Is anything going to get cheaper after, assuming it happens, Brexit?

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Parking the utter disaster that is Westminster at the moment:

With unpredictable weather patterns and a weakening pound one can only assume that almost everything is going to get more expensive. Is anything going to get cheaper do you think? We are not on the breadline but at some point, if predictions and the effects of a weakened pound it's going to start hitting everyone where it hurts in the wallet surely?

House prices I suspect (to buy not to rent). . No is the answer

Next have said the reduction in tariffs (clothes) would save them about £15m a year.

Hands up who thinks this price saving will be passed to the Consumer or used to increase staff wages? What no takers? Oh, one at the back there.

How many think that the Directors will use these savings to line their own pockets? Ah, a forest of hands, I see.

Hands up who thinks this price saving will be passed to the Consumer or used to increase staff wages? What no takers? Oh, one at the back there.

They did say they would, yes - the boss of Next is a Brexit supporter.

I know well that Next's boss is a Brexit supporter which is why I don't buy from there. I will believe him when I see it. So far Brexiters haven't got a good track record on making good on their promises.

I know well that Next's boss is a Brexit supporter which is why I don't buy from there. Isn't that a bit fanatical? Do you boycott all businesses run by Leavers?

I chose a wee while ago to no longer buy anything from Next. Just as I make a point of never going into a Wetherspoon's. Had to check that the nice pub meal place close to ds' Halls of Residence was not a Spoons but thankfully it wasn't

Not bought a Dyson. Don't shop in Next. Don't eat/drink in Wetherspoon's. Even a tiny dent in their turnover is worth making.

When my Dyson (bought about 10+ years ago) bites the dust, I won't be buying another one.

Even a tiny dent in their turnover is worth making. So you would like these businesses to fail? Just because their bosses prefer to leave the EU. I am astonished at this level of fanaticism.

No - I choose to support other businesses (especially ones that still manufacture in the UK), so that they get the benefit of my disposable income.

Wow. I never knew what people meant by ultra remainers, but I guess it's people like you.

Holly
I take it you are not old enough to remember the boycotts of businesses associated with the Apartheid regime.
Barclays to decades to build their student business back up after that.

"So you would like these businesses to fail? Just because their bosses prefer to leave the EU. I am astonished at this level of fanaticism."
Yes. And that isn't fanaticism it's consumer choice.

@ListeningQuietly , I am old enough. It's the example I'm following.
To call me a fanatic is hilarious. I can live with any version of Leave that protects GFA. @Hollyhoc . You could call that fanatical compromiser.

ListeningQ. Apartheid was an evil thing.
How can you compare it to a desire to leave the EU, an economic and political union that has vices as well as virtues?

That's capitalism and the free market @Hollyhoc . Don't like the company, don't give them your business.

Consumer boycotts such as Nestle are ongoing
The ones against all things French because of the Rainbow Warrior lasted a few years
Israeli produce from the occupied territories / companies that supply the IDF
Nike and Kapernick (?sp)
I have friends who will never travel with P&O because of the Herald

many and varied
It is up to each of us how we spend our money

What I find disturbing is the way posters here demonise all leavers. Including Dyson, who has invested massively in UK engineering. The Bamfords, who have also invested massively in engineering, organic farming and the NSPCC. And John Timpson. You may not agree with everything they do , but these are not bad people! It's crazy to vilify them.

Why is choosing who I buy from "vilifying Leavers"? Melodramatic rubbish.

I do not vilify (well maybe Nestle "water is not a right" )
I just choose where I spend.
Sebo is better than Dyson anyway

I prefer Spanish oranges over Israeli because of the way some Israeli's treat the occupied territories, it supports my friends in Spain, and fewer 'food miles'.

Based on what, describing me as an Ultra Remainer?

It's my economic right to choose who I give my business to. I prefer to support local businesses (I thought that was what some Brexiters wanted? ) - but yes, I'll actively avoid businesses that I think are irresponsibly encouraging a strategy that will do irrepairable damage to the UK economy.

FWIW, I actively boycotted South African products for many years, even before it was fashionable - made buying fruit a real pain. As we, as a family, left SA when I was wee because of apartheid, I think I was informed enough to know what I was doing and why (And as it happens, I think the sports boycott - to the sports-mad white South Africans - actually had more impact on making the white population realise that apartheid was unacceptable )

And also FWIW - a No Deal Brexit may well help achieve one of my personal aspirations more quickly, but I'm not prepared for it to be achieved more quickly on the back of the suffering of the poorest and most vulnerable across the UK, hence me continuing to oppose No Deal.

but yes, I'll actively avoid businesses that I think are irresponsibly encouraging a strategy that will do irrepairable damage to the UK economy.

I agree.

I don't avoid Timpson's - here is an example of someone who is trying to do something worthwhile in giving ex-prisoners jobs, so I am happy to support him, even though I don't agree with his Leave stance.

I similarly try always to avoid Amazon, in favour of the Local Bookshop - I haven't a clue how the owner voted, but I try to support Local businesses.

I similarly try always to avoid Amazon, in favour of the Local Bookshop. So do I. Amazon are a total disgrace. The Amazon UK head, Doug Gurr, is rabidly anti-Brexit of couse.

Impossible to predict that until we know what kind of Brexit we are getting.

However the good news currently is that wages are up and inflation hasn't gone up meaning we have more money in our pockets.

Latest figures show;

Clothes and food prices are going up. So are house prices and exports.

Motor fuel, gas, electric and accomodation services are going down.

Swings and roundabouts.