It's 2025. BREXIT has been hard.
Transitional arrangements to ease the UK's departure from
the EU have ended. The UK's final agreement with the EU 27
could be categorized as Switzerland minus: a limited agreement
covering specific areas of access to the free market for goods, but
not services. Several free trade agreements beyond the EU 27 will
be finalized soon according to the government and will bring new
opportunities. However the macroeconomic situation triggered by
real BREXIT has made negotiating these agreements even tougher. The
pound has slumped to its lowest ever level against the major
currencies and continues downwards. The economy is stagnant and the
Bank of England seems to have run out of tools to stimulate growth.
The UK's goods are now so cheap outside the UK that cars and
other products are streaming out to the continent and beyond. The
only limitations on the UK's exports are the restricted
capacity of the UK's factories, the high cost of imported
