My role frequently takes me to Westminster, and I was back again this week, where I noticed something that was once commonplace – and had disappeared – was back: Brexit demonstrations.

It was another example of a surprising month that saw the return of a discussion on the UK’s place in Europe, with the Prime Minister going so far as to open a conversation that started along the lines of "closer working relationship" but quickly, if briefly, escalated to full member status.

This feels like surprisingly solid ground to comment on for Scottish Engineering, and that’s unusual for any politicised topic. In the case of Brexit our sector’s views were generally absent of the normal spread you would expect on such a subject.

In July 2018 we released the results of a survey on Brexit impact where 81% of companies stated they were either concerned (51%) or very concerned (30%) about the potential negative impacts of the change, with just over 1% stating that they were positive about Brexit.

Are Andy Burnham's Brexit remarks a watershed moment?

Now, hand on heart, it’s not a survey that we have repeated since. We saw no point in calling for the reverse of a decision that was the result of a democratic process. That, as........

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