How did the British ever think this would work out differently. They have in a single stroke surpassed the Americans for stupidity.
Cruz030 on
Who could have possibly foreseen this?
sgreenm22 on
No, how could this be?
randomfucke on
Are you trying to fucking tell me that after all the time, money and effort they put into separating from the EU, that the EU can’t even be bothered to continue the same easy trade relationship that Britain benefited from as a member? Goddamn, the arrogance of the EU is astounding.
BestEmu2171 on
It wasn’t even a vote (which has power), it was a referendum (opinion poll). A few Conservatives had a great grift arrangement, just needed to misguide the public into making it real.
The whole sorry tale was reported in Private Eye magazine, as it was happening, but nobody listened.
Siman421 on
cant the try rejoin with the previous terms?
clearly worth it.
genuine question
TtotheC81 on
Talking to my Boomer Mum and you’d think the EU were punishing the UK for having the arrogance to leave. I love her, but decades of the Mail and the Sun dragging the EU through the mud poisoned an entire generation against it.
SexyWhale on
Fun part is that Labour now has the economy at the highest priority, but they refuse to rejoin the EU
MTLalt06 on
Napoleon’s continental system is finally working.
nznordi on
The simple truth is, that I would only buy something from the UK if it does not EXISTS elsewhere, otherwise, why bother?
LetsDoThatYeah on
If only the people who voted for it were capable of learning anything.
NormanBates2023 on
Ya weep what u sow
Iyellkhan on
I realize UK democracy is very much about 50%+1 to make changes, but it really seems like something with the scope to change the economy on such a dramatic scale should have required an overwhelming vote, say 2/3rds.
alangcarter on
I suspect the origin of Brexit was the Panama Papers scandal following the 2008 financial crisis. People like Rees-Mogg, Farage and Dyson lost opportunities for tax evasion and money laundering because of tougher new EU rules. Financial services weren’t mentioned in either the Johnson or Sunak withdrawal agreements.
A new laundry was created by appealing to a very nasty undercurrent of racism in the British population. Many elderly people condemned their grandchildren to a lifetime of isolation and reduced economic prospects to have a momentary “Up Yours Deloresgasm”. They didn’t care what happened next, many of them are already dead.
It was the sleazy financiers’ good fortune that just as the new tumble dryers came on line, all those Russian oliharchs needed creative audit trails. Some Brits aren’t hurting at all, but you’ll never hear from them.
yoppee on
Isn’t that the whole point of Brexit?
Frustratedtx on
Brexit and the Trump presidency were the two most effective Russian attacks in the 21st century.
LupusDeusMagnus on
At least they got those extra 350m a week, right?
3xc1t3r on
More immigrants (just not European ones) less trade, brain drain, worse economy…. Well fucking done!
Toxic_Orange_DM on
Leaving the world’s largest single market which was literally on our doorstep and having to renegotiate every aspect of every trade deal which each takes 18 months is costing us money? *shocked Pikachu*
Sea_Damage402 on
I’m still confused as to how they have such an immigration ‘problem’ like the EU without being in the EU and having to bend over to the combined ‘wisdom’…
TheMellowDane on
You reap what you sow. Guess it was stupid to throw out the bag of EU seeds.
Snarky_McSnarkleton on
See r/LeopardsAteMyFace
KastiBu on
Tja
castler_666 on
They needed a report for this? News just in … sun rises in the morning!
dhatfield1818 on
As Jimmy Carter said, “every problem has a solution that is plain, simple, obvious, and wrong.”
hellcat_uk on
We’re just omitting that the report excludes services, the biggest sector in the UK for which exports have grown beyond expectation because, reasons?
Seems disingenuous, fudging the numbers to achieve a chosen agenda. If a report came out saying ‘Brexit huge success because service exports higher than ever (but we excluded every other sector)’, I doubt it would be accepted as quickly as this one.
Give all the numbers. Warts and all.
farky84 on
If only brexiteers were warned…
Nightrunner2016 on
It’s quite ironic. I lived in the UK when it was still a part of the EU and I did that as an EU citizen. I had a good skilled job, paid all those GBP tax pounds, paid a landlord handsomely for my apartment, and never once actually had to go and use the NHS. Now, I can’t do that. Not as easily anyway. So they are keeping me out quite successfully. But if you want to rock up in a small boat with no employable skills, pay no taxes, and sponge off of the remaining tax payers, that seems to be alright.
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How did the British ever think this would work out differently. They have in a single stroke surpassed the Americans for stupidity.
Who could have possibly foreseen this?
No, how could this be?
Are you trying to fucking tell me that after all the time, money and effort they put into separating from the EU, that the EU can’t even be bothered to continue the same easy trade relationship that Britain benefited from as a member? Goddamn, the arrogance of the EU is astounding.
It wasn’t even a vote (which has power), it was a referendum (opinion poll). A few Conservatives had a great grift arrangement, just needed to misguide the public into making it real.
The whole sorry tale was reported in Private Eye magazine, as it was happening, but nobody listened.
cant the try rejoin with the previous terms?
clearly worth it.
genuine question
Talking to my Boomer Mum and you’d think the EU were punishing the UK for having the arrogance to leave. I love her, but decades of the Mail and the Sun dragging the EU through the mud poisoned an entire generation against it.
Fun part is that Labour now has the economy at the highest priority, but they refuse to rejoin the EU
Napoleon’s continental system is finally working.
The simple truth is, that I would only buy something from the UK if it does not EXISTS elsewhere, otherwise, why bother?
If only the people who voted for it were capable of learning anything.
Ya weep what u sow
I realize UK democracy is very much about 50%+1 to make changes, but it really seems like something with the scope to change the economy on such a dramatic scale should have required an overwhelming vote, say 2/3rds.
I suspect the origin of Brexit was the Panama Papers scandal following the 2008 financial crisis. People like Rees-Mogg, Farage and Dyson lost opportunities for tax evasion and money laundering because of tougher new EU rules. Financial services weren’t mentioned in either the Johnson or Sunak withdrawal agreements.
A new laundry was created by appealing to a very nasty undercurrent of racism in the British population. Many elderly people condemned their grandchildren to a lifetime of isolation and reduced economic prospects to have a momentary “Up Yours Deloresgasm”. They didn’t care what happened next, many of them are already dead.
It was the sleazy financiers’ good fortune that just as the new tumble dryers came on line, all those Russian oliharchs needed creative audit trails. Some Brits aren’t hurting at all, but you’ll never hear from them.
Isn’t that the whole point of Brexit?
Brexit and the Trump presidency were the two most effective Russian attacks in the 21st century.
At least they got those extra 350m a week, right?
More immigrants (just not European ones) less trade, brain drain, worse economy…. Well fucking done!
Leaving the world’s largest single market which was literally on our doorstep and having to renegotiate every aspect of every trade deal which each takes 18 months is costing us money? *shocked Pikachu*
I’m still confused as to how they have such an immigration ‘problem’ like the EU without being in the EU and having to bend over to the combined ‘wisdom’…
You reap what you sow. Guess it was stupid to throw out the bag of EU seeds.
See r/LeopardsAteMyFace
Tja
They needed a report for this? News just in … sun rises in the morning!
As Jimmy Carter said, “every problem has a solution that is plain, simple, obvious, and wrong.”
We’re just omitting that the report excludes services, the biggest sector in the UK for which exports have grown beyond expectation because, reasons?
Seems disingenuous, fudging the numbers to achieve a chosen agenda. If a report came out saying ‘Brexit huge success because service exports higher than ever (but we excluded every other sector)’, I doubt it would be accepted as quickly as this one.
Give all the numbers. Warts and all.
If only brexiteers were warned…
It’s quite ironic. I lived in the UK when it was still a part of the EU and I did that as an EU citizen. I had a good skilled job, paid all those GBP tax pounds, paid a landlord handsomely for my apartment, and never once actually had to go and use the NHS. Now, I can’t do that. Not as easily anyway. So they are keeping me out quite successfully. But if you want to rock up in a small boat with no employable skills, pay no taxes, and sponge off of the remaining tax payers, that seems to be alright.
Actions, meet Consequences.