BORIS Johnson’s decision to press ahead with Brexit in the middle of the pandemic is an “unforgivable act of economic sabotage” to Scotland’s economy, Constitution Secretary Michael Russell has said. With a decision on whether the UK and EU will continue talks due to be made today, Russell warned a No-Deal scenario is “unthinkable” and the Prime Minister must take it off the table. But he said even leaving the EU with the kind of deal the Tories are seeking will be “massively damaging” and hit jobs and living standards. As Brexit talks continued, Johnson faced a huge backlash – including from senior Conservatives – over the threat to deploy Royal Navy gunboats to protect UK fishing waters in the event of a No-Deal.
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Angus Robertson: It s been four long years and Brexiteers still don t get it
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What is Brexit and why is it still happening? - OLD Adam Forrest © Provided by The Independent
Brexit has created daily headlines, angry pubs rants and bend-your-ear analysis by taxi drivers for more than four years now. Yet the UK’s exit from the EU and its structures is still not complete.
Brexit is a process, rather than one event. With a lot of important stuff unresolved, we still don’t know what the trading relationship between the two powers will be like in the months ahead. So why did Brexit happen, where are we now, and what happens next?