A no-deal Brexit could make most of us poorer – and Jacob Rees-Mogg richer | Molly Scott Cato
by Molly Scott Cato from on (#3VFXE)
The rightwinger has admitted any 'Brexit dividend' may take 50 years. Is his hardline position linked to personal gain?
In line with other Brexiters, Jacob Rees-Mogg seems to have abandoned any notion of the UK being better off after Brexit. Of course he still spouts verbiage about Brexit providing a great economic opportunity for the country, but when pushed, as he was recently, it seems clear that he no longer believes leaving the EU will bring us economic benefit, and says we may be waiting 50 years for the "Brexit dividend", if it ever arrives at all.
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