> But the UK has always had a vibrant and innovative financial services sector. Something the EU always had a bit of love-hate relationship with, and something

> But the UK has always had a vibrant and innovative financial services sector. Something the EU always had a bit of love-hate relationship with, and something Brexit has seriously damaged. To be fair, most of the regulations were EU ones, but they were driven by the UK as a member, and they supported them nationally. Contrast Ireland, which has the same EU regs but is much, much further behind the curve because our regulators focus on different things.