As the US is not part of Brexit and they have seen the same increases in prices.
Aluminium is up 15% since the start of 2020, rubber up 50%, steel 20%, cardboard 10%, container shipping forward year 40% spot container up to 250%.
Then you add shortage of labour in Taiwan because they can’t bring in cheap labour from surrounding countries, so lobour costs have risen.
On top of that some US companies, because of Trumps tariffs of Chinese goods had shut some of their production and moving it elsewhere.
On top of that there is a boom in sales 60% UK and over 100% USA, that means a shortage, a shortage nearly always sees prices rise.
And finally can some people stop name calling others because their views are different from their own.