Former Liverpool FC chairman describes Brexit in the bluntest way possible
“Making it difficult to trade with your biggest market is a dumb thing to do", Sir Martin Broughton 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).
“Making it difficult to trade with your biggest market is a dumb thing to do", Sir Martin Broughton said.
It was suggested earlier this month that the UK might snub Horizon and create an alternative alliance with the United States, Japan and Switzerland.
A Question Time audience member said he backed Brexit but it's all proved to be "lies" at the start of this week's show.
"I got the feeling that might be the case as we went along, but I’m undaunted", he said after barely anyone raised their hand.
O'Brien looks at how the same people who insisted Boris Johnson 'got Brexit done' are now claiming that Rishi Sunak has done the 'impossible'.
Even though a Brexit agreement may be "done," the post-2016 debate still harbours hostilities between the opposing camps.
"NI has this very special position where it has access to the UK and EU markets, which makes it an incredibly attractive place to invest for businesses", the PM said.
He said the prime minister's Northern Ireland Protocol offers an opportunity to "move beyond this awful populism we have suffered".
The Windsor Framework paves the way for Britain to become an associate member of the EU’s flagship research programme, Ursula von der Leyen suggested.
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