Tag: Brexit

The Tory MP said Brits will avoid a 2 per cent increase on fish fingers and savings on some cheeses thanks to our "Brexit freedoms".

“In leaving the EU, the UK swapped a deep trade relationship with few impediments to trade for one where a wide range of checks, forms and steps are required before goods can cross the border."

"It may be that scepticism about politics and euroscepticism are not quite as intertwined as they once were.”

Ian Blackford branded the UK’s departure from the EU the ‘elephant in the room that neither the Tories or Labour are willing to confront’.

The UK helped develop new border checks as part of the EU - then, with Brexit, asked to become subject to the new system.

Huw Pill said Brexit has reduced trade between the UK and Europe which has had a knock-on effect on labour, productivity and prices.

“The problem for both the Prime Minister and the Labour leader is that when it comes to Brexit, even their own voters don’t agree with them."

It has been argued that by taking a tough line on freedom of movement, the Labour leader has prevented another Brexit election from happening.

"It was a confidence trick on the British public, the majority of whom now realise that they have been had", William Keegan said.