UK lorry driver crisis: why short-term visas won’t lure back Europeans
Drivers are in short supply across Europe, and Brexit means few, if any, will be tempted to cross the Channel.
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Dave Keating
Dave Keating is a Brussels-based journalist covering EU politics.
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The UK leaves the EU today but the real Brexit Day may be 31 December
Nigel Farage is wrong: what comes next is far more than “detail”.
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