There are already queues of lorries outside the Port of Dover. The port’s boss and MPs explained to ITV News’ Joel Hills why post-Brexit rules mean queues near the EU border are about to get longer.
British farmers are quickly learning that it is almost impossible to compete in a very competitive agrifoods sector on the continent.
Two participants each gave a 20 minute presentation of how Brexit has impacted them, this being their Stories of Brexit. In this online event for the European Movement’s Day of Action on 21st May 2021, Rachel Ashley from the music industry and John Vincent from the airline industry outline the problems they face as a…
Every serious independent economist argued that massively raising barriers with your main trade partner is an extraordinary act of self-harm. And now, 6 years too late, the extreme right wing Brexit backing Express newspaper last week carried the headline “Brexit blamed as UK exports 2021 drop 14% – Britain ‘missing out’ on global trade”. And…
A North Herts for Europe presentation A Zoom webinar with Jonty Bloom, formerly BBC business and economics correspondent, now freelance journalist and blogger. His blog, Jonty’s Jottings, can be found on https://jonty.substack.com/. He worked in the City before becoming a journalist. Jonty presents a 40-minute review of the ways in which Brexit will impact the…
Warwick University Econometrics Research Report – July 2020 The authors find that the negative impact of Brexit on the economy is larger in areas where : a) more people voted to leave b) the manufacturing sector is more prominent c) there are higher numbers of low skilled workers.