Michael Lambert: The Tories Have Wrecked the UK in Pursuit of Brexit

Jun 29, 2024 | The past eight years of Conservative government have been disastrous for the UK. Since 2016 and the #referendum vote to leave the EU, five prime ministers have struggled to run the country, wasting billions through incompetence and dishonesty often blaming failure on Covid19 and Vladimir Putin.

Nigel Farage as an MEP spent years arguing for Britain's withdrawal from the EU and Boris Johnson as prime minister agreed to a very hard Brexit.

Eight years after the referendum, the UK economy is in a very bad state and is rapidly deteriorating. Nurses, doctors, teachers, police officers, and others, are leaving their jobs and many are emigrating. Nothing seems to work, and Brexit has cost the UK more than £100 billion in lost trade and £40 billion in lost taxes.

Gone from being a well-respected medium-sized nation with a reasonable and stable economy, the UK is now an economic disaster and a worldwide laughing stock.

Next week Keir Starmer and the Labour party are widely expected to be elected with a large majority.