As a second Trump term looks more likely, the Brexiters hope/aim to (re)align the UK with the Atlanticist economy instead of looking across the channel to Europe appears ever more like a major mistake in national economic strategy.

If Trump wins (as now looks likely) & imposes the tariffs he 'promises' then the NIESR suggest the UK's already meagre growth rates will be halved, presenting a further economic headache for Govt. & country!

#Brexit #economics #Europe

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/06/donald-trump-tariffs-would-cut-uk-growth-by-half-and-push-up-inflation-thinktank-warns

I see Jeremy Hunt has called the rise in employers' National Insurance contributions 'the biggest assault on our economic competitiveness since the 1970s'.... err, no Jeremy, that would have been Brexit!

#Brexit #budget

It seems that the Home Office have learnt bugger all from previous feck ups.

Costa Koushiappis, 39, who is Greek Cypriot, has been told to show up at Edinburgh airport at 7am on Friday to be forcibly put on a flight to Amsterdam just weeks after he received an email from the Home Office to say it could take a further 24 months to process his application for status.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/31/eu-citizen-who-applied-for-pre-settled-status-set-to-be-deported-from-scotland

#Brexit #HomeOffice #Incompetence #Scotland #ScottishIndependence

La muerte del ‘fish and chips’ - https://www.lavanguardia.com/dinero/20240908/9920738/muerte-fish-and-chips.html #brexit #Ucrania

UK universities face growing struggle to recruit international students - https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/jul/12/uk-universities-face-growing-struggle-to-recruit-international-students #brexit bigotry strikes again...

I don’t want to bang on, but really think we’re glossing over the fact 78 Tory MP’s are standing down rather than face an election - that’s 78, I mean we should be giving this more attention-78, seventy fucking eight

#brexit #ToryLies #tory #tories #ToriesOut #toryscum #politics #ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #nhs #costofliving #Sunak #toryracists #GeneralElectionNow #BrexitBenefits #rishisunak #BrexitHasFailed #inflation #election #Election2024 #GeneralElection #farage #michaelgove #Gove

‘Confined to this little island’: Britons criticise rejection of EU youth mobility deal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/25/britons-hit-out-rejection-eu-youth-mobility-offer "Hundreds voice dismay at Sunak and Starmer, accusing them of misreading UK attitudes towards Europe" #brexit

Brexit border rules could cut shelf life of fresh food from EU by a fifth, say experts - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/30/brexit-border-rules-could-cut-shelf-life-of-fresh-food-from-eu-by-a-fifth-say-experts "Requirement for importers to give 24 hours’ notice of deliveries described as ‘unfeasible’ by suppliers" #brexit going well...

#NHS hit by ‘severe drug shortages’ due to #Brexit red tape
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-brexit-medicine-supply-shortage-b2442211.html

UK-India trade deal ‘not guaranteed’, says Sunak before Modi meeting - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/08/uk-india-trade-deal-not-guaranteed-says-sunak-before-modi-meeting despite lying #brexit promises, trade deals prove hard to get, and then not worth having...

Sunak hails ‘right deal for country’ as UK rejoins EU Horizon project - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/07/horizon-brexit-eu-science-rishi-sunak absurd it has taken this long; so many wasted oppportunities because of #brexit dogma

Risk of UK recession at next general election is 60%, says thinktank - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/09/risk-of-uk-recession-at-next-general-election-is-60-says-thinktank welcome to the UK's lost decade of #brexit

Thank you Brexiters for making the #EU strong. You are beautiful people.

"British firms opened 170 foreign direct investment projects [in Germany compared to] 50 *enquiries* from British firms in 2015, the year before the #Brexit referendum."

"Netherlands said over 300 "Brexit companies" - British firms it reckons are trying to sidestep trade friction - had moved operations there since 2016."

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/battling-brexit-some-british-firms-turn-invest-europe-2023-07-05/

They’re openly saying it: Brexit has failed. But what comes next may be very dark indeed - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/19/brexit-failed-blame-remoaner-elite-refugees everyone is to blame except the morons that made #brexit happen...

since #Brexit you will find the UK is annoying in most things