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Political expert Professor Anand Menon will provide an assessment of the global and domestic challenges facing the UK at next month’s Travel Convention


‘Brexit will continue to be a limiting factor for the UK’


Travel Convention speaker warns EES will bring ‘border chaos’. Ian Taylor reports However, asked how far the UK


Brexit will remain “a headache” for travel, with EU border controls set to become “harder” and exacerbate the impact of prevailing “economic uncertainty”, delegates at Abta’s Travel Convention will be warned next month. Anand Menon, professor of


European politics and foreign affairs at King’s College London, suggested “it’s not an unmitigatedly bad picture” but said he will tell the convention: “UK economic uncertainty, global uncertainty, plus Brexit, are going to make things more difficult.” He told Travel Weekly: “There


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are good reasons for people to feel uncertain. The UK is experiencing significant economic and political headwinds. Concern about a rise in joblessness is weighing on the economy. We face challenges on housing, growth, education. “[But] the hardest stuff is what is out of our control. No one has the first clue what Donald Trump will do next.” Professor Menon noted:


“In the face of an unpredictable US, China, India and Russia are becoming best mates. We might see a similar dynamic in Europe where the UK gets closer to Europe.”


under Keir Starmer might go in achieving closer relations with the EU, he said: “Not much further. We’ve improved diplomatic links, made changes to the deal on agriculture and emissions trading. But the bare bones of the Brexit Boris Johnson left us with are going to shape the relationship.” He argued: “Starmer has gone


out of his way to work with the EU, but Brexit imposes constraints. The EU still insists we either join the


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