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 theguardian.com/society/2022/n…

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 independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

Brexit has fuelled surge in UK food prices, says Bank of England policymaker theguardian.com/business/2022/…

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.

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%.

Global Britain.

When I ran Remain-Labour, our core message was that Brexit would: "hit hardest thse who have least". Sadly, that is exactly what has happened. To rebuild the economy and our public services, a closer and stronger relationship with the EU is essential. itv.com/news/2022-12-2…

🚨🚨damning BCC report into EU-UK trade deal two years after Brexit finds businesses facing “structural” challenges because of low-ambition trade deal struck by Boris Johnson David Frost and govt doing little about it /1 on.ft.com/3FLhwlu

"Target date for cleaning up waterways in England is moved back by 36 years" A Brexit benefit, apparently. theguardian.com/environment/20…

"We run a social enterprise from the UK, which imports tea from all over the world. Half our profits go to support schools in tea growing regions." So, what has the Brexit deal done for the Agarwals from Reading? Made life dramatically more difficult 👇 theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/d…

The 50th anniversary of January 1st 1973, as the UK joined the European Economic Community.

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 telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/…

‘Leave EU to save NHS’ How’s that working out? #Brexit

“I simply can’t keep quiet about the immense damage Brexit is doing. Ministers seem to have developed selective amnesia when it comes to one of the root causes of our problems. Brexit can’t be airbrushed out of history or the consequences wished away.” ~AA theguardian.com/politics/live/…

Good to hear Keir Starmer say "The deal we have the EU is causing damage and we have to repair it". Very clear that he supports a closer trading relationship. The existing deal has to be renegotiated in 2025 and that provides an opportunity for a Labour government. #BBCLauraK

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.

NEW RECORD: Europe has never added more renewable energy capacity as in 2022. Wind and solar are becoming the backbone of the energy transition.

The Guardian front page, Monday 23 January 2023. Britain forecast to reach £1tn export target 15 years late in wake of Brexit

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." inews.co.uk/news/environme…

Brexit branded ‘complete disaster’ as £100bn a year loss to UK revealed independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…