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Heavens, Siderite, are you serious? As with everything there’ll be winners and losers from Brexit, but all that remainers are doing is blaming everything that’s wrong at the moment on Brexit, that’s the point I was making.
What the UK Government’s failed miserably to do, among many other things — and, no, I’m not remotely happy about the Tories at the moment — is make the most of Brexit. But blaming our economic woes on Brexit is just nonsense. There are numerous things that have had a far greater impact, from extended lockdowns that should never have happened to a net-zero policy that’s driving energy costs through the roof and Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, paid for mainly by members of the EU.
As for the benefits of Brexit, remainers just fall back on project fear. It’s exactly what’s happening on this board. I pointed out a major benefit, which is that the UK can do what it likes in terms of supporting its people and businesses with regard to energy costs. I pointed out that Germany was under a lot of pressure because of its decision to support its people and businesses on energy, which many EU states believe to be unfair under competition rules.
Entirely as expected the response on here was to deny this is an issue, which is rubbish. It’s a huge issue now and very likely to become an even bigger one as the energy crisis gets worse. In reality the EU can’t stop its biggest economy because Germany wields so much power, so of course the rules will be bent as necessary. But had the UK still been a member the political pressure from the rest of Europe would have been enormous and very likely have led to the UK not being able to do what it wanted. Of course, this hasn’t been an issue so remainers simply ignore it.
This is what leaving the EU was really about, which is being able to take decisions without interference from Brussels (or Strasbourg, depending on what day of the week it happens to be). Of course it’s going to take time to see benefits from this and claiming otherwise is, frankly, just stupid.