Brexit blame game erupts again: how leaving EU came back to bite Tories

Rishi Sunak cut a relaxed figure as he sat in shirtsleeves, clutching a Downing Street mug, chatting to journalists on the plane to the G7 conference in Japan this week. One question ruffled his smooth demeanour, though: what did he make of Nigel Farage's eye-opening comments the previous evening? Brexit had "failed", Farage had said. Britain had "not actually benefited ... economically" from leaving the EU. And who was to blame for this sorry state of affairs? "Useless" Tory governments. Sunak bristled at these remarks. "I voted for Brexit, I believe in Brexit ... as chancellor and prime minister I…