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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Post Brexit doesn’t mean ‘because of’ Brexit’. Blaming Brexit for the state of the economy is a good cop out for the government, who don’t seem to have grasped the damage Rachel Reeves’ budget decisions have led to the worsening situation.

The fact is, no real effort has been put in to making Brexit work. We are still bound by bureaucratic EU laws, and the elimination of this level of bureaucracy was one of the big things that could have improved the fortunes of our businesses.

Re-joking would be a betrayal, and the exact opposite of democracy.

OB's right. Of course the Tories, my party, didn't make Brexit work either - see May for details.

But OB is particularly right to single out Rachel Reeves for her crass errors and failed understanding of how an economy works.