AIBU to wonder if Brexit has contributed to the cost of living crisis?

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I know that the war in Ukraine has led to higher energy costs which had fuelled inflation.
I was just wondering if the trade barriers between us and Europe since Brexit might also have pushed up the price of food.

You should try shopping in the US. Don’t think they’ve been doing any brexiting recently.

Well it’s going to from January that’s for sure! The govt. has been putting off letting us feel the full benefit of Brexit since Nov 2021!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66394235.amp

It’s not just going to be food either…

Yes it has.

But you know what is the biggest cause of the cost of living crisis. Covid. Or more precisely Covid restrictions.

This government printed and borrowed and trillion £ to pay for restrictions for a disease which had a lower then 1% mortality rate, and that was almost exclusively in the over 65s. 1 trillion pounds is £1,000,000,000,000.

This was spent to lock down healthy people and for them to sit at home doing nothing. It paid for masses for corruption and fraud through furlough and business loans. It paid for unnecessary, wasteful government spending that simply wasn’t needed.

When you pump a trillion £ into the economy without actually producing anything, what do you think happens. Runaway inflation and a cost of living crisis.

But people really wanted lockdowns. Hope they are now just as enthusiastic about the consequences.

Have a read of this 😞https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/24/brexit-food-trade-barriers-have-cost-uk-households-7bn-report-finds

Cost of living has risen in tonnes of countries, brexit certainly hasn't helped though!

Brexit clearly hasn't helped, but do check comparative prices of staples in EU countries as well - we are by far not the only ones to suffer

Of course Brexit has cost us, I don't think even the biggest Brexit liars are still pretending it hasn't. We are now thousands of pounds poorer each than our neighbours. It's not the only reason though. And anyway, we get what we vote for so it's all our own fault.

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