Boris Johnson's Attempt To Silence Brexit 'Gloom-Mongering' Is Torn Apart

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : On the third anniversary of Brexit, Boris Johnson has attempted to paint the withdrawal from the EU as a major boost for the UK - but immediately faced pushback over a questionable claim.
60% : Fact-checkers have repeatedly argued Brexit do not help with the quick expansion of Covid-19 vaccines.
57% : Taking to Twitter, the former prime minister urged people to "shrug off all this negativity and gloom-mongering" about Brexit despite dire warnings about the UK economy.
57% : Johnson's remarks also contrast with recent polling suggesting growing unhappiness with the way Brexit has turned out and disputes continuing over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
55% : And Kate Bingham, head of Johnson's vaccine taskforce, said the speedy approval in the UK had "nothing to do with Brexit".
53% : While the IMF's World Economic Outlook did not mention Brexit, economists did link the dire forecast to exiting the single market with the UK's largest trading partner.
51% : But he was shot down by British officials who made clear the strategy had nothing to do with Brexit, and took place under European law.
49% : Bingham said: "It had nothing to do with Brexit... but that we were organised."
48% : "We do all the same safety checks and the same processes, but we have been able to speed up how they're done because of Brexit," the health secretary said in December.
46% : Undeterred, the man who formally led the UK out of the bloc promised the "opportunities are huge". "Let's shrug off all this negativity and gloom-mongering that I hear about Brexit.
42% : "We've heard quite a lot about the fact that we've lost 500,000-plus people from work, people retiring early, immigrants not coming in from the European Union and so on.

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