Another Brexit Bonus

[BlueArmy 86]

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Are there any brexiteers on here that still think they were right to vote leave?

[JamesWales]

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Are there any brexiteers on here that still think they were right to vote leave?

Yep.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Are there any brexiteers on here that still think they were right to vote leave?

It's too early for many people to make a fair judgement, methinks. The long term advantages and disadvantages are yet to be played out.

[Doucas]

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Big Brexit beneft :

Germany plunging into debt .

Southern European countries approaching a Greece like recession moment and will want a bale out , sadly the EU or Germany wont be able to service it ...

Are we better out , I hear you shout , even some Labour Remainers are saying the same , or is that just Northern vote grabbing ???????

https://www.statista.com/statistics/624193/national-debt-of-germany-in-relation-to-gross-domestic-product-gdp/

I mean, they're smashing us on basically every single metric.

[cyril evans awaydays]

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https://www.statista.com/statistics/...c-product-gdp/

I mean, they're smashing us on basically every single metric.

Look,

LoM read that Germany had its first trade deficit for 30 years. He thinks that means it is plunging into debt.

In the first quarter of this year the UK had the biggest trade deficit since records began. He thinks this is a sign of a robust economy.

[the other bob wilson]

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It's too early for many people to make a fair judgement, methinks. The long term advantages and disadvantages are yet to be played out.

We’ll both be around 110 when we start experiencing the full benefits of Brexit according to Jacob Rees Mogg.

[JamesWales]

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Interesting from Keir Starmer. There's a few things that have prevented from voting Labour in recent national elections, but this would certainly put one of them to bed.


Brexit: No case for UK returning to EU, Labour leader Starmer says

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62034754

[Hilts]

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We’ll both be around 110 when we start experiencing the full benefits of Brexit according to Jacob Rees Mogg.

Just any benefit would be nice. Im massively worse off at the moment. I dont count the blue passports my kids have.

[jon1959]

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/05/eu-scraps-115-grants-uk-scientists-academics-brexit-row

British scientists and academic researchers have been dealt a blow after 115 grants from a flagship EU research programme were terminated because of the continuing Brexit row over Northern Ireland.

One academic said he was “relieved” to be exiting the country and feared the UK was going down a “dark path” like Germany in the 1930s.

One hundred and fifty grants were approved for British applicants after the then Brexit minister, David Frost, successfully negotiated associate membership of the £80bn Horizon Europe programme but most will now be cancelled.

[Doucas]

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‘What have we done?’: Brexit costing UK £100 billion a year

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/what-have-we-done-brexit-costing-uk-100-billion-a-year-328442/

I mean this is a disaster, the leader of brexit is about to go for his lying and incompetency and we have a population too stubborn to admit they've been duped.

[JamesWales]

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It's nonsense though. £100bn a year is 5% of our GDP, which is about £2000bn (or £2trillion) a year.

If it is saying that we should be adding 5% more to our GDP each year, then that means our growth would be massively outperforming our peers, which simply doesn't, and has never happened. There is no way our economy would be that much larger per year and we know that by comparing it to other countries still in the EU.

Otto English goes on to say this, which is ridiculous, but then he is utterly ridiculous:
[I]"While Starmer dodges the issue and the UK's economy slumps the country is doing worse in every single way. There's no other way of putting it. Brexit is a self inflicted machine gun wound to the groin. A complete and utter disaster."[I]

[JamesWales]

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ics-brexit-row

British scientists and academic researchers have been dealt a blow after 115 grants from a flagship EU research programme were terminated because of the continuing Brexit row over Northern Ireland.

One academic said he was “relieved” to be exiting the country and feared the UK was going down a “dark path” like Germany in the 1930s.

One hundred and fifty grants were approved for British applicants after the then Brexit minister, David Frost, successfully negotiated associate membership of the £80bn Horizon Europe programme but most will now be cancelled.

You can always rely on the guardian to find someone, anyone, who will compare it to 1930's Germany.

[Citizen's Nephew]

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I'm really surprised more people on here aren't concerned about this!

Post-Brexit red tape poses threat to cross-Channel pigeon racing

[Citizen's Nephew]

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There's nothing more thrilling than seeing hundreds of pigeons being let out of their cages and heading off to France. It's like Dunkirk but more....pigeony. Brings a tear to my eye.

[Dorcus]

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There's nothing more thrilling than seeing hundreds of pigeons being let out of their cages and heading off to France. It's like Dunkirk but more....pigeony. Brings a tear to my eye.

And isn't Farage from Kent? It would be lovely to see those pigeons offloading on him before their flight across the Channel.