It takes some cheek to write a headline like this.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/1…
Maybe I wasn't listening properly, but I don't recall Brexiteers spending the last four and a half years setting out all the many problems that would be created by Brexit.
Admittedly, they have consistently railed against the protocol, but then again, those Brexiteers in Parliament also enthusiastically voted for it.
And when they did grudgingly accept that there was a problem with the border, the only solutions they offered up were unicorns, and Mr. Saxty is still riding one (I guess it must be fun).
As for complaining that the deal does nothing for financial services, well, that's what you get when you ask for an FTA and prioritise sovereignty, sovereignty, sovereignty.
Brexiteers never warned of any problems, they just wanted us all to believe, to close our eyes as tight as we could, & wish & wish with all our might, because then all their fantasies would come true. Well it's time to grow up. Brexit reality bites.

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The thing is, every time government did this (at least during my time), businesses came back with few ideas about the red tape they wanted to be cut.
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This is so misleading.

There is no legal provisions available to extend the status quo (i.e. the transition). The deadline for doing this passed on 1st July. That's it. Opportunity gone. Now the only options are to end transition with a deal, or without a deal.
Here's the relevant provision from the Withdrawal Agreement.

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I’m increasingly convinced that #Kent is heading for an open revolt.
Even before #Brexit, there was already discontent about proposed house building in many parts of the country.

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Or maybe its just a coffee and a catch-up.

Or maybe it actually is something after all.

Seems tomorrow's meeting of ministers responsible for fisheries was scheduled knowing that Barnier would then be getting the Eurostar to London.

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prospectmagazine.co.uk/economics-and-…
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