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The country is a shit show - why is there so little mention of Brexit's role?

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Neonskytonight · 31/05/2022 21:25

That's it really.

Surely all our woes can't be placed at the door of covid and war - it is a good political narrative, but is it really true?

I'm amazed how little questioning by the media and public there is about the role of Brexit.

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CloseYourEyesAndSee · 31/05/2022 21:28

Because covid was a useful distraction.
the airport guy was talking about brexit impact on the staffing issue at airports today and the line got cut off 🙄

PattyMelt · 31/05/2022 21:31

Maybe it was a shit show before Brexit too?

Echobelly · 31/05/2022 21:32

Oh yeah, Brexit has compounded everything. The UK economy is trailing behind everyone else's now - the government must be delighted how something (in fact two things) came along to deflect attention from the harm of Brexit, and that they can blame instead.

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thistimelastweek · 31/05/2022 21:34

Brexit is being buried in more recent lies.

Iflyaway · 31/05/2022 21:36

Boris is very adept at keeping the eye off the whole Brexit shit show with his partying to distract the public about what is really going on.

I find The Guardian pretty good at reporting about the problems that people/UK are experiencing due to it.
Northern Ireland anyone? not that GB ever gave much of a shit about it since the 60's

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Neonskytonight · 31/05/2022 21:44

It is the fact that Brexit is never mentioned that i find perplexing- it is like there is a pact that the media is in on to never ever mention it.

Surely it is having impacts - I want to know what these are and be damned if I can find this out.

Why isn't it mentioned more in say discussions around lack of workers?

Will have to have a dig around the guardian it seems.

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Greensleeves · 31/05/2022 21:46

Because the numpties who voted for it get very red and angry if anyone dares to draw attention to the almighty clusterfuck they've caused?

mynameiscalypso · 31/05/2022 21:54

Is it not mentioned? I probably say 'Bloody Brexit' at least twice a week and most people I know blame a whole heap of stuff on it.

Wartywart · 31/05/2022 21:58

The media silence on it is not fooling anyone except those who voted for it.

Wor · 31/05/2022 21:58

The older I get, the more cynical I get about why some stories get into the media and others do not.

carefullycourageous · 31/05/2022 21:58

Because the people who voted for it can't deal with talking about it now it is a (crap) reality not a fairy story.

Exhibit number 1: Natalie Elphicke MP moaning on about lorry traffic jams around Dover. She supported Brexit, what did she think was going to happen? What an idiot.

Brexit always was a shit idea. If you voted for it - thanks a fucking bunch.

FiloPasty · 31/05/2022 22:00

I work in imports, I can’t tell you the disruption and pita it has caused! Importing tuna is a 17 page document

runningfromreality · 31/05/2022 22:02

I am also confused about this!

Fuel prices
Cost of living in general
Supply issues in supermarkets etc
Flights being cancelled Willy nilly
Ridiculous queues all through Kent, M20 is literally a lorry park
Security issues after Russia's Ukraine invasion
Shortage of essential medicines

These are issues affecting us all pretty much and yet Brexit is never mentioned.

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Neonskytonight · 31/05/2022 22:04

It is like the media have all been bought off. The impacts should be being mentioned in every bulletin in the news.

What there should be is national outrage but the lack of any mention of Brexit is hugely downplaying the harms it is causing I think.

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ColourMeExhausted · 31/05/2022 22:05

Even the Brexit diehards on here have gone silent...and that's when you know it's an absolute shit show. The elephant in the room that everybody knows was a terrible idea, but we don't talk about it. I'd actually have more respect for someone who voted and is prepared for that to be the hill they (and we) die on. Better this than the cowardly looking the other way and blaming everything else.

Fuckitydoodah · 31/05/2022 22:08

I was thinking about this today too. A huge amount of the current cluster fuck in the UK must surely be down to Brexit. Currently watching 10pm news and it's depressing - shortage of GPs, record cost of fuel, cancelled flights, shortage of goods and the list goes on.

I feel frustrated that people voted for this.

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Neonskytonight · 31/05/2022 22:08

It's like living in an alternative reality where Brexit wasn't done - but it was so I want to know about it!

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Florenz · 31/05/2022 22:09

Brexit has happened. People voted for it. It can't be reversed. What good would blaming it do at this point? Even if there was the will for us to rejoin the EU, it would take decades. I don't think most of the issues are down to Brexit anyway, any more than they were caused by us being in the EU in the first place. There's no excuse for companies to be blaming Brexit for a shortage of staff, the vote was 6 years ago. Unless it takes them more than 6 years to train staff, they've got no argument. They just got used to having cheap labour on tap and now it's ended they are having to pay wages that British people will work for.

AllyCatTown · 31/05/2022 22:17

I’ve noticed this too. I wonder if it’s because it was so divisive and people were sick of hearing about it. Still no excuse for not reporting the facts.

carefullycourageous · 31/05/2022 22:17

Florenz · 31/05/2022 22:09

Brexit has happened. People voted for it. It can't be reversed. What good would blaming it do at this point? Even if there was the will for us to rejoin the EU, it would take decades. I don't think most of the issues are down to Brexit anyway, any more than they were caused by us being in the EU in the first place. There's no excuse for companies to be blaming Brexit for a shortage of staff, the vote was 6 years ago. Unless it takes them more than 6 years to train staff, they've got no argument. They just got used to having cheap labour on tap and now it's ended they are having to pay wages that British people will work for.

Sounds like you voted for it Grin

Of course Brexit is the cause of many staff shortages. One of the key reasons people voted for Brexit was because there were 'too many' people working here from Europe. And now there are not. And now our economy is shrinking and we have key shortages.

It is nothing to do with 'paying wages British people will work for' - it is about not having enough people with the right qualifications e.g. vets, nurses, doctors, dentists, plumbers, electricians... You can't just get some numpty from round the corner to oversee an abattoir or rewire a house.

This sort of lack of understanding of the British economy is partly why so many people voted for it. And now we all get to watch what a fucking stupid decision it was.

We gave away the best deal any country in the EU has ever had. And got fuck all in return. Stupid stupid stupid.

AllyCatTown · 31/05/2022 22:18

Brexit has happened. People voted for it. It can't be reversed. What good would blaming it do at this point?

But the news is generally about things that have happened and can’t be reversed.

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Neonskytonight · 31/05/2022 22:18

I think it is fair to say people were lied to - as a democracy should we not be able to hold these people acountable now and be given the facts to judge them?

And remember every region in NI and Scotland did not vote for it.

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ICouldHaveCheckedFirst · 31/05/2022 22:22

Read the Byline Times.
Also Led By Donkeys.
And Best for Britain.

But if you are looking for anti-Brexit info on the BBC or the print media you won't find it.

Come and join us on the MN Brexit board.

changedsoicanrage · 31/05/2022 22:22

Totally with you that it's been buried and it annoys me massively

Florenz · 31/05/2022 22:25

"It is nothing to do with 'paying wages British people will work for' "
Of course it is. That's all it's to do with.

"it is about not having enough people with the right qualifications e.g. vets, nurses, doctors, dentists, plumbers, electricians"
It takes more than 6 years to become a doctor. None of the others do. Companies have had 6 years to train new staff. If they have failed to do this, they are the only ones at fault.