Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit
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Re: Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit
#2As a brit, it's strange to see how it's being spun here.
The majority of people voted to leave the EU and to regain independence. There will be a little volatility until some facts about how that divorce happens, emerge.
Long term, we now have control of our future.
In terms of startups though, the EU is there to serve big businesses and powerful establishment. It's there to hinder startups and small businesses. If you're pro-small business, then you should be excited about the opportunities we have now.
And can anyone on here really stand up for the idiotic cookie law? Can you stand up for the "html link tax"? That's just the tip of the iceberg with the meddling from the EU.
Re: Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit
#3There's some talk that immigration from the Commonwealth will be facilitated. I don't buy it.
It's already difficult to find talent from the block, and several people come to Europe with a visa
Yeah, I think the UK shot themselves in the foot with this
Re: Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit
#4"and a legacy of British exceptionalism that dates back to the British Empire -- contributed to the vote's outcome. "The idea that they were just another European country was a blow to their pride," he said. "They couldn't take that.""
Re: Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit
#5There's some talk that immigration from the Commonwealth will be facilitated. I don't buy it. It's already difficult to find talent from the block, and several people come to Europe with a visa Yeah, I think the UK shot themselves in the foot with this
And they might loose Scotland also..
Re: Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit
#6As a brit, it's strange to see how it's being spun here. The majority of people voted to leave the EU and to regain independence. There will be a little volatility until some facts about how that divorce happens, emerge. Long term, we now have control of our future. In terms of startups though, the EU is there to serve big businesses and powerful establishment. It's there to hinder startups and small businesses. If y…
Good for the grandmother country to break out on its own. I've never had a high opinion of the EU. Mostly because of their ridiculous laws about the internet. I'm happy about this and I hope it works out well.
Re: Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit
#7As a brit, it's strange to see how it's being spun here. The majority of people voted to leave the EU and to regain independence. There will be a little volatility until some facts about how that divorce happens, emerge. Long term, we now have control of our future. In terms of startups though, the EU is there to serve big businesses and powerful establishment. It's there to hinder startups and small businesses. If y…
If you think the full on collapse of the UK banking system, and the mass exodus of financial jobs isn't going to instantly dry up any startup funding in the UK, you're kidding yourself.
Large companies in the UK are already announcing their intention to move thousands of jobs to Germany or Ireland.
Re: Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit
#8As a brit, it's strange to see how it's being spun here. The majority of people voted to leave the EU and to regain independence. There will be a little volatility until some facts about how that divorce happens, emerge. Long term, we now have control of our future. In terms of startups though, the EU is there to serve big businesses and powerful establishment. It's there to hinder startups and small businesses. If y…
> If you're pro-small business, then you should be excited about the opportunities we have now.
Such as? Please elaborate.
One thing we can look forwards to is paying VAT to every EU country individually. That's going to be fun.
Re: Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit
#9As a brit, it's strange to see how it's being spun here. The majority of people voted to leave the EU and to regain independence. There will be a little volatility until some facts about how that divorce happens, emerge. Long term, we now have control of our future. In terms of startups though, the EU is there to serve big businesses and powerful establishment. It's there to hinder startups and small businesses. If y…
It's not that simple. At least now you had one set of rules, and under them you could've operated in whole EU by passporting your licence. Now there will be two separate ones. If you want to expand from UK, or vice-versa enter UK, you need to do twice as much work in terms of regulations. This is especially applicable for fintech startups, which are very prominent in UK.
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#10As a brit, it's strange to see how it's being spun here. The majority of people voted to leave the EU and to regain independence. There will be a little volatility until some facts about how that divorce happens, emerge. Long term, we now have control of our future. In terms of startups though, the EU is there to serve big businesses and powerful establishment. It's there to hinder startups and small businesses. If y…
"Although there have been some recent minor steps in a positive direction concerning copyright in the EU, politicians have been trying to undermine them with really terrible ideas. We already covered the push to effectively outlaw outdoor photography,"