The Guardian view on trade after Brexit: a new cliff edge looms | Editorial

Tesla's decision not to locate a factory in the UK exposes a fatal flaw in Boris Johnson's planThe pace of an election campaign tests the attention span of even the most committed observer. In a less frenzied climate, political debate might have dwelt, for example, on the declaration by Elon Musk, founder of carmaker Tesla, that Brexit has deterred him from locating a new factory in the UK.Mr Musk has chosen instead a site outside Berlin to develop the next generation of electric vehicles. The decision to leave the EU made the UK "too risky". That is not the story that Boris Johnson tells British voters. By ironic coincidence, Mr Johnson spoke at an electric car plant in the West Midlands on Wednesday, hoping the location would chime with his leading campaign theme - that "getting Brexit done" will unlock economic opportunity. Continue reading...