UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023

Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by tacker2000 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:16AM (#34596086)

How can the UK be so deluded as to think they would get a better deal and be better off than they already were?

They were in the union, kept their own currency and had exemptions from a lot of EU rules.

Now they fucked up royally out of pure arrogance and some ill-advised nationalism.

Good luck.

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Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by pessimizer on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:51AM (#34596663)

This was the real shocker to me. The UK had an absurdly good deal in the EU. This was a fight between guys who make billions from domestic commerce and guys who make billions from international commerce and the local guys won. A cost of living crisis is a boon for them.

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Re:UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF by SideburnsOfDoom on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @12:13PM (#34598004)

> How can the EU be so unfriendly?

I suspect that the grandparent is joking, doing the "why did the EU do this to the UK?"

The joke is that brexit issues are never the UK's fault. Along the lines of https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/who-killed-hannibal

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