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Polling you're wrong [0] The "Not join" lead from 2020 has vanished and replaced with a "rejoin" lead, about a 5 point swing over the last 2 years. As to the

Polling you're wrong [0] The "Not join" lead from 2020 has vanished and replaced with a "rejoin" lead, about a 5 point swing over the last 2 years. As to the effects, you clearly haven't tried to ship anything between the UK and the mainland, even with the controls still not in place [3]. "LSE finds one-third decline in trading relationships under Boris Johnson’s deal – which has hit small firms hardest" [1] Even Rees-Mogg agrees brexit red tape is a disaster [2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_the_United_Kingdom_rejoining_the_European_Union_(2020%E2%80%93present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_the_United_... [1] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-red-tape-exports-lse-b2065540.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-red-ta... [2] https://twitter.com/ITVNewsPolitics/status/1519691770736558081 https://twitter.com/ITVNewsPolitics/status/15196917707365580... [3] https://www.cityam.com/uk-delays-checks-brexit-checks-on-eu-imports-for-a-third-time/ https://www.cityam.com/uk-delays-checks-brexit-checks-on-eu-...

skippyboxedhero 5y ago
Which varies based on what question is asked. Yes, I have. What am I supposed to have noticed? I used to work in equity research, I still follow companies that trade in Europe...have seen no mention of Brexit yet, it just doesn't appear to have been a significant event. If I had something to say about it, I would be able tell you...but it just wasn't a big event. By "brexit red tape", you should clarify: regulations that weren't brought in and so have had no impact. I don't think anyone would deny that food and drink hasn't been impacted (inevitable, the EU has a strange xenophobia about "foreign" food...that seems to respect arbitrary political demarcations) but even in fresh, it has been surprisingly limited. Companies that failed to prepare suffered...but such is life, companies that failed to prepare for the global rise in freight costs have also suffered.
- iso1631 4y ago
  You clearly haven't had to move goods between europe and the UK then. Or had to queue up in Kent.
native_samples 5y ago
Most of that red tape isn't actually created by the UK, it's created by the EU because "we'll impose lots of red tape and strangle your businesses" is their primary, number one argument for why countries should be in the EU instead of outside it. Most of those rules could be disappeared tomorrow if the EU was genuinely in favour of reduced bureaucracy. One thing you quickly realize if you study the issues in depth enough is that it really isn't in favour of that. Their entire mentality is that red tape is bad if it's not the EU's and good if it is. That's not the path to increased cooperation.
- iso1631 4y ago
  No it's not, it's the same type of red tape the UK has selling goods and services to the US, or Japan, or Australia, and that the UK imposes on goods and services bought from the US, Japan and Australia.

skippyboxedhero 5y ago

Which varies based on what question is asked. Yes, I have. What am I supposed to have noticed? I used to work in equity research, I still follow companies that trade in Europe...have seen no mention of Brexit yet, it just doesn't appear to have been a significant event. If I had something to say about it, I would be able tell you...but it just wasn't a big event. By "brexit red tape", you should clarify: regulations that weren't brought in and so have had no impact. I don't think anyone would deny that food and drink hasn't been impacted (inevitable, the EU has a strange xenophobia about "foreign" food...that seems to respect arbitrary political demarcations) but even in fresh, it has been surprisingly limited. Companies that failed to prepare suffered...but such is life, companies that failed to prepare for the global rise in freight costs have also suffered.

iso1631 4y ago
You clearly haven't had to move goods between europe and the UK then. Or had to queue up in Kent.

native_samples 5y ago

Most of that red tape isn't actually created by the UK, it's created by the EU because "we'll impose lots of red tape and strangle your businesses" is their primary, number one argument for why countries should be in the EU instead of outside it. Most of those rules could be disappeared tomorrow if the EU was genuinely in favour of reduced bureaucracy. One thing you quickly realize if you study the issues in depth enough is that it really isn't in favour of that. Their entire mentality is that red tape is bad if it's not the EU's and good if it is. That's not the path to increased cooperation.

iso1631 4y ago
No it's not, it's the same type of red tape the UK has selling goods and services to the US, or Japan, or Australia, and that the UK imposes on goods and services bought from the US, Japan and Australia.