The foreign secretary’s Brexit speech was meant to calm fears and persuade concerned Brits that Brexit is going to be just fine. The innocent-sounding ‘regulatory divergence’ he promoted is code for cutting back workers’ rights, environmental protections and consumer standards. After all, Boris Johnson is on the record opposing fair treatment for agency workers and rights for people made redundant. And just before Christmas he briefed the Sunday papers that Brexit would mean we could scrap the working time directive. The TUC is clear: the UK voted to leave the EU — not to leave workers worse…

Source: The Times February 15, 2018 01:18 UTC