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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
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Yes, as mentioned above, the Brexit Bad News Bus has been busy recently:
- The UK gave up on negotiations to extend our trade deal with Canada, leaving us worse off than when we were an EU member:
https://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68098177
- New incoming border checks will add £200 million a year to the cost of our food and drink:
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/brex...d-veg-imports/
- MPs were warned that the EU's upcoming ETIAS/EES border systems may lead to up to 14-hour queues to enter (the rest of) Europe from the autumn:
https://itv.com/news/2024-01-25/traf...urope-mps-told
- There were warnings of possible shortages of flowers for Valentines Day because of the new incoming border checks:
https://news.sky.com/story/roses-are...he-eu-13056060
- A plan to extend visas for British expats in France from 90 to 180 days was blocked by France's Constitutional Council court (a decision which has no right of appeal):
https://lbc.co.uk/news/french-court-...rance-90-days/
- The EU's plans to increase bulk medicine procurement across the bloc risk creating shortages in Britain because they have very significantly greater buying power than the UK does:
https://theguardian.com/science/2024...cord-shortages