Far from relaxing standards on workers rights and, critically, the environment, the UK, we were assured during the Brexit campaign, will adhere to new standards, even more rigorous than those of our erstwhile partners.  Anyone with half a brain cell saw this for the lie it was: if we are to introduce higher standards, there is no point in arguing with the EU’s insistence that we stick, at least, to theirs.

This morning  in the Guardian (you can find it here) there is a horrifying report setting out some of the problems with proposed new legislation – putting aside a delay in its introduction a main issue is that large parts of the protection for our countryside and wildlife become essentially voluntary.  God help us.