Brexit: The Trigger for the Fire Sale
None of this could have happened inside the EU. That’s the point. Brexit shattered the regulatory shield that protected food standards, workers’ rights, and environmental laws. It left Britain desperate, isolated, and pliable, exactly what Trump wanted.
Trump has openly demanded Britain stay out of the EU’s single market, and Starmer — terrified of spooking his billionaire backers — parrots that red line. This keeps Britain locked in a low-standard orbit, ripe for one-sided US trade conquest.
Brexit was sold as “taking back control.” In reality, it handed control to Wall Street.