I don’t think anyone thinks that Brexit is the sole factor for our economy, but for some reason we seem to be struggling more than most, including those in the EU.
Sovereignty over trade is of course an argument, but I am struggling to see how we could have had that outside, unless we shrink away from trade with the EU and take the consequences of a more isolationist track (the CANZUK dreams are pie in the sky thinking); all trade deals involve some pooling of sovereignty to some degree. Brexiter MPs were promising us all this with no consequences and it was this which rankles. The border queues, loss of exports and GDP per capita is comparatively low for the UK with the EU. A lot of the causes for economic problems, like the pandemic, are not to do with Brexit, but for some reason we have anomalies compared to the EU nations, especially those of a similar standing from 2016.
If this was the argument Brexiters said was ok for sovereignty I would have been more fine with it. Instead, they told us these were all lies, we could have our cake and eat it and any fault is because of EU punishment. Childish, chest beating nonsense.
