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Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by coldpie on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:05AM (#34595909)
A friend of mine straight up left Britain for Canada in his 20s after Brexit. He wanted to get out before it all came down. Now that's one less young worker in an aging country. It's hard to overstate how much damage that vote did to the UK.
Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by phonescreen_man on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:22AM (#34596195)
Same, expat here under 40 living in the US, left when the referendum came in as an exit vote.. grabbed my bag and hit the ocean road! Took my skills with me.
Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by ben_w on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:51AM (#34596662)
Same except I went to Berlin, and I delayed leaving until late 2018 as my mother got Alzheimer's and I wanted to help while that still meant something.
Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by coldpie on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:52AM (#34596686)
There's probably something insightful to say around the topic of constantly shitting on the most important people in your economy (young workers) in order to curry favor with the biggest drags on your economy because they are the ones with the spare time to vote (retirees), but I'm not economically smart enough to figure out what it is.

"73 percent of people aged between 18 and 24 voted to Remain in the European Union, compared with just 40 percent of people aged over 65" https://www.statista.com/statistics/520954/brexit-votes-by-a...

Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by automatic6131 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:12AM (#34596021)
>It's hard to overstate how much damage that vote did to the UK.

And yet, people frequently succeed

Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by martimarkov on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:36AM (#34596393)
When most ppl around you succeed more than you is it really a success?
Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by avh02 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:02AM (#34596848)
"I moved (edit: willingly) to the UK because of brexit" is not a statement that's often heard either.