‘Disaster’ five years on: Brexit ‘is doing so much damage to British economy which needs to grow’

Five years ago, the U.K. officially left the bloc after almost five decades of membership that had brought free movement and free trade between Britain and 27 other European countries. For Brexit supporters, the U.K. was now a sovereign nation in charge of its own destiny. For opponents, it was an isolated and diminished country. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on Brexit’s devastating sociopolitical and economic effects, FRANCE 24’s Oliver Farry welcomes Denis MacShane, Author, Former UK Minister for European Affairs & Contributing Editor at The Globalist. Mr. MacShane asserts that the Brexit referendum ‘was fought in 2016 on immigration, not on anything else.” And this “resentment” over immigration has given rise to far-right populism across the globe: Marine Le Pen in France, the AfD in Germany, Meloni in Italy, explains Britain’s former Labour minister. “Immigration is the number one global issue, it helped Donald Trump to become president a second time.”