Who could have predicted Brexit would cost UK businesses 37 billion pounds a year in lost revenue, plus this fun fact: “Earlier this week, The Independent revealed that Brexit had created a ‘mind-blowing’ two billion extra pieces of paperwork – enough to wrap around the world 15 times.” - ThreadSky

jilldlawrence.bsky.social • 16 days ago

Who could have predicted Brexit would cost UK businesses 37 billion pounds a year in lost revenue, plus this fun fact: “Earlier this week, The Independent revealed that Brexit had created a ‘mind-blowing’ two billion extra pieces of paperwork – enough to wrap around the world 15 times.”

Reposted from Peter Stefanovic

Ministers have pledged to “tear down” barriers to trade with the European Union after new figures showed Brexit has cost UK business a staggering £37bn a year
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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stevenmatheson.bsky.social•16 days ago

Hey America! We better wake the F up or this is gonna happen to us too.

gwynnephd.bsky.social•16 days ago

Too late. Already happening. Tourism is the first big drop.

We’ll manage to lose money on the World Cup at this rate (and I would stay the eff away if I could, too).

youdou.bsky.social•15 days ago

🖐️

And the US tariffs will do the same thing here.

ldrberi.bsky.social•16 days ago

I’m going to go out in a limb here….was it you? Did you predict it? I feel like maybe you did predict it.

jilldlawrence.bsky.social•16 days ago

I was actually there the summer before the vote and figured Brexit succeeding was about as likely as Trump succeeding. Haha. We got this flyer at the award-winning Stroud farmer's market. I definitely should have gone to that debate.
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10153519916457073&set=pcb.10153519921937073

czarreed.bsky.social•16 days ago

I have an idea: what if there was some sort of open trade zone that Britain and the rest of Europe could form? That might help UK businesses…

vtmoderate.bsky.social•16 days ago

Never forget that it was the conservatives that were pushing for Brexit. Their ideology does so much damage.

buetter.bsky.social•16 days ago

Looks like the “second-tier Canadian politician” was right. ✨
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-mark-carneys-dire-brexit-warnings-earn-the-wrath-of-british/

jshack.bsky.social•16 days ago

No surprise. Carney is a first rate political economist.

doncomer.bsky.social•16 days ago

Brexit is a complete disaster. Who designed it? Trump?

gwynnephd.bsky.social•16 days ago

Everyone who thought about it?

lucasaurelius.bsky.social•16 days ago

I don’t think I, as an American, can ever say anything about the stupidity of Brexit ever again.

elidelajandro.bsky.social•16 days ago

Me. Nearly caused a brawl in a meeting of the NI parliament because I asked some very obvious questions.

scareyrobin.bsky.social•16 days ago

Meanwhile in the US, the admin is saying “Hold my beer and watch this!”

toireasaoflinn.bsky.social•16 days ago

The UK has only be hit by Brexit. It is lucky. They could have been hit by Elon & Trump.

nordicson59n.bsky.social•16 days ago

Christ the USA had the UK blue print for a F Up and still elected a total clown.

rationalpear.bsky.social•16 days ago

Putin. that’s who knew it would weaken the UK. that’s why he did it.

auntvee.bsky.social•16 days ago

Backed by drumpf, just like tariffs.

dropdea.bsky.social•16 days ago

Just like dumbasses in the U.S. who blindly bought into the populist lie, so too we have them having done so even earlier in the UK.

woodydelano.bsky.social•16 days ago

Who? Just about every economist and individual who can do basic math.

jilldlawrence.bsky.social•16 days ago

It was sarcasm…

woodydelano.bsky.social•16 days ago

I was being sarcastic also…

camofarc.bsky.social•16 days ago

Brexit was extreme right-wing nationalism run amok. And like here, right-wing propaganda duped voters.

hensk.bsky.social•16 days ago

Who would have thunk. We Americans seem to be trying to outdo our British friends however.

itsallgreektome.bsky.social•16 days ago

In a game of 'tag, you're it' the US MAGA & trump regime one ups the UK step on the rake blunder with DOGE.

myskhin.bsky.social•16 days ago

Give them a Mulligan. The EU and NATO needs as much solidarity as it can get now that the US as become an adversary. Add Canada to the EU as well.

karateflop.bsky.social•16 days ago

Maybe it's time to come back and join the union?

halimalinda.bsky.social•16 days ago

I am not educated on such matters, yet even I thought going through with Brexit was a bad idea. The fear-mongering in that "campaign" was enough to tell me that it was a bad idea.

globalnomaddc.bsky.social•16 days ago

We told you so !

gwynethm.bsky.social•16 days ago

REJOIN

rhadsall.bsky.social•16 days ago

Why not just, you know, rejoin?

kdjs-1.bsky.social•16 days ago

not to be outdone -
the US will surpass that level of damage with ease under the Trump/Musk/Republican regime 👿☠️

ldrberi.bsky.social•16 days ago

Oh, hell, the predicted losses for crippling the IRS is $500 billlion on the regular.

stardrake1957.bsky.social•16 days ago

I remember that when I heard that Brexit had won, it was the first time I realized that Drumph could win. Because if that many basically sensible people like the Brits could fall for that, we crazy Yanks were toast....