Top Tory Torn Apart By LBC's Lewis Goodall After Refusing To Accept Brexit Damaged Economy

LBC presenter Lewis Goodall tore into a Tory frontbencher after he tried to defend the Conservatives’ legacy with Brexit.

As the British economy continues to flounder, the prospect of joining a customs union with the EU has started to look more appeal for some.

Even deputy prime minister David Lammy and health secretary Wes Streeting have voiced support for the idea, even though Labour’s election manifesto rules out a return to the EU’s customs union or the single market.

Earlier this month, the House of Commons also backed a Liberal Democrat bill calling for a return of the trading arrangement which ended after Brexit.

The Tories argue that this would undo their exit deal.

However, presenter Goodall unpacked the extensive damage Brexit had done to the UK when interviewing deputy Tory chairman Matt Vickers on Sunday.

Goodall said: “Economists from Stanford University, the Bank of England, King’s College London, and the German Central Bank and the University of Nottingham say that the signature achievement of your last government – Brexit – has cost every single man, woman and child in this country £3,000 in terms of lost economic growth.”

Vickers replied: “Well, we heard that the sky was going to fall down when Brexit occurred –”

“They’re all just woke, are they? America’s National Bureau of Economic Research, what skin in the game have they got?” Goodall said.

Vickers hit back: “This publication I’ve never heard of –”

Goodall said: “Have you heard of the Bank of England?”

“Before the general election, we had the fastest growing economy in the G7. We’ve now got the slowest growth in the G7,” the Tory MP said. “We had near record levels of unemployment –”

“Are you saying Brexit has been good for this country economically?” Goodall cut in.

Vickers replied: “I think it’s created opportunities. We’ve got out there, we set out trade agreements –” 

But the presenter said: “You’re there having a go at Rachel Reeves for increased bureaucracy, of friction for business, for making life difficult for business. Have you ever tried driving a small business exporting to Europe these days?”

“Can I take you out of Westminster? You can come up north where we’ve created jobs,” Vickers offered.

“I’m talking about our exporters, small businesses, people trying to send goods to Europe, Goodall pointed out. “It is so much harder than it used to be because of your government.”

Analysis from the House of Commons library has previously revealed that Brexit is costing the UK up to £90 billion a year in lost tax revenue.