'We're all worse off': Britain is now paying the price to leave the EU

Re:'We're all worse off': Britain is now paying the price to... by zvolsky on Friday May 12, 2023 @04:41PM (#35922090)

As someone who has spent a significant amount of time in the UK and the Czech Republic (an EU country) since Brexit, both places are worse off now, but the Czech Republic is significantly more worse off than Britain. I have plenty of anecdotal evidence, but it suffices to look at inflation statistics, with Czechia at 15.1% and the UK at 9.07% for 2022. I haven't noticed any empty shelves, except for eggs, which were caused free-range chicken quarantine (according to a store worker). Maybe it's a coincidence, but as far as I can tell, this crisis has nothing to do with Brexit.

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Re:'We're all worse off': Britain is now paying the price to... by pdimitar on Friday May 12, 2023 @04:46PM (#35922158)

Interesting. So we can guess that this article (and others like it) observes local isolated phenomena?

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Re:'We're all worse off': Britain is now paying the price to... by zvolsky on Friday May 12, 2023 @05:09PM (#35922437)

The article talks about store shortages and becoming a poorer country. I haven't been affected by the shortages so I presume they aren't as significant as the media present them. As for getting poorer, it seems to be a Europe-wide problem - hardly related to Brexit.

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Re:'We're all worse off': Britain is now paying the price to... by gepiti on Saturday May 13, 2023 @12:59AM (#35925701)

Compairing UK and the Czech Republic is like apples and oranges. A comparison with France or Germany would be more appropriate (but this way Brexit looks really bad).

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Re:'We're all worse off': Britain is now paying the price to... by zvolsky on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @11:01AM (#35962807)

Would you elaborate on your comparison with Germany? OECD GDP, CPI inflation, and inflation forecast figures seem to contradict your argument.

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