For all their wild boasts about the stellar future that awaits the UK outside of the EU, Brexiters have gone very, very quiet about the opportunity to reduce red tape (which was a key strand of the argument at referendum time).
Red tape grows under Brexit like Japanese knotweed!
Red tape grows under Brexit like Japanese knotweed!
In fact, about the only Tory MP I could find still tooting the red tape pipe in recent months was Liz Truss, and even then only in the context of trade agreements, not Brexit itself.
Ok, ok, there are also a few *idiots* exalting Brexit as a red tape destroyer...
Ok, ok, there are also a few *idiots* exalting Brexit as a red tape destroyer...
Step a few months further back in time, and the issue of red tape becomes pretty much a one woman show. And that woman is Liz Truss...
Rarely has a country been so poorly served by their global representative, even in a VERY crowded field.
Rarely has a country been so poorly served by their global representative, even in a VERY crowded field.
She's like the owner of an abattoir offering to take in stray sheep. ("They'll be very comfortable here, for the rest of their days. Have no fear...")
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