Telegraph says Britain is becoming a ‘poor country’ but can’t figure out why
"We are gradually going the way of Argentina, once one of richest nations but now an impoverished, unstable basket-case."
Tag: Brexit
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).
Clash of the Titans: James O’Brien confronts Mick Lynch over his Brexit support
The LBC presenter read out all the rights we could lose under Jacob Rees-Mogg's retained EU law bill and put them to Mick Lynch.
UK has ‘shredded’ its reputation with Brexit – David Miliband
"The truth is geography still matters", he said.
‘Poor people suffering most’ from UK’s split with EU
"Bit by bit, reality is succeeding where rhetoric failed", the Guardian's Jonathan Freedland said.
BBC’s ‘scorecard on Brexit’ struggles to find any upsides
Low growth, high inflation, soaring business costs and squeezed productivity cushioned by.... cheese.
Two-thirds of Brits now support a referendum on rejoining the EU
Chris Hopkins, from the polling company Savanta, said it could be that many overestimated the potential benefits of Brexit.
Reaction as British passport holders face long queues at Geneva Airport
"The ultimate metaphor for Brexit: a soul-sapping, boring, regressive waste of everyone’s time while the rest of the world overtakes us," Sarah Murphy said.
Brexit was Boris Johnson’s ‘quick and dirty route to power’
An LBC caller said the former PM "jumped on the populist bandwagon and then didn't know what to do when a slight majority voted to leave".
Almost a third of Leave voters want a closer relationship with EU
“It’s very difficult to sell the idea that the policy has been economically successful when the economy is going down the tubes", Prof John Curtice said.