Labour cannot make people’s lives better until it talks about Brexit | Stella Creasy

Silence on the issue, for fear of saying the wrong thing, means the Tory dogma and narrative on Europe will go unchallenged

As I struggled to buy calamine lotion last week to treat a toddler with chickenpox, the political silence about what effect leaving the European Union is having on medicine supply chains hit hard.

This experience is not unique. Whether it is businesses overwhelmed with red tape, care homes missing staff or rising food prices, the public are asking why such difficulties keep happening - and finding that MPs are avoiding giving an honest answer, let alone a solution. To fix something, you first must name it. And that means getting over the myth that talking about Europe is code for re-running referendums.