Brexit is done and we must move on - that is what the Leavers would want you to think and something they parrot to anyone who dares say otherwise, writes Business Editor Ian McConnell.

However, the reality is very different and there is something the Leavers might want to chew over for a while.

So Brexit is done and we must move on?

That is for sure what the Brexiters would want you to think. And it is something which they, in tiresome and at times hostile fashion, parrot to anyone who dares to say otherwise.

But their assertion is patently not the case.

Of course, most people do not need to be told this. They see the dismal effects in their everyday lives.

And Brexit has taken a huge toll on the UK economy and, by extension, living standards.

That said, the strength of the view on whether Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Government is doing enough to tackle the damaging effects of Brexit, in a major exclusive poll of Scottish business leaders published by The Herald on Thursday, was striking.

The poll, conducted in conjunction with the Institute of Directors in Scotland, revealed that only 3% of business leaders north of the Border believe “there have been no detrimental effects” from Brexit.

The Leavers might want to chew over that for a while. That said, it is perhaps astonishing that this proportion is as high as 3%.

Asked if they “believe the UK Government is doing enough to address the detrimental effects of Brexit arising from the loss of frictionless trade and ending of free movement between........

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