It's Brexit's 3 year anniversary - these reactions sum it up for you?

Britain exited the EU on Jan. 31, 2020. On that day, then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the country could finally fulfil its potential and that he hoped it would grow in confidence with each passing month.

Guy Hands, a leading City figure, has called Brexit a “complete disaster” and a “bunch of total lies” that has harmed large parts of the economy.

He added: “The biggest issue about it, and you can take the Brexit bus as a good example, is the lies that Boris Johnson and the Conservative party told about the NHS. In fact what they did was throw the country and the NHS under the bus.”

How has that gone for you and, well, for Boris Johnson?!

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Now, opinion polls show Britons who regret leaving the EU increasingly outnumber those who do not.

Reactions

How are people looking back at the last three years?

Let’s have a look

We left EU 3 years ago today & #Bregret is higher than ever. No wonder, with trade down 15%, investment down 13%, soaring food inflation, tax revenue down £40bn. Our economy, society & environment are being held hostage by #Brexit ideologues, yet MPs are too scared to call it out
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) January 31, 2023

Brexit – making Britain sick 🤢 pic.twitter.com/YMzEpn22GF
— Simply Red ❤️ (@SimplyRedHQ) January 31, 2023

#Brexit is a self inflicted economic wound.
It was built on lies & they’re still lying – refusing to face the facts – Brexit is bad for Britain.
At the v least we should be joining the single market & customs union.
Best of all – we need to be back in the EU pic.twitter.com/XbQQD6VEpu
— Anna Soubry 🖤🤍🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 (@Anna_Soubry) January 31, 2023

Jeremy Hunt said last week said the UK's growth plan had been "energised" by Brexit.

Here's the IMF's latest growth forecast. pic.twitter.com/Qw7st05Dnz
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) January 31, 2023

Left: Tory Minister Helen Whately says our biggest achievement after 3 years of Brexit was the vaccine roll out

Right: Dr Raine explains that our vaccine roll out was done while the UK was under EU rules

So our greatest Brexit achievement was while we were still in the EU 🤷‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/BvSnZytMQ5
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) January 30, 2023

In the '70s, post-war Britain was the sick man of Europe; skint, crumbling, discontented, unemployed, striking. After 40+ years in the EU, Britain was flying; wealthy, prosperous, financially secure. Three years after Brexit; sick man of Europe again. Jolly good show chaps!
— Vincent Paver (@vincent_paver) January 31, 2023

Listening to Daniel Hannan's list of Brexit achievements on Radio 4: vaccines, Ukraine, deregulation, Australian trade deals. They're either false, irrelevant, actively self-harming or meaningless. After three years, they have nothing to show for all their nonsense.
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) January 31, 2023

BBC News UK Headline at 31 Jan 23 01:41: UK economy only G7 nation to shrink in 2023 – IMF https://t.co/CG2izENo3S
— BBC Articles (@BBCArticles) January 31, 2023

Former Tory donor on Brexit: “It’s been a complete disaster… It was just complete and total absolute lies. The Brexit bus is a good example of the lies Boris Johnson and the [Tory] Party told. In fact, they threw the country and the NHS under the bus.”~AA https://t.co/9RZQnkQ9ZO
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) January 31, 2023

10.

Rishi Sunak –

2016: Brexit will immediately save us £20 billion.
2021: Brexit costs £100 billion

2016: Brexit will cut red tape for small businesses
2022: Brexit red tape is strangling small businesses

2016: Brexit will enhance UK trade
2022: You admit Brexit has damaged trade pic.twitter.com/xGWPdivCXI
— Femi – REGISTER TO VOTE BY 18 JUNE (@Femi_Sorry) January 31, 2023

11.

On eve of third Brexit anniversary @unherd polling finds that in every constituency in the country except three – all in Lincolnshire – more people agree than disagree that Brexit was a mistake.https://t.co/8uus1ohzXd pic.twitter.com/5pC5NLIsL7
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) January 31, 2023

12.

"Brexit is proving to be an unmitigated disaster.. We've got a huge shortage of workers.. British People who previously who could work, live, retire in 28 countries can no longer do that." #Newsnight pic.twitter.com/qKXXMA6Alg
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) January 30, 2023

13.

Seems the government hasn’t been able to send anyone on to defend #Brexit on the 3rd anniversary #newsnight debate.

It must be going *really* well then.

Craven wreckless fools.
— Brendan May (@bmay) January 30, 2023

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