Billionaire Says Britain May Be Forced to Seek Bailout From IMF if It Does Not Renegotiate Brexit Deal – Economics Bitcoin News

British billionaire investor Guy Hands has reckoned that Britain will become “the sick man of Europe” and may be forced to seek a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if it does not renegotiate its Brexit deal. The billionaire insisted the United Kingdom’s current economic woes are the result of a poorly negotiated Brexit deal and not the Liz Truss government’s controversial tax cut proposals.

Billionaire Says Poor Brexit Deal Is Source of UK’s Economic Woes

Guy Hands is a British billionaire investor who has warned Britain that it must negotiate Brexit to prevent the country from being forced to seek a bailout by International Monetary Fund. According to Hands, Britain’s poorly negotiated exit from the European Union is the primary cause of the United Kingdom’s ongoing economic woes.

As per a report by The Telegraph, Hands believes Britain’s period of economic pain — which seemingly reached its crescendo when the pound fell to its lowest exchange rate versus the dollar — started six years ago and could eventually see the country become “the sick man of Europe.”

Even though Britain doesn’t need bailout money right away, Terra Firma’s founder and CEO Terra Firma Private Equity insists they will seek financial help if U.K. Ministers don’t renegotiate their Brexit deal. Hands was critical of the current state of affairs in the country.

Steadily increasing taxes; steadily reducing social benefits and services; higher interest rates, and finally the need to be rescued by the IMF.

Hands, who is a supporter of the ruling Conservative Party, reportedly suggested that he does not think the outgoing Liz Truss government’s tax cut proposals are to blame for the United Kingdom’s financial mess.

Hands Up: Conservatives Need to Own up To Their Fault

Tax cut proposals by Kwasi Kwarteng — the United Kingdom’s former chancellor of the exchequer — reportedly spooked financial markets, causing the pound to fall to its lowest ever level versus the U.S. dollar.

The investor, a billionaire in his own right, suggested that Britain’s Brexit deal must be reassessed and acknowledged that it was poor. In his remarks directed at the Conservative Party, which has since chosen Rishi Sunak to become the UK’s next prime minister, the billionaire said:

“I think if the Tory party can own up to the mistake in how they negotiated Brexit and have somebody leading it that actually has the intellectual capability and the authority to negotiate Brexit, there is a possibility of turning around the economy, but without that the economy is frankly doomed.”

After touching a low of 1.03 per one dollar, the pound has since recovered and is trading at £1:$1.13 at the time of writing.

Let us know your opinions on the story. Comment below and let us know how you feel.

Terence Zimwara

Terence Zimwara, a Zimbabwean journalist, writer and author who has been awarded the Zimbabwe Booker Prize. His writings have covered the economic problems of several African countries and how digital currency can offer an escape route.