Re: Ok adding my not so consipracy take...
You really don't understand the real world at all do you?
As an island nation we rely on trade and if we want to trade with the richest trading bloc on the planet who are conveniently on our doorstep then we are bidden by the rules of that bloc, we can of course choose not to trade with them but that would be economic suicide. Once upon a time we had a say in those rules but not any more so explain how that gives us more power. We cannot enact laws contrary to EU regulations if we want to trade. So in that respect Brexit created a loss of democratic power.
Development grants will not happen, we don't have the money and Westminster does not care, do you really think given the choice between spending a billion on redeveloping somewhere in North Wales or something like cutting inheritance tax that Wales would stand a chance. Under the EU a proportion of funds was earmarked for development and regions could lobby for consideration. Now there are no funds set aside for development. In that respect we are far worse off.
The point about "standards" is they are, well, standard. Introducing different ones would be absurd. The only logical option is to adopt the standards from the leading agencies which all just happen to be in Europe, many used to be in the UK like the NPL.
What world do you live in? You cannot unseat a bureaucrat, they are not voted in and out of office. The EU ones are fixed term appointments so they do get shifted out unlike our ones who have jobs for life. So the truth is pretty much the exact opposite of what you say.
But we have to leave the best to last. You do understand that when the UK ordered up every possible vaccine at about 10x the market rate we were still under the EU rules, Brexit made no difference to that decision, we could have done exactly the same as full members of the EU. So like every other supposed benefit it is utter bullshit. The short advantage we had was squandered almost immediately as crap policy from №10 ruined everything the NHS was trying to do and we paid far more than everybody else because of stupid no penalty for failure contracts.