Former leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage. has slammed the Conservative Party’s handling of Brexit, claiming that Leave voters had “every right” to feel betrayed three years after the UK officially left the EU. A new Express.co.uk poll has found a staggering 91 percent of readers agree with Mr Farage that the Tories have made a “terrible mess” of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.
Mr Farage reflected on the third anniversary of the UK leaving the EU in an interview with GB News reporter Ben Turner earlier this week that he felt “very disappointed” in the Conservative Party’s handling of Brexit, and claimed they had taken it “for an electoral opportunity”.
He said: “The Conservative Party, who fought against it all the way, then landed us with a very bad deal. Boris Johnson told us it was oven-ready. I mean, the oven wasn’t even preheated, frankly, and I just don’t think they ever really believed in it.”
He said: “I think people who voted Brexit to get back control of our borders have every right today, three years on, to feel betrayed by this Government.”
The Brexiteer continued: “Having made a terrible mess of it for over three years, Boris Johnson’s Government had the world at their feet. They had the chance to bring opportunity and benefit to tens of millions of Britons, and they’ve dropped the ball.”
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In a poll that ran from 4pm on Thursday, February 2, to 1pm on Friday, February 3, Express.co.uk asked readers: “Have the Tories made a ‘terrible mess’ of Brexit?”
Overall, 3,081 votes were cast with the overwhelming majority of readers, 91 percent (2,811 people), answering “yes” in agreement with Mr Farage’s comments.
Whereas eight percent (246 people) said “no” the Tories have not made a “terrible mess” of Brexit, and a further one percent (24 people) said they did not know either way.
Hundreds of comments were left below the accompanying article as readers shared their thoughts on the handling of Brexit.
And username decameron said: “It is a complete disaster, no one can argue against that. But it’s not just down to the Tories.”
Other readers commented that Brexit was never going to be a success, with username patriotsagainstbrexit1 writing: “Was never going to work in any form.”
Username skeptiker added: “Yes, but Brexit was always going to be a mess.”
Yet username DaWilko wrote: “They didn’t make a mess of Brexit because Boris never delivered it!”
