fire recipe for failure”, Conservative MP Julian Knight said.
"How about reading an email from those of us who are unhappy about more immigration," he told the BBC.
The loss to the EU in missing customs revenue was €2.7 billion, it was revealed. "No wonder they need border controls", one person said.
Once again, Ros Atkins has concisely summarised the government's response to an escalating crisis to devastating effect.
He said the "Brexit-era thinking about immigration and humanitarian rights is hopelessly out of date."
British firms have been hit by a double whammy of Brexit fallout and pandemic pressures on supply chains, with sectors across most of the economy suffering staff shortages, shipping and distribution problems, and issues with the availability of a raft of materials and goods.
“It’s chaos, there’s no law to it, there’s no rule to it.”
"Putin. The most ardent Brexiteer," tweeted one person after watching the video.
The Brexit Opportunities minister’s post comes just as the US has labelled the EU’s response to the invasion of Ukraine as “historic”, saying the relationship with the bloc is “vital” – but not mentioning a word about Brexit Britain.
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