Brexit betrayal as UK doubled down on EUs policy: Not what people voted for! – Express

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In January last year, Brexit came into effect after the end of the transition period.Almost immediately, the effects were seen in terms of the UKs vaccine rollout, which helped the Government relax Covid restrictions sooner than many EU nations. However, critics have noted that the UK has not yet seen the economic benefits promised during the Brexit referendum campaign, in part due to the financial implications of coronavirus.

The Government is facing pressure to tackle the UKs cost of livingcrisis,with the Bank of England having predicted a record increase in household energy bills from April.

Meanwhile inflation, as measured by the official consumer prices index, jumped to 5.4 percent in December, which was its highest rate in thirty years.

The increase is due to the snapback in goods and services after Covid lockdown, when prices sharply fell, with advanced economies across the world also dealing with similar problems.

However,Dr Bull who is Deputy Leader of Reform UK, previously known as the Brexit Party, believed that the Governments handling of Brexit has been poor.

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He claimed that Mr Johnson had merely doubled down on the EUs policy of high tax and high regulation over a low tax and low regulation economy, citing rising inflation and Rishi Sunaks National Insurance hike as evidence.

Speaking to Express.co.uk, the former Tory MP said: I think the Government has just doubled on where the European Union is.

Were now a high tax, high regulation, low growth economy and you can see that with the fact weve got rising inflation, National Insurance [rise] coming in, our tax bills coming up.

This isnt what people voted for!

When asked what Reform UKwould have done differently,Dr Bull said: What we should have done is to say Right, this is where the future begins, were going to slash tax, were going to get a flat tax across the board for example.

We're going to slash VAT, were doing these trade deals, were going to bring in the brightest talent. But they didnt do that.

Dr Bull insisted he does not regret his decision to campaign and vote for Brexit.

However, he graded Brexits first year as four out of ten, insisting that he was being generous.

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When assessing the successes and failures during Brexits first year, Dr Bull said: Has anyone actually noticed any difference? No is the honest answer.

What worries me most is youve got this brigade of Remainers that actually should be called Rejoiners like [Andrew] Adonis, [Peter] Mandelson and so on, and actually they are pointing out the fact that theres no discernable difference at the moment.

And actually I think theyre right, and all weve done by not grasping that nettle is to say, Actually, if there is no discernible difference, we would be better off back in the EU!

Dr Bull was scathing of the Brexit deal, claiming that former Prime Minister Theresa May had fallen into a trap set up by the EU when agreeing to a six year adjustment period with the bloc on fishing.

Meanwhile, he labelled the Northern Ireland Protocol, which has disrupted trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland as catastrophic.

The UK and EU agreed that documents checks and inspections for goods delivered between Northern Ireland and Great Britain would not take place along the Irish border, so as to honour the Good Friday Agreement.

However, this led to criticism as a trade border had essentially been created in the Irish Sea.

Dr Bull said: Weve ended up in the ridiculous situation where the United Kingdom has been carved up.

Could you imagine taking a bit of Spain off? It would be untenable. A bit of France?

Taking Northern Ireland out of the United Kingdom and putting an artificial border in the Irish Sea, I think is catastrophic.

The whole point about not creating a hard border on the island of Ireland, yes I get that, and the Good Friday Agreement, I get all of that.

But essentially the Prime Minister has threatened the integrity of the United Kingdom and I think thats unforgivable.

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Brexit betrayal as UK doubled down on EUs policy: Not what people voted for! - Express