Finally, a PM admitting the damage of Brexit and working to reverse it 👏 | The London Economic

“We will stick up for British citizens” “In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat… today we have 46,000 a year… why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal” The panel clash while debating illegal immigration and small boat crossings #bbcqt | BBC Question Time

Greater access to Europe’s single market would boost Britain's economic growth. Yet, Sir Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister, remains cautious about binding closer to Brussels. Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Edward Carr, deputy editor, and our Britain team explore why Brexit paralyses the government and why public opinion on the EU is shifting in a surprising way. Watch the full show: https://econ.st/49ZXvIH | The Economist

Daisy Cooper attributes the surge in small boat asylum arrivals to Brexit, contrasting 2017's near-zero figures with today's 46,000 annually. And she is right, Brexit has screwed us in so many ways, not least our ability to better manage the refugee crisis with our European partners. | Jack Dart