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Brexit, by its very nature was always going to be damaging to the UK both financially and otherwise. But it really did not need to be this bad. The UK governm
by addicted 6y ago
Brexit, by its very nature was always going to be damaging to the UK both financially and otherwise.
But it really did not need to be this bad.
The UK government’s lack of acknowledgment of reality and absolutely no efforts to prepare for the impacts of Brexit or focus on the industries that actually matter as opposed to those that are just symbolic has made a much bigger mess than it ever needed to be.
- toyg 6y agoIt's the modern equivalent to the 70s/80s de-industrialization under Thatcher: maybe it had to be done, but the tories are needlessly bent on doing it in the harshest possible way - for reasons exclusively related to internal power struggles in their party. A generation will suffer for it, and the next one will again swear they'll never vote Conservative... until they make a bit of money, and then it's back to blue.
- t0mas88 6y agoWhat struck me as crazy was the focus on fishing rights. More than there are boats to actually do the fishing with, while there are so many more economically impact full topics left without a solution.
- ashtonkem 6y agoIt’s like coal mining in Kentucky and Pennsylvania; they’re more important to the region’s self image than they are to the region’s current economic reality. This sometimes creates silly circumstances where policy is aimed at a sector that’s fundamentally not that big, and hurts more people than it helps.