The Labour government of the United Kingdom is pursuing regulatory alignment with Brussels to repair the damage caused by Brexit. In British political jargon, it is called "the powers of Henry VIII," in reference to the Proclamations Act of 1539 by which the monarch claimed the right to govern by decree and bypass Parliament. In the jargon surrounding the complicated world of Brexit, it is called "dynamic alignment": it is the idea pursued by Keir Starmer's Labour government, whereby the United Kingdom will incorporate in an almost automatic way the new health and phytosanitary regulations—in an initial phase that would be agreed upon this summer, regarding food and beverages—that the European Union may approve. In this way, both trade friction and the negative economic consequences that Brexit brought about will be reduced. Why this reference to Henry VIII, the monarch who caused the first Brexit with his break from the Catholic Church? Because Downing Street, according to ...