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Inflation (in general, not food inflation specifically) in the UK is worse than in, say, Germany and France. The reasons for that are specific to the UK, and th
by smarnach 4y ago
Inflation (in general, not food inflation specifically) in the UK is worse than in, say, Germany and France. The reasons for that are specific to the UK, and they do include Brexit. I think it's not myopic to point that out. We shouldn't give a free pass to people who have wreaked economic havoc to the UK just because there are some geopolitical factors that happen to wreak even worse havoc at the same time.
- dukeyukey 4y agoAbsolutely not. But Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Czechia, all have comparable or worse inflation. Brexit was and continues to be a shit show, but the UK isn't uniquely in trouble here.
- pharmakom 4y agoQuestion isn’t how Brexit UK compares to other countries, question is how it compared to hypothetical UK without Brexit. The government is spending a lot of money keeping inflation down through the energy price cap.