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Arch Brexiter admits Brexit Is a Disaster
Now who would have thought…
Even among the weird tribe of the English Conservatives, Jacob Rees-Mogg is something of a relic — of a bygone era. His mannerisms, speech, and dress sense give the impression of someone descended from 15th century aristocracy, despite the opposite being quite true.
His family, at least on his mum’s side, can be described as solidly working class — his grandfather worked as a lorry driver.
But all eccentricities and deceptions aside, his generation of Conservatives are responsible for inflicting the greatest damage on the lives of millions of Brits.
No prizes for guessing what it is.
Brexit
For those who have read my articles on the fraught subject of Britain leaving the European Union, you will have an idea of the manner in which Brexit was commodified and sold to the great British public.
First was the great lie that £350 million being sent to Brussels on a weekly basis, would be freed up to save the crumbling National Health Service, which had been starved of crucial funding in the years leading up to the referendum.
Then It was post Brexit checks on goods from the continent. We were told that these checks on European goods coming into the country, would save the…