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  • hans_glib1

    can anyone give me one good thing that's come out of brexit? i can't think of anything

    ok so we have annoyed the french fisherman which i suppose will give some ukippers a hard on, but really is that it?

    i guess the paperpushing jobsworth bureaucrats will be really happy as they can now disallow goods in to or out of the country because some form or other is incorrectly filled out.

    but otherwise
    travel to europe is more difficult / expensive
    trade with europe is more difficult /expensive
    in fact most stuff is now more expensive or not available at all
    pesky immigrants coming over the channel in 3x the number
    etc etc

    where's the upside to all this?

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    • zilchfadein11
    • the fishing thing was always weaponised (sovereign waters etc.) but it's such a miniscule part of the puzzle lol, apart from the fishermen who voted for Brexitfadein11
    • and now regret their decision. Should've done their own research. 90% ish of our fishing is sold to EU lol, just absurd.fadein11
    • Wasn’t Brexit originally devised as sort of a political trick but then it backfired? I mean, was there ever a real expectation that it would be good?nb
    • obviously, it was mainly an attempt at appeasing a huge part of the conservative party, was never expected to backfire and it did terribly. Unfortunately wefadein11
    • had a Brexiteer in opposition at the time also.fadein11
    • i have no idea, that's why i'm asking. i see no upside at all, just worse.hans_glib
    • i'm trying to understand what sort of utopia brexiteers thought they were getting. i mean we can easily take the piss about blue passports and the glorious £hans_glib
    • but i don't believe that even the most stupid ukipper thought that was the end game. there must have been something elsehans_glib
    • relentless anti EU media and fake promises were strong, those people are dying out now, there may be hope in the future. But surely remain and reform was alwaysfadein11
    • the best option. Everyone knows the EU has problems, even the most staunch remainers.fadein11
    • The flood of turkish immigrants was a huge driver as well... utter nonsense, still makes me angry a bit lolfadein11
    • Depends how you define success. Out and free to act the cunt without the ECJ, ditching Human Rights Act, first tangible step in collapse of the EU is jackpotFax_Benson
    • for the brexit ultras.Fax_Benson
    • They were never bothered about trade deals or fishermen or the life chances of young people. More Fish! was easier to sell.Fax_Benson
    • yupfadein11
    • come on, look how fixed our cuntry is. We have control of borders as Priti Patel can now sink migrant boats. Also, Wetherspoon's is better nowIanbolton
    • A lot of people have shut up... as they have egg on face.shapesalad
    • I still find it absurd that our miniscule fishing industry is such a driver of political opinion when our main contribution to GDP is financial service andfadein11
    • money laundering.fadein11
    • and vape shops, why aren't people getting worked up over the now struggling vape shop sector. Bizarre.fadein11
    • Brexit folk when told that their lives would become worse after leaving the EU said they'd be fine with it. Because eventually, Britain would be ledge againPhanLo
    • Tax avoidance for the 1% now seems to be easier without those pesky EU rules.Chimp
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