{"id":589328,"date":"2025-11-23T19:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589328\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T19:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:33:13","slug":"brexit-an-act-of-pure-economic-sabotage-and-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589328\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit &#8216;an act of pure economic sabotage and vandalism&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">FIVE years since Brexit and a British Chancellor has finally called out Brexit for what it is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An act of pure economic sabotage and vandalism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Politics is finally catching up with economic reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The OBR (Office for Budget Responsibility) estimates it has wiped four per cent from our economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/25631347.16-photos-lost-worcester-community-pubs\/?ref=ial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:16 photos from lost Worcester community pubs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">16 photos from lost Worcester community pubs<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/25634737.five-beautiful-homes-sale-swimming-pools\/?ref=ial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Five beautiful homes for sale with swimming pools;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Five beautiful homes for sale with swimming pools<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/25629843.readers-views-powick-old-bridge---think\/?ref=ial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Readers&#039; views on Powick Old Bridge - what do you think?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Readers&#8217; views on Powick Old Bridge &#8211; what do you think?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The resulting suppression of wages and loss in revenue for the treasury have increased the likelihood of tax rises in the upcoming budget.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New polling by Best for Britain shows three in five Brits now see Brexit as a failure with seven in 10 of these voters blaming Nigel Farage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His silence on the subject speaks volumes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alongside pointing out the problem and those responsible, the government must increase efforts to work with the EU to undo the damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They must go further and faster in removing barriers to trade \u2014 unlocking growth, pushing prices down and putting money back in people\u2019s pockets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Andrew Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Worcester<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FIVE years since Brexit and a British Chancellor has finally called out Brexit for what it is. 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