Brexit betrayal laid bare as shoddy first year graded ‘four out of ten’: ‘Pathetic – Express

After half a decade of political wrangling, the UK formally left the EU on January 31, 2020, with the transition period ending at the end of that year.Brexit had a huge impact on the UKs vaccine rollout, as the Government was able to jab their way out of Covid restrictions faster than their European counterparts. However, despite the UK having struck trade deals with over 70 countries, critics claim that little progress has been made on garnering the economic benefits of Brexit.

Dr Bull, who is the Deputy Leader of Reform UK, previously known as the Brexit Party, campaigned for the UK to leave the EU.

He accusedPrime Minister Boris Johnson of failing to take advantage of the extraordinary referendum result.

While he does not regret having campaigned and voted for Brexit, Mr Bull graded the UKs first year outside of the EU four out of ten and stressed the country could do better.

Speaking to Express.co.uk, Dr Bull added: I think thats generous.

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Has anyone really noticed any difference? No is the honest answer.

What worries me the 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!

When asked what Reform UK may have done differently Dr Bull said: What we should have done is to say, Right, this is where the future begins, were now going to slash tax, were going to get a flat tax across the board for example. Were going to slash VAT, were doing these trade deals, were going to bring in the brightest talent.

The Protocol, which has essentially created a trade border in the Irish Sea, has disrupted trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Dr Bull said: 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.

The Reform UK Deputy Leader also criticised the Tories broken tax promises and insisted that the cost of living needed to be addressed.

He said: I think the current Government has just doubled down on where the European Union is.

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

This isnt what people voted for.

He continued: I dont think weve taken advantage of the extraordinary vote that we had.

I maintain to this day it was still the right decision. The largest democratic vote in the United Kingdom I think, and it was extraordinary.

The whole point about it was that we became a free and self-governing country where we no longer are held ransom by this ridiculous monolist that is the European Union and that we can decide the rules and the laws that are good for Britain.

I dont think we have done that.

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Brexit betrayal laid bare as shoddy first year graded 'four out of ten': 'Pathetic - Express