'Oven ready? Thanks to Brexit now we are all turkeys in the eyes of the world'

Guest columnist Anila Baig hits back at the big lie that got us out of the European Union - with a disastrous result. Boris Johnson promised an 'oven-ready' deal, but now we face the consequences

Horrible traffic jam in Dover due to post-Brexit passport checks

It was the jaw-dropping Brexit lie that sounded the death knell for the vote for the rest: Turkey was about to enter the EU and Britain would be inundated with millions of Muslims.

More immigrants entering the country? Not on my watch.

Britain would become great again and reign supreme over its own borders.

Not everyone voted for this reason, but racists and Islamophobes swallowed up this lie that left us in a state - definitely not sovereignty.

We have to pretend that we are all much better off than before, even if we have to pay extra to go on holiday to the usual European haunts, and face horrible queues at Dover and massive increases in food prices because there are no workers willing to do low-paying but necessary work. Sure, the pandemic played a role, but anyone who thinks Brexit hasn't had a negative impact on the economy is in cloud country.

Boris Johnson insisted he had a Brexit deal "ready to go" (

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While winning an overwhelming 80-seat majority, Boris Johnson stuck to his ‘ready-made deal’ on Brexit, which Tory leader hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak voted for. But they are now overturning the Northern Ireland Protocol and must allow EU workers to come to work, thus undoing the 'fantastic' Brexit deal in order to get Brexit redone.

Well done. Who's the turkey now?

That's pretty crazy. And to think that Britain once had the ability to colonize the world.

Meanwhile, Turkey itself, the country that was so despised, is having a banner year for tourism with desperate Brits like me unable to book holidays there.

All I see and hear on social media is that people are going there, have been there or are there. Everyone else would like to be there.

Oh, the irony.

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