The EU has introduced more than 25,000 new regulations since Britain left. Have fun rejoining, Andy…
Catherine McBride, free market economist and trade & agriculture expert, supplied the statistic at a Prosperity Institute panel at Tory Conference (‘Protecting prosperity and sovereignty: Is the EU Reset rejoin by stealth?’). To name but three:
Brexit veteran Lord Matthew Elliott also pointed out that people in the Rejoin camp still have a rose-tinted view of a 1990s/2000s EU dominated by Christian Democrats and Social Democrats. Good luck coping with the new Europe – especially now Spain’s Pedro Sanchez is on the way out…
Kemi Badenoch at the 1922-ConHome bash last night:
“I did praise [Burnham] for his stamina, it was amazing. All I had to do was sit back and lie there. I didn’t have to do anything at all…”