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How do we resolve the Brexit mess?
- Thread starter Magicpole
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bluethrunthru
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I think secretly the DUP see it as beneficial.
They can use the Protocol, which they agreed to, as a way of holding up the assembly so they don’t have to go in with Michelle being the first minister.
They keep their influence with the Tories or so they think and possibly could get changes that essentially would bring down the GFA.
Then we could all go back to square one.
Job done.
Who said nobody benefits from Brexit.
If the DUP don't agree then don't we go back to another election for Stormont? What do they do when they get even less support?
I don’t recall anyone saying that. I don’t suppose you have any proof?
The disaster that is Brexit continues to unwind not least in the way it has allowed the libertarians currently in control of the country to move forward with their agenda largely unfettered.
Amongst all the replies. Thank you.
Please!
Just Google what certain Remainers where forecasting/prophesying.
The economic armageddon leaving the EU that was predicated by
Remainers hasn’t happened.
Without the actual economic facts, and just guessing, Covid has had a greater economic impact on the UK than leaving the EU has.
The war in Ukraine, energy price increases affecting the EU as well as the UK, and the general increases in living and fuel prices are having a greater impact across the the EU and the UK then Brexit ever has.
PS. Having just come back from Munich the supermarket shelves are fuller.
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Ifwecouldjust.......
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those that believed the lies that the UK would retain Eu legislation that is (mainly) protecting the individual from sharp practices , corrupt employers and poor quality food standards need to take a long hard look at themselves.
Mr Kobayashi
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Amongst all the replies. Thank you.
Please!
Just Google what certain Remainers where forecasting/prophesying.
The economic armageddon leaving the EU that was predicated by
Remainers hasn’t happened.
Without the actual economic facts, and just guessing, Covid has had a greater economic impact on the UK than leaving the EU has.
The war in Ukraine, energy price increases affecting the EU as well as the UK, and the general increases in living and fuel prices are having a greater impact across the the EU and the UK then Brexit ever has.
PS. Having just come back from Munich the supermarket shelves are fuller.
Why can't you cite it yourself rather than suggest people google it.
You won, but we all lost.
hampshireblue
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Complete bollocks. There was no way anyone could predict what would actually happen. Yes. there were forecasts and what ifs. However, the fact is that the country is now worse off than if it had stayed and will continue to be so in the medium term. Who knows what will happen in the long term, but there is one thing for sure and that is it's going to take decades to get back to even where we were in 2016. But at least we get to queue to get in and out of the UK with our new shiny passports.I recall 'Operation Fear' by Remainers before the referendum and after the referendum result stating the British economy would collapse within weeks of the UK leaving the EU, there would be 100,000's of job loses, financial instituions and companies would leave the UK en-masse and move to Europe, companies wouldn't invest in the UK anymore, the employment market, housing market, etc would all collpase, the UK would come to grinding halt.
west didsblue
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How do you Google certain remainers without knowing who they are?Amongst all the replies. Thank you.
Please!
Just Google what certain Remainers where forecasting/prophesying.
The economic armageddon leaving the EU that was predicated by
Remainers hasn’t happened.
Without the actual economic facts, and just guessing, Covid has had a greater economic impact on the UK than leaving the EU has.
The war in Ukraine, energy price increases affecting the EU as well as the UK, and the general increases in living and fuel prices are having a greater impact across the the EU and the UK then Brexit ever has.
PS. Having just come back from Munich the supermarket shelves are fuller.
Saddleworth2
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The facts:I recall 'Operation Fear' by Remainers before the referendum and after the referendum result stating the British economy would collapse within weeks of the UK leaving the EU, there would be 100,000's of job loses, financial instituions and companies would leave the UK en-masse and move to Europe, companies wouldn't invest in the UK anymore, the employment market, housing market, etc would all collpase, the UK would come to grinding halt.
From OBR that formulate the governments financial forecasts.
Comparing our recent overall trade performance with other advanced economies suggests that the UK saw a similar collapse in exports as other countries at the start of the pandemic but has since missed out on much of the recovery in global trade.d UK and aggregate advanced economy goods export volumes fell by around 20 per cent during the initial wave of the pandemic in 2020. But by the fourth quarter of 2021 total advanced economy trade volumes had rebounded to 3 per cent above their pre-pandemic levels while UK exports remain around 12 per cent below (Chart I, left panel). The UK therefore appears to have become a less trade intensive economy, with trade as a share of GDP falling 12 per cent since 2019, two and a half times more than in any other G7 country (Chart I, right panel).
While additional trade with other counties could offset some of the decline in trade with the EU, none of the agreements concluded to date are of a sufficient scale to have a material impact on our forecast. The Government’s own estimate of the economic impact of the free-trade agreement with Australia, the first to be concluded with a country that does not have a similar arrangement with the EU,e is that it would raise total UK exports by 0.4 per cent, imports by 0.4 per cent and the level of GDP by only 0.1 per cent over 15 years.f
In summary, there is little in the data since the TCA was implemented to suggest the assumption of a 15 per cent reduction in trade intensity as a result of Brexit is no longer a central estimate. But these effects are likely to take several years to be fully realised, so with only just over a year having passed since the end of the transition period, and given the difficulty abstracting from the impact of the pandemic, we will continue to keep this assumption under review.
A 15% reduction in trade might not be Armageddon but it will adversely impact many many businesses and individuals. The impacts run into many £bns
East Level 2
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those that believed the lies that the UK would retain Eu legislation that is (mainly) protecting the individual from sharp practices , corrupt employers and poor quality food standards need to take a long hard look at themselves.
Anybody who puts their trust in Johnson, Gove, Rees-Mogg and fucking Farage need to take a long hard look at themselves.
East Level 2
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I think the general idea is Brexit is a winner because even though it's shit, it's not as shit as it could have been.Why can't you cite it yourself rather than suggest people google it.
You won, but we all lost.