“Far from providing the “frictionless” trade that was promised, the deal is hampering British firms with forests of red tape.”
“… lack of a coherent economic strategy helps explain why sterling is weak, UK equities lag behind their US and European counterparts, and the “pent-up tidal wave of investment into our country” that Johnson promised in the Conservatives’ 2019 general election manifesto has singularly failed to materialise.”
Martin Fletcher New Statesman 25/1/21