Worse than feared': Brexit to blame for 33bn loss to UK economy, study shows

[Emrys]

4. Yet no party with a chance of holding power will campaign to address this:

the Tories because they invested so much in their lies and promises that had no chance of coming to fruition that they can't back down, and any Tory leader making moves toward that would face a rancorously split party and probably be deposed, and Labour because Keir Starmer is so craven in trying to win over those who voted for Brexit that he's ruled out any serious attempt to re-establish closer links with the EU and claims Labour just wants to "make Brexit work".

The sticking point is freedom of movement of people (within certain parameters, we're not talking about a borderless free-for-all), one of the EU's core four freedoms. Unless they accept that, there's very little than can be done to improve trade with our closest neighbours and overcome the barriers the Tories have erected.