“Put simply, the forecaster has concluded that the performance of Britain’s economy over the past decade was even more anaemic than had been thought, leaving Reeves with a bigger black hole in the public finances to fill.
Starmer and Reeves are expected to argue that, if it hadn’t been for Brexit, this type of downgrade would not have been needed, and to cite official figures suggesting that if Britain had not left the European Union the economy would be about £120 billion bigger by 2035 than current forecasts suggest it will be.”
No shit.
It was a dumb fucking idea.
Sold by charlatans.
Implemented in such a way that it would do maximum damage.