Broken Britain Fissures ran deep in the country long before Brexit delivered its blow

There is no joy in it for those who always knew Brexit was a con, but it is finally dawning on more people that leaving the EU was a colossal mistake.

- Nesrine Malik

Those who led the project still talk the same old nonsense about the purported benefits of Brexit but they, like most government assertions these days, sound like echoes of a bygone time.

Brexit’s arrival has caused supply chain disruptions, staffing shortages, higher food prices and extra red tape for business. Public opinion is shifting towards remorse. Instead of hurtling away from the EU into the swaggering prosperity promised by the leave campaign, Britain is receding into a dark timeline of recession, strikes and political instability. Last week, it was forecast that Britain will be the only G7 economy to shrink in 2023.

When it comes to questioning why Britain is in such trouble, leaving the EU is now given as one of the standard reasons. Around the world, Britain is twinned with Brexit as an identity, an island plagued by its hubris.