In an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his cabinet, designers, fashion, beauty and media figures said the new rules are breaking once-healthy businesses.

The world may be a miserable place, but longtime environmental champion Katharine Hamnett finds reason for optimism. “People are waking up,” she says.

Brands and retailers are setting up logistics and warehousing facilities in Europe in preparation for a no-deal Brexit.

Hamnett, she of the bold political T-shirts, extols the virtues of organic cotton, recycled plastic and polyester.