There’s a growing understanding in Britain that the country’s vote to quit the European Union, a decisive moment in the international rise of reactionary populism, was a grave error.
From political dysfunction to economic turmoil, the evidence of Brexit as a great problem-creator is all around. No wonder European support for leaving the EU has tanked since 2016.
Paul Routledge on the everyday nightmare that Brexit is fast becoming, and now with EU business decreasing sharply, what's next for the Tories - aka the Brexit Party?
High time to revisit Brexit?
04/11/2022
It’s increasingly clear this is where we are with Brexit. Recent polling shows the public thinks Brexit isn’t working, with only 35 per cent who think it’s been good for the country. 52 per cent of UK adults believe we were wrong to leave the EU, leaving the rest undecided.
It is an old story about people promising a utopia on the horizon. It’s ending the same way it always ends: in misery, poverty and decline. / This is when the myth finally dies. The last few weeks have seen the complete and utter destruction of fantasy-land politics. We’re witnessing the end of the age of Brexit.
Anyone in the EU who has endured Boris Johnson’s serial dishonesty would need a heart of stone not to gloat at his current difficulties. A prime minister who signed an international treaty thinking he could break it when it suited him was never likely to be a very effective enforcer of coronavirus restrictions with his team in 10 Downing Street.
A survey shows 60 per cent of people think Brexit has gone badly – or worse than they expected.
Something odd is happening with Brexit. Since June 2016 polls have all shown a nation split 50-50 on its merits. But now as we see what the reality of Brexit means there is a shift.