Brexit’s worst is yet to come – but that may lead to change

The Independent has been warned of more trouble yet to result from Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, writes James Moore – but will it bring about any positives?

Brexit is set to lead to still higher food prices and more empty shelves (PA Archive)

Remember all the sound and fury about Brexit cutting the Brussels red tape, allowing Britain to catch up with “Asian tiger” economies? Well, now we have empty supermarket shelves, queues at Dover and other ports, and record food-price inflation.

And it is about to get a whole lot worse.

The Independent has revealed the concerns of food sector leaders who are worried that port authorities are unprepared for the implementation of a series of new checks due to come in as part of Boris Johnson’s (ahem) “oven ready” Brexit deal.