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'We're all worse off': Britain is now paying the price to leave the EU

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Everyone except those that keep their money in the British offshore banking system, the real reason behind Brexit as Eu banking regs would have been a big problem.

It is estimated that half of the worlds wealth resides in the British offshore banks.

Re: 'We're all worse off': Britain is now paying the price to leave the EU

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Can somebody from the UK confirm? It's been a hugely divisive topic from what I've gathered in the last years. Are things on average worse, or the same, or better?

Things are a lot worse but it's difficult to disentangle.

The coronavirus pandemic was an absolute shitshow of wasted money. A ton of locals left the workforce as well. We're paying for that on top of Brexit.

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post #4

Can somebody from the UK confirm? It's been a hugely divisive topic from what I've gathered in the last years. Are things on average worse, or the same, or better?

Things are a lot worse but it's difficult to disentangle. The coronavirus pandemic was an absolute shitshow of wasted money. A ton of locals left the workforce as well. We're paying for that on top of Brexit.

Corona, plus the war. Really, really hard to disentangle.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Things are a lot worse but it's difficult to disentangle. The coronavirus pandemic was an absolute shitshow of wasted money. A ton of locals left the workforce as well. We're paying for that on top of Brexit.

Corona, plus the war. Really, really hard to disentangle.

Yes, that too.

So we basically have issues with imports, less foreign labour, a ridiculous tax burden and an energy crisis. At the same time.

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