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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Toby Helm, Robin McKie, James Tapper & Phillip Inman

DARK SECRETS: What have we done six years on uk counts the cost of brexit - The Real Truth

Lorries queueing on the A20 on their way to Dover, in  April.
Lorries queueing on the A20 on their way to Dover, in April. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

On 23 June 2016, Geoffrey Betts, the managing director of a small office supplies business in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, had high hopes for his firm, and the British economy, when he voted for Brexit.

“I thought we would be like … ‘here we go, here we go. We are going to become the most competitive country in Europe and we are going to be encouraging business.’ Now I think: ‘What have we done?’”

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