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Article: Sep 9, 2021
Talk of a reshuffle got Alistair Campbell (Tony Blair's spokesman when he was PM) proposing a new Cabinet selected on ability rather than having voted for Brexit. Sobering read.
Boris Johnson chairs a socially-distanced Cabinet meeting at the foreign office last November. Photo: Eddie Mulholland - WPA Pool/Getty Images -
Article: Jun 29, 2021
The effects of Brexit are on a slow fuse but some trends are now becoming clear.
Our trade with the EU has fallen by a fifth in the first 3 months of 2021.
Cumulatively exports of services are now more than £100 billion below what pre-Brexit forecasts anticipated.
Farmers are losing 25% of their basic grant this year.
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Article: May 27, 2021
I believe the new Environment Bill going through Parliament will fail to protect British nature and our beautiful landscapes.
We already live in one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. Just 14% of our waterways are in good condition. Over 40% of our native species are in decline.
This is an embarrassment. We're failing to get our own house in order.while pushing for nature-based solutions in the run-up to both COP26 and the Convention on Biological Diversity,