Oh no!! Brexit not going quite as well as hoped

[Xipe Totec]

Not as difficult as you lot by the looks of it, you do nothing but moan about them.

Dunno, not sure the junior court correspondent for the Morpeth Advertiser is coming across as being particularly Zen to me right now.

Thoughts & prayers...

 

[fozy tornip]

Not as difficult as you lot by the looks of it, you do nothing but moan about them.

So good, yeah!

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[Rusty Nails]

Not as difficult as you lot by the looks of it, you do nothing but moan about them.

At least it's bringing a bit of light into your little world. Win-win.

 

[Mugshot]

But, in the words of Johnson, I've been repeatedly assured....





[my bold. my bad]

This is fine

Analysis shows Brexit caused £12 billion of lost trade in October

 

[Pale Rider]

He-he.

Half a dozen insults from the usual moaners.

Makes a change from bleating about Brexit.

Thanks to @Mugshot for getting the thread back on track.

 

[Mugshot]

He-he.

Half a dozen insults from the usual moaners.

Makes a change from bleating about Brexit.

Thanks to @Mugshot for getting the thread back on track.

You can rely on a Remoaner 👍

 

[Pale Rider]

You can rely on a Remoaner 👍

The steady progress of the economy does seem to have stalled in October.

Remains to be seen if it's a long term trend.

 

[Mugshot]

The steady progress of the economy does seem to have stalled in October.

Remains to be seen if it's a long term trend.

I'm sure the full custom controls due in the New Year will help to kick start things.

 

[Bromptonaut]

The steady progress of the economy does seem to have stalled in October.

Remains to be seen if it's a long term trend.

It would perhaps bear out the suggestion that growth attained clawing back from the lows of 2020 isn't real growth...

 

[Rusty Nails]

The steady progress of the economy does seem to have stalled in October.

Remains to be seen if it's a long term trend.

Just to reiterate, the (slow) steady progress was from a very low base to which it had fallen. It is nowhere near where it was before Brexit and Covid came along.

We are not yet seeing any signs of the massive increase in trade that was confidently forecast for after Brexit.

It is good that the economy is improving but so is that of every developed country and it would be a miracle if it were not.

 

[Xipe Totec]

You can rely on a Remoaner 👍

Just doing what it says on the tin. 😎

 

[farfromtheland]

Just to reiterate, the (slow) steady progress was from a very low base to which it had fallen. It is nowhere near where it was before Brexit and Covid came along.

We are not yet seeing any signs of the massive increase in trade that was confidently forecast for after Brexit.

It is good that the economy is improving but so is that of every developed country and it would be a miracle if it were not.

A difficulty here is to work out what is due to Brexit and what to Covid.

I also think we are missing the main questions - how to improve our quality of life and reduce disastrous pollution - if economic growth is the measure of progress.

Covid could be a window for reflection, but like the credit crunch it is being sidelined as quick as can be for other ends.

 

[Rusty Nails]

A difficulty here is to work out what is due to Brexit and what to Covid.

I also think we are missing the main questions - how to improve our quality of life and reduce disastrous pollution - if economic growth is the measure of progress.

Covid could be a window for reflection, but like the credit crunch it is being sidelined as quick as can be for other ends.

I agree that Brexit and Covid are being deliberately used/conflated by both sides of the debate to support their argument.

I believe that economic growth is a, rather than the, measure of progress and a whole raft of other measures such as treatment of all people, reduced pollution and greater sustainability of natural resources need to be added to the equation.

 

[icowden]

I'm sure the full custom controls due in the New Year will help to kick start things.

Or um... kick stop them?

 

[qigong chimp]

I agree that Brexit and Covid are being deliberately used/conflated by both sides of the debate to support their argument.

We all saw the memo. What are you doing?