Let's just say it as it is. Brexit, specifically the deal negotiated by Boris Johnson, we were told

that was oven ready. That deal is in a state of total meltdown. It is collapsing all around us,

a total car crash, an absolute raging catastrophe. And frankly the consequences have for too long

been disguised because Britain has been a mess in a mess for lots of lots of reasons. It's been a

real wild time to be alive. Obviously terrible Tory policies over the last 13 years, the consequences

of austerity, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, COVID and the Tory's mismanagement of that. But we can

see the consequences very clearly now and there's lots of evidence to underpin it. Now let's just

start by calling our first witness in support of the proposition that Brexit has failed. Najel Faraj.

A poll from last month showed that this is a general Brexit question. 53% of people say it was

wrong to Brexit. That was a poll last month. Around one in five leaf voters regret it. The OBR

forecasts are 4% hit to the economy over the median to the larger. And on, that's 40 billion

in tax revenues. The UK economy is the only G7 economy not back to its pre-pandemic size. Business

investment has lagged behind comparable economies. Economically the UK would have been better staying

in, wouldn't it? I don't think that for a moment. But what I do think is we haven't actually

benefited from Brexit economically, what we could have done. I mean, what Brexit's proved? I'm afraid

is that our politicians are about as useless as the commissioners in Brussels were. We've mismanaged

this totally. And if you look at simple things, simple things such as takeovers, such as corporation

tax, we are driving business away from our country. Arguably, now we're back in control,

we're regulating our own businesses even more than they were as EU members. Brexit has failed.

Well, I wouldn't read it out. It's not top my bucket list, but frankly, we've not

delivered on borders, we've not delivered on Brexit. The Tories have let us down very, very badly.

Yeah, you know, the thing is, I like politicians to stick to their promises,

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