The Big Take
Why Brexit Britain Is Isolated, Vulnerable and Running on Fumes
After leaving the European Union, the U.K. is emerging from the pandemic without enough workers and facing a winter tougher than any since the 1970s.
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Lines of cars snake from gasoline stations. Fights break out among angry motorists trying to get fuel. Grocery staples are out of stock on store shelves. A charity warns that doubling heating bills will force a million households to rely on extra blankets to stay warm.
This was supposed to be the year the U.K. broke free of the European Union and forged ahead as a buccaneering free trader, delivering the benefits of a new, confident “Global Britain” to workers and companies at home. Instead, that picture of Brexit utopia is looking more like a dystopia.