We’ve been saying this up here in Scotland since the vote took place. (Just look at how the pound crashed the day after the vote and has never recovered)
iTmkoeln on
According to our Russian interest party AfD it was a success and we should do it too. And leave WHO and NATO while we are at it…
Majjkster on
Brexits failure was known eight years ago, and it’s not a surprise that it’s still making tremendous damage today.
Agile-Assist-4662 on
I thought this was the consensus like 2 weeks after Brexit ?
Responsible-Kiwi870 on
In the telegraph? Huh. Unusual.
Zhukov-74 on
The most notable part is that this opinion piece has been posted by The Telegraph.
Brexit has been an unmitigated immigration failure. That’s the main issue since people voted for it because of that.
Weshtonio on
Yep. Anyone who pushed the idea the economy would be better off should be tried, in hindsight, as a traitor.
Instead, they intend to elect the ringleader to the top job.
Mista_Panda on
Let’s elect one of its biggest architect as our next PM, he’ll know of to fix it ! /s
Panoleonsis on
It was. And nobody thinks it has been orchestrated by someone in the east…
PinotRed on
Yeah, russia succeeded manipulating half the UK to its own interest of weakening the EU.
DAswoopingisbad on
Yes we know. These are the consequences we warned about before the vote.
Training_Motor_4088 on
No shit.
Gangsta_zion on
And it was about self government,mass migration and freedom.
And look how they have been shitting the bed on that.
Send_me_Giraffes on
Should be noted for all of you enjoying this moment.
They are lumping the full economic consequences of COVID into the calculation. And then just flat out saying “see how awful the economy has performed after Brexit”.
The real numbers for how Brexit has impacted the UK are between 1 and 2%, total economic cost. A lower number than a single years welfare+defence spending increase. Or 4 days of Covid costs.
So even the numbers themselves are not bad in the slightest.
Which ignores the fact that Brexit was very well advertised ahead of time as something that will have an economic cost. Indeed, the government funded leaflets to every single household in the entire country spelling out the economic impact ahead of time. And our media was full of wall to wall coverage screaming how bad it was going to be.
People voted for it anyways. And they voted for it in spite of economic costs, not because they were deluded it would be good for the economy.
It was a cost that was seen as absolutely worthwhile. And the actual cost ended up being far lower than expected.
So don’t all rush in with your schadenfreude leopards age my face smugness lol. You are just a victim of the usual British media bullshit chasing headlines and clicks.
WorldlyBuy1591 on
At least its a good statement. As EU is trash
leaflock7 on
where are all the people that always comment that Telegraph news is BS ?
Jensen1994 on
It has been time for doing that for the last few years.
ImperatorDanorum on
And the Brexit campaign was headed by that arrogant foghorn of ignorance, Nigel Farage, who now is making a career out of blaming the Remainers for the consequences. And the Brits seem to reward him for it, God help them. Have they lost their collective minds?
povlhp on
Not as bad as when Russia made stupid right wingers elect Trump.
Centralredditfan on
I’m just waiting for the truth to come out that it was a cyber warfare propaganda/cyber trill attack by Russia.
Psittacula2 on
Just the most obvious “point-counter-point”:
>*”Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?”*
* 1) Remain a member of the European Union
* 2) Leave the European Union
The question was a POLITICAL question with ECONOMIC consequences.
The essence of the political question was:
1. remain a member after 40 years or so of “Ever Closer Union” towards a Federal Union (constitution (Lisbon), Euro currency adoption and executive and judicial.
Or
2. Revert back to Sovereignty of Parliament (itself a flawed form of politics also).
Economic collateral damage from the above was inevitable. but another 20-40 years is the full barometer of whether this was economically long term superior or not.
Another day, another debate by comments that sound like bots or humans operating bots and adding more smoke and confusion over what is very simple and clear choice with very profound consequences.
Strange-Thanks-44 on
In U.S.A. Mr. Trump ( *Tariffman* ) made his own Brexit, cut U.S.A. from other world, MAGA…
Minimum-Can2224 on
r/NoShitSherlock
luca3791 on
Isn’t this the 800 millionth article of this exact title?
InformationNew66 on
Switzerland is not part of EU and has good trading relationships and opportunities with the EU.
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A surprise to nobody at all
We’ve been saying this up here in Scotland since the vote took place. (Just look at how the pound crashed the day after the vote and has never recovered)
According to our Russian interest party AfD it was a success and we should do it too. And leave WHO and NATO while we are at it…
Brexits failure was known eight years ago, and it’s not a surprise that it’s still making tremendous damage today.
I thought this was the consensus like 2 weeks after Brexit ?
In the telegraph? Huh. Unusual.
The most notable part is that this opinion piece has been posted by The Telegraph.
This is the same Telegraph that earlier this year posted an opinion piece called [Brexit wasn’t a failure. It liberated us from the declining, dictatorial EU](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/31/brexit-liberated-us-from-the-declining-eu/) by Lord Frost.
Brexit has been an unmitigated immigration failure. That’s the main issue since people voted for it because of that.
Yep. Anyone who pushed the idea the economy would be better off should be tried, in hindsight, as a traitor.
Instead, they intend to elect the ringleader to the top job.
Let’s elect one of its biggest architect as our next PM, he’ll know of to fix it ! /s
It was. And nobody thinks it has been orchestrated by someone in the east…
Yeah, russia succeeded manipulating half the UK to its own interest of weakening the EU.
Yes we know. These are the consequences we warned about before the vote.
No shit.
And it was about self government,mass migration and freedom.
And look how they have been shitting the bed on that.
Should be noted for all of you enjoying this moment.
They are lumping the full economic consequences of COVID into the calculation. And then just flat out saying “see how awful the economy has performed after Brexit”.
The real numbers for how Brexit has impacted the UK are between 1 and 2%, total economic cost. A lower number than a single years welfare+defence spending increase. Or 4 days of Covid costs.
So even the numbers themselves are not bad in the slightest.
Which ignores the fact that Brexit was very well advertised ahead of time as something that will have an economic cost. Indeed, the government funded leaflets to every single household in the entire country spelling out the economic impact ahead of time. And our media was full of wall to wall coverage screaming how bad it was going to be.
People voted for it anyways. And they voted for it in spite of economic costs, not because they were deluded it would be good for the economy.
It was a cost that was seen as absolutely worthwhile. And the actual cost ended up being far lower than expected.
So don’t all rush in with your schadenfreude leopards age my face smugness lol. You are just a victim of the usual British media bullshit chasing headlines and clicks.
At least its a good statement. As EU is trash
where are all the people that always comment that Telegraph news is BS ?
It has been time for doing that for the last few years.
And the Brexit campaign was headed by that arrogant foghorn of ignorance, Nigel Farage, who now is making a career out of blaming the Remainers for the consequences. And the Brits seem to reward him for it, God help them. Have they lost their collective minds?
Not as bad as when Russia made stupid right wingers elect Trump.
I’m just waiting for the truth to come out that it was a cyber warfare propaganda/cyber trill attack by Russia.
Just the most obvious “point-counter-point”:
>*”Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?”*
* 1) Remain a member of the European Union
* 2) Leave the European Union
The question was a POLITICAL question with ECONOMIC consequences.
The essence of the political question was:
1. remain a member after 40 years or so of “Ever Closer Union” towards a Federal Union (constitution (Lisbon), Euro currency adoption and executive and judicial.
Or
2. Revert back to Sovereignty of Parliament (itself a flawed form of politics also).
Economic collateral damage from the above was inevitable. but another 20-40 years is the full barometer of whether this was economically long term superior or not.
Another day, another debate by comments that sound like bots or humans operating bots and adding more smoke and confusion over what is very simple and clear choice with very profound consequences.
In U.S.A. Mr. Trump ( *Tariffman* ) made his own Brexit, cut U.S.A. from other world, MAGA…
r/NoShitSherlock
Isn’t this the 800 millionth article of this exact title?
Switzerland is not part of EU and has good trading relationships and opportunities with the EU.
It’s possible.
Brits fucked themselves up big time lol