A year on from Brexit, the Government must start listening to the creative industries’ needs, says Sarah Connolly.
The government seems to take delight in reminding us that Brexit is done. I’d say it’s not so much “done” as a seeping, slippery slop that belongs in the waste bin.
But we must try to achieve a much more worker-friendly Brexit, by continuing talks with a government that seem strangely reluctant to help a lucrative industry worth £116bn. Trade is deliberately confused with immigration because populist party politics demands headlines on border control, which has nothing to do with trade. Even EU artists working in the UK get a better deal than Brits in Europe. Talk about an own goal.
We are now a year on from the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) being signed into law and the situation for musicians and creatives is bleak. There has been little progress on the issues facing us with touring, education and more. It’s a point of continual frustration that our brilliant, experienced sector knows what the solutions are, but is often ignored...Keep reading on The Independent.
The government seems to take delight in reminding us that Brexit is done. I’d say it’s not so much “done” as a seeping, slippery slop that belongs in the waste bin.
But we must try to achieve a much more worker-friendly Brexit, by continuing talks with a government that seem strangely reluctant to help a lucrative industry worth £116bn. Trade is deliberately confused with immigration because populist party politics demands headlines on border control, which has nothing to do with trade. Even EU artists working in the UK get a better deal than Brits in Europe. Talk about an own goal.
We are now a year on from the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) being signed into law and the situation for musicians and creatives is bleak. There has been little progress on the issues facing us with touring, education and more. It’s a point of continual frustration that our brilliant, experienced sector knows what the solutions are, but is often ignored...Keep reading on The Independent.