The problems we have faced in trying to leave the EU stand as a testament to how right the Brexiters were all along: this isn’t a simple trading block, it is far, far, more. And disentangling the relationship has likewise proved far more complicated than many people – including most high-profile Brexiters – ever imagined. The pointless adjective war of that first summer – hard Brexit, soft Brexit, clean Brexit, chaotic Brexit, managed Brexit, red white and blue Brexit, dog’s Brexit. The former ran perhaps the least effective campaign since, well, the campaign against Brexit in the referendum. The choices stemming from Brexit are arguably more significant than the choice to leave in the first place.

Source: The Guardian January 30, 2020 19:01 UTC