UK Brexit - The UK referendum on leaving the EU - Pt 2: Johnson's Folly

[peetoo]

Can't help but think opportunities were missed here.
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If this was still the days of medeaval warfare, I’ll wage it would be this lady leading the troops not Charlie boy

 

[Malifice]

A clear majority of the British public now believes Brexit has been bad for the UK economy, has driven up prices in shops, and has hampered government attempts to control immigration, according to a landmark poll by Opinium to mark the third anniversary of the UK fully leaving the EU single market and customs unions.

MSN

Just one in 10 people (10%) believe leaving the EU has helped their personal financial situation, against 35% who say it has been bad for their finances, while just 9% say it has been good for the NHS against 47% who say it has had a negative effect [while] ...only 7% of people think leaving the EU has helped keep down prices in UK shops, against 63% who think Brexit has been a factor in fuelling inflation and the cost of living crisis.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Lol. Well strike me down with a feather!

Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll

Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just 9% say it has benefited the NHS, despite £350m a week pledge

www.theguardian.com

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Lol. Well strike me down with a feather!

Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll

Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just 9% say it has benefited the NHS, despite £350m a week pledge

www.theguardian.com

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Boris Johson and Firage lol.

 

[mcgrath_truther]

Lol. Well strike me down with a feather!

Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll

Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just 9% say it has benefited the NHS, despite £350m a week pledge

www.theguardian.com

this is a shocker!

 

[DaTBird187]

Lol. Well strike me down with a feather!

Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll

Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just 9% say it has benefited the NHS, despite £350m a week pledge

www.theguardian.com

 

[kranky al]

Quelle surprise…

 

[peetoo]

The vision the leavers were selling was pixie dust

Oh but the EU ruined our vision with reality. What a surprise

 

[E Shed]

I know these days populists can turn anything into a culture war if they think they can grift off it or get elected but with big issues like climate change, gun laws in the US or gambling reform there is always big money behind the scenes with politicians in their pocket to make sure they get their way, abetted by the likes of Murdoch to convince stupid people a leopard won't bite their face off but what was actually in it for the money behind Brexit?

Narcissistic buffoons like Boris and Trump will say and do literally anything regardless of the consequences to the planet or humanity in general if it means they get the big chair and everyone kissing their ass 24/7 and the lickspittles in the media will lie about anything if the hand that feeds them tells them too but other than creating a gigantic culture war who was making bank with Brexit?

 

[Aussie in exile]

The little Englanders who voted for brexit will see the UK suffer for years

 

[Ballarat Bob]

I know these days populists can turn anything into a culture war if they think they can grift off it or get elected but with big issues like climate change, gun laws in the US or gambling reform there is always big money behind the scenes with politicians in their pocket to make sure they get their way, abetted by the likes of Murdoch to convince stupid people a leopard won't bite their face off but what was actually in it for the money behind Brexit?

Narcissistic buffoons like Boris and Trump will say and do literally anything regardless of the consequences to the planet or humanity in general if it means they get the big chair and everyone kissing their ass 24/7 and the lickspittles in the media will lie about anything if the hand that feeds them tells them too but other than creating a gigantic culture war who was making bank with Brexit?

There was lots of talk about how the UK would become a economic powerhouse when freed from the shackles of the EU. Big trade deals , free ports , becoming the Singapore of Europe etc. Probably thought the money would flow from there.
I honestly just think they started believing their own rhetoric without the slightest idea on how these policies were going to be implemented.
Even more stupid is that there is still conservatives that think Johnson should be reinstated as leader and Farage admitted to the conservative party.
Starmer is non committal on rejoining the EU which makes sense as a lot of the electorate don't need reminding how dumb their decision in the referendum has made them worse off.

 

[JackOutback]

I remember seeing a fairy refreshing analysis that demonstrated that while Brexit has obviously not been the success they thought it would be, it's not quite the unmitigated disaster others claim it is, that there are some positive metrics for the UK, some of the negatives are to be expected from disentangling, that the EU has its own struggles, that COVID (and now the cost of living crisis) made it hard to assess. Either way, they concluded the decision was made and it would be a bigger mess to try and rejoin at this point, everyone just has to move on and let things settle down for a bit.

 

[Malifice]

There was lots of talk about how the UK would become a economic powerhouse when freed from the shackles of the EU.

Yeah, because moving to a smaller domestic market, and leaving the much larger one, always is a great way to become an 'economic powerhouse'.

 

[mellowyellow]

Thanks alot brexitters for the s**t sandwich you delivered to an entire nation Its legacy may be generational and leave you all the poorer in standing and your place in the world

 

[Malifice]

Thanks alot brexitters for the s**t sandwich you delivered to an entire nation Its legacy may be generational and leave you all the poorer in standing and your place in the world

'May be' generational?

Its going to end with the dissolution of the Union, and an isolated England all on its own surrounded by the French, Germans, Irish and Scotts.

None of whom like the English very much.

To say the least.

 

[NSWCROW]

At least they stopped the boats !!.....

 

[Crankyhawk]

At least they stopped the boats !!.....

But makes it hard when want to leave by boat as the country falls apart.

 

[DaTBird187]

At least they stopped the boats !!.....

I'd say that making the U.K a completely undesirable destination for anyone wouldn't have been part of the plan. Emigration might be the next issue to fix.

 

[Cap]

There are some quotes from Brexit people that are just hilarious, it's almost like they didn't understand what a free market was.

 

[Aussie in exile]

The British public were lied to about the benefits of leaving the EU.

 

[Crankyhawk]

The British public were lied to about the benefits of leaving the EU.

Odd that everyone on bigfooty with one singular exception (no longer here) could see it at the time.

 

[Malifice]

Odd that everyone on bigfooty with one singular exception (no longer here) could see it at the time.

Youd have to be blind not to see it even if you were pro Brexit.

 

[QuietB]

Odd that everyone on bigfooty with one singular exception (no longer here) could see it at the time.

"That is such an ABC perspective"

 

[Gough]