‘He’s playing a blinder!’: Is Starmer right to rule out a soft Brexit?
It has been argued that by taking a tough line on freedom of movement, the Labour leader has prevented another Brexit election from happening.
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).
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.
"Brexit itself was stupid stuff. Few people with a serious knowledge of the matter doubt it. It has raised barriers against the country’s closest neighbours and most important trade partners."
It comes as figures from the NHS show there are 10,582 FTE medical vacancies across England alone.
"Good to see the BBC wading into the fray at last, now that the damage it's causing is too great to conceal", one person said.
“The vote to leave the EU was the result of the Remainers’ appalling campaign", Guy Hands said.
Liz Truss had described the deal with Japan as a "landmark moment for Britain" that would boost trade by billions of pounds.
“I’m worried that there are senior members of Rishi Sunak’s Government who are going round saying they want to open up the Brexit debate again.”
Lord Moylan has claimed Vote Leave never claimed Turkey was imminently going to join the EU.
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