{"id":1055302,"date":"2026-06-28T10:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1055302\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T10:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:36:22","slug":"an-unmitigated-disaster-piers-morgan-slams-brexit-and-says-uk-would-vote-to-rejoin-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1055302\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;An Unmitigated Disaster&#8217;: Piers Morgan Slams Brexit And Says UK Would Vote To Rejoin EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Pro-Europe campaigners near parliament.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/12ab152eae55ba602e554cc2444c482b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pro-Europe campaigners near parliament. Richard Baker via In Pictures via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/brexit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Brexit;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Brexit&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Brexit<\/a> has been \u201can unmitigated disaster\u201d and the UK would vote to rejoin the European Union \u201cin a landslide\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/piers-morgan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Piers Morgan;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Piers Morgan&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Piers Morgan<\/a> has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The broadcaster\u2019s comments come as Britain marks the 10th anniversary of the 2016 referendum, which Leave won by 52% to 48%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Since then, an astonishing six prime ministers have quit as British politics has lurched from one crisis to another in a period of unprecedented political turmoil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On BBC One\u2019s Sunday With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/laura-kuenssberg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Laura Kuenssberg;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Laura Kuenssberg&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Laura Kuenssberg<\/a> programme, Morgan put that down to the country having \u201ca succession of terrible governments\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He added: \u201cWhat happened in 2016, 10 years ago? We voted to leave the European Union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI had an open mind, I voted to Remain, but I said \u2018OK, Brexit is the brave new world, if it\u2019s going to change our fortunes for the better I\u2019d be the first to say great\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnd it\u2019s been a pretty well unmitigated disaster. Every prime minister, every government, has to deal with events. This was a self-inflicted injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhen David Cameron called that Brexit referendum, he assumed he was going to win it. And who was it sold this to the country? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/nigel-farage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Nigel Farage;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nigel Farage&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Nigel Farage<\/a>, the snake oil salesman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI hope he comes on your show next week and I hope you properly grill him about why should we believe you now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Morgan added: \u201cThe first thing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/andy-burnham\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Andy Burnham;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Andy Burnham&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Andy Burnham<\/a> should do [when he becomes PM], apart from call an election [and if he] calls it and wins it, have another referndum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAsk the British public whether they still believe that Brexit has been a great success. 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