Brexit pangs
Brexit, once hailed as a grand natural experiment for economists to dissect the repercussions of leaving a low-friction trade environment, has proven messier than anticipated.
Brexit, once hailed as a grand natural experiment for economists to dissect the repercussions of leaving a low-friction trade environment, has proven messier than anticipated.
The light-touch checks under the grace period for supermarket products will expire at the end of September.
Rishi Sunak, the son-in-law of Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy and the MP from Richmond, Yorkshire, since 2015, was virtually unknown even a year ago. “Just five out of 1,191 named Rishi Sunak” in a poll conducted in December 2019 by Tim Bale, a professor of politics at the Queen Mary University.
Half a decade of the British cohabitating with their Continental cousins has now ended, launching the UK on a path of its own making, free from EU laws, able to strike trade agreements with other countries around the world, and reshape its economy, society and governance structures.
The UK was adamant throughout the negotiations that it be treated as a sovereign equal of the EU and have its independence respected. This was particularly important when it came to fishing rights – one of the last issues to be resolved.
Opposition MPs did try to force an amendment committing the government to allow unaccompanied child refugees to continue to be reunited with their families in the UK after Brexit.
Von der Leyen, a former German Defence Minister, took over from Jean-Claude Juncker at the start of December.
The Tory vote on average increased 6 per cent in Leave constituencies. Brexit inflated into a vision of salvation for deeply embittered people. Today, Remainers blame Corbyn for an outcome they themselves were most culpable for. The turning point was not Corbyn's programme but his concession to Remainers. Every UK newscast now consists of overpaid anchors blaming Corbyn alone, whose programme their bosses want to rub out. Boris Johnson, effete and elite, is appointed saviour of the working class. Call this dispiriting election result a BBC production and you wouldn't be far wrong.
Britain wants to strike a new trade deal with the United States after it leaves the European Union at the end of January.
The Conservative victory in Britain over Labour was a clear sign that leadership matters.
