Brexit - was it worth it? (Vol. 4)

Well, for me, a European company paid my mortgage and fed my kids pre-brexit. They then moved their offices back to the EU in 2019 and we were all made redundant.

I moved into a role in Financial Services the City of London. Sure it has its own energy and is somewhat by playing a global role but its clear there has been a lot of investment and roles headed to New York, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam at the expense of London and UK.

It does concern me that Brexit was a stepping stone for deregulation of the country, we now hear of Freeports, SEZ and charter cities, being set up as purely commercial concerns yet subsidised by low tax and cheap acquisition of public assets with low levels of regulation or oversight. The government wants to leave the European Court of Human Rights, wealthy corporations and individuals seem to be free to profit at the expense of the country and its people. With so much of the country's utilities and services in private hands, the washing of public money and it moving offshore seems frightening.

Apologies for the rather pessimistic view, but this does seem to me the purpose of Brexit, and this is how the current and future govt (including Labour who seem committed to the Freeport initiatives too) will want to make it work.

I’m not defending our Government, fact is I have on many occasions stated my disappointment at the lack of progress Government have made thus far. My expecting you to know that is obviously misplaced, despite my ongoing and frequent posting on the subject.
I don’t think that there is much point in engaging with you as you obviously just grab random sentences which are unrelated to facts.
As I have always said, it will be 10 years before we start to really see brexit benefits, unfortunately Global events interrupted and they’re for it maybe a few years have to be added.

Or this is just a measure of the anti-brexit message across social media platforms.

They might change their tune if they are told what it might cost and what those costs might mean to them/their families

https://youtu.be/ixljWVyPby0?si=MnxzgMskhhDJq2zu

M.

‘Shirley’ it was a funny joke 24 years ago, I prefer the film ‘Blazing Saddles’ and always now associate the farty camp fire scene as part of an imaginary EU negotiation round.
Childish I know.

Brilliant. The old ones are the best.

People who lived through that time as teenagers or adults each will have different stories from the era. Some good / some bad, as always a mixed bag of good fortune or plain bad luck.
My favourite film during my lifetime is ‘The Great Escape’ a 1963 film. The courageous and resourceful men who refused to be penned in. The film title has a certain resonance to it Although ‘Blazing Saddles’ runs it close, a 1974 film.
Modern drama, I am a fan of ‘Peaky Blinders’.

Apologies for being off topic.

EasyJet?

I thought they’d gone bust when they along with other airlines were going to be grounded because of Brexit.

Nissan left Sunderland at least 15 times & miraculously came back, Airbus along with BMW & Rolls Royce were leaving & Canary Wharf was going to be a nature reserve after everyone moved to Frankfurt.

The only constant in nearly 8 years is the share price in Kimberly Clark, with a major shareholder (4% apparently) living & working in the US.

That would be all the ones who could not be arsed to go and vote, if all the under 25s who could vote had voted stay we would still be members.