The Detriments of Brexit | Leaving the EU is proving to be every bit as damaging as forecast – here is Yorkshire Bylines’ counterweight to the government’s ‘Benefits of Brexit’ propaganda.
The Detriments of Brexit | Leaving the EU is proving to be every bit as damaging as forecast – here is Yorkshire Bylines’ counterweight to the government’s ‘Benefits of Brexit’ propaganda.
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Looks like Yorkshire Bylines have put some serious work into this – 60 footnoted pages on our national act of self-harm covering 20 distinct areas, from food exports and energy security to national unity and international standing, where Brexit harmed Britain.
[Read the PDF here](https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/The-Detriments-of-Brexit-FINAL.pdf).
From their linked article:
> At the end of January this year the government released its [‘Benefits of Brexit‘](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1054643/benefits-of-brexit.pdf) document setting out “how the UK is taking advantage of leaving the EU”. At Yorkshire Bylines, where we maintain a catalogue of Brexit damage called “[Davis Downside Dossier](https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/regular-features/the-davis-downside-dossier/)”, it seemed to us the government document was unbalanced, since it contained none of the many downsides that we have documented . . .
> So, to balance things, we decided to produce our own ‘[Detriments of Brexit](https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/The-Detriments-of-Brexit-FINAL.pdf)‘ [PDF] to set out the other side of the ledger: how leaving the EU is damaging Britain in so many ways. This was remarkably easy since we had the Davis Dossier to work from, with literally hundreds of genuine examples of the numerous (and still growing) downsides to Brexit.
> The document is intended to be a serious work (although it contains a spoof foreword by an implausibly contrite prime minister) with links to dozens of articles and reports detailing the practical impact of the wrecking ball that Brexit is sending through the British economy.
> We have tried to give the Detriments of Brexit document the look, style and ‘feel’ of the original government effort.
> Download it as a pdf [HERE](https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/The-Detriments-of-Brexit-FINAL.pdf).
Notice they don’t put any of the detriments in the actual article, instead you have to download it. And I’m not convinced by the photo either. I’ve yet to see one empty row like that in any of the supermarkets I shop in
This is a ton of detailed information. We are miles behind with Brexit and the EU isn’t giving an inch. We now have to foot all our increased bills. I can’t fathom why people thought Brexit wouldn’t cause any problems. Hopefully change their opinion be-furlong.
Number 1043 in the ‘Everything we don’t like is because of Brexit’ series.
About half a century ago at school we were taught that the value of GDP reflected the “strength” of an economy. Is there anyone still teaching this?
Time for a new vote yet ???
OK, so Brexit is a total disaster for every aspect of life in Britain. But we plucky Brits told those Euro-pigs where to go, didn’t we? Didn’t we…?