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Brexit shot the UK in the foot\/damesnet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

June 23rd<\/sup>, 2016.  The ill-fated, ill-timed, unnecessary, unwanted United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.  The referendum that PM David Cameron did not have to hold. The referendum that he and his advisors were so confident that they would win that they did not prepare properly. The referendum that represented a different type of vote to the one that the majority of British citizens were used to. The referendum that millions of voters used as a protest vote against the government. The referendum that was swayed in part by voter manipulation and lies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nine years on and five years after having left the EU, the UK is poorer in every sense.  It is accepted by economists and the Office for Budget Responsibility that Brexit has created an annual loss to the UK of 4% of GDP, which translates into a loss of around \u00a340bn a year in tax revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new YouGov poll<\/a> shows that 56% of voters think it was wrong for Britain to vote to leave the EU.  The key findings are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n