8 year anniversary of the Brexit vote 

If Brexit had been a success the Tories would be campaigning on it and would stay in power.

Sovereignty? Look what you did with that! 80 seat majority and you achieved nothing. NOTHING!

Is Bill Cash living in another planet? He is totally delusional

Crazy old goat Cash just spouts nonsense.

We're not fooled by your excuses Mr Cash

Imagine what state the country would be in without that £350 million a week we now have after leaving the EU. Wait...what...?

Bill Cash, the dinosaur’s dinosaur

Bill Cash - hang on in there! Just wait until the world is a better place and there are no emergencies or inflation, and everything is going in favour of the UK - THEN you'll see the benefits of Brexit. Where's my face palm emoji?🤦‍♀ What an embarrassment.

Bill Cash has serious dementia

Brexit has replaced a puddle of EU red tape and trade barriers with an ocean of Brexit red, white and blue tape and trade barriers.

Bill Cash (et al) destroyed the Tory party, which is just fine by me, but he might wish to reflect on this in his retirement.

Bill Cash is so rude in this. Always interrupting and ignoring what is presented when it contradicts him.

I never understood for the life of me, why the UK, a nation whose wealth was historically built on trade, would want to put more barriers and more hassle between itself and its biggest trading partner... And still think it would benefit from it.. somehow... I dont think there ever was a nation which so happily and willingly sanctioned itself the way the UK did in recent history... for no gain whatsoever, blue passports maybe ? fancy sovereignty points perhaps ?

'8 year anniversary of the Brexit vote' And the man who brought it to you has been rewarded for his efforts.

The UK made the laws with the other members. Laws are not behind closed doors.

The Brexit vote was the best thing ever to happen for the EU. It showed that leaving means you vote for sanctions against yourself. Freedom of movement is over. Freedom of trade is over. Your country will become poorer. The EU was able to remove a country (UK) that was given way to much power and influence.

Bill Cash is just soooooo far removed from people like me. He's just not got a clue on how angry people are on how brexit has ruined our country.....typical tory in their own bubble! Everyone apart from my dad I speak too absolutely hates it and thinks we need to somehow go back to the EU or at least make a better relationship with the EU! Bill, for godsake stay retired and away from politics!

Bill Cash....; responsible for the Brexit bill a £150.000.000.000/years,.. cash.

The government said "it would be wrong to impose new administrative burdens and risk disruption at ports" at a time of higher costs due to the war in Ukraine and rising energy prices. It is the fourth time it has delayed EU import checks since the UK left the EU. Bill Cash. Just another Tory mouthpiece.

I'm a Brexiteer. I'm sent three messages in already. Bravo Brexit

The EU referendum only resulted in leave due to remain complacency. Remain minded voters stayed at home thinking a remain outcome was a foregone conclusion, whereas leave minded voters were highly motivated. Similar complacency occurred in the US in 2016 with the election of Trump.

This is not so much an anniversary but rather a post-mortem.

We always had sovereignty when in the eu. We had full veto power over new laws.

As an EU member we actually had great influence over the years in the laws and standards set for all members. We now have no influence. This idea of National sovereignty is over inflated to be honest. We already had national soveriegnty because as an EU member we could chose how to implement the directives that were collectively created amongst members. That's all now gone. We instead still have to adhere to EU laws in an indirect way but have no benefit of being part of that EU ecosystem. And what is also forgotten, or even noted, is the fact that many people wanted to stay in Europe because they identified as both a European and UK citizen having not known any different if born after 1972.

Cash doesn't live in the real world of business and travel. He doesn't have to import, or export to the EU. After we left the Single Market, I used to spend hours filling out power of attorney and customs forms, look up commodity codes and then pay import duties, customs fees and deferment tax...I gave it up...and no wonder inflation was through the roof. Also, I'm sure he can afford to buy a Golden Ticket by buying a property in one of the Club Med countries at maybe €250k+, so he and his wife can have full Schengen freedoms while ordinary people can no longer retire to the sun. As for his sovereignty? If it was all about that, then (and I want us in these organisations, by the way) why didn't we have a referendum about WTO, ECHR, WHO, The UN, and NATO membership? Why not have a referendum on the lot? After all, look at NATO...if one of the Baltic states is attacked, we are at war! Cash is playing ex public school, political games with ordinary people's lives!

How's Brexit working out for you? Good luck.

Brexit was a dog breakfast

£350 million a week to the NHS. Yeah, sure. Longer waiting lists and crumbling hospitals. Sure seems like everything is working out for us. Can't get an NHS dentist appointment, blame the EU. No doctor's appointments, blame the remoaners. We've had plenty of time to get things sorted, but it's worst than ever. Let's not blame self-serving politicians but those that warned us this would happen if we left. Victims of your own failure.

the far right in Europe is the same as the Tory no difference

Care home for bill cash. Asap

And we are still waiting for the supposed benefits of it. All that has happened with this government is chaos.

8 years since the Year of the Greatest Stupidity and I still haven't got my unicorn, I'm beginning to think we were lied to. 😂

The EU was never the problem, Westminster was

To suggest, as that clown Cash is suggesting, that laws passed by Europeans are somehow qualitatively different to laws passed by the British parliament, is ridiculous. A Yorkshireman might ask, with equal validity, "should we be subjugated to laws passed by foreigners from Essex, or Norfolk, or should we pass our own laws here in Yorkshire?" How much does the average Liverpudlian have in common with Bill Cash? For that matter, how much do people in Staffs. have in common with him?

Why isn't our economy growing more then if the data shows improvement in trading and exports.

Sir Bill Cash already made false statements in the first sentences in regards to the crafting of EU laws and involvement of national legislators. 1) The process of crafting and implementation of EU legislation. The difference between directive and regulation and its effects on national law. - The EU Commission has the right of initiative but can be asked by Parliament to draw up a draft law. Proposals of the European Commission can be changed, supplemented, or even completely rejected by the members of Parliament. - In Parliament, the relevant committees first discuss the proposal and amend it if necessary, and changes to the proposal are also possible in the subsequent debate in plenary. - The Council receives the draft approved by Parliament; if the Council does not want any changes and accepts all the guidelines made by Parliament, the law is ready. Otherwise, the bill will be referred back to Parliament. - There are a maximum of three readings, with the third reading being the conciliation procedure. The UK had always control of their laws in regards to EU legislations. Any directive or regulation has not been adopted if a member state has vetoed it. 2) Basically, there are two types of EU legislation: regulations and directives. A directive is actual EU law which is in effect in all EU member states. A regulation has to be segued in domestic law, which means they have to undergo the legislative process in the member states, too, thus are national law. Whereas EU directives are no longer applicaple since the end of the transition period, EU regulations were still in place, hence he Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill. I spare me the effort to comment on the rest because he doesn't know it better or he is lying. Either way, he has disqualified himself on a fundamental level.

The Brexit vote ended with 51.9% in favor and 48.1% against. It can only create an even more divided UK than before Brexit. Personally, I very much doubt whether many of the voters even know what they voted for and what consequences it had.

Well with Bill Cash retiring, things can only get better….

Brexit got Putin laughing at Brits and other europeans. Dumb move 🤬. Rejoin. Even tho you look foolish by doin so, you look foolish If you won't. 😂 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 . Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮

The Tories are silent on the benefits of Brexit in their election campaign. Hard Brexit is a what the Brexiteers wanted and yet they say Brexit hasn’t been implemented properly, you couldn’t make it up.

So all Cash has is sovereignty and trade up with the rest of the world. Well we are massively impacted by the largest trading block next-door and we no longer have a say in that, so less sovereignty in my eyes. Then, trade being up by whatever % counts for nothing if trade with the EU is significantly down. A 50% increase of a penny means naff all if you lose 50% of £10.

We have lost £50bn a year tax revenues since Brexit and this will carry on until we can pursuade Europe to let us back in. Cash does not realise that the UK made many of the EU laws and that any EU laws that we were unhappy with were never put on the UK Statute books. We had our cake and ate it. Now we have no cake.

Bill Cash talking utter drivel. Yes services are doing well, but the services industry is not affected by Brexit at all. Nothing was stopping the UK being more successful in services when we were members Money gained in insurance has no advantage to manufacturing, farming, fishing, automotive & steel. These industries and most small businesses have been drastically affected by trade barriers, red tape and tariffs.

The Japan trade deal is worse than the one we had with Japan whilst in the EU.

Eight years since the Brexit Referendum, which only happened because Tory pink blancmange, David Cameron, thought it a good idea to inflict the Tories nervous breakdown over Europe on the rest of us. The decision to hold the Referendum is comfortably the worst political decision and miscalculation by a UK politician in my lifetime.

Asinine arguments that take no account of the reality of being governed by the present basket cases.

The anniversary of when we learnt that politicians are not to be trusted 🙁

The cost of Brexit, not only financially, but in many other ways, is absolutely massive. The economy has shrunk by at least 4%. The NHS lost huge numbers of EU employees, as did the universities. EU students stopped coming here, and this led to the collapse of universities like Kent. Bill Cash is totally out of touch.

62% of Scottish voters voted to remain in EU Brexit was against our consent why this issue not been brought up oh and where's our sovereignty eh do us sckts not get sovereignty we don't matter in UK decision we can't leave UK even if we want to the brexiteers are contradicting themselves

I don't see Bill Cash's moat in the background. The best move for European unity. Thank you, Britain.

“Subjugated by laws from countries”. You WERE not subjugated before, as you had the same voting power as everyone else. Now, you still live under the laws of other countries, but you can’t vote on them. Well done. 🤣

We should have another referendum now that we see how badly it's turning out to be.

Barking mad cash

The thing about the BREXIT vote was the psychology of people who didn't vote. Did anyone do a study of those who didn't vote, and the percentage of them who were perfectly happy with things as they were? Cameron was outsmarted, if the term can be applied to him. PS why are none off the parties leading with fixing corruption in the current election?

Thank God we are out of the emerging Fascist Right Wing European Nations and EU Parliament.

They promised us that the grass was greener outside of E U it never happened. I wanted us to stay. The Tories stitched up .

Regarding Cash's citation of online safety legislation. EU laws set a baseline, members are free to set additional tougher legislation.

Hate never works. Love thy neighbour. Bless you if you voted Remain.

Just because the Tories made a catastrophe mess of incompetence government......does not mean that Brexit was the wrong decision of the majority of those people who elected to vote at the national election. Bravo Brexit

the "take back control" lot really meant We want to rule you

Just wondering if you could take the country back 8 years armed with what the nation knows now, how many would still vote for BREXIT? I know I bloody wouldn’t !

As a matter of simple fact ..... the UK chose to have burgundy passports (in common with most of europe) because it was CHEAPER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BREXIX, 🎂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

I was in Glasgow. The feeling of betrayal and sadness was present. The glaswegians know they can’t trust english and they were scared and pessimist about that they planned an EU farewell party. As the night passed, they got silent, sad, angry, and it became clear it was real… Suddenly UK got more messy than ever.

Tell me how Pounds value drop by 40% on day one of Brexit and only going weak in last few years is a successful in any term.

I wonder how the vote would go now if the UK voted to rejoin the EU?

The shock, horror & agony on David Dimbleby face on the morning of the result was a joy to behold!

Vote Libdems and rejoin, the Libs have always said the same thing, unlike others who won't say what they would do in fear of losing their seat/s.

I frankly don’t understand why we don’t leverage the UK’s security prowess for a better economic deal from the EU….. how are these things not intertwined?

The export figures are not telling the full story. The figures are being distorted by the selling of gold, and that's not the UK's own gold but gold it trades for others.

The bit at the end where Mike Galsworthy hints that Labour would like to reverse Brexit but daren’t say that in the manifesto is exactly the mindset that caused people to vote for Brexit in the first place IMO.

I regret it so much i was voting Conservative during Cameron time! He's one of biggest LIAR/ HYPOCRITE politician in Britain.

I work in financial services and remember walking into the office in the City the day after the vote. It was like someone had died. Thankfully the only thing that died was the 50 careers of the London-based EU sales team who were made redundant when a no-deal Brexit became reality as it was then illegal for them to sell their services cross-border from the UK into the EU effectively. My firm established an Irish office and moved much of its revenue generating capacity to that tax zone, which ended up saving the firm money due to the lower tax rate in Dublin. So Brexit saved my firm money by pushing it to fire redundant UK workers and move revenue offshore to a more effective tax regime. 🎉

Export figures include selling gold..not..."goods"

We were very noble to sacrifice our future for Europe. With every trade barrier, labor shortage, failing business and humiliating renegotiation we selflessly martyr ourselves. With that classic wartime pluck we stand alone and unbowed, puching ourselves repeatedly in the face so our cousins may prosper from our warning.

If we regained sovereignty, (which we already had, according to the govts 2016 white paper) why is Bill Cash comparing the UK with cherry picked sovereign nations who also happen to be in the EU. Where is his proof that the economic variances are directly attributable to EU membership?

Hes bound to say Brexit is going well… you tell that to business that have lost EU trade… every country in the world has better trade relations with their neighbours… duh…

8 years on and we can’t even swim in our waters

"Trade and services have gone up a bit." - Well, factor in that the pound lost 20% through Brexit and that "growth" looks very different - plus the loss of those 20% made all imports more expensive which increased among others food prices in a country that can only produce half the food it consumes.

An anniversary is something to celebrate. I don't think anyone celebrates this mistake. Still amazed that no one is going after the people responsible, instead rewarding them with seats in parliament.

It was a poor idea executed poorly... well done those that followed putins plan and continue to deluded yourself that its all been worth it.

The arrogance of cash telling the country what they do and don't want. I think the only thing you can say with some certainty at the moment is they don't want the tories.

Labour tied to make it as difficult as possible!? We bloody wish! Even some of the most arvid Corbyn defenders were not happy with how he handled the issue.

Guess which one I think is delusional, jeez Bill

Brexit has had no impact on service exports, positive or negative, their rise is irrelevant. Whereas exports of British produce and manufactured goods are down significantly since the end of the transition period, with the knock-on impacts to our supply chains. The only real growth area of physical exports are precious and scrap metals which add very little to the economy.

Bill cash another wit of a banker

Brexit has been such a success, how many more countries have left?

Bill Cash never said "Brexit would be great unless we have a pandemic and a war". He and the others said "Brexit would be fine, end of."

The referendum was non-binding legally, and said nothing on the form brexit should take. But political consequences it was always bound to have. That "hard brexit" form that resulted was decided after the fact by the ruling party, arguably captured by the hardest-right branch of that 'big tent' party. That's the sovereignty you've achieved. Insularity, rather than exerting your influence and will inside the larger table that is EU -- on equitable and proportional terms. Now you get to negotiate with that group from the outside. What is sovereignty? How does Bill feel about Scottish sovereignty? Perhaps London should decide for itself if it wants to be independent and rejoin EU or whatever other body. That's sovereignty isn't it? What is the ideal/optimum level? No one speaks of this, perhaps it's a preposterous thought. The brexit campaign was predicated on lies, while the rest was caught sleeping when it mattered, but don't dodge responsibility for your very sovereign decisions.

There was a farmers round table panel on the New Zealand version of the bbc after the trade deal “negotiated by Liz Truss. The panel bust into laughter multiple times. It was incredible how one sided they viewed the deal as. Basically the consensus was the deal was entirely part of Truss’s self promotion to “get a deal” and was willing to sign anything to get it done.

Cash's sensibilities gives a whole new meaning to the term "out-of-touch" and is one of the main reasons why the Tories are barrelling toward one of the biggest political debacles ever at the ballot box.

8 years? Wow, feels like only yesterday that this colossal turd was dropping in our laps by the upper crust, while they got rich the rest of us sank… doesn’t the time just fly by.

Some of the stats quoted are nonsense. Inflation at 2% but only if you choose to include highly volatile factors. Core is a much better measure and is still high due to service inflation at 6%. Growth % are nonsense as the time period picked starts from too low a base

What's going on? Most people now know that brexshit is a disaster and still *ricks like Bill get an outing?

We are out!

Instead of the Remainers feeling bitter and angry about what the loss meant to them why didn’t they ever ask the question why did it happen? What was missing in the lives of people who had always voted Labour that they felt compelled to vote for Brexit? Did they care? If they did I never heard it.

Far right?!?!? The left is soooo far left that the centre is far right!!

Im struggling to understand how covid cose the uk as much as the 2nd World War Id like to see the figures on that Ill put my hand up and say im wrong if someone can provide correct figures on that I think the uk was almost bankrupt around 1940

The brexeteers won because lots of people stayed home insted of voting. Luckely we didn't had Covid19 in the EU 😂

As for sovereignty, see the Spanish reclaim Gibraltar.