Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Michael Lambert: Britain Has No Future Outside the EU - Growth Will Be Almost Impossible

Jul 31, 2024 | Brexit is possibly the stupidest and most damaging event ever to befall the UK. There are no benefits, and the cost to the UK has been enormous. Brexit has resulted in loss of trade and the creation of major barriers to trade with the EU. More than £200 million has been spent by the government to erect border facilities which were previously unnecessary. Trade with the EU is now more difficult, time consuming and expensive than before.

Keir Starmer has rebuffed suggestions from the EU to allow British young people to work in the EU for up to two years whilst EU young people would be able to do the same in the UK. At the same time young people from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Korea, Iceland, Japan and Uruguay are free to apply for visas to live and work in the UK for up to three years and even start businesses.