Covid has been an easy scapegoat, but Brexit is biting into Britain Anand Menon
Feb 04, 2022
3 minutes
Illustration Eleanor Shakespeare
t’s two years since the UK left the European Union, slightly more than one since it exited the single market and customs union. Yet, as one prominent Brexit supporter has pointed out, no one seems to have starved to death. A low bar, admittedly, but one takes what one can in these pandemic-ravaged times. However, while we still have food on the shelves, Brexit has begun to act as a drag on the UK economy. It seems clear this will persist, though the implications for the ongoing Brexit
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