Today is the fourth anniversary of the UK leaving the EU.
In January 2020, we got Brexit done and forged our new path as an independent trading nation. And we are proud of it to this day.
But ever since, Labour and the other doom-merchants have been talking down our country. They blame everything on Brexit. Sir Keir Starmer wishes we had never left. First he wanted no vote. Then another vote. Now he wants your vote, so he can row back Brexit and take us back to square one.
Labour want you to think that the British public got it wrong. They pretend that any issue we face is rooted in Brexit. They snipe from the sidelines, to hide the fact that they have no plan. Labour will take Britain backward and put Brexit and its benefits at risk.
The truth is that the vote to leave was a massive vote of confidence in this country, and we have reaped the benefits of Brexit:
FACT: Britain is outperforming our competitors ✅
Since the referendum in 2016, the UK has grown faster than Germany, Italy, and Japan. The UK economy is set to grow more quickly than France in coming years, the third fastest growth in the G7 group of top economies. Our economy is more innovative than both our European neighbours France & Germany and our Asian allies Japan & South Korea.
FACT: Brexit has already saved us billions in vast payments to the EU and its schemes ✅
Had we stayed in our net contribution last year would have risen to hundreds of millions per week. What’s more, we had to surrender 75 per cent of all our customs revenue to the the EU. After Brexit, we keep this to spend on our public services, like the NHS, worth around £3 billion a year. As EU members we would have had to contribute our share of the €800 billion EU Covid Recovery Fund and got only a fraction of that back.
FACT: We are trading with the world without paying expensive membership fees or sacrificing our sovereignty ✅
The UK now has more trade agreements in effect than any other sovereign, independent country in the world. We have negotiated free trade agreements with 73 countries, from Mexico to Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. We’re the first Europeans to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership with the Indo-Pacific’s most dynamic economies, which will make up nearly a quarter of global GDP by 2050 (compared to the EU’s 10 per cent).
Today, on the fourth anniversary of leaving the EU, we Conservatives stand proudly by our country’s historic decision.
