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Thing is, Brexit didn’t _really_ happen in 2020. The UK was, for practical purposes, in the single market until 2021 under a transition arrangement, and even af
by rsynnott 2y ago
Thing is, Brexit didn’t _really_ happen in 2020. The UK was, for practical purposes, in the single market until 2021 under a transition arrangement, and even after that, it kind of petered out over years. Some special arrangements are _still in place_: https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-brexit-border-checks-delay-eu-imports-food-prices-food-safety-fruits-vegetables/ https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-brexit-border-checks-dela...
- OJFord 2y agoOk. I'm still awaiting to hear how it's currently a situation of terrible crisis that the US would not want to sink to. If there are any crises in my UK news, they're in the Ukraine, Israel, USA, and perhaps Greenland & Canada by extension. To the extent there's crisis in the UK that I'm aware of, it's the same USA-inflicted event that the rest of the world's dealing with too.