Chris Grey argues that Brexit has dropped out of the headlines but never went away, resurfacing in Donald Trump's mid-term defeat, the Starmer EU reset expected at the 20 November Brussels summit, and UKICE's announced closure at the end of 2026. He says Brexit has lost public support and its economic damage is biting, with draft agreements on SPS rules, youth mobility, and medicines already drawing a Brexiter backlash he expects to have little impact.