Foreign politicians have mocked the UK following the economy’s series of U-turns, with pro-EU and leftwing figures heaping criticism on the Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As millions of Britons struggle financially, veteran leftwing politicians across the EU have taken potshots at the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kwasi Kwarteng’s widely derided “mini-budget,” large portions of which were overturned by new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, has left the UK with an unfavourable reputation among its peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EU backer Guy Verhofstadt was among EU politicians who blamed Brexit for the UK’s recent problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the weekend, he asked on Twitter, “How’s Brexit going?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian official MEP and former Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe leader declared that the UK’s economic woes began with the 2016 referendum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added: “One thing is for sure: the mess didn’t start in 2022 but in 2016.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pedro Sanchez of Spain also criticised the new government’s record in the Spanish Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President used the UK as an example when he told MPs the Prime Minister had “failed”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The neoliberal path failed in the previous financial crisis, causing a great deal of suffering, and will again fail those who follow it, as we have just seen in the UK,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Sanchez echoed US President Joe Biden, who criticised decades of Conservative fiscal policy last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During an interview on October 16, Mr Biden called the Government’s now-cancelled decision to lower taxes for high-earning Britons a “mistake.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On a visit to an ice cream parlour in Oregon, he told reporters that he disagreed with the policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I wasn’t the only one who thought it was a mistake,” he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Labour Party leaders have expressed concern about the country’s deteriorating international reputation, with shadow foreign secretary David Lammy claiming that the Government’s U-turns have turned the UK into “an international punchline.”<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Foreign politicians have mocked the UK following the economy’s series of U-turns, with pro-EU and leftwing figures heaping criticism on the Government. As millions of Britons struggle financially, veteran leftwing … <\/p>\n