Boris got the big calls right on Brexit, Covid, trade and the economy

IT wasn't long ago when Britain was trapped in a state of agonising, Brexit-induced paralysis.

- Kwasi Kwarteng

It was a period of great national shame, defined by bitter parliamentary trench warfare that left our country on a downward spiral with the very real threat of a second EU referendum.

In order to smash through the gridlock and restore people's confidence in politics, we backed Boris to get Brexit done and focus on the people's priorities.

Even facing an unprecedented global pandemic, our Prime Minister has got the big calls right over the past two years.

We have had the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe thanks to his bold insistence that we walk away from the sluggish EU vaccine procurement scheme.

Instead, the PM pushed ahead with our own Vaccine Taskforce, which worked at incredible speed to ensure the UK was the first country in the western world to administer a safe, effective vaccine.

To this day, Captain Sir Keir Hindsight still cannot bring himself to admit this life-saving decision was the right one for Britain.

And because the PM resisted calls for restrictions over Christmas, we now have the most open society and economy in Europe.

Wages are up, unemployment is down. Redundancies are at record lows and the UK is set to have the fastest growing economy in the G7 this year and next.

More employees are on the payroll today than before the pandemic because the PM and Chancellor made quick choices, and put in place a mammoth £400 billion economic support package.