Stop me if you've heard this one before.
Government ignores own scientific advisers to "approve the use of a banned bee-killing pesticide just days after the European Union’s highest court blocked its deployment on the continent."
https://t.co/dfeh1nV8Z7
Brexit would never have happened if public service anti-union ballot laws imposed by the Tories on teachers, rail workers, nurses, etc had applied.
The 51.9% Out vote on a 72.2% turnout was only 37.5% of the electorate, below the 40% threshold demanded for workers to strike.
EXCLUSIVE: Tory voters now believe the costs of Brexit outweigh its benefits, polling shows for the first time
One-third (33%) think it has caused more problems, while 22% believe it has solved more
https://t.co/6NQ33nxqJo
🚨🚨damning @britishchambers report into EU-UK trade deal two years after Brexit finds businesses facing “structural” challenges because of low-ambition trade deal struck by @BorisJohnson@DavidGHFrost and govt doing little about it /1
https://t.co/GqU4YcD2qR
Like Boris Johnson's US trade deal, an Indian FTA "by Diwali" has failed to materialise. The only all "new" post-Brexit FTA, with Australia, "was not actually a very good deal for the UK", according to Brexiteer George Eustice. It will boost UK GDP by 0.08%.
LOTS of gas flowing into the UK today from continental Europe 👇
Same thing for electricity.
A reminder that far from disconnecting itself from Europe, when it comes to energy - perhaps the most important item of all - the UK remains very reliant on its neighbours.
Esp in winter.
Exclusive
Frontier checks for British travellers to Europe next summer could take 4x longer than now.
Reason: the UK asked to be treated as a "3rd country" after Brexit so subject to the fingerprinting and face biometric checks of the new Entry Exit System
https://t.co/Bn54HokHkP
EXCL: Brexit has worsened UK’s acute shortage of doctors and led to more than 4,000 European medics choosing not to work in the NHS - by @denis_campbell https://t.co/5oboT4EbB6
Bare shelves at the best Greek deli in London - Isle of Olive in Hackney. The owners are closing the doors after 11 successful years due to customs duties, reams of paperwork and the simple fact that many of their small suppliers won’t export to the UK. The realities of Brexit…