Vindication.

Nigel Farage has said Britain’s decision to quit the European Union has been vindicated by the fact that the UK’s economy continues to outstrip those of France and Germany.

And the former Brexit Party leader has pointed out that even the Governor of the Bank of England now agrees that the City of London runs more smoothly outside the bloc.

Mr Farage, who caused a stir with his appearance at the Conservative Party Conference earlier this week, was responding to claims by Anne Diamond on GB News show that he was responsible for Britain being “broken” as a result of his fight to take the nation out of the EU.

He admitted Brexit had been a “disappointment”, pointing to the sharp increase in boats filled with asylum seekers crossing the English Channel despite Britain’s departure, with the figure for 2023 passing 25,000 last week.

With Reform UK, the successor to the Brexit Party he once led, staging its annual conference this week, Mr Farage said: “Boris Johnson had the world at his feet, there was so much he could do, but frankly it has been chaos”, he said. Express.