On 23 June 2016, Geoffrey Betts, the managing director of a small office supplies business in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, had high hopes for his firm, and the British economy, when he voted for Brexit.
“I thought we would be like … ‘here we go, here we go. We are going to become the most competitive country in Europe and we are going to be encouraging business.’ Now I think: ‘What have we done?’”
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At least they are only second worst out of G20. Russia’s economy is doing worse than theirs.
“How could nobody warn us?”
Brexit bashing in the EU sub, who’d have thought it🙄 seems like it’s the EU doing all the crying.
Believe it or not, not having to obay a failed German Muppet and being incharge of our own affairs is more than worth the few teething years we’ll have.
Simply, the arguments against Brexit were as unbelievable as the arguments for, but people like optimism. And xenophobia.
Will the Guardian stop moaning about Brexit? It’s done and dusted and there’s no going back. Get over it.
Come back!
Economics isn’t everything. A loss of trade is a small price to pay for the political gains.
My sympathy levels are at 0.
If the Guardian says it then it must be true.
Yeah well all experts said this would be the future. Voters simply choose to ignore it al repeatedly.
They wanted isolation. they got isolation. nobody with a brain seriously thought Brexit was a good idea.
I thought they knew about the economic cost but wanted it anyway?
My faith in the general British public hasn’t recovered since. What this proved, really, is that most people are fucking stupid and shouldn’t be allowed to make generationally significant economic choices based on some misled emotions
At least they have control back xD
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The core issue it seems is that there’s both an element of sunk cost fallacy and that the pro Brexit camp is basically split between the more communitarian socially conservative economically left people who want to use this to level up and lower immigration vs the libertarian free traders who want to cut taxes and promote Global Britain. Most of the objectives in those two camps are not compatible (although some are) and it’s basically impossible two please both wings.
The good side is that they were the most anti European integration and since they are big, they could stop anything at will.
Now if they want to come back, we should end vetos and seriously reform the EU first.
Like any of the people that instigated this give a shit about whether or not it was a good idea. They got what they wanted – power and wealth, and whether or not this hurts the economy or the international standing of the country or the well-being of the people, not one of them cares. You’ve been had, Brits – get over it.
This is what happens when you let people to decide complex question which they are not qualified to answer. People decide by emotions and no by logic/economic facts.
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On 23 June 2016, Geoffrey Betts, the managing director of a small office supplies business in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, had high hopes for his firm, and the British economy, when he voted for Brexit.
“I thought we would be like … ‘here we go, here we go. We are going to become the most competitive country in Europe and we are going to be encouraging business.’ Now I think: ‘What have we done?’”
[deleted]
At least they are only second worst out of G20. Russia’s economy is doing worse than theirs.
“How could nobody warn us?”
Brexit bashing in the EU sub, who’d have thought it🙄 seems like it’s the EU doing all the crying.
Believe it or not, not having to obay a failed German Muppet and being incharge of our own affairs is more than worth the few teething years we’ll have.
Simply, the arguments against Brexit were as unbelievable as the arguments for, but people like optimism. And xenophobia.
Will the Guardian stop moaning about Brexit? It’s done and dusted and there’s no going back. Get over it.
Come back!
Economics isn’t everything. A loss of trade is a small price to pay for the political gains.
My sympathy levels are at 0.
If the Guardian says it then it must be true.
Yeah well all experts said this would be the future. Voters simply choose to ignore it al repeatedly.
They wanted isolation. they got isolation. nobody with a brain seriously thought Brexit was a good idea.
I thought they knew about the economic cost but wanted it anyway?
My faith in the general British public hasn’t recovered since. What this proved, really, is that most people are fucking stupid and shouldn’t be allowed to make generationally significant economic choices based on some misled emotions
At least they have control back xD
/S
The core issue it seems is that there’s both an element of sunk cost fallacy and that the pro Brexit camp is basically split between the more communitarian socially conservative economically left people who want to use this to level up and lower immigration vs the libertarian free traders who want to cut taxes and promote Global Britain. Most of the objectives in those two camps are not compatible (although some are) and it’s basically impossible two please both wings.
The good side is that they were the most anti European integration and since they are big, they could stop anything at will.
Now if they want to come back, we should end vetos and seriously reform the EU first.
Like any of the people that instigated this give a shit about whether or not it was a good idea. They got what they wanted – power and wealth, and whether or not this hurts the economy or the international standing of the country or the well-being of the people, not one of them cares. You’ve been had, Brits – get over it.
This is what happens when you let people to decide complex question which they are not qualified to answer. People decide by emotions and no by logic/economic facts.