If you voted for brexit did you get what you wanted?

I know. Feminine hygiene products have move to 0% VAT as a direct result of Brexit though, ergo it’s working well.

It was my only reason for voting Brexit though and I think it’ll be a generation before any real benefits arise - so it all remains to be seen.

I’m still wondering where the £100M a week went! NHS definitely is not getting that!

Immigration has gone up.

I voted brexit and id do so again tomorrow. Im happy with the outcome to an extent but im not happy that it didnt go far enough. In my opinion, voting for brexit was voting for a clean break so i dont believe we have gone far enough.

Wishfulthinking1977

Sorry, I wasn't having a go at you personally, just the chancers who buggered it all up, then blamed everyone else and got the Mail & Express to repeat it endlessly.

Well said, friendlycat

I respect the fact you’ve come on this thread and said why you voted leave and have since changed your mind.

I don’t agree with your vote, but at least you’ve given an honest answer. People were fed a lot of lies and it’s tragic how much misinformation there was of such a serious situation.

Loving it so far. Reduced growth, political instability, riots, sense of decay and desolation - what's not to like?

I'm particularly enjoying the abandonment of any attempt to find EU rules we want to change as it turns out they were all quite sensible, really.

Just great. Worth breaking up families over.

I agree with the pp here. You are deluded if you think the disaster of Brexit is down to bad negotiations.

I will convey your message, sorry that you feel that many peoples opinions that I know are rubbish, I personally don't know two of the names that you mentioned! But I'm not lashing out at anyone! I was answering a question. But obviously you are upset and angry and your use of profanity and insults does actually reinforce the division between the groups. I really was just hoping to answer the question!

Wishfulthinking1977 · Today 22:37

no-one I now is happy with the way it's turned out due to believing that most of those negotiating on our behalf were remainers and seemed to go for the easiest option to appease the group they really wanted to allign with.

That really is complete and utter rubbish, propagated by lazy idiots like Steve Barclay, Marc Francois, Rees Mogg etc, who were too lazy to negotiate beforehand and too ignorant to understand what they should be negotiating, let alone why.

As it became obvious that Brexit was and is a complete clown show, they pretended that Brexit was shit, because remainers sabotaged it.

They fucked up big style, then lashed out and tried to blame everyone except those responsible; themselves.

Out of the two people I know who voted leave, one person really regrets his vote amd wished he could change it. The other person is quite a racist and is still happy with his decision, I think.
At the time of Brexit there were also talks of a Swexit, a swedish exit from the EU. We have family in Sweden and visit yearly, and guess what, after seeing what a shit show Brexit turned into, no one is talking about a Swexit anymore.
The loss of being in the EU ; freedom of movement and settlement within the EU, trade deals outside of EU, the ease of import /export within EU- all gone. Together with many more benefits. Luckily my children have both british and EU passports .

The people who voted Leave to reduce immigration were conned.

In what ways will the situation turn favourable though? What evidence is there to suggest that? It seems economic and geopolitical instability are more likely than not in the next decade. Of course, there will be ups and downs in that period as there always have been, but the ‘jam tomorrow’ argument seems completely unsupported by any current facts. It is also, as a previous poster said, a convenient way for those who based the Leave arguments on lies ( certain so-called leaders) to continue to avoid any accountability.

It’s far too early to see benefits, it was always a 10 year plus deal for me- and I mean 10 years from actually leaving. Just like UK parliament, takes at least two terms to effect change.

I think the situation in the next decade or so will be favourable, but it has to get worse to get better. Anyone expecting instant benefits is deluded.

I'm guessing a large majority of people voting for Brexit will have voted for Brexit for one of three reasons: money for the NHS; stopping immigration and taking back control. Those were heavily campaigned for in the leave campaign. None of them have actually been implemented (although, legal immigration has definitely been curbed). This is not the Brexit people voted for.

I agree. Add to that list, decline in food safety standards 😠

True, but the prospect of that exact failure was very clearly and consistently warned about beforehand! The debate got so toxic and exhausting though, people on both sides just stopped listening ( if they ever started).

Personal anecdote - I have British friends of Pakistani heritage (second gen immigrants) who did vote for Brexit because they wanted it to be as easy for their family and friends to get work visas to come to the UK as it was for EU nationals.

They did get what they wanted, or at least a step in that direction. Now it is much harder for EU nationals to access UK Labour market, (and culturally Brexit is a huge deterrent to Europeans) so there is less competition for work visas.

Possibly, but all I can say is in the area I live and the industries we all work in we haven't seen it. Wages have gone up, fuel bills have gone down. Food prices yes I can see, but no problems getting anything. Shortage of medicine, the only problem we have is no pharmacies in the area and lack of drs willing to see anyone, but tbh that's due to the way our health authority runs things and being quite rural
But I am aware that looking at the suggestions in the budget we may be hit hard.

You may not feel you have been impacted but you will have been. Whether its the increase in fuel bills, lack of supply in the supermarket, shortage of medicines, increases in unemployment...the average UK citizen was £2000 worse off in 2022 as a result of Brexit.

Unfortunately what a lot of these people did not recognise was that the benefits to being in the EU far outweighed the costs.

The campaign was built on racism, misinformation and fear mongering.

One of the first comments on this thread was someone saying "I am glad I voted for Brexit because we can now control our VAT rates". But this is totally wrong because EU countries all set their own individual tax rates.

The effects have been so clearly negative that the only argument people stubbornly clinging on to the idea of Brexit can say is that its too early to assess the impact. It was bad in 2016, it is bad today and it will continue to be bad in the future.

I voted leave and so did most of the people I know, no-one I now is happy with the way it's turned out due to believing that most of those negotiating on our behalf were remainers and seemed to go for the easiest option to appease the group they really wanted to allign with. Obstacles seemed to occur alot and then it was hard versus soft etc, laws were changed, waters were muddied and then COVID hit! Then we had changes in power all quite quickly and the issues that were important were pushed to the back of the queue. Then we had a change of government with a leader who would really like us to go back. I don't think it's going well and I don't think with the people guiding it it will. But ultimately it's our (Englands) issue not the eus and if it's cocked up we can only blame those that we voted (or didn't) for. But I will say no-one I know regrets voting leave and would definitely do so again ( and surprisingly some that voted remain would vote leave!) Because they all feel that at least with it being badly dealt with they prefer it being dealt with as a UK issue rather than being under EU control where they feel we had all the negatives and none of the positives. Perhaps like many issues it's demographic? Where I live and the industries that all my family and friends work within we haven't seen any negatives? But I am aware that nationwide they are there and these weren't expected and certainly not what anyone who voted leave wanted for anyone living in the UK.

I've heard that on cold, moonless nights, if you stand on a UK mountain and listen very carefully, you can hear the sound of laughter coming from farmers halfway across the world.

No idea if it's true though.🐏🐂🐓

Look at the analysis about the teeny, tiny impact CPTPT will actually have on the UK economy before you get too excited.

The Australians could not believe the amazing deal they got from us and even the Minister who signed it admits that it’s a pile of shite!