How do you think Brexit will affect you?

[Rory786]

Apologies if this thread has been done before but I am interested in how it will affect individuals and families specifically or not.

that article says supplies could be at risk. Not that there is a shortage now.

Some pharmacies are already without.
Blue passports though? All be worth it.

And you are con

Conveniently ignoring everything else I said

oh do shush about the blue passport. You really think half the voters had that as their main concern.?
Go the whole hog and misinterpret the infamous bus slogan too.
Ridiculous

We buy more "things" than nearly everyone in the world, no way are people going to make it harder for us to buy. And if the housing market crashes, good they are all way over priced

Misinterpret the bus? How can that be misinterpreted? A lie that only idiots would believe. Simple.

sonly tariffs will be applied

mrskeats if you're dumb enough to interpret it as the media ( remainers) portrayed) then there's going to be no reasoning with you

I stand to lose my job. I work in recruiting young people from the EU for work placements and exchanges. Already we have had barely any applicants this year. If they are not allowed to work here without a visa then that'll be the nail in the coffin.

off you fuck then

None of us really knows as we don't what Brexit we will be getting. DH and I work in financial services but neither of our companies does much business in the EU apart from investing some of the policyholders funds in EU financial instruments - if that becomes problematic then those funds will be invested elsewhere. Beyond that I expect a dip in the value of our investments and pensions.
If housing costs go down I think that will be a good thing - too much wealth/income tied up in property and it will give youngsters a chance to buy.
As far as medications are concerned I hear conflicting information from mass death to everything will be fine. I don't think it will be at either extreme but can understand why some are worried if they are dependant on drugs to stay alive.
As for stockpiling food, I always have a few extra tinned and dried goods in at this time of year as one snowflake in the south east can clear the supermarket shelves and I'd rather not going near them unless I can help it. I think if you can afford it, it is always sensible to have a few days emergency rations.

I work in a university, in a professional services role. We're concerned about being able to continue to attract academic talent, both staff and students, from overseas. It's not just EU nationals, as non-EU nationals are also concerned about whether England is likely to be welcoming to foreigners. Our ability to attract EU funding for scientific research is in question, which means that we're concerned about losing talented staff to other universities. This matters because all of those breakthroughs on things like cancer treatment, dementia research, and child health are a result of university research. When you donate money to cancer research charities, who do you think they fund to do the actual research?

It's pretty tough for early career researchers already, and this is just another thing driving them away. On a personal level, if the university's income falls sharply it's entirely likely there will be redundancies, and I hope I'm not among them.

Worried about impact on already difficult economy. I might lose my job this year (not to Brexit) and worried about future. This just adds to it.

Can’t afford more price hikes as it is.

I’m stockpiling generic meds as I believe we import from Eu. Prices will increase.

Xh needs residency and I don’t trust the process.

Thankfully ds will get a second (Eu) nationality but I’m sad for all those youngsters brought up on the idea of freedom of movement who now have the rug pulled out from under them.

I also worry about the divisions in this country - my awful mp is planning large Brexit celebrations - pretty much rubbing our noses in it. I can see counter events. Civil unrest.

If housing costs go down I think that will be a good thing

I take it your live in the South then loki just fuck the north, wales and Scotland where many places house prices haven’t yet managed to get back to 2007 level. Where people have already struggled with ten years of negative equity and not being able to move or sell their houses.

The issue with the British border in Ireland is my primary concern. Cannot understand how the referendum campaign brushed over this issue.

It didn’t. John Major, among others, was very outspoken on this point. But his remarks were dismissed as part of Project Fear.

Im a type 1 diabetic and worried about getting my daily insulin

There’s a GP who posts on twitter (I’ll try to find his posts later) who has said he’s already encountered shortages on some drugs. One of them was a very common blood pressure drug.

We already have. The pound has dropped since the vote and my husband works in a business that relies on foreign import. Lack of profit means lack of the yearly bonus that keeps us out of the negative every month. I'm not working as have a 1 year old so it's quite worrying and we are lucky to have some (diminishing) savings - won't last forever!

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I'm guessing my house will spontaneously combust and then the four horseman of the apocalypse will chase me into a river where I will drown.

calvin yes I do live in the south - massive property bubble here and I'm a homeowner that stands to lose equity, and went through the last big property crash in the late 80's early 90's - my flat halved in price. We all get fucked over when property ends up consuming too much income - whether that's as a buyer or renter.

for me personally my house price will likely go down, but I live in London, and my property price shot up the last 5 years. A slow down will actually help my friends get on the ladder.
Other than that not entirely sure it will have a vast impact- i could be proved wrong. Re: cost of living, that has been consistently rising before there were even rumblings of a referendum. People want to say food is now expensive because of Brexit, newsflash its always been expensive.

Probably not a huge amount. Assuming supply chain delays i should be fine as I’m a Prepper. I’ve rearranged my finances so should be debt free within the next two years, and even if I lose my job (unlikely) I could hang on in there.

My freedom of movement will be shot to hell, so I’ll have to get visas for travel etc (yay, more red tape). And the recession will make life a bit worse in general.