Every time the EU adopts new rules or modernises old ones and the UK doesn’t, it gets harder for trade to happen between the two countries.
FT policy editor Peter Foster’s book “What Went Wrong With Brexit” details how the Brexit red tape for UK businesses is getting worse not better over time. Every time the EU updates a regulation or brings in a new rule and the UK doesn’t do the same, that barrier gets higher.
When Boris Johnson said there would be no trade barrier down the Irish Sea he was promising something he could not deliver. UK politicians were warned that this approach would cause increasing difficulties for Northern Ireland but they took no notice.
Now the pro Brexit lobby’s mis-selling is costing Scottish businesses and the Scottish economy dear, as well as limiting choice for Irish consumers.
Scotland did not vote for Brexit and yet no compromise was offered. An independent Scotland back in the EU would be able to trade freely with the entire island of Ireland, as well as the other member states.