From bendy bananas to £350m for the NHS – how many Brexit promises actually came true?

T en long years have passed since that queasy morning of 24 June 2016, when Boris Johnson and Michael Gove addressed the cameras to hail the victory of the Vote Leave campaign, and a leap into the unknown for the UK. In the no-holds-barred battle of Brexit that spring, many alluring promises were made to tempt voters to turn their backs on the European Union . A decade on, we take a look at which of them ended up being met. 1. £350m a week for the NHS – enough for a new hospital to be built every week The Vote Leave battlebus. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty Images “At the end of the war, Britain created the NHS. It protects us throughout our lives, but it’s in danger. You can help it.” That was the plea at the start of one of Vote Leave’s more memorable broadcast adverts during the referendum campaign. “Every week we send £350m to Brussels. Money that’s wasted. That’s enough to build a new hospital every week.” That figure was contested from the start. Experts quickly pointed out that it failed to take account of the benefits the UK received in return, such as funding for scientific research and regeneration projects in deprived areas. But Johnson revelled in the row, repeating the figure at various points after the referendum result, and £350m for the NHS was famously plastered all over the side of Vote Leave’s battlebus. …