On the morning of the BREXIT result someone asked me what the result meant; I replied “The level of fuckification has yet to be determined!”.
I see no reason to change my statement.
What’s due to brexit and what isn’t is obscured by:
1. Tory government making cuts since 2010
2. Covid/lockdowns that have had a negative effect on our economy and the economies of most countries we trade with
3. Gas being used more by the whole world during lockdowns/a cold winter (Asia is blamed, but Asia also has more than half of the world’s population – a small circle of eastern China, Japan, Korea, SE Asia and South Asia contains over 50% of the world population). That’s driven gas prices up.
4. Petrol prices going up because there was less demand for petrol during lockdown so production was decreased, but now demand has gone back up
5. Russia invading Ukraine, disrupting one of the major food exporters of Europe and other nearby countries
6. Sanctions on Russia further increasing the price of gas and oil
Look over there! It’s the QUEEEEEEN!
My impression is that Boris plays a super-ultranationalist card here, e. g. deny any problems in general (be it from Brexit or otherwise) and just continue with some pro-UK hype train. See the recent “down with the metric system” movement, which … makes little sense, UNLESS you analyse it from a super-ultranationalist point of view.
These people are easy to cause problems and then disappear when it comes to clean-up. Nigel Farage is the very same. And they all get taxpayers’ money. Pretty awkward setup…
The negative consequences of Brexit are evident all around us:
From the article:
> while the economic damage of Brexit is clear, the Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey has been accused of being “reluctant” to talk about the harm caused by Britain quitting the EU “to avoid upsetting the Government”.
> The Bank of America’s London office issued its ‘UK Economic Viewpoint’ saying: “We would note our impressions that the Bank of England has been reluctant to talk recently about one of the key supply shocks hitting the UK – Brexit. It was notable, for instance, during Governor Bailey’s interview with Adam Posen (a noted US economist) on the fringes of the IMF Spring Meetings, or that the recent Monetary Policy Report contains – in our view – little reference to the issue.” The Bank of England declined to comment on the claim.
> Liberal Democrat International Trade spokeswoman Sarah Olney, MP said that the damage caused by Brexit was “clearly evident and should be highlighted. People up and down the country can see this first-hand and the Bank of England should be reporting on this, not muting their comments to appease the Government.”
> Labour’s Nick Thomas Symonds has criticised the government for threatening to use Brexit to reduce workers’ rights which would go against Level Playing Field commitments the government signed up to in the UK-EU agreement. Thomas Symonds has said Labour in government would strengthen the protections for workers’ rights in the UK-EU agreement and involve trade unions in the process.
Maybe it’s time for opposition parties to put out some realistic plans on how they would address the catastrophic failure of Johnson’s Brexit.
I’m moving to Europe for higher wages better working conditions and cheaper cost of living.
Well done BJ et Al.
They are not even covering it up well: obvious disaster and still not a single benefit
It’s been a complete success if your a disaster capitalist or you operate in a tax haven if your neither it’s been a shitshow. But if you don’t like immigration it’s somehow a success apparently? Edit – spelling
In my home area, Brexit has at least been half successful, and thats the truth. We are somehow an area that has been earmarked for EU immigration, but in effect that doesnt mean a pleasant melange of Spanish baristas and Polish hospitality workers- it meant 8000 Romani gypsies from Romania, Slovakia, and Bulgaria, all packed into the one square mile that we call home. Which for reference, was originally built to hold 11,000 people- the 8000 Roma were in addition, and were poured on top of us in massive numbers.
Overcrowding, housebreaking, and street robbery went through the roof, as did begging gangs on every corner, and a level of dirt and fllth that it is difficult for me to describe. Suffice to say, the Roma don’t believe in using bins, there are used childrens nappies and ripped binbags of kitchen waste spilling out on every street corner. Any appeal to our local councillors or politicians was met with derision and denial, and the accusation that if you didn’t like the massive Roma influx, you must be some kind of racist.
So in 2016 we voted to leave the EU. Left or right, didnt matter, everybody voted to Brexit. We had no choice. it was a question of security, and being able to leave your house without worrying that you would return to find your door kicked in. Now, we have approx 4000 Roma, and although its still pretty bad, it’s nowhere near as bad as it was up to 2016.
I fully expect to be downvoted for this comment, because of course it doesn’t agree with the liberal left consensus, but only the people that have lived in the areas of the UK that have apparently been earmarked as immigration hot spots, can understand what its like. If you dont know what its like- Im happy for you, Lucky you.
I am left wing, but I would never consent to rejoining the EU free market, because the floodgates would open again. Even if I eventually live in a nice leafy suburb away from the schemes and estates, I would not vote to return, out off solidarity for those that are expected to endure the filthy social bedlam of the EUs creation.
Let’s not forget that we have a certain fraction of the Labour party to thank for enabling Brexit. I think their Leader lives somewhere in North London
This is on a need to know basis and we know, because we need to know…..
In all the time arguing with family, friends and otherwise, I never once heard a coherent reason why it was a good idea.
By far, most responses were based upon pure emotion and a shitload of ignorance.
A memorable example:
Me : “Why are you voting to leave?”
“To stop all these fucking p*kis coming in.”
“You do realise that Pakistan isn’t in Europe?”
(Moment of thought)…”So fucking what!”
This, from a guy who later organised a curry at a local restaurant that had been prosecuted three times for “employing” illegal immigrants.
You can’t make up the stupidity of some people.
I think anyone who voted remain would’ve seen this coming. Surprise meter is at 0.
Softy censors at work. When you can’t tell the right wing bigots what they are then they flourish. Britain will continue like this because the right are bigoted and the left are weak.
failure implies it was going to go better than what is has been which wasn’t the case it was always going to be this shit
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On the morning of the BREXIT result someone asked me what the result meant; I replied “The level of fuckification has yet to be determined!”.
I see no reason to change my statement.
What’s due to brexit and what isn’t is obscured by:
1. Tory government making cuts since 2010
2. Covid/lockdowns that have had a negative effect on our economy and the economies of most countries we trade with
3. Gas being used more by the whole world during lockdowns/a cold winter (Asia is blamed, but Asia also has more than half of the world’s population – a small circle of eastern China, Japan, Korea, SE Asia and South Asia contains over 50% of the world population). That’s driven gas prices up.
4. Petrol prices going up because there was less demand for petrol during lockdown so production was decreased, but now demand has gone back up
5. Russia invading Ukraine, disrupting one of the major food exporters of Europe and other nearby countries
6. Sanctions on Russia further increasing the price of gas and oil
Look over there! It’s the QUEEEEEEN!
My impression is that Boris plays a super-ultranationalist card here, e. g. deny any problems in general (be it from Brexit or otherwise) and just continue with some pro-UK hype train. See the recent “down with the metric system” movement, which … makes little sense, UNLESS you analyse it from a super-ultranationalist point of view.
These people are easy to cause problems and then disappear when it comes to clean-up. Nigel Farage is the very same. And they all get taxpayers’ money. Pretty awkward setup…
The negative consequences of Brexit are evident all around us:
* [increased exposure to out-of-control inflation](https://archive.ph/gDKR3)
* [export downturns](https://nitter.net/SonyKapoor/status/1531890857955282945)
* [begging bowl trade deals](https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/20179131.brexit-ian-mcconnell-indiana-trade-deal-celebration-boris-johnson-administration-smacks-tory-desperation/) as the vaunted US trade deal is [wrecked by intransigence](https://www.export.org.uk/news/606269/US-and-EU-issue-joint-statement-that-Northern-Ireland-Protocol-renegotiation-is-not-an-option.htm)
* [miles-long lorry queues](https://nitter.net/PickardJE/status/1528292407921545216) as the “Brexit Benefits minister” [refuses to stick to the government’s own plans](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/28/uk-sea-ports-consider-legal-action-delay-brexit-controls-jacob-rees-mogg)
* the [613 entries](https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/regular-features/the-davis-downside-dossier/) in the Davies Downside Dossier
* the huge [bullshit pileup](https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/regular-features/the-brexit-benefit-myths/) created by desperate attempts to find any tangible benefit of Brexit
* [40% less](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/brexit-eu-university-students-uk-b2021553.html) EU students at UK universities
* [looming food shortages](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10836933/Britain-faces-summer-shortages-supermarket-shelves-lack-season-crop-pickers.html) as seasonal workers vanish
* Businesses [hit](https://www.cityam.com/one-in-three-uk-business-owners-fear-their-company-wont-exist-anymore-in-a-year-as-brexit-onslaught-intensifies/), from [the car industry](https://twitter.com/GreenPartyMolly/status/1530443690510098432) to [ethical shellfish](https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/in-the-news/the-ethical-shellfish-company-to-cease-trading/)
The list goes on..
From the article:
> while the economic damage of Brexit is clear, the Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey has been accused of being “reluctant” to talk about the harm caused by Britain quitting the EU “to avoid upsetting the Government”.
> The Bank of America’s London office issued its ‘UK Economic Viewpoint’ saying: “We would note our impressions that the Bank of England has been reluctant to talk recently about one of the key supply shocks hitting the UK – Brexit. It was notable, for instance, during Governor Bailey’s interview with Adam Posen (a noted US economist) on the fringes of the IMF Spring Meetings, or that the recent Monetary Policy Report contains – in our view – little reference to the issue.” The Bank of England declined to comment on the claim.
> Liberal Democrat International Trade spokeswoman Sarah Olney, MP said that the damage caused by Brexit was “clearly evident and should be highlighted. People up and down the country can see this first-hand and the Bank of England should be reporting on this, not muting their comments to appease the Government.”
> Labour’s Nick Thomas Symonds has criticised the government for threatening to use Brexit to reduce workers’ rights which would go against Level Playing Field commitments the government signed up to in the UK-EU agreement. Thomas Symonds has said Labour in government would strengthen the protections for workers’ rights in the UK-EU agreement and involve trade unions in the process.
Maybe it’s time for opposition parties to put out some realistic plans on how they would address the catastrophic failure of Johnson’s Brexit.
Rebel Tories have already started on this by [putting it out there](https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/we-can-upgrade-brexit-and-ease-the-cost-of-living-by-going-back-to-the-single-market) that a return to the single market is one solution.
I’m moving to Europe for higher wages better working conditions and cheaper cost of living.
Well done BJ et Al.
They are not even covering it up well: obvious disaster and still not a single benefit
It’s been a complete success if your a disaster capitalist or you operate in a tax haven if your neither it’s been a shitshow. But if you don’t like immigration it’s somehow a success apparently? Edit – spelling
In my home area, Brexit has at least been half successful, and thats the truth. We are somehow an area that has been earmarked for EU immigration, but in effect that doesnt mean a pleasant melange of Spanish baristas and Polish hospitality workers- it meant 8000 Romani gypsies from Romania, Slovakia, and Bulgaria, all packed into the one square mile that we call home. Which for reference, was originally built to hold 11,000 people- the 8000 Roma were in addition, and were poured on top of us in massive numbers.
Overcrowding, housebreaking, and street robbery went through the roof, as did begging gangs on every corner, and a level of dirt and fllth that it is difficult for me to describe. Suffice to say, the Roma don’t believe in using bins, there are used childrens nappies and ripped binbags of kitchen waste spilling out on every street corner. Any appeal to our local councillors or politicians was met with derision and denial, and the accusation that if you didn’t like the massive Roma influx, you must be some kind of racist.
So in 2016 we voted to leave the EU. Left or right, didnt matter, everybody voted to Brexit. We had no choice. it was a question of security, and being able to leave your house without worrying that you would return to find your door kicked in. Now, we have approx 4000 Roma, and although its still pretty bad, it’s nowhere near as bad as it was up to 2016.
I fully expect to be downvoted for this comment, because of course it doesn’t agree with the liberal left consensus, but only the people that have lived in the areas of the UK that have apparently been earmarked as immigration hot spots, can understand what its like. If you dont know what its like- Im happy for you, Lucky you.
I am left wing, but I would never consent to rejoining the EU free market, because the floodgates would open again. Even if I eventually live in a nice leafy suburb away from the schemes and estates, I would not vote to return, out off solidarity for those that are expected to endure the filthy social bedlam of the EUs creation.
Let’s not forget that we have a certain fraction of the Labour party to thank for enabling Brexit. I think their Leader lives somewhere in North London
This is on a need to know basis and we know, because we need to know…..
https://i.imgur.com/GNkqXFB.jpg
In all the time arguing with family, friends and otherwise, I never once heard a coherent reason why it was a good idea.
By far, most responses were based upon pure emotion and a shitload of ignorance.
A memorable example:
Me : “Why are you voting to leave?”
“To stop all these fucking p*kis coming in.”
“You do realise that Pakistan isn’t in Europe?”
(Moment of thought)…”So fucking what!”
This, from a guy who later organised a curry at a local restaurant that had been prosecuted three times for “employing” illegal immigrants.
You can’t make up the stupidity of some people.
I think anyone who voted remain would’ve seen this coming. Surprise meter is at 0.
Softy censors at work. When you can’t tell the right wing bigots what they are then they flourish. Britain will continue like this because the right are bigoted and the left are weak.
failure implies it was going to go better than what is has been which wasn’t the case it was always going to be this shit