Edwina Currie named ‘two fingers to Brussels’ as a tangible benefit of Brexit
Rumours of Brexit’s enormous success have been greatly exaggerated by the usual suspects, but the true picture is less than rosy.
America just dropped tariffs on steel & aluminium produced in the EU, while still charging 25% on UK steel.
So if you voted Brexit so we could do better trade with America, and ignored the warnings that we'd be at the back of the queue… Well f***ing done, mate. Well done!
— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) January 3, 2022
I’m old enough to remember when The Express were telling their readers Brexit had no downside and if they didn’t vote for it they were traitors. pic.twitter.com/ix65euDTLE
— Emma Kennedy💙 (@EmmaKennedy) January 1, 2022
OBR: Impact of Brexit on economy 'worse than Covid'
Shock. Brexit pushes prices up as inflation on track to hit 5%.
Loss to GDP due to Brexit on track to match the forecasts (4%) prior to Brexit with another 2% added by the Pandemic for good measure https://t.co/86N4civqlX
— Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺 (@fascinatorfun) December 11, 2021
“The post-Brexit trade deal signed with Australia last week will see British agriculture, forestry and fishing take a £94m hit, the Government’s own impact assessment shows”
Welcome to Boris Johnson’s “golden age”https://t.co/EjMgu0pdll
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) December 21, 2021
Former Tory MP and salmonella eggspert, Edwina Currie, didn’t vote for Brexit, but she’s certainly embraced the cognitive dissonance that allows people to describe it in glowing terms.
Like so many before her, when challenged to name any tangible benefits of the UK’s exit from the EU, she – er – didn’t. She did, however, have some non-tangible claims to suggest to LBC’s Matt Frei.
Matt Frei: 'What I want to hear from you is about Brexit. What are the tangible benefits?'
Edwina Currie: 'Freedom. Two fingers to Brussels. It's absolutely fabulous.'@mattfrei | @Edwina_Currie pic.twitter.com/L3RT12jWFD
— LBC (@LBC) January 3, 2022
Well then – why didn’t they write that on the side of the bus? It would have been a landslide.
This is what tweeters thought of her analysis.
1.
Edwina Currie on LBC just now…
Twice she tried to avoid the question:
What are the Brexit benefits?
Finally, she came up with:
“Freedom”
“Two fingers to Brussels”
And…
“A new program of subsidies for farmers”
Christ
Can see why you tried to dodge it @Edwina_Currie
— Marina Purkiss (@MarinaPurkiss) January 3, 2022
2.
That’s all folks! #Brexit was nothing more than throwing our toys out the pram like a spoilt baby. The reality is that we’ve thrown away a better, more secure future for our children and grand children. #Brexit was based on lies sold by charlatans. https://t.co/76Vm4SOi5a
— Anna Soubry (@Anna_Soubry) January 3, 2022
3.
I dreamt last night that British GDP dropped 4% because of Brexit, but that it was OK because it meant Edwina Curry got to stick two fingers up at the EU.
— THE SECRET TORY (@secrettory12) January 4, 2022
4.
And the down side? We lost our right to live and work in the EU and the economy is crashing. https://t.co/6ed80LeFPg
— Sarah Hurst (@Life_Disrupted) January 3, 2022
5.
Edwina Currie names the Brexit benefits as ‘freedom’ and ‘two fingers to Brussels’.
Two completely infantile and diplomatically incontinent claims.
Summing up the whole miserably dishonest project and the prejudiced idiocy of those who still support it.— sarah murphy (@13sarahmurphy) January 3, 2022
6.
It's been two years, and Boris Johnson has named Brexit benefits as being different-sized champagne bottles and the use of pounds and ounces. Edwina Currie says it's freedom and saying up yours to the EU. Two years of thinking produces this.
— Sarah Hurst (@Life_Disrupted) January 3, 2022
7.
Alexa: Show me an example of delusion, bullshit & grandeur in one clip! https://t.co/0KedNPlr1U
— Steve Bray "Viva la revolution" (@snb19692) January 3, 2022
8.
Setting aside that spite isn't an optimal driver for policy decisions, the UKs ability to annoy Brussels has only decreased since Brexit.
You were inside the tent and kept sending Farage and Tice to the European Parliament.
I promise they now find Hungary more annoying. https://t.co/aqT2IZvMWi
— Dmitry Grozoubinski (@DmitryOpines) January 3, 2022
9.
Just so you’re aware of the updated list of ‘Brexit benefits’, as of Jan 3rd, 2022: freedom as an abstract concept and ‘giving two fingers to Brussels’. I put this here in case you thought Brexit was a thing for grown ups.
— Nick Tyrone (@NicholasTyrone) January 3, 2022
We’ll leave the last word to Michael Rosen, who is clearly a master of sarcasm.
The great thing about Edwina is that she never goes away. Ever the astute commentator, with the wit and wisdom of Confucius. https://t.co/mSHzn9VIxF
— Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 (@MichaelRosenYes) January 3, 2022
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