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The British economy has lost out - and sucking up to Trump will only get Starmer so far (news.sky.com)

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I found this interesting. It's mainly about how Brexit has introduced extra red tape when dealing with Europe. The article says how the EU is the UK's largest trading partner, with the value of trade being over double that of the next largest trading partner: the USA.

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The days of freedom of movement for people, goods, and services between the UK and its neighbours are long gone.

The British economy has lost out and British citizens and businesses suffer from greater bureaucratic botheration.

Nor has immigration into the UK gone down since leaving the EU. The numbers have actually gone up, with people from Commonwealth countries, including India, Pakistan and Nigeria, more than compensating for EU citizens who used to come and go.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Dark money is involved with pushing the UK away from Europe, if Farage gets in during the next GE we're fucked as a nation. Try and talk to everyone you know to (especially at a GE) convince them to not vote reform, they wont solve anything and are far worse than the alternatives. I can see the Union breaking up if we go down that path as well. (Id get a Scottish passport anyways so not much complaining from me but alas its still not ideal).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I’d break up the Union if that happened and I’m English. How about the People’s Republic of Yorkshire (there are more of us than Scots or Irish - I checked)?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah... As a Midlander, bring back Mercia too.

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