One particular point Brexiters are fond of talking about is the impact of Covid on the UK economy. What some fail to understand is how the toll of planning for a no-deal Brexit meant the way we dealt with Covid was poor. As I said at the time, we should have paused Brexit to concentrate on Covid.
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The UK “failed” its citizens in its response to coronavirus after planning for the “wrong pandemic”, with preparations for a no-deal Brexit diverting the state’s attention from potential public health crises, the Covid-19 inquiry has found...
Hallett rejected claims made by UK officials in evidence that the country was as well-prepared as anywhere in the world to deal with a pandemic before Covid struck.
“In reality, the UK was ill-prepared for dealing with a catastrophic emergency, let alone the coronavirus pandemic,” she said, adding that the government had committed “a fundamental error” in not learning from other countries’ experiences of coronaviruses in previous years.
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