Downton Abbey castle scraps weddings ‘because of Brexit’
“Brexit has undermined the wedding industry at Highclere, and it has really all been about the effects of leaving the EU."
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).
“Brexit has undermined the wedding industry at Highclere, and it has really all been about the effects of leaving the EU."
“One of the reasons I’m not in politics, and a lot of my former colleagues aren’t in politics anymore, is because we can’t get up and say Brexit is a success."
The newspaper provided its readers with 10 "awkward questions" you should throw at the next Rejoiner who corners you at a dinner party.
It comes following IMF warnings that Britain alone of the leading economies is expected to contract this year.
The former Brexit negotiator said they have been stripped of unfettered access to Europe because of a "political decision that has been taken".
Polling suggests the vast majority of people believe the split with the EU isn't going well - a fact being ignored by mainstream political parties.
Boris Johnson was among a number of Tory MPs who used the vaccine rollout as a "Brexit win" on the third anniversary. Unfortunately, he's well wide of the mark.
James Cleverly was responding to SNP MP Richard Thomson, who asked him about the impact of Brexit, exactly three years since the UK left the EU.
“Brexit has made this country a lot poorer, people a lot more divided, but no-one wants to talk about it anymore.”
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