The UK has Long-Brexit

Boris Johnson is using Brexit to distract voters from what matters. Still. The UK has a bad case of Long-Brexit, and it will slowly eat away at the country’s pandemic recovery potential.

There is so much going on in the UK right now beyond Brexit.  Some of it is the government’s fault, some of it not.  Regardless, the government’s job is to smooth economic cycles, protect the most vulnerable, and provide public goods.

The Johnson administration is failing at all three and setting the country up for short- and medium-term pain.