In June 2016, months before Donald Trump would win the presidential election in the United States, the United Kingdom narrowly voted to leave the European Union (EU).
Since the decision to Leave and the long, fraught start-and-stop departure that followed, some observers have labeled the decision as “out of date”—a poorly timed move that echoes the anti-immigration impulses of other elections around the world and will serve to isolate the nation.
Joe Biden, in his first 100 days as US president, has emphasized a renewed need for cooperation between allies. With the UK finally, officially out of the EU in January 2021, international critics and British Remain voters warn that the complicated divorce will eventually and inevitably spell financial disaster. In many ways, the economic repercussions, obfuscated by the COVID-19 pandemic, have yet to be fully realized.
Another implication, however, is that the UK now has an unrelated and probably unintended opportunity: to evolve into the model for tobacco control.
Alex Norcia – FilterMag – 2021-05-04.
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