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Brexit

To ask what has improved since leaving the EU?

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Butterflyfluff · 20/02/2022 11:43

I’ve just had to pay customs charges on something I ordered from Germany - whilst we were in the EU there were no such charges.

Which got me thinking.

Leaving hasn’t been the disaster some predicted but, I can’t think of anything that affects me that’s actually improved since leaving.

What have other people’s upsides been? (And just being able to say we’re not in the EU anymore doesn’t count! 😂)

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ComDummings · 20/02/2022 11:43

Nothing

Whelmed · 20/02/2022 11:48

But I'm sure there are people who just didn't want to be part of EU anymore so they'd see that as a positive?

AFS1 · 20/02/2022 11:49

I love driving past the fields full of unicorns.

Theunamedcat · 20/02/2022 11:51

I'm cold my medication is struggling to arrive my cat food costs more

Advantages? Ummm

Parkingthreadsaremyjam · 20/02/2022 11:51

I can't think of anything and am also interested in any positive sides to Brexit! Feels like an utter waste of time to have gone through it.
Happy to stand corrected though.

mynameiscalypso · 20/02/2022 11:52

I quite like getting stamps in my passport. I would still prefer free movement in the EU though.

MrsWooster · 20/02/2022 11:53

Well, this is going to be a short thread…

Cornettoninja · 20/02/2022 11:53

I vaguely recall headlines blaming the EU for less powerful vacuums (I suspect that this falls into the category of the bendy bananas stories) but that’s the one thing I can honestly say that’s the one good thing I’m waiting for as a result of brexit….. doesn’t seem to be particularly high on anyones list though.

Ifitistobesaid · 20/02/2022 11:53

Nothing. Just more hassle.

PermanentTemporary · 20/02/2022 11:55

50000 more civil service jobs needed for administration?

In general most employers are DESPERATE for staff, and the Leave people certainly predicted more power for workers so I think that's a genuine Brexit change. However, it's actually quite difficult living in a country where there aren't enough people to work, and prices are rocketing. So even if wages increase inflation is going to harm all of us.

Cornettoninja · 20/02/2022 11:55

Slightly garbled post (thanks dd!) but you get the gist

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 20/02/2022 11:57

Completely honest... I've not really noticed anything different! Covid sort of over shadowed it really! DDs were amazed by stamps in passports... but thought having a different colour was silly. (Weve just renewed theirs). Mobile roaming charge was inconvenient.

Itchylegs · 20/02/2022 11:57

Nothing. Thought Rees Might announced sacking 650000 Brexit civil servants

HettytheHoover · 20/02/2022 11:57

Rising cost of things like food?

Itchylegs · 20/02/2022 11:58

Mogg.

LubaLuca · 20/02/2022 11:58

Ah yes, the sunlit uplands we would enjoy after being released from the shackles of the EU, that nobody can now demonstrate or quantify. It's what we wanted.

WonderingFree · 20/02/2022 12:01

It’s been brilliant for the super wealthy.

Louisianagumbo · 20/02/2022 12:03

@Butterflyfluff

I’ve just had to pay customs charges on something I ordered from Germany - whilst we were in the EU there were no such charges.

Which got me thinking.

Leaving hasn’t been the disaster some predicted but, I can’t think of anything that affects me that’s actually improved since leaving.

What have other people’s upsides been? (And just being able to say we’re not in the EU anymore doesn’t count! 😂)

It's much cheaper and much easier to buy things from America now. And for me, America tends to sell things much cheaper than in the EU. So that's an upside for me.

TulipCat · 20/02/2022 12:03

Literally nothing. Not one single thing.

FatFredsFriedEgg · 20/02/2022 12:04

The vacuum story was true @Cornettoninja. They were limited to 1600w in 2014 and then further reduced to 900w in 2017.

LubaLuca · 20/02/2022 12:05

@WonderingFree

It’s been brilliant for the super wealthy.

In what way? I'm genuinely curious, not being super rich myself

wanttomarryamillionaire · 20/02/2022 12:05

The vaccine roll out? Thats the only thing i can think of at the moment

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FatFredsFriedEgg · 20/02/2022 12:08

@wanttomarryamillionaire

The vaccine roll out? Thats the only thing i can think of at the moment

The vaccine rollout could have been handled in exactly the same way if we'd remained in the EU.

SirChenjins · 20/02/2022 12:10

Literally nothing is better - as we knew would be the case.

Butterflyfluff · 20/02/2022 12:13

It's much cheaper and much easier to buy things from America now. And for me, America tends to sell things much cheaper than in the EU. So that's an upside for me.

I might be being thick here but how is that a result of leaving the EU?

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