Bank of England expects UK to fall into longest ever recession

Re:Bank of England expects UK to fall into longest ever rece... by pbhjpbhj on Thursday November 03, 2022 @04:43PM (#33457217)

People often blame England, but it was the whole of the UK, there were enclaves of opposition in all of the home nations.

Also, there were plenty of opposing voices in the UK (I realise we're party of the World, still!). Financial experts unanimously agreed it would damage our financial system; they only differed in whether it was worth it. Those for Brexit agreed that there would be up to a decade of economic damage.

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Re:Bank of England expects UK to fall into longest ever rece... by kergonath on Thursday November 03, 2022 @05:09PM (#33457637)

> Those for Brexit agreed that there would be up to a decade of economic damage.

Those for Brexit never argued such a thing before it was obvious things were going to be bad. The day before the referendum you had Farage on the radio saying that leaving the single market would be stupid and that the EU would just fold and let the UK in with its own rules. Remember the “pro cake and pro eating it”?

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Re:Bank of England expects UK to fall into longest ever rece... by tim333 on Thursday November 03, 2022 @06:56PM (#33459117)

Which is the kind of stuff that makes me think there should have been or maybe be a second vote now people know what the actual deal is. Still I went on the 2nd vote marches but the MPs weren't having it. Dunno where it goes now.

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