What impact is Brexit having on importing food? | LBC

A report has found that new post-Brexit UK border checks coming into force later this month will cost British businesses £2bn and fuel higher inflation.
With less than a month before the introduction of new checks on animal and plant products from 30 April, the insurer Allianz Trade said the controls agreed under Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal could add 10% to import costs over the first year.
Callers Daniel and Encina tell James O’Brien about their experiences highlighting the impact of Brexit on the food industry.
00:17 - Caller Daniel says the latest charges will cost his company £100,000
06:03 - Caller Encina disputes the idea of growing food in the UK
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[@zdspider6778]

An island nation, entirely dependent on imports, voting to bring back import taxes. Brilliant.

[@zdspider6778]

@@Bonzman I'm sorry, but that's just wrong. Any non-EU country in Europe gets extra fees for imports, to the point where A LOT of stores won't even bother shipping to those countries. Because returning them would cost them money.

[@kalamar1986]

@@Bonzman import taxes in single market ? don't think so

[@Bob-nc5hz]

It's even better than that, it's an island nation which hates eating what they can fish. That's why they massively export their catches (mackerel, shellfish) to import cod.

[@Bonzman]

@@kalamar1986 Please don't tell me I'm wrong, my wife helped set up the system, why do you think items bought in one country were priced different in another EU country. If a single market existed every tax for the whole EU should have been the same. There really is not educating some people.

[@corydorastube]

@@Bonzman "Please don't tell me I'm wrong" You are wrong. You cannot even spell.

[@xagiles]

A single benefit? Europe no longer has to put up with UK.

[@rogerphelps9939]

It really is not all of the UK, only the @Faragists who managed to con 51% of the elecvtorate into voting against their best interests.

[@notrut]

What did EU27 do with the £42,000,000+ they took out of our UK back pocket every day ...??

[@porcupineinapettingzoo]

​​@@notrutDon't you mean front pocket since EU budgets needed agreement. Now that saving has cost the UK 5% of its economy so far, in what way are the EU 27 missing it?

[@CanMav]

Blue passports and a crown on pint glasses...

[@PauloBarreto15041964]

Hey big thinker... uk it's in europe. Europe it's a region in the world wich one you are included.

[@danstobbart4406]

Brexit benefit... It made EU stronger.. once they saw our disaster the 'leave' parties in France .Italy and Netherlands shut up.😂

[@watchyahead2]

As sad as it sounds, but i have to agree.

[@gizrat]

Yeah, personally, that was the turning point for me to feel European on the same level as feeling Dutch.

[@mr.nobody1081]

it was a well orchestrated sacrifice to motivate the rest of us to get in line and do as we are told, stay strong Britain! dont let the WEF sacrifice you on their alter of popular oppinion.

[@Morkhard]

Not only stronger : You are forgetting how UK has always been the princess of the EU, complaining non stop about everything. So of course EU is better now. Eurocracy go faster since the Brexit AND bounds are stronger since the Brexit. Almost no one is speaking about leaving any more. Not only the Brexit but also the Covid and Ukraine.

[@okbutthenagain.9402]

@@Morkhard And isn't it funny how the Uk complained and the EU laughed. Only now 90% of what the UK moaned about is a big problem in the EU...China trade, Immigration, illegals, crime..Just to name a few, yeah the UK behaved like a princess according to you...Thing is THEY WERE RIGHT!!!!

[@wavydavy9816]

One benefit was that my Mum came home. From Spain, where she lived for the last 20 years. After she voted to leave the EU. And that really only benefits the Spanish (as they no longer have to put up with her racism).

[@fatimateresa19]

Many retired british residents in Spain left, and they voted Brexit 😂. But for every retired British that left , many British in their 30,s came to Spain because they can not afford a house in UK and they don’t like the how things are at the moment.

[@andreasoberg2021]

Lol

[@okbutthenagain.9402]

Naw hard to believe! Think your lying!

[@brycedery9596]

lol

[@Sobchak2]

@@okbutthenagain.9402 now try to say that in English

[@hikedeco9749]

The UK voted economic sanctions of itself

[@krusher74]

The major drawback of uneducated democracy

[@andresguerrero3347]

but they are a strong and independent island now 😂

[@flaviopinto8283]

@@andresguerrero3347week an independent you mean

[@ronthered138]

I read a comment on another channel today that seems apropos. "Do y'all remember, before the internet, that people thought the cause of stupidity was the lack of access to information? Yeah. It wasn't that."

[@OneWey2Go]

The exposure to misinformation also accompanied our expanded access to information

[@Crawver]

It's always been an unwillingness to engage with information provided. Either simply ignoring what they are given, or not engaging genuinely critically and believing whatever they want. Bit of a case of you can take a horse to water.

[@aries4378]

OMG, this is both sad and funny because it's true.

[@LesterBrunt]

Bro it is so depressive. I remember when google became reliable, it was such a relief, you had a question, a problem, you could just google it and read some info about it. Nowadays people are too lazy to even read 500 words, if it doesn’t fit in a tiktok video it is tldr.

[@pesmerga182]

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Winston Churchill

[@hg82met]

I believe Gove had said "we've had enough of experts" and millions of voters agreed with him and voted for this sh*tshow.

[@JoseFrancisco-yp2hv]

All Brexit voters must be super delighted paying more for what could be cheaper in oder to keep the borders working , a new industry has been increased boder officials more jobs and more visas to Asian Countries... win win for the common people Higher prices and more take aways and curry houses !!!

[@chatham43]

@hg82 But a successful Brexit would have been disastrous for Jimbos LBC show and it's ratings. Did you think about that?😊

[@JoseFrancisco-yp2hv]

@chatham43 jimbos at LBC would have other topics to talk about, probably and most likely the scams during covid and the millions diverted to Conservative associates ,donors, and Lordship hey!!!

[@lordtumbleweed4817]

Liz Truss-"hold my beer"

[@pallascat1743]

Yeah there is a weird streak of anti-intellectualism in British society that the Tories like to whip up while they have benefitted greatly from their exclusive education.

[@SnowdoniaSkies]

I honestly can't believe how easily the public were duped into voting leave, unreal.

[@Coelacanth1]

The power of media and politicians as celebrity.

[@SnowdoniaSkies]

@@Coelacanth1 Correct. And unfortunately, those who didn't have much now have even less. Well done if you voted leave.

[@patrickporter1864]

Splendid imperial isolation without an empire.

[@shafx1987]

You shouldn't really be surprised. Just look at the state of us British public and then see the state of the politicians that pushed this. Residents in the UK were WILLING to be duped...

[@chatham43]

@Snowdonia But you weren't so you can hold your head high!

[@prrrakrrra]

And now the people who voted for Brexit want us to Vote Reform which was formally known as Brexit party. Is there an end to their stupidity?

[@ba9atman]

Short answer? No.

[@chatham43]

@prrr And yours has only just started!

[@jaxcoss5790]

​@@chatham43Yours started quite a few years ago. Seek help immediately. 😂😂😂

[@neilstapleton30]

Stupidity knows no ends! It knows nothing!

[@MrEvans1]

At least its not Tories all over again no?

[@grahamf695]

There is one important benefit of BREXIT. It is now blindingly obvious that our Tory and Reform Party politicians have created a terrible mess. They can’t blame the EU anymore, because they persuaded us to leave it. I always knew it would end in tears.

[@IMBlakeley]

The only thing I was surprised by is just how long it took for the wheels to come off.

[@Iazzaboyce]

Well yes, but not everyone lives in the comment section of anti-Brexit KZbin videos. Meanwhile in the *real* world people don't think about Brexit as it happened years ago.

[@jasonpetrise]

Now they blame the boat people 🙄

[@sandfordmerlin]

But they are still blaming the EU.. 😆 he nasty EU are getting their revenge you know 😏

[@jacquesmolders30]

They can not blame the EU anymore for their shortcoming. Eu was the black sheep responsible of all evils, undemocratic, unconcerned, bureaucratic, slaggish on immigration and located far away in Brussels. UK has become a sovereign fool conducted by unscrupulous and irresponsible politicians who fiddled with the British patriotic string. Disgusting and the unthinkable is that they will not be held responsible for the misery inflicted on the country. Wake up Britain !

[@robertwilkes2105]

My Brexit benefit was I left Britain for France 7 years ago and will never return to live on that miserable island.

[@bob23301]

I envy you, and my only hope to escape this is when Scotland vote to leave this enforced union, and next time there will be no threat of EU expulsion to use as a weapon against the leave vote.

[@Silverfirefly1]

Same, but 8 years and Spain. I still go back for one week per year due to aging family, and it's getting uncanny there - the people there think they're living, no wonder they hate everyone.

[@Brrunoc1]

Very minor benefit but on Stena line you can get 2 liters of Gin for €25 duty free.

[@geoffw8565]

@@Silverfirefly1 How very caring of you to pop back just for one week a year to see aging family ?

[@Silverfirefly1]

@@geoffw8565 Is this sarcasm? It appears to end in a question. What would you like to know?

[@rymixxx]

Give this first caller his own show! Terrifically articulate and succinct and passionate and accurate. A pleasure to be educated by..

[@user-dx9kt2bv7j]

No need to overstate the obvious, particularly when the majority of people with their feet firmly on the ground agree that it was a sham

[@passerau]

Well, if losing 100,000 GBP doesn't do it, I don't know what will 🤷

[@HowDeepIsYourJesus]

I didn't support Brexit during the referendum but now that it's happened I'm actually quite happy with the results. The British public deserve this, just like they deserve the consequences of voting for the Tories for 15 years on the trot.

[@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922]

Scotland never...time for Scotland to leave England to their bankrupt councils sewage pouring in to England's rivers and seas to collapsing schools and hospitals with raac

[@colinsixhitter3303]

I enjoy the tears of the farmers and fishermen while listening to the gammons crying about pesky immigrants. I do note however the desire to get our democracy back has ended as we all watch the little democracy we had being dismantled. Seems like I got over it, they won and still have not.

[@readingfcdec]

most Britains didn't vote the tories. Only 44% of voters voted johnson in

[@dub604]

@@readingfcdec Johnson got 29% of the electorate to vote for him (13.9 million)... Your 44% number is cuckoo (with due respect).

[@garyjohnson..]

​@@colinsixhitter3303The Farmer are over the moon in Europe with the EU plans..arnt they .

[@czgibson3086]

Only a few million of us predicted this.

[@adhiwicaksono6149]

@@massivehero4871 bro yapping as if his words will contribute toward ending the recession (it won't)

[@Blessing100]

I'm one of the few

[@ChrisSmith-mu1we]

@@massivehero4871But didn’t you vote to retake control of borders and immigration?

[@jeanjacqueslundi3502]

Queue in dystopian scene of London with "in the court of the crimson king" in the background.

[@HuplesCat]

The single benefit is easy. It meant that the very rich in the uk did not have to disclose off shore earnings or accounts. It is also the only reason it was forced on to the uk

[@EddieDrayton]

Yes, very true and the REAL reason for this mess!

[@funkaholic1972]

Sounds plausible, but I haven't looked into this yet myself.

[@devilselbow]

They weren't forced, they voted for it.

[@HuplesCat]

@@devilselbow no. Forced. When Russian money and a Press that is not free pushes it then it forces the vote against the way it would have gone if reality and truth were debated.

[@rachelsnee8926]

@@devilselbow who's 'they'? The majority of the citizens of the UK (who were at the time also citizens of the EU) did NOT vote for it, and those who did had no idea what they were voting for as 'leave' was not defined in any meaningful way (as compared to the Scottish independence referendum, where there was a 900+ page document detailing exactly what was going to happen re laws, taxes, health service, etc) They were fed lies and manipulated - which I guess you could argue is not 'forcing' them, but they clearly didn't have the ability to make a reasoned choice based on the facts.

[@peteharper3299]

"The last time I checked there were no oranges growing in Manchester." 😂❤

[@benwu7980]

With the way the climate is going, by the time Brexit makes sense to me, they could be grown there. (joking, it will never make sense to me) James was fast on that reply about agricultural workers, which is closely related to the real reason Brexit got passed. Rising prices on a variety of fresh food, in particular fruits, leads to a decline in a healthy diet for anyone that can't afford to go to farmers markets or the equivalent of Whole Foods. The logical progression from that is further strain on healthcare. There would have been a significant number of Brextiteers in that category, yet voted against there own best interest and are now blaming everyone but themselves.

[@krusher74]

maybe thing will shift so it a back to only eat whats domestically farmed? But think if the UK is cut off from imports there is about 1 week of food on the island.

[@xanderjames8682]

As a mancunian i can say they are pretty thin on the ground😂

[@laurencea9005]

Even eggs for the English breakfast were coming from EU countries.

[@beardedbloke2521]

The Daily Mail has a lot to answer for.....

[@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922]

So does the express the sun in fact all English media is propaganda I know I'm a scot

[@okaynext4148]

daily mail isnt in change of EU tariffs which used to be considered an act of war

[@joeduffy3309]

They are still publishing gammon baiting articles, just yesterday a big headline "Britain is worlds fourth biggest exporter", and it predictably sent the brexiters into their usual "winning" dross, clearly not a single one of them actually read or researched the claims. As per usual

[@icarus877]

Oh, we have become the 4th largest exporter in the World - moving up from 7th. I thought post Brexit no one was going to buy anything from us?

[@tobos8909]

​@@okaynext4148So the EU is at war with every single country that isn't part of the trading bloc. Ok

[@robertbose990]

There is an economic price to pay for our xenophobia.

[@chatham43]

@robert Before you indulge in using long words..find out what they mean first😊

[@dimitrius-r5sgamingchannel388]

​@@chatham43What makes you sure op doesn't know what they mean? Please enlightenment me, oh unwise one! ;)

[@chatham43]

@Demetrius....Well if he does that would make him even more of a twerp...I was just giving him the benefit of the doubt..sort of person I am....which I'm sure you can now appreciate.😊

[@MsHarpsychord]

​@chatham43 can you stop talking in riddles and make an honest statement tks

[@davidgreen6490]

​​@@chatham43 Dont worry pal the left blame everything on the phobias and the isms, its the only argument they have..

[@snap-n-shoot]

The whole premise of Brexit was basically based on " Keep that lot out of the country" with no thought as to what would happen to the economy. I heard so many say "Nothing will change"..."We are the UK we do not need the EU or anyone else"... "we can manufacture and grow our own"...it was crazy.

[@geertstroy]

More evil , you were feasting on the coveted demise of all Others but your micro bubble.

[@SuperDirk1965]

What is actually mind boggling is that they succeeded in making people believe that. I guess many people in the U.K. still think they're at the center of the universe.

[@alonzo_go]

that's what happens when the population is not taught that you don't have an empre anymore.

[@italianspiderman5012]

@@SuperDirk1965fun fact: 10% of Americans believe that earth is in fact, flat. People, generally are not very smart.

[@Fuzkin]

"they are stealing our jobs" they said. Now you have illegal immigrants that do nothing.

[@DeepFriedDave]

I live in Germany and used to buy a lot of things from the UK. Now i rarely do because its just a huge hassle and sometimes items get stuck in customs for weeks and weeks

[@MicroageHD]

Yup, same here. It's extremely annoying

[@warpedweft9004]

well who caused that then? Wouldn't happen to be EU policies that are holding them up as punishment would it?

[@DeepFriedDave]

@@warpedweft9004 lol as punishment? You dont have any idea how international trade, customs, tariffs, etc works do you? Which is why you probably voted for brexit.

[@warpedweft9004]

@@DeepFriedDave wrong, on all counts. If something is stuck in customs, its due to the policies and tax systems of the country that owns the systems. You just don't want to see the reality. The EU is upset because the UK left, they refused all attempts at making trade agreements and now they are making it very difficult for anyone in the EU to trade with the UK. In other words, they continue to be bullies. I think you're the one who can't see, because you're part of the EU. I am neither British nor European, do not live in an EU copuntry or UK, nor did I have a vote. I have no particular axe to grind so I can see it how it really is without any prejudice. Clearly you can't.

[@hammurabii.3173]

@@DeepFriedDave In conclusion. Yes they don't know how international trade, customs and tariffs work. What an incredible entitled and distorted worldview.

[@Dadgrammer]

As 🇵🇱pole that use to live in UK before brexit, i need to thanks British people for this decision, in other hands I would never came back and admire Poland more than uk.

[@relaxedtriathlon7095]

Poland is a great country as well - greetings from Germany Neighbour. I was in London a few weeks ago and it feld a little sad that those people don‘t believe in the european vision anymore. But thats as it is. Hope every european vountry will find its peace however.

[@MiguelAngel-wf3bv]

Poland is q great country for sure👍👍👍

[@kcl5309]

Nigel Farage should be arrested and imprisoned.

[@matthewbaynham6286]

That would be fantastic.

[@TheInternetFan]

too much wasted effort. You're better off making it work, as much as you can. Clearly Brexit was going to have economic consequences. What's the point of opening a can of worms now? (fyi, I live in Italy)

[@rolon-will3362]

@@TheInternetFanYes, let’s make Nigel’s magic beans work 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 😢

[@teej143]

@@TheInternetFan umm.. accountability? to deter future farages?

[@DawnyDarko]

Odious chancer and opportunist millionaire. Def not the working class bloke down the pub

[@davidmcintyre8145]

There are many benefits to brexit but all of them are for the EU with the main one being that the EU no longer has to put up with the continually and unendingly whining,complaining and obstructive UK or rather England anymore

[@T0NYD1CK]

Not so: Daily Mail, Nov 2023: Brexit has NOT damaged UK trade with the EU despite dire warnings from Remainers as exports of goods and services continued to rise after the UK left the single market, report argues. The Telegraph: Brexit has boosted UK wages, say economists. GB News: Dire UK trade predictions rubbished by new report as Eurosceptics hail Britain as "powerhouse of Europe." CityA.M., June 2023: London seals European finance investment crown every year since Brexit. Bloomberg, December 2013: The UK will be Europe's best-performing major economy in the next 15 years, narrowing the gap with Germany and extending its lead over France, according to new long-run forecasts. Express, October 2023: Bank of England boss finally admits "Project Fear" Brexit warnings were all wrong. GB News: Brexiteers PROVED RIGHT! UK surpasses France and Germany in economic growth. ============================= Charles-Henri Gallois said: In almost every economic field, the UK is doing better than France and the Eurozone. It it's a disaster in the UK then it's the Apocolypse in the Eurozone. You are quite astoundingly intellectually dishonest. The British are suffering economic difficulties like the entire continent, but the United Kingdom's ills have little to do with Brexit. Unemployment Rate    UK 4.2% - FR 7.3% Employment Rate:     UK 75.8% - FR 68.3% Inflation:           UK 4.2% - FR 4.1% Mfg Index:           UK 107 - FR 100 Construction Ind     UK 119 - FR 103 Source: OCDE/Eurostat/ONS Current European Corporate Stress Rankings (higher is worse): Germany: 14.8% Benelux: 12.4% Ireland: 12.3% Spain: 11.5% Nordics: 11% Italy: 10.1% UK: 9.8% France: 8.0%

[@peterrabbitn787]

Well plus before a lot of countries wanted to leave. This quickly changed after that

[@jeffj6997]

It is so tragic… growing up as a young French man, I spent every summer in England, and loved every moment of it! The people, the culture, their sense of humor, their music….. it pains me so much that they left the EU and to see how their economy is now hurting… as an island nation they had access to the greatest market to trade with. .. during the Brexit campaign they were lied to by populist politicians, more importantly they were told they had nothing in common with the other EU countries … well, we did have something fundamental in common ….. we all stand for democratic values and open societies. I realize Brussels is far from perfect and needs to change… but what a loss Brexit has been… my best wishes to the British people!

[@adelucas5472]

Hi Jeff I’ve no idea how it happened! All my friends and colleagues were against it , all I can do is apologies on behalf of our idiot politicians , peace and goodwill to our French and European friends ❤

[@person8203]

you can still visit the UK, it hasn’t sailed away. UK still has access to the EU market. Most of the world does fine without being in the EU. The UK economy is doing better than most in the EU, including France and Germany. Don't listen to the brexit hating populists, they tend to over-exaggerate

[@ThomasKing19933]

Voting for Brexit was one of the worst mistakes I've ever made.

[@robandrews8047]

At least you have guts to admit it, many don’t

[@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311]

Don't believe it, these clowns blame everything on Brexit which is BS. Did you know we've just overtaken France and Japan to be the world's 4th biggest exporter? You're never going to hear it on this channel.

[@ThomasKing19933]

​@@robandrews8047 No. I was a coward for voting for it in the first place.

[@icarus877]

Oh, we have become the 4th largest exporter in the World - moving up from 7th. I thought post Brexit no one was going to buy anything from us?

[@T0NYD1CK]

I see the UK has moved up to fourth position in the exporter's league table beating Japan and France. We would probably have beaten the US and China if only we had remained in the EU!

[@michaelquinn3382]

“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” ― Mark Twain

[@kaksinggoh3153]

Ironically, EU got the benefits, not UK. Though some UK billionaires have benefitted from Brexit. Brexit have unexpectedly strengthened the EU, and no more complications created by UK and no more exemptions needed for UK. EU can now focus on new internal reforms etc.

[@sadjaxx]

UK politicians and their mates have stolen millions. Corruption and fraud are rampant but no one goes to jail. No one is even arrested, except the innocent.

[@desiv1170]

As an American, I think the biggest benefit is that before Brexit, people were looking at what had been (and is still) happening in the US and talking about how bad it was and how no other developed free country would do those things... After Brexit, we can now say "Have you heard about Brexit?"... Misery loves company...

[@MantisEnergy]

JRM told us we'd see benefits by 2066, so try growing your own beans until then

[@V4Now]

How about Potatoes? 🥔

[@MantisEnergy]

@@V4Now Now we're talking

[@icarus877]

Oh, we have become the 4th largest exporter in the World - moving up from 7th. I thought post Brexit no one was going to buy anything from us?

[@Chri5toph]

@@icarus877does your statistic include energy exports? That’s probably the reason why.

[@edwardlook970]

⁠@@icarus877 according to Statista we’re behind Belgium who is 12th. We can all pick statistics to suit our narrative.

[@johng.1703]

there are tons of benefits of Brexit, tax evasion, money laundering, deregulation, profiteering, etc

[@chatham43]

@john Which certainly didn't exist whilst we were in the EU. Excellent point!

[@johng.1703]

@@chatham43 yes many of them did exist, but were set to come under EU purview the year we left, but had been known about since the campaign to leave.

[@stephenhall9251]

Totally right here. But these benefits to the mega wealthy can never be acknowledged 😩

[@kagang8959]

Live in Spain. Recently ordered some sweeteners on Amazon. Company was stated to be in Netherlands. Next thing I know they are wrapped up in customs in Madrid as they were coming from the UK. Took it up with Amazon that if I knew they were coming from the UK wouldn´t have ordered them in the first place. Full refund so no problem at my end, but someone in the UK suffered the cost of shipping them and then getting them back vs the gain of actually selling them. Just another micro example of Brexit goodness.

[@triloization]

Same for me, whenever I accidentally order something from UK I have to go to tax and customs, because there is something not taxed correctly. I started sending the stuff from UK back because of it. I am sorry, I avoid buying from UK now and most people I know too.

[@Blackadder75]

@@triloization Dutch here, bought 2 jigsaw puzzles from the UK as a gift, all went fine and fast, no extra costs or delays. Non food items can be OK to buy it seems

[@InnocentiusLacrimosa]

@@Blackadder75 Nah, sometimes the customs that miss checking up on imported goods and you get them through without a declaration and payment. Same happens at times when you order from China. You can get "lucky".

[@rkan2]

​@@InnocentiusLacrimosaAll major webshops should have you their IOSS number which should make the importing easy. Also that should be done automatically, especially with Amazon... I am curious what actually happened.

[@warpedweft9004]

@@triloization and the problem with your customs is who's problem? Who actually manages your customs, tax and import policies - your government or the British government? Exactly, so who's fault is it again?

[@danmayberry1185]

So his costs to fill the shelves with yoghurt go up £100k .. guess who pays?

[@kevonslims7269]

The average UK shopper.

[@yeahyeahblah]

Until we the shoppers can't afford it anymore and then Daniel's company (among other importers) are going to be in big trouble.

[@stephenmurray2851]

Yes but wages should also go up after we reduce low wage immigrants. So it'll balance out

[@ljt3084]

@@stephenmurray2851 What? Do you mean the immigrants that aren't, working, just sitting in hotels. Or the seasonal farm workers. How are farms going to increase wages to seasonal workers when farmers outgoings have just increased due to Brexit fees?

[@stephenmurray2851]

@@ljt3084 Charge more.

[@raypickles537]

Mystic Mogg said as soon as we leave the EU it will mean cheaper food, clothing and footwear

[@johnrussell3961]

The £ fell by 20% , so instead imports cost 20% more.

[@user-sd3ik9rt6d]

Cheaper means the UK manufacturers of those products get less money.

[@user-ol6rd7pl5t]

It has for his family, he's personally benefited over £3 million from brexit.

[@mattyb1607]

For himself, by percentage of personal wealth

[@joeduffy3309]

He then changed his mind saying it would take 50 years to see the benefits, just kicking that old can down the road a little bit

[@davidmcculloch8490]

The brexit cult members are easily recognisable: they use the word "remoaner" without realising it actually has proven to mean a realist.

[@chatham43]

@david Does that mean you're going to stop moaning or you're going to continue to moan? You're not being very clear.

[@j.4332]

No,i now say"rejoiner",as we have left,so its not about "remaining" anymore.

[@davidmcculloch8490]

@@j.4332 Indeed. Yet many Brexiters still use the outdated word. Clinging on to their failed fantasy?

[@davidmcculloch8490]

@@chatham43 "Moaning!" The only ones left in this state are the Brexit apologists. I simply differentiate fact from fiction.

[@hg82met]

"not realising" anything is kinda their forte, really.

[@Leo-bl5ix]

Never in GB history has a political party so spectacularly blown the feet off a nation and claimed it as victory !

[@woodencreatures]

We are the thickest people on this planet

[@BSinNYC]

Oh sweetie, if you ever feel this way again, just watch a video of a Trump rally in the US. You’ll feel smart again. If you want to feel like a genius, watch interviews of his supporters. They make your brexiters look like Einstein. Great Britain has overcome much worse; I have faith you’ll overcome this too.

[@arbjful]

@@BSinNYCare you crazy, overcome how, by adding Great to Britain. Just Stay in whatever country you are in…

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@wooden And you are here to confirm that!

[@allip4226]

@@massivehero4871Literally parroting the lies and half-truths in the Daily Mail article and you accuse others of being thick? Hilarious. 😂

[@olearyma57]

@@massivehero4871 Ye Ye Ye way less than half that of Germany. Now look at this Ireland Exports 2023 $209,609.4M pop 5 milliom UK exports 2023 $468,055.3M so tiny Ireland withs its tiny population exports slightly less than half that of UK pop 67m with 13x the population. NO AMOUNT OF EXPORTING WILL MAKE YOU A WINNER. Ireland Trade balance as % of GDP 10.90% (large surplus 2023) UK Trade balance as % of GDP -7.25% (large deficite 2023). HAVE A LOOK NEXT DOOR AT A WINNER and adress he correct metrics.

[@user-nj1qu1cs7s]

It's showing the Scots that independence is the best future for us.

[@westvirginiaglutenfreepepp7006]

All the best to you 👏 from the US

[@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311]

There'd have to be a massive cut in spending for Scotland to go independent without suffering a bond crisis like what destroyed Greece.

[@lynnm6413]

You wouldn‘t be able to join the EU on your own, your numbers don‘t fulfill the requirements

[@johnsheehan7770]

If their was a referendum. The English public would of got rid of the Scots long long ago. The SNP really helped you get independence didn't they. Talk about corruption, laughable.

[@barnem108]

Quick every one move to Scotland😂

[@davefave4351]

The only Brexit benefit I've found is that the Brexiteers, being extremely vocal, have stuck their heads above the parapet and I now know who to avoid, to despise, to ignore... I haven't spoken to a former best friend of over 35 years, best man at my wedding and I at his, for over 6 years because of Brexit...

[@johnshull2454]

I hope you brothers get past it. Life is to short not to have things like I really F’d up take friendship away. That is F’d up not to fix it.

[@goodyan4453]

A great friend you are

[@CarlBland-tn1jo]

U two r very sad then

[@davefave4351]

@@CarlBland-tn1jo Sorry if my intolerance of racism offends you...

[@aryaastark9201]

Love it. Better to stick with your morals then be around somebody who'd intentionally vote your country into poverty.

[@ANTheWhizkid]

From outside the UK it was making the appearance as if your government was often very quick at pointing fingers towards the EU for self induced problems. It was heartbreaking to see so many people on your streets being for the brexit. It feels like we lost a dear family member and that’s really sad.

[@michaosiecki4419]

however at least now we can enjoy looking at them paying the price everyone told will have to be paid

[@Cherrytune386]

🤬 Whoever originally instigated Brexit should be in prison!!!

[@Arltratlo]

they are on an island, its a bigger prison!

[@robinwaters2455]

Farage

[@Alfadrottning86]

That would take responsibility and accountability from those that voted for it. One person suggested and promoted something very bad .. but millions were convinced it was a great idea - and even MORE millions were willing to vote for a government that would go for the hardest Brexit with absolutely no plan. When it comes to "who is responsible", i am afraid - it is almost every 2nd person in your country as just a little less than half of you people voted Tory in 2019 - the kind of point of no return.Had you voted Labour, you might at least have mitigated the worst of it - even if Labour had not been willing to reverse the ADVISORY referendum.

[@santinogazi]

Uncle Nigel farage

[@arbjful]

Farage obviously and Cameron

[@samdavies6325]

Something something sovereignty

[@kevonslims7269]

Why are you afraid of freedom?

[@vonsauerkraut]

What freedoms do you have now you Did Not before?

[@rossdavison6526]

​@@kevonslims7269🤣 That's the best one this week 👏

[@edwardbernthal160]

@@kevonslims7269 so you think you have freedom, from what exactly?

[@happyapple4269]

What you got against it?

[@jamesey]

as someone in the EU, a great benefit has been fewer loud, obnoxious, & destructive tourists.

[@david-pb4bi]

More chance of catching Bigfoot than finding a Brexit benefit.

[@garethjenkins6273]

Plenty of Brexit benefits. Blue passports, bendy bananas, plus no more Eurocrats being able to stop our water companies from dumping our British faeces in our British rivers, or to force our wonderful, hardworking bankers to pay tax on their obscene bonuses.

[@simost2566]

And just like Bigfoot the myth persists

[@agustinsoriano4627]

🤣🤣🤣

[@T0NYD1CK]

I see the UK is the world's fourth largest exporter after China, the US and Germany.

[@david-pb4bi]

@@T0NYD1CK That’s a myth. It’s not even in top twenty, but it is the fourth largest importer. Don’t you brexiteers get fed up getting everything wrong?

[@user-ol6rd7pl5t]

As a remainer part of me wishes that all this was happening to another country so I could smugly claim "we told you so" but the fact that it's all happening to our own people sort of takes the shine off it.

[@AlexGys9]

I feel your pain. Can you imagine what the Europeans are feeling when they are looking at the UK? Yet, I haven't been treated any different during my trip to the Continent last year.

[@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922]

England has no sympathy from Scotland who voted remain

[@icarus877]

Oh, we have become the 4th largest exporter in the World - moving up from 7th. I thought post Brexit no one was going to buy anything from us? Unfortunately the countries in the EU are worse off than us so I think you have your answer. The main issue we have is the price of energy if that came down we could well make it to 3rd largest exporter in the world.

[@user-ol6rd7pl5t]

@@icarus877 You are a fantasist.

[@lynnm6413]

@@icarus877 Germany has been a major exporter for decades, but if export isn’t equal to import, there is always gonna be trouble

[@charismahornum-fries691]

The company my husband works for in Denmark has stopped business with the UK post Brexit. The administration costed 2 full-time jobs. It wasn't worth the hassle or extensive time it took. The exception to it is if the UK company does all the administration themselves. Otherwise it's too expensive.

[@saveandinvestwithgiorgiolo8375]

@@massivehero4871 Nonsense. Brexit Britain is the only G7 country where living standards are below pre-pandemic levels. On a GDP PPP basis the UK is now below the EU average although inflation is well above the EU average. If you look closely at immigration figures there is a net outflow of people from the EU which is telling you Brexit Britain is on the way down. The immigrants going to the UK are from very poor countries like India/Pakistan/Nigeria and they bring in more dependants as birth rates in these countries are far higher than countries like Poland. This is why there are more immigrants in the UK than ever before. Taxes are at record high in the Uk and the health system has collapsed. The Finacial Services thankfully for the Ul are still very strong in London which voted to remain.

[@Neil-qg9cw]

​@massivehero4871 Wasn't Brexit supposed to reduce immigration? Funny how it's soared upwards isn't it? Time to reckon with the truth that you were lied to and were incredibly gullible in believing obvious lies.

[@paulmiller7671]

@@massivehero4871 you just made all that up, didn't you?

[@rok1475]

@@massivehero4871you are saying it’s a beautiful sunny day to people looking out the window and seeing rain pouring from cloudy sky… Are you a conservative politician?

[@mikeydread62]

@@massivehero4871From the British Chamber of Commerce: On the chained volumes measure, which removes the effects of inflation, Overall, UK goods exports fell by 2.2% (£0.5bn) in January compared to December. Goods exports to non-EU countries fell by 4.3% (£0.6bn) but this was offset by goods exports to the EU - which increased by just under £0.1bn. Hardly a sunny picture

[@garybarrett4881]

As an Irish man I am utterly bewildered at what is going on in England: why aren’t people screaming for politicians to reverse course?! Even when the house is burning down around them, everyone - even Labour - are saying they’ll somehow (how???) muddle through Brexit even though it’s now an obvious disaster. Why is there still no move to reverse it? I can’t understand why people are putting up with this nonsense. What’s going on?

[@keadinmode2070]

You can't just reverse it at this stage. The UK has left the EU, they'd have to rejoin it somehow. There's no way that's going to happen anytime soon, that's decades away at best, and they'd rejoin without the special perks they had before, making it a harder sell to the public. What they could do is a special treaty like Norway or Switzerland, but that was already on the table during the exit negotiations and the UK said no to that. They didn't want to be rule takers. I just don't see any way this could be undone. The UK has made its bed, it'll have to sleep in it for the time being.

[@Findair]

I'm agree with @keadinmode2070. Even if the people rammed the politicians to reverse the brexit, the europe wont allow it. Like an ex who divorced, expecting a brighter future without see the overall benefits, but now want to return.

[@forestmanzpedia]

I don't think Brussels want to negotiate with UK to re-enter the EU any time soon since they are most likely fed up with the incompetence of British politics.

[@hefeydd_]

So somebody on KZbin feeds mentioned that since we left the EU we are worse off now since the end of the 2nd World War and this person said that we are better off since post-Brexit and I disagreed with them. They tried to be smart and came back with an answer and I said it wouldn't matter what analytical data and figures I gave you, it wouldn't change your perspective on Brexit and you know that and so do I. This person was a Brexiter and fro. The way he spoke will likely vote for Reform UK in the General Election. There was no getting through to this person regardless of what I said and I wasn't going to waste my time talking to somebody who is adamant that Brexit has made a difference to the UK when it hasn't. Not a single part of Brexit has benefitted anybody in the UK and anybody who believes that it has is an idiot.

[@capricorn1970i]

Some rich people got richer. And water companies were allowed to poison UK waters with sewage. And some other "benefits" we all know about ... *irony off*

[@matthewtrow5698]

The sheer madness of this, expressed in these two sentences from a Guardian article quote: "Joël Reland, a research associate at UK in a Changing Europe, said: “The UK is living next door to a regulatory behemoth, which it cannot afford to ignore. Even after Brexit, the EU remains the UK’s chief export market, so British businesses have little choice but to conform with new EU regulations. “The main difference is that now the UK government has no means of influencing EU policy decisions from the inside.” First point, the idea of being free of EU regulations is proven to be a nonsense. Second point is the gun shooting the other foot. Not only will businesses be forced to meet EU policy decisions for exports into the EU and imports from the EU, the UK no longer has any say in these matters.

[@susannehartl3067]

That is precisely what I am preaching for years.

[@chatham43]

@matthew....so you're the one keeping it afloat?😊

[@kerstin3267]

I remember th Norwegian Prime Minister pointing out exactly this before Brexit. It's not like it came as a surprise.

[@eliciabonnie]

But they said they would sell outside of the EU, because Europe wasn't the only market... Sorry just remembering the BS I read during those years SMH

[@markuslang1869]

The EU won all of the negotiations 100:0 which was not expected by the dumb Brexiteers

[@johnrussell3961]

Boris said he had cunning olan. Delay talks to the last minute and the EU will concede It was Boris who conceded.

[@sweetwilliam4199]

​​@@johnrussell3961 Yes and D Davis announced that idea publically. He did not realise his opposite numbers spoke better English than he. He also failed to realise that the EU treats a member better than an outsider. Brexit is a disaster from start to finish.

[@hammurabii.3173]

I am still baffled how any business owners managed to trick their brain into voting for a brexit. Like the UK has zero leverage when it comes to deals with the EU, how did they think it would turn out alright?

[@sweetwilliam4199]

@@hammurabii.3173 Exceptionalism and we Brits are 'special'. We used to have an empire don't ya know.

[@sweetwilliam4199]

There was no win about it The Brexies did not have a leg to stand on.

[@DuttyMoonshine]

I'll never forgive Brexit voters

[@jacekkangaroo4402]

you are wrong... you will appreciate that in the next years... leaving the union of socialist european republics was the best idea even if you need to pay more in shops everyday, it is a very low price, you will understand it later... you have never been occupied by the union of soviet socialist republics so you can not see that USER is the same like USSR, central control, directives, censorship, thought-crime, political correctness, lack of freedom of speech an more...

[@antoniolima1068]

@@jacekkangaroo4402 and you are insane, we have the highest social perks of humanity as a collective, in your utopia only the wealthy will have it.

[@jacekkangaroo4402]

@@antoniolima1068 it is you who lives in the utopia, you will meet the reality soon and will not be happy

[@romankacin8365]

A cautionary tale for the rest of Europe.

[@StanleyKubick1]

they promised £350m increase weekly to the NHS

[@notmyname4261]

And the fools beleived them lol

[@chatham43]

@StanleyKubrick Which nobody believed...apart from you apparently.😊

[@mustrumridcully3853]

@@massivehero4871 The problem with your comments are that while £500 million may be going "into" Health Care - the vast bulk of it is now going to PRIVATE Providers! Who have shareholders. It ISNT going to the NHS. Stop lying and actually be honest.

[@Mishima505]

@@chatham43so you admit it was a lie from the start? Well sadly for the Brexiters, making a blatantly untrue statement in any election is a criminal offence and the bus alone is enough evidence for them to be prosecuted.

[@Ron-uq2hg]

To anyone who believed that. I have a bridge for sale in London right beside the Tower.

[@dietwald]

Englishers have to stand in line with all the other non-EU citizens when entering the EU. THAT is a very satisfying benefit to everyone else :)

[@ba9atman]

Standing in the Non-EU Citizens Passport Control line at Malaga Airport last week, and watching the EU Citizens breeze past in their line; it was hilarious listening to some of idiots in our line complaining that they were being punished for Brexit. I suppose it indicates the I.Q. of the average 'leave' voter. 🙄

[@Hermessio]

"The UK government came along and did something that adds millions to your costs"... NO, it was the UK electors who did it. And now they have a taste of the medicine they decided to take.

[@maxwild1212]

No. This is not accurate. The referendum you are (presumably) referring to was an advisory referendum, with no legal weight behind it. The government were under no obligation to do this. They actively chose not only to implement it, but to implement an unnecessarily extreme version of it.

[@carthy29]

Benefits of brexit is that the City of London can keep its offshore tax status in Jersey etc away from the EU - to me that was the reason for brexit

[@Maverick21491]

Yeah who cares about the poor plebs that dont have the money to evade tax eh ?

[@Alakablam]

Meanwhile over in the EU, the netherlands and ireland route is still going strong..

[@carthy29]

@@Alakablam they are paying taxes ireland and holland - Jersey is paying zero, thats why the city of london left the EU, to protect the zero from the EU, its so obvious

[@ryandudley3616]

The hoity toity voted for it to get richer, but the small print reads: it will be built on the backs of the working class

[@incognito96]

Still waiting for Farage to sort the fishing rights out!!

[@T0NYD1CK]

We should have opted for a "No-deal Brexit" and then we would have got the fishing rights back straightaway. Credit where credit is due, Theresa May worked very hard to keep us beholden to the EU for as long as possible.

[@colinsmith1288]

Does he even know what a fish is.

[@johnrussell3961]

Gove went to Denmark and asked for a nation to nation deal . They asked, do you know how the EU works? There is no such thing as a nation to nation deal . If the UK wants fish Danish herring, its needs to remain in the common fisheries policy. Which it appears we have.

[@jaks4164]

You are waiting for Farage??? This man have makes and done the Brexit. He was the evil in the EU. PLEASE BELIEVE IN FAIRY TALES!!!

[@jnorth9431]

@@colinsmith1288is he isn’t one, lol

[@stenzky]

The ironic thing is that most brexit voters are senior citizens who are suffering the most from the resulting economic downturn

[@Ayeshteni]

There you go, a Brexit benefit! These people are closer to the grave...

[@VRDejaVu]

Suffering the most, for now, but by the least amount of time. The generation that is now on their 20s will suffer it the longest, and eventually the most too.

[@ghetto4na]

We are a UK-based company that sells Swiss products, and you have no idea how this political move has damaged our business. Absolute idiocracy.

[@chatham43]

@ghetto But you're not are you?

[@wout123100]

get out then.

[@warpedweft9004]

You clearly don't have any idea, or care a toss, about how the UK joining the EU severely affected their other trading partners, such as Australia and New Zealand. What goes around comes around, I'm afraid.

[@steffighter144]

Switzerland is not in the EU. So nothing changed?

[@davidbaxter8575]

If only Brexit just effected those who voted for it. They'd soon change their minds. The only thing I've disagreed with James about this whole time is the question of whether those who voted for Brexit are to blame for the inevitable consequences. Personally I have absolutely no sympathy at all for anyone who voted for Brexit. I would never class myself as the cleverest person out there. I have average intelligence. But I objectively sought out the truth of what Brexit meant. People who voted for Brexit sought only anything that backed up their faux-patriotic (actually nationalistic) view of the UK. The "they need us more than we need them" arrogance. The "we can tell them what to do", when talking about signing free trade deals. The craziness of the "taking control of our borders" rhetoric. When the very obvious point about any border is that it's two-way and therefore one nation can never be solely in control of it. Brexit was delusional, arrogant and egotistical. It came from a superiority complex we've had since we had an empire. The simple fact about Ress-Mogg, Johnson, Truss and Farage is that they don't care about you. Wake up and accept that and you'll be able to see the truth. Don't and you'll vote Reform and be in the same delusional situation in 1,2,3, 5, 10 years time

[@robinhood4640]

One benefit of Brexit is that KZbin channels can make loads of videos about it's failure.

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@robinhood And that all those idiots who voted Brexit will never return to Labour!

[@JohnnyinMN]

And loads of money.

[@mbolton]

Brussels expansionists keep using the made up word "Brexit" which is a term that represents a pathway to UK independence. Are you saying that independence for any country is a mistake?

[@jordanledoux197]

Yeah, I mean, I find these videos highly entertaining here in the US. Helps me forget about the absolute failure of OUR politics for a few minutes.

[@jal051]

@@jordanledoux197 That weird magnetism trainwrecks have on us

[@markcarter7933]

Anyone listening to that interview must realise that as that gent stated, Brexit is a 'Disaster' for the UK, with NO BENEFIT!! Let's hope that within the next 5-10yrs we'll rejoin the largest trade bloc on the planet, which just happens to be right next door!!

[@chatham43]

@mark.....aren't we there yet Mummy..?😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kwanchan6745]

why not join BRICS ?

[@aadamaadam4102]

Start a new Party

[@Bayard1503]

@@kwanchan6745 So ally with Russia that is an enemy of NATO and China that's about to be?

[@ricdark]

Brexit was and is a colossal success. Jacob Rees Mogg has never been richer, in fact he might even be half as rich as he feels entitled to be

[@customerservices7888]

Vote Lib Dem and let’s get back into the EU…

[@Aussiemarco]

I voted Remain but I personally have my own benefit of Brexit. I work as Cabin Crew for a low cost airline, and part of my pay is commission from onboard sales. Pre-Brexit, we could only sell duty free spirits and cigarettes/tobacco on flights outside the EU (Switzerland, Turkey, Egypt and the Carnaries), which worked out at 1 day every 2 or 3 months for myself. Post Brexit, we can sell these products on all flights outside the UK. So pretty much every work day, all day. My pay has now soared by up to £500 a month, post Brexit. And our customers save hundreds on these products coming to and from Spain, for example. Ironically, the UK treasury is missing out on a huge amount with this - but the airline, our customers and the crew are financially benefiting vastly.

[@Roger_Smith]

They let you sell cigarettes on the flight itself? I assume it's still not allowed to smoke onboard the plane

[@Aussiemarco]

Yes, we sell cheap cigarettes and tobacco on the flights. In fact we’re encouraged to sell as much as we can to maximise revenue and our pay. And you’re right, no smoking onboard, it’s for use when the passengers leave the airport.

[@michaelkinsey4649]

One benefit? A nice blue passport with the UK badge on the front. Whoopee Doo. Are they still made in France? Oh and their price is up 16% in two years. Remind me what the Govt claim the level of inflation to be.....?

[@T0NYD1CK]

Have a few more benefits, apart from the ;latest export figures, of course: Daily Mail, Nov 2023: Brexit has NOT damaged UK trade with the EU despite dire warnings from Remainers as exports of goods and services continued to rise after the UK left the single market, report argues. The Telegraph: Brexit has boosted UK wages, say economists. GB News: Dire UK trade predictions rubbished by new report as Eurosceptics hail Britain as "powerhouse of Europe." CityA.M., June 2023: London seals European finance investment crown every year since Brexit. Bloomberg, December 2013: The UK will be Europe's best-performing major economy in the next 15 years, narrowing the gap with Germany and extending its lead over France, according to new long-run forecasts. Express, October 2023: Bank of England boss finally admits "Project Fear" Brexit warnings were all wrong. GB News: Brexiteers PROVED RIGHT! UK surpasses France and Germany in economic growth. ============================= Charles-Henri Gallois said: In almost every economic field, the UK is doing better than France and the Eurozone. It it's a disaster in the UK then it's the Apocolypse in the Eurozone. You are quite astoundingly intellectually dishonest. The British are suffering economic difficulties like the entire continent, but the United Kingdom's ills have little to do with Brexit. Unemployment Rate    UK 4.2% - FR 7.3% Employment Rate:     UK 75.8% - FR 68.3% Inflation:           UK 4.2% - FR 4.1% Mfg Index:           UK 107 - FR 100 Construction Ind     UK 119 - FR 103 Source: OCDE/Eurostat/ONS Current European Corporate Stress Rankings (higher is worse): Germany: 14.8% Benelux: 12.4% Ireland: 12.3% Spain: 11.5% Nordics: 11% Italy: 10.1% UK: 9.8% France: 8.0%

[@AlexGys9]

Blue passports, designed in France, printed in Poland on paper made in the Netherlands from German trees 😀 I haven't figured out how these were transported from Poland to the UK but I highly doubt it was by a British company.

[@arbjful]

What was wrong with the maroon color

[@davesy6969]

​@@arbjfulMargaret Thatcher chose the maroon colour, ironically to show support for Europe.

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@michael And where did this inflation come from? Absolutely nowhere!😊

[@bernarddodd9788]

Brexit: the biggest political con in history. And all the main players, "nothing to do with me mate." So much harm has been manifested, economically and the overall national psyche. Appalling.

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@bernard Could have been worse for you. It could have been a success.

[@andrebraga3839]

Yeah yeah, it's not like the neighbour are also happy and économic are fine either, stop looking only your individual, UK isn't the only one It's the all eu that mentaly down

[@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337]

It’s downhill all the way for England and as Starmer is no better, England is doomed. . Scotland and Wales should secceed and N Ireland should reunify with Ireland asap!

[@sadjaxx]

Nah, Wales just LOVES Brexit. Look at the voting.

[@equaliser2265]

Get out of the UK now whilst you can, if your young get out.

[@chatham43]

@equaliser And if your crossing on boats trying to escape the EU tyranny...turn back before it's too late!

[@forlatagate1]

A day's wage will buy you a loaf of bread, this is inevitable 🍰

[@vonsauerkraut]

Let them eat cake 🍰

[@icarus877]

Indeed the world wide inflation that occurred as a result of Covid and oil price increases due to pressure put the producers by the eco loons has meant inflation. It is not related to Brexit - if so the EU countries would not be suffering as well as us. You lot talk utter drivel all the time.

[@MrBlaxjax]

Bread is cheaper in the uk than most eu countries so not realistic.

[@damianleah6744]

Project fear they bleated.

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

As companies profit margins reduce, so the less is the revenue the government collects in taxes. We are looking at a most monstrous recession which is purely self-inflicted.

[@johnrussell3961]

Reducing the tax take through bonkers policies started in 2010.

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

@@johnrussell3961 I John. Yes! That is also very true, thank you, John. What I'm trying to point to is yet another further exacerbation of depleted state revenue, if you see what I mean?

[@andrewwalker3312]

One of the best benefits of brexit is that it's knackered the Tory party

[@Human_Herbivore]

Everyone should clearly have known that this would be the case. But above all politicians, who knew that the regulations for third countries would kick in because the UK was central to their creation, should be utterly ashamed of themselves for not making an absolute din about it.

[@mrbearbear83]

Yes but this is what they wanted

[@icarus877]

Oh, we have become the 4th largest exporter in the World - moving up from 7th. I thought post Brexit no one was going to buy anything from us? Unfortunately the countries in the EU are worse off than us so I think you have your answer. The main issue we have is the price of energy if that came down we could well make it to 3rd largest exporter in the world.

[@Human_Herbivore]

@@icarus877 the discussion is about importing.

[@lynnm6413]

@@icarus877 The UK generally imports more than it exports meaning that it runs a trade deficit. A deficit of £187 billion on trade in goods was offset by a surplus of £153 billion on trade in services in 2023. The overall trade deficit was £33 billion in 2023.28

[@byzantium8851]

@@icarus877Icarus, flying too close to the sun has clearly damaged your brain. The German economy is still vastly more successful than ours. Are we still bigger than Austria, Slovakia and Belgium? Yes. But there may be a reason for that. I live in France for half the year. The French economy is not “poorer” and it is not facing import costs. Seriously, before you opine, do a little research.

[@akosiamarillo]

That Boris wagging that fish complaining about EU red tape, yet he multiplied red tape x10 with his Brexit. 😅

[@johnrussell3961]

Red tape was the price of doing bussiness. Little different from giving bribes to Nigerians.

[@patriciahiggins9188]

It's what they wanted for the British people, a life of misery trapped in this ruined country

[@chatham43]

@patricia And that's why hundreds of thousands are desperately trying to get in? Stay off the sherry Pat!

[@geertstroy]

trapped in paradise speekin ing-lish...

[@DavidHeffron78]

I would love to meet Jacob Reece Mogg and explain my thoughts on Brexit. I have fistfuls of thoughts.

[@williammclaughlin497]

When will the UK wake up and change this self harming as it only going to get worse!

[@drunkensailor112]

How? Eu is a closed subject. Uk is a sinking ship.

[@ryanparker4996]

Joining the EU in the first place was self harm

[@ryanparker4996]

@@drunkensailor112 yeah and the EU is whats poked the holes in it.

[@Human_Herbivore]

If you were in charge in the EU of who can join, would you allow the UK back in?

[@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311]

Don't you realise the whole of the EU has the same cost of living and inflation problems?

[@user-gl5kj1fm5x]

i follow the goings on in Ukraine - one of the Russian propaganda misinformation statements that i saw sometime ago was that the UK was having to resort to eating squirrels i am beginning to think that's not so far of the mark

[@AlexGys9]

Nice one 😀

[@davesy6969]

You can afford squirrels?

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@user Let's hope you're proved right!

[@marmedli9124]

There actually delicious 😋

[@davesy6969]

Kentucky Fried Squirrel.

[@margaretsalasidis7529]

Keep it up James. Don’t take your foot off the accelerator!

[@itemushmush]

the only mild criticism is that he should have let the first caller talk more rather than talk over him, but agree with your point

[@dullyvampir83]

As a german my understanding of british sentiment is limited. I was lead to the understanding that it has to do with how history is taught in schools. That Britain was this glorious Empire a gift to the world. Is this still true? You can imagine in Germany it is quiet different.

[@maxcuthbert100]

I went to school in southern England in the 70s. Empire was not mentioned that I can remember !

[@stanpennycook5414]

Got rid of Cameron Bumbling Truss and soon Sunak and the conservitive party, got to look on the bright side .

[@andyfreeman2588]

Tories incompetent, if we get Labour, someone turn the lights out.

[@Ayeshteni]

...and bring in a Thatcherite Labour Party. Whoopy-doo.

[@pipoo1]

The worst part of this is that since Brexit the immigration system has totally collapsed in the UK with visas handed out like confetti for the most dubious of study and employment reasons, just not to EU residents though whom the Home Office seems to target with Windrush style gusto, meanwhile our neighbours in the EU, with whom we have real genuine social, political and economic relations have had the door slammed firmly shut even when doing so has inflicted massive harm on our economy and standard or living.

[@chatham43]

@pip Nice cut and paste..but putting all that nonsense to one side...what do you really think?

[@pipoo1]

@@chatham43 that is what I really think. Because it's the truth.

[@VRDejaVu]

@@chatham43 Gramps is going senile 🤣

[@tadeusz1]

Who was it who said "They need us more than we need them" ? Answers on a postcard please, but only from the Brexit lovers.

[@007floppyboy]

5% extra costs across the UK, but my business has been hit by a lot more. I used to import control systems for machines from the EU, now its simpler and cheaper to Import from America, even though its still takes a lot longer and costs more than before Brexit. So who gained, the Americans, certainly not the UK. And on some sensors, they are impossible to get, and thats stopping other UK business from operating.

[@itemushmush]

its funny that the whole idea was to get a FTA with the US. both parties, gop and dems, have flat out rejected it! ahahaha

[@rok1475]

It is not difficult to figure it out, just follow the money trail. The one and only reason for Brexit and the benefit of Brexit is the freedom from EU anti tax avoidance directive.

[@robbo8201]

Rees Mogs hedge fund benefitted greatly as they shorted the pound

[@followthefocusofficial]

Stopping illegal immigration would have been THE best reason but it required pulling out of the EHRC at the same time. If we had done that, Europe would cease to exist now as everybody would have seen the success and bolted.

[@allancurrie9472]

Most of this con government should be in prison along with the main reporters of the mainstream media especially the BBC, mail ,express etc

[@rowejon]

Ah, but can you now buy your champagne in pints?

[@gjingodjango]

Buying it in pints drinking it by the thimble full from now on

[@geertstroy]

Yes , wizz xe Kwien of Lunndun on ze glaz...it becums very ing-lish zet way..

[@markjackman1712]

Is this what 'getting control back' looks like? lol somebody give the steering wheel to somebody else cos the UK is not caipable of driving this s**t show...and we cant blame anyone else for it

[@StOrMmaGiiKz]

How many’s years now since we left how many of you brexiteers still waiting on your benefits Still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting hold on here comes Kemi badendock with some breaking news we’ve sold some cheese still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting still waiting hold on here she comes again the gap is closing on my front teeth sorry unfortunately but not on deals there be a bit more of a wait for the teeth to close then I’ll concentrate on Brexit deals sometime somewhere over the rainbow we will make you happy you made the right choice in voting on ruining this country

[@marije8562]

You should send this to a newspaper or something, it reads like a poem! Maybe add a few more line breaks but otherwise excellent free form poetry

[@TENTikkTik]

Our politicians cry when we pressure them at the least

[@TENTikkTik]

Imagine the incompetence internationally and the blame the EU will get as a scapegoat for the politicians. There’s farmer protest in france and Uk. Eu and non eu. Gigo

[@jessicasmith4532]

Perhaps businesses should sue the government?

[@MrCherryJuice]

A class-action suit against the Tory Government for mass deception and fraud would surely have traction.

[@TheNanoNinja]

Like it or hate it. UK had a referendum for Brexit and this is the result. How can you sue the government for enforcing the people's will.

[@Alakablam]

​@TheNanoNinja Because they lied to the general public and knew very well what the result would be? Seems like something they could atleast look into

[@jal051]

@@Alakablam Even if they lied the referendum shields them. I'm not saying they shouldn't be held accountable, but the world isn't fair, and they are shielded against legal action.

[@johnhigginson5079]

I don't doubt what's being said, but as a Brit living in France for the last 8 years, just a note to say it's more expensive living here in France than it is living in the UK, by quite some margin. When I regularly visit my old mum up in Preston I'm amazed how cheap food is, building materials etc etc are. The difference is significant.

[@richardprice8274]

Given the objective disaster of Brexit, how can it be that it is NOT the manifesto promise of ANY major party to : 1) Instigate a commission to measure and forward cast the cost of Brexit and 2) Rejoin the EU and start recovering from this nightmare ????

[@chatham43]

@richard Don't recall you wetting yourself about the benefits of the EU when we were actually in it!😊

[@Coelacanth1]

We have to fall a lot farther for everyone including those that voted for it to not only notice but complain about it before return is considered. Ergo expect more pain to come and remember the hard right caused this

[@richardprice8274]

@@Coelacanth1 That is why a commission is needed to provide a clearly, objective analysis and forecast for the electorate.

[@walter3433]

Rejoining the EU is optimistic single market perhaps but that's about it

[@FM-vh3ck]

Vat on private school fees is a benefit.

[@feffe4036]

As a sane non UK citizen i could see this would lead to nothing but problems for the UK. Popularism at its finest.

[@gamepapa1211]

Oh it has tons of benefits! Just not for the U.K. though.

[@Coelacanth1]

Britain sure has dealt itself a fell blow with Brexit, I am just wholly glad I did not support it.

[@m.e.p.r]

Rejoin….now. It’s that simple.