How opinion articles keep us abreast of the stories that get buried by Brexit

Keeping our finger on the pulse of stories that could easily be lost in the fray eases the monotony of watching the government repeat the same political manoeuvres over and over

For all the division Brexit has fostered over the past few years, there’s one thing most of us should be able to agree on: it’s exhausting.

Talking about it is tiring, trying to wrap your head around the constantly changing developments is confusing, at best. But perhaps the most infuriating aspect of Brexit is the fact that it’s eclipsing everything else we once considered to be of the utmost importance.

In the past couple of weeks alone, developments as huge as the government’s announcement of a £200m fund to tackle Grenfell-style cladding, the UN panel’s scrutiny of the UK’s role in inflicting torture on disabled people, and the significance of the promotion of former prisons minister Rory Stewart to international development secretary could easily have slipped under our radars without the help of additional analysis and commentary.