Hancock admits: Brexit WAS prioritised over planning for a pandemic
Boris Johnson infamously said 'Brexit saved lives' earlier this year. Judging by these comments, it did precisely the opposite.
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).
The three remaining arguments for Brexit
And why none of them actually stack up.
Brexit shame: Three-quarters of Brits ‘not proud’ of leaving EU
Seven years after the UK voted to leave the EU, it seems that public support for Brexit has collapsed. Someone tell our politicians...
From the archive: Brexit supporters celebrate ‘Independence Day’
Happy Brexiteers hail new dawn for the UK.
Brexit was ‘never going to make the UK better off’ – Philip Hammond
The former chancellor said Vote Leave misled people by saying the UK would be better off in financial terms outside of the EU.
From the archive: Nigel Farage denies shorting the pound
The Ukip leader repeatedly said on the night that remain had edged the vote, pushing the value of sterling higher.
SNP MP on fire as she says Tories and Labour ‘in denial’ over Brexit
A cross-party committee should be established to investigate the causes of the cost-of-living crisis and solutions to it, the SNP said.
It’s official: End of free movement has not increased wages
The Migration Advisory Committee found few businesses that had depended on EU staff had raised wages to attract UK workers.
Post-Brexit border controls to drive up food inflation in the UK
In 2017, Jacob Rees-Mogg claimed Brexit would reduce food, wine and clothes costs by 20 per cent as he hit out at 'Project Fear' Remoaners.