Anthony Horowitz: I’m still waiting to see benefit of Brexit

Author who has previously called himself a Conservative tells Hay festival he can't understand' the government's actions

The writer Anthony Horowitz has said he is still waiting to see the benefit" of Brexit and criticised Boris Johnson's government, despite having previously called himself a Conservative.

Speaking at the Hay festival, the author of the Alex Rider novels said he had been already moving more to the left" before the 2016 referendum, but that Britain's decision to leave the EU made him very personally upset".