To ask for the positives and negatives of Brexit now it’s happened

[Butterflyfluff]

I haven’t put this in the Brexit section as it’s the same old faces in there

I was looking for more ‘everyday’ opinions

I’ve read / heard about

• VAT charges on goods imported from the EU since 1/1/21
• shortages of certain items in supermarkets, especially in Northern Ireland
• chaos in the fishing industry

There doesn’t seem to be much of an upside - even ‘taking back control’ seems a distant dream as it looks to me like we’ve got years to come of negiotiating all sorts with the EU

What have we gained from Brexit?

And what other problems are there that people have experienced so far

Postives: a lot of people who voted for Brexit now dont like the end result. This makes the country less divided.

@Ihatefish - you know that's just Tory PR don't you? And the vaccination programme has only just started. We didn't have one of the highest death rates in the world in March.

westcountrybylines.co.uk/brexit-less-of-a-car-crash-more-a-multiple-pile-up-with-fatalities/

Worth a read. This guy's business was founded in 1992. He has been working hard to prepare for Brexit for over 6 months. But its been a complete and utter nightmare.

He ends with this...
This government have cocked up Brexit from day one. But I am now 100% sure that choice will reduce dramatically, price will increase dramatically, delays with increase dramatically and the U.K. wide depression is inevitable, and still the government couldn’t give a toss

And this will be happening with hundreds of thousands of businesses all over the country.

The UK has had paid holidays since 1938. Nothing to do with the EU. You weren't entitled to 5.6 weeks.