Brexit blame game erupts again: how leaving EU came back to bite Tories
by Kiran Stacey, Rowena Mason, Ben Quinn and Aletha A from World news | The Guardian on (#6BT7X)
Carmakers' criticisms and migration figures add to pressure on Rishi Sunak, who is not trusted by leavers
Rishi Sunak cut a relaxed figure as he sat in shirtsleeves, clutching a Downing Street mug, chatting to journalists on the plane to the G7 conference in Japan this week. One question ruffled his smooth demeanour, though: what did he make of Nigel Farage's eye-opening comments the previous evening?
Brexit had failed", Farage had said. Britain had not actually benefited ... economically" from leaving the EU. And who was to blame for this sorry state of affairs? Useless" Tory governments.
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