Dennis Smith Brexit and the Beatles Meeting a man from the motor trade (original) (raw)

Campaigners for leave exuded immense confidence that pressure from German motor manufacturers would ensure tariff free trading arrangements with Britain after Brexit. No such luck. On 9th July 2017 two large German industrial groups insisted that protecting the integrity of the EU's single market was more important than protecting trade with Britain. The men from the German motor trade are not prepared to give Britain the freedom and fun the Brexiteers promised on their behalf. The voters who believed the Brexiteers' promises (eg £350 million a week extra for the NHS) are likely to be grievously disappointed. Brexit is beginning to feel like a foolish elopement engineered by plausible suitors, one that has gone badly wrong.