The UK isn't reading articles about Covid and doesn't care about it anymore. Brexit is slightly different, because it continues to unfold in real time, in front of us and we're continually learning new things all the time about what Brexit actually means.

The legacy of the Brexit referendum is a divided, confused Britain

"The legacy of the Brexit referendum is a divided, confused Britain."- (Source: independentcouk)

The quality of the life we had before Brexit doesn't exist. We're financially, mentally and emotionally poorer for the split. We're constantly being reminded about the fall-out and the consequences of Brexit. The reminders are frequently out there.

Brexit has stoked division and industries are struggling

Brexit has changed our lives and continues to stoke divisions between people for and against it. It's caused a ripple effect, and has created further divisions between political parties, family members, society and countries.

As a consequence of the split, industries in the UK are struggling. Supermarket shelves lie empty where products were once plentiful. Freedom of movement has become real for expats to Britain who resided in the EU and are now finding themselves homeless.

Wallace & Gromit animations

The creative industries are struggling to make ends meet. When Wallace & Gromit came forward to say that although their animations were part of the UK animation landscape, they weren’t sure they could afford to keep it in the UK that’s when all of this became real. There were snippets in the papers as the UK headed towards Brexit once the vote was called, but around the time David Cameron decided to call the vote, nothing was mentioned about Brexit and its consequences.

The head of Aardman, the British Oscar-winning British Studio

“The head of Aardman, the Oscar-winning British studio behind Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, has warned that the nation’s animation productions for children’s television will have to be made overseas because acute challenges are taking their toll on the UK sector.

Sean Clarke, Aardman’s managing director, said the company is struggling with everything from serious competition from other countries on tax relief to a dire skills shortage.

“Children’s television is suffering and what’s produced in this country will go off the edge of a cliff in the next couple of years, unless something is done,” he said. “The ideas will still be conceived here, but they’ll be made elsewhere.” (Source: theguardiancom)

Politicians continue to tell us how successful Brexit has been

Politicians continue to tell us how successful Brexit has been. A human failing is our inability to be truthful, even when lives depend on it, when we need to come clean and say we got this wrong.