LONDON, February 27. /TASS/. Many in the UK are beginning to realize that leaving the European Union was a mistake, which is why London is increasingly eager to repair ties with Brussels, former UK Ambassador to Russia (2004-2008) Tony Brenton told TASS in an interview.
"There's much more willingness to talk to the Europeans to try to strengthen links in a way that were weakened at the time of Brexit. Brexit has not turned out to have been a brilliant decision by the United Kingdom. It has been economically damaging and actually politically damaging to an extent. You've got much more influence working within a like-minded group than trying to influence the international situation on your own," the former diplomat replied when asked to comment on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's statement.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference earlier, the head of government said that the kingdom was no longer a country of the Brexit era.
According to the former ambassador, the British establishment is much more aware of the difficulties resulting from the split with the EU than it was five or ten years ago. "British people have woken up to the fact that Brexit was probably a mistake. And the other big factor you've mentioned and I've reinforced has been the increasing difficulty of relying exclusively on the United States," Brenton said.
