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0 pointsraverbashing5y ago0 comments

Well they got what Boris/Tory wanted. "Freeish" trade (more like facilitated trade, not free and outside the customs union - which, to be fair, is markedly better than No Deal)

- The City of London risks losing clearance/passporting rights

- The Ireland/Northern Ireland issues are on fire again

- Yes they got control of "immigration" (that they always had) and to the shock of some UK retirees in Spain that is reciprocal

- Anyone that exports/imports from the EU (especially more regulated stuff like food, etc) is having to work around the bureaucracy (which shouldn't have surprised anyone that knows a bit about how exports/imports work) https://www.politico.eu/article/a-brexit-lesson-eus-benefits...

- I've been seeing more job offers from the UK listed as remote (hah so you mean no more EU developers in place without visas? Good luck then)

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sgt1015y ago

The Northern Irish issue is largely due to the failure of the police and the NI executive to police this event.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-53275733

hlag5y ago

That may all be true, but the EU has not been beneficial for the middle and working classes. It exists to drive down wages, import cheap labor, facilitate business transactions and drive up the stock market.

So I guess the voters thought it couldn't get any worse. Perhaps people will be able to afford a house again in 20 years.

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