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Re:UK exports to EU slashed by 68% since Brexit by DrBazza on Sunday February 07, 2021 @11:38AM (#26056114)
> as a young Brit you just had a door shut in your face

I keep reading this and it's just not true. The vast majority of young Brits go to work or study in the USA/Canada/Australia/NZ, by far, and they don't have the EU's "freedom of movement".

Several of my friends worked and studied in Europe before the UK signed the Maastricht treaty in 1992 and it wasn't a problem for them. If you're determined to move countries, which is a significant undertaking, you'll do it regardless of whatever extra perceived barriers there are.

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Re:UK exports to EU slashed by 68% since Brexit by bloodorange on Sunday February 07, 2021 @11:55AM (#26056236)
After the bridge has fallen, there may yet be people ferrying themselves across the river. This, however, does not mean the absence of the bridge is not a notable impairment to people's movement across the water.
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