The Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK | FT Film

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  @rikremmerswaal2756 · 3 years ago

  If you leave a union, you are no longer entitled to the benefits of said union. What a shock.

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  @megaconstans2425 · 2 years ago

  So I divorced my wife but I  still do expect all the marital benefits.

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  @CTFlink · 3 years ago

  Voluntarily exiting the worlds largest trading union that others fight so hard to join is just another nail in the coffin of what was once the world's most powerful empire.

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  @Frantrek23 · 2 years ago

  I was working in Scotland when Brexit happened. The day after the vote, a farmer came to the bar I was working at and screamed at me for 20 minutes (&quot;Go back to your country!&quot; &quot;We don&apos;t need Europe!&quot;).<br>Couple of years later, he had to sell his farm. No better deals for farmers. No more programs funded by the EU. No more money from the EU.<br>Karma at its frigging finest.<br>I moved back to Spain last year. UK economy was (and is) crumbling and they can only blame it on themselves.

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  @erichodge567 · 3 years ago

  It&apos;s easier to fool people than to convince people that they&apos;ve been fooled. &nbsp;- Mark Twain

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  @VITUPioneer · 3 years ago

  They were told, &quot;We send so many million Pounds to the EU everyday. &quot;<br><br>They never asked, &quot;How many million Euros does the EU send back to us? &quot;

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  @chenling2937 · 3 years ago

  One of my favorite quotes: &quot;For every complex problem, there is a solution which is clear, simple, and wrong.&quot;

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  @extramild1 · 2 years ago

  As an Irishman watching Britain turn into Argentina Upon Thames is just hilarious.

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  @detlefalbrecht6900 · 3 years ago

  „We didn’t start to dig into the questions until Brexit was done.“ Even for a lay person the fundamental economic questions were clear in 2015 and the lack of answers was evident. The young generation of Brits were royally screwed by the pro Brexit politicians and the xenophobic retiree generation that feared the impact of cheap non British laborers.

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  @dombaker1924 · 3 years ago

  The UK had it all - strong pound, free trade with the whole of Europe, growing economy. All buried in a single referendum.

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  @dimitrivforvictory271 · 3 years ago

  Hilarious, so worried about the Polish stealing their jobs now they just have the whole company in Poland 😂😂😂😂 😊

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  @andreribeiro3476 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I was studying international relations at this time and I remember that no one I knew thought Brexit would happen because it was clear that it would go wrong

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