• Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Those import charges are a non tariff barrier on food imports, it makes imports more expensive relative to UK produce. It makes things like controlled environment and regenerative agriculture more feasible. Net good. Lexit benefit

    Your inews link is from 2022. The UK did not enter a recession, Germany did btw, so the entire premise is invalid.

    You are not listening. The ONS revised the GDP numbers, you are living in the past, the facts have changed, change your mind. Or don’t, your choice.

    https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02784/

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      Yer, that “Lexit” (acturally Tory Brexit) has increased our product costs because some parts are from Germany without an equivalent. Trade barrier wasn’t the Brexit sold to many, though, yes was sold to others. All things to all people.

      The links was 2022, and yes, things have been revised since then to be less bad. Still not good.

      The reason I said to share links was exactly this. You didn’t share the “GDP growth in recent years” graph. Only the ones of the last few quarters. Really we’d want graphs from 2016 pre-result to current day. But a lazy search didn’t find one. Sure I’ve seen one, but can’t find it, so may as well not exist. Point is it accumulates, so the longer you look, the better picture you get.

      It’s not just me and us Remoaners saying Brexit is bad. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_effects_of_Brexit

      We’re a laughing stock, only it’s not fun when you live here.