FabSwingers.com forum: How has Brexit impacted you?

By *otMe66 OP Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

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By *astandFeistyCouple
over a year ago

Bournemouth

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

You'll get the usual 'economic' arguments etc etc.

I can say that Brexit hasn't affected my daily life one iota. That's me saying nothing has changed for me in my day to day life. I'd love to retire to the Mediterranean at some point which has been made obviously harder but other than that, maybe longer queues at the airport

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By *estivalMan
over a year ago

borehamwood

Not affected my day to day life, as for travelling i not been to europe for quite a while now tend to go further afield nowadays so am used to having to have visas and queuing at airports

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

You'll get the usual 'economic' arguments etc etc.

Pretending that economic arguments aren’t somehow valid is a bit strange tbf. Doesn’t the economy affect each of us on a daily basis?

For me, travelling is made harder, my retirement plans will likely suffer greatly, and the reduced rights and opportunities for my children is something that will always infuriate me.

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By *astandFeistyCouple
over a year ago

Bournemouth

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

You'll get the usual 'economic' arguments etc etc.

Pretending that economic arguments aren’t somehow valid is a bit strange tbf. Doesn’t the economy affect each of us on a daily basis?

For me, travelling is made harder, my retirement plans will likely suffer greatly, and the reduced rights and opportunities for my children is something that will always infuriate me. "

Of course economics affects us all.

Let me ask, after 2008, did you blame everything on American Bankers?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

getting stung with import tax when I bought some paddle boards. Didnt know they were comming from the Netherlands and had to pay import tax to get them.

that was a kick in the nuts I wasnt expecting.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

being extremely pissed off at standing in very large "all other passports" queues to get through Belgian passport control in and out, watching the tiny EU passport queue.

Then arrive back in the UK and stand in a UK and EU passport queue. Why is there not a dedicated UK passport queue in the UK.

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By *oah VailMan
over a year ago

Dover

Well, it cost my wife her job; utterly derailed retirement plans; devalued the pound in my pocket; has made lots of negative impact to me locally living near enough to a channel crossing to get stuck in gridlock whenever someone in a booth drops their clipboard; has made buying and selling stuff across the border with the EU challenging; but hey, blue passports.

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By *alcon43Woman
over a year ago

Paisley

There has been issues getting medication.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

You'll get the usual 'economic' arguments etc etc.

Pretending that economic arguments aren’t somehow valid is a bit strange tbf. Doesn’t the economy affect each of us on a daily basis?

For me, travelling is made harder, my retirement plans will likely suffer greatly, and the reduced rights and opportunities for my children is something that will always infuriate me.

Of course economics affects us all.

Let me ask, after 2008, did you blame everything on American Bankers?"

I blamed the financial crisis on them, yes. And much damage spiralled from that point. Just as I blame the snake oil salesmen Farage, Hannan, Johnson, Rees-Mogg for Brexit - and they’re responsible for the domino effects, supply chain issues, currency falling, slow recovery lost jobs, reduced rights etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In short, everyone has been affected by Brexit in some sense or another. Even if it’s simply more hassle to travel on holiday.

I think we can all agree that so far it’s been a massively expensive waste of time, and far from the sunlit uplands promised (as plenty of us predicted).

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By *orleymanMan
over a year ago

Leeds

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

Not brexit itself.

The main impact of the vote reducing the value of the pound . Many companies used it to simply profiteer and push prices up like the I phone.

The biggest effect was probably the bank.of England becoming more politicised and negligent by carney. Sticking to a narrative of " nothing is out fault"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

Not brexit itself.

The main impact of the vote reducing the value of the pound . Many companies used it to simply profiteer and push prices up like the I phone.

The biggest effect was probably the bank.of England becoming more politicised and negligent by carney. Sticking to a narrative of " nothing is out fault"

The pound plummeted straight after we voted to leave and hasn’t recovered since

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By *orleymanMan
over a year ago

Leeds

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

Not brexit itself.

The main impact of the vote reducing the value of the pound . Many companies used it to simply profiteer and push prices up like the I phone.

The biggest effect was probably the bank.of England becoming more politicised and negligent by carney. Sticking to a narrative of " nothing is out fault"

The pound plummeted straight after we voted to leave and hasn’t recovered since

It was plummeting beforehand. But has struggled to recover. But is performing well this year. And we will have to see the outcome of the debt ceiling vote coming to see how it will perform in future.

But thats thebonly impact i have really felt

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

Not brexit itself.

The main impact of the vote reducing the value of the pound . Many companies used it to simply profiteer and push prices up like the I phone.

The biggest effect was probably the bank.of England becoming more politicised and negligent by carney. Sticking to a narrative of " nothing is out fault"

The only reason we didn’t suffer more in the immediate aftermath was Carney’s excellent work.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

Not brexit itself.

The main impact of the vote reducing the value of the pound . Many companies used it to simply profiteer and push prices up like the I phone.

The biggest effect was probably the bank.of England becoming more politicised and negligent by carney. Sticking to a narrative of " nothing is out fault"

The pound plummeted straight after we voted to leave and hasn’t recovered since

It was plummeting beforehand. But has struggled to recover. But is performing well this year. And we will have to see the outcome of the debt ceiling vote coming to see how it will perform in future.

But thats thebonly impact i have really felt "

No it wasn’t

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By *astandFeistyCouple
over a year ago

Bournemouth

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

You'll get the usual 'economic' arguments etc etc.

Pretending that economic arguments aren’t somehow valid is a bit strange tbf. Doesn’t the economy affect each of us on a daily basis?

For me, travelling is made harder, my retirement plans will likely suffer greatly, and the reduced rights and opportunities for my children is something that will always infuriate me.

Of course economics affects us all.

Let me ask, after 2008, did you blame everything on American Bankers?

But did you blame everything on them?

That's the question I asked.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

You'll get the usual 'economic' arguments etc etc.

Pretending that economic arguments aren’t somehow valid is a bit strange tbf. Doesn’t the economy affect each of us on a daily basis?

For me, travelling is made harder, my retirement plans will likely suffer greatly, and the reduced rights and opportunities for my children is something that will always infuriate me.

Of course economics affects us all.

Let me ask, after 2008, did you blame everything on American Bankers?

But did you blame everything on them?

That's the question I asked."

Oh I see. You think that I blame everything on Brexit and are trying to score a nonsense point.

Sorry about that.

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By *orleymanMan
over a year ago

Leeds

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

Not brexit itself.

The main impact of the vote reducing the value of the pound . Many companies used it to simply profiteer and push prices up like the I phone.

The biggest effect was probably the bank.of England becoming more politicised and negligent by carney. Sticking to a narrative of " nothing is out fault"

The only reason we didn’t suffer more in the immediate aftermath was Carney’s excellent work. "

Excellent work? Lowering the interest rate the putting it back up again 1 year later?

Wanna stick with that 1? Given the time lag of 18 mo tha for effect of interest rate policy?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

Not brexit itself.

The main impact of the vote reducing the value of the pound . Many companies used it to simply profiteer and push prices up like the I phone.

The biggest effect was probably the bank.of England becoming more politicised and negligent by carney. Sticking to a narrative of " nothing is out fault"

The only reason we didn’t suffer more in the immediate aftermath was Carney’s excellent work.

Excellent work? Lowering the interest rate the putting it back up again 1 year later?

Wanna stick with that 1? Given the time lag of 18 mo tha for effect of interest rate policy?"

Yes I want to stick with that. Carney’s work was lauded by actual economists - you know, experts. The people you don’t listen to.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

Not brexit itself.

The main impact of the vote reducing the value of the pound . Many companies used it to simply profiteer and push prices up like the I phone.

The biggest effect was probably the bank.of England becoming more politicised and negligent by carney. Sticking to a narrative of " nothing is out fault"

The only reason we didn’t suffer more in the immediate aftermath was Carney’s excellent work.

Excellent work? Lowering the interest rate the putting it back up again 1 year later?

Wanna stick with that 1? Given the time lag of 18 mo tha for effect of interest rate policy?"

Carney and the BOE are better qualified and reliable than you are

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By *astandFeistyCouple
over a year ago

Bournemouth

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

You'll get the usual 'economic' arguments etc etc.

Pretending that economic arguments aren’t somehow valid is a bit strange tbf. Doesn’t the economy affect each of us on a daily basis?

For me, travelling is made harder, my retirement plans will likely suffer greatly, and the reduced rights and opportunities for my children is something that will always infuriate me.

Of course economics affects us all.

Let me ask, after 2008, did you blame everything on American Bankers?

But did you blame everything on them?

That's the question I asked.

Oh I see. You think that I blame everything on Brexit and are trying to score a nonsense point.

Sorry about that. "

Seems that way yeah

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Personally, hard to unpick from the rest of the issues we face.

At work, fuck load of extra challenges for no added value to the client. Tho some reversal of some unhelpful rules are on the pipeline.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

You'll get the usual 'economic' arguments etc etc.

Pretending that economic arguments aren’t somehow valid is a bit strange tbf. Doesn’t the economy affect each of us on a daily basis?

For me, travelling is made harder, my retirement plans will likely suffer greatly, and the reduced rights and opportunities for my children is something that will always infuriate me.

Of course economics affects us all.

Let me ask, after 2008, did you blame everything on American Bankers?

But did you blame everything on them?

That's the question I asked.

Oh I see. You think that I blame everything on Brexit and are trying to score a nonsense point.

Sorry about that.

Seems that way yeah"

That sounds like a *you* problem

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By *astandFeistyCouple
over a year ago

Bournemouth

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

You'll get the usual 'economic' arguments etc etc.

Pretending that economic arguments aren’t somehow valid is a bit strange tbf. Doesn’t the economy affect each of us on a daily basis?

For me, travelling is made harder, my retirement plans will likely suffer greatly, and the reduced rights and opportunities for my children is something that will always infuriate me.

Of course economics affects us all.

Let me ask, after 2008, did you blame everything on American Bankers?

But did you blame everything on them?

That's the question I asked.

Oh I see. You think that I blame everything on Brexit and are trying to score a nonsense point.

Sorry about that.

Seems that way yeah

That sounds like a *you* problem "

Why are you trying to make it personal? I don't have a 'problem', just an observation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

You'll get the usual 'economic' arguments etc etc.

Pretending that economic arguments aren’t somehow valid is a bit strange tbf. Doesn’t the economy affect each of us on a daily basis?

For me, travelling is made harder, my retirement plans will likely suffer greatly, and the reduced rights and opportunities for my children is something that will always infuriate me.

Of course economics affects us all.

Let me ask, after 2008, did you blame everything on American Bankers?

But did you blame everything on them?

That's the question I asked.

Oh I see. You think that I blame everything on Brexit and are trying to score a nonsense point.

Sorry about that.

Seems that way yeah

That sounds like a *you* problem

Why are you trying to make it personal? I don't have a 'problem', just an observation.

Doing nothing of the sort. Just making an assumption from what I’ve seen of your posting. Just as you’ve done with me on this thread.

Go well

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By *astandFeistyCouple
over a year ago

Bournemouth

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

You'll get the usual 'economic' arguments etc etc.

Pretending that economic arguments aren’t somehow valid is a bit strange tbf. Doesn’t the economy affect each of us on a daily basis?

For me, travelling is made harder, my retirement plans will likely suffer greatly, and the reduced rights and opportunities for my children is something that will always infuriate me.

Of course economics affects us all.

Let me ask, after 2008, did you blame everything on American Bankers?

But did you blame everything on them?

That's the question I asked.

Oh I see. You think that I blame everything on Brexit and are trying to score a nonsense point.

Sorry about that.

Seems that way yeah

That sounds like a *you* problem

Why are you trying to make it personal? I don't have a 'problem', just an observation.

Doing nothing of the sort. Just making an assumption from what I’ve seen of your posting. Just as you’ve done with me on this thread.

Go well

Oh I see, you don't like me so that means I have a 'problem', got it.

The difference here is I took what you've written on this thread alone and made my observation.

"responsible for the domino effects, supply chain issues, currency falling, slow recovery lost jobs, reduced rights etc"

You seem to have forgotten plenty more that has influenced these things in the last 7 years

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

You'll get the usual 'economic' arguments etc etc.

Pretending that economic arguments aren’t somehow valid is a bit strange tbf. Doesn’t the economy affect each of us on a daily basis?

For me, travelling is made harder, my retirement plans will likely suffer greatly, and the reduced rights and opportunities for my children is something that will always infuriate me.

Of course economics affects us all.

Let me ask, after 2008, did you blame everything on American Bankers?

But did you blame everything on them?

That's the question I asked.

Oh I see. You think that I blame everything on Brexit and are trying to score a nonsense point.

Sorry about that.

Seems that way yeah

That sounds like a *you* problem

Why are you trying to make it personal? I don't have a 'problem', just an observation.

Doing nothing of the sort. Just making an assumption from what I’ve seen of your posting. Just as you’ve done with me on this thread.

Go well

Oh I see, you don't like me so that means I have a 'problem', got it.

The difference here is I took what you've written on this thread alone and made my observation.

"responsible for the domino effects, supply chain issues, currency falling, slow recovery lost jobs, reduced rights etc"

You seem to have forgotten plenty more that has influenced these things in the last 7 years

I’ve forgotten nothing of the sort.

When did the falling pound commence? When did supply chain issues commence? What’s been the biggest factor in job losses? Why have we recycle recovered from Covid slower than equivalent economies in the EU?

Brexit is a substantial factor in all of these - only a fool would pretend otherwise.

Still, Sunlit uplands, eh?

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By *astandFeistyCouple
over a year ago

Bournemouth

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

You'll get the usual 'economic' arguments etc etc.

Pretending that economic arguments aren’t somehow valid is a bit strange tbf. Doesn’t the economy affect each of us on a daily basis?

For me, travelling is made harder, my retirement plans will likely suffer greatly, and the reduced rights and opportunities for my children is something that will always infuriate me.

Of course economics affects us all.

Let me ask, after 2008, did you blame everything on American Bankers?

But did you blame everything on them?

That's the question I asked.

Oh I see. You think that I blame everything on Brexit and are trying to score a nonsense point.

Sorry about that.

Seems that way yeah

That sounds like a *you* problem

Why are you trying to make it personal? I don't have a 'problem', just an observation.

Doing nothing of the sort. Just making an assumption from what I’ve seen of your posting. Just as you’ve done with me on this thread.

Go well

Oh I see, you don't like me so that means I have a 'problem', got it.

The difference here is I took what you've written on this thread alone and made my observation.

"responsible for the domino effects, supply chain issues, currency falling, slow recovery lost jobs, reduced rights etc"

You seem to have forgotten plenty more that has influenced these things in the last 7 years

I’ve forgotten nothing of the sort.

Brexit is a substantial factor in all of these - only a fool would pretend otherwise.

Still, Sunlit uplands, eh?"

I have never argued that Brexit isn't a factor in any of those things.

I think you may have me confused for someone who voted for Brexit because was a 'good idea'.

However, I'm also not someone who thinks every problem is due to Brexit. There's many factors to a wide range of things - only a fool would pretend otherwise

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By *orleymanMan
over a year ago

Leeds

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

Not brexit itself.

The main impact of the vote reducing the value of the pound . Many companies used it to simply profiteer and push prices up like the I phone.

The biggest effect was probably the bank.of England becoming more politicised and negligent by carney. Sticking to a narrative of " nothing is out fault"

The only reason we didn’t suffer more in the immediate aftermath was Carney’s excellent work.

Excellent work? Lowering the interest rate the putting it back up again 1 year later?

Wanna stick with that 1? Given the time lag of 18 mo tha for effect of interest rate policy?

Yes I want to stick with that. Carney’s work was lauded by actual economists - you know, experts. The people you don’t listen to."

No it wasn't. The investors began ignoring his " forward rate guidance"

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By *otMe66 OP Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

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By *otMe66 OP Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

So far:

Queues at the airport / travelling

retirement plans could change (not an impact yet)

import tax on one item purchased

A job loss

Reduction in the value of GBP

A problem with obtaining some medications

Process change at work

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Travel issues how much of that was knock on effect from covid and getting people back into the industry? Air traffic issues? The channel crossing is a Brexit issue for sure.

Retirement plans changing, is that more paperwork?

Import tax on an item, if it is still cheaper after tax you are still up??

GBP fluctuations, did that hit hard or has it been the high inflation rate that is causing most pain now?

Sorry about the job loss!! That is bad one.

Medication availability, not good another bad one depending on the medication.

Process change at work, assumption you are being paid to make the change?

Overall the impact so far is not as bad as I thought.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Does swapping sex partners with other couples count?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The economic impact has been dramatic and undeniable - of course the day-to-day depends on individuals, their work, their family/relationships etc. some have had to pay lots for citizenship stuff that they previously never had to consider, others have seen businesses collapse or customer bases decline.

The proof of the pudding is when even ardent brexiters struggle to give a cogent argument on what benefits we’ve seen since leaving.

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By *iketoshow74Man
over a year ago

Northampton

Not made any difference to me.

Looking at some of the comments.

Job loss: currently more vacancies than pretty much ever.

Value of £, let's see history to Euro:

1990 - 1.40

1995 - 1.20

2000 - 1.69

2007 - 1.50

2008 - 1.07

2013 - 1.16

2015 - 1.40

2017 - 1.11

2022 - 1.20

Now - 1.15

Two recent holiday abroad one in Europe. Took 15 mins both ways to get through security.

The biggest problem at the moment is bloody public sector workers striking. Happy to give you more pay if you drop your fat cat pension schemes. I pay 5% to my pension and my company matches it.

A starting nurse pays 6% and NHS pay 21%. Lower that to 6% and you have your big pay rise.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not made any difference to me.

Looking at some of the comments.

Job loss: currently more vacancies than pretty much ever.

Value of £, let's see history to Euro:

1990 - 1.40

1995 - 1.20

2000 - 1.69

2007 - 1.50

2008 - 1.07

2013 - 1.16

2015 - 1.40

2017 - 1.11

2022 - 1.20

Now - 1.15

Two recent holiday abroad one in Europe. Took 15 mins both ways to get through security.

The biggest problem at the moment is bloody public sector workers striking. Happy to give you more pay if you drop your fat cat pension schemes. I pay 5% to my pension and my company matches it.

A starting nurse pays 6% and NHS pay 21%. Lower that to 6% and you have your big pay rise."

Enjoying that race to the bottom?

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By *rDiscretionXXXMan
over a year ago

Gilfach

"Value of £, let's see history to Euro:

1990 - 1.40

1995 - 1.20

2000 - 1.69

2007 - 1.50

2008 - 1.07

2013 - 1.16

2015 - 1.40

2017 - 1.11

2022 - 1.20

Now - 1.15

Thanks for that.

The Brexit view happened in 2016, so if we assume that all of the difference between the 2015 figure and the 2017 figure is down to Brexit, we get a 0.29 drop, or just over 2%.

I'm not sure that the poster that said the pound had 'plummeted' was using the right word.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not made any difference to me.

Looking at some of the comments.

Job loss: currently more vacancies than pretty much ever.

Value of £, let's see history to Euro:

1990 - 1.40

1995 - 1.20

2000 - 1.69

2007 - 1.50

2008 - 1.07

2013 - 1.16

2015 - 1.40

2017 - 1.11

2022 - 1.20

Now - 1.15

Two recent holiday abroad one in Europe. Took 15 mins both ways to get through security.

The biggest problem at the moment is bloody public sector workers striking. Happy to give you more pay if you drop your fat cat pension schemes. I pay 5% to my pension and my company matches it.

A starting nurse pays 6% and NHS pay 21%. Lower that to 6% and you have your big pay rise."

They are entitled to strike, why don’t you get a job in the public sector if the pay is so good

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Value of £, let's see history to Euro:

1990 - 1.40

1995 - 1.20

2000 - 1.69

2007 - 1.50

2008 - 1.07

2013 - 1.16

2015 - 1.40

2017 - 1.11

2022 - 1.20

Now - 1.15

Thanks for that.

The Brexit view happened in 2016, so if we assume that all of the difference between the 2015 figure and the 2017 figure is down to Brexit, we get a 0.29 drop, or just over 2%.

I'm not sure that the poster that said the pound had 'plummeted' was using the right word."

2015 1.40

Now 1.15

Not sure where you get 2% from??

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By *iketoshow74Man
over a year ago

Northampton

I didn't say the pay is really good but about 20 years ago the private sector realised that final salary type pensions were not affordable so they stopped them. However the public sector still pay massive pensions on now average salary over last 5 years which is not affordable.

But back to the topic of this thread. I agree Brexit was miss sold and there is quite a fee issues but I still think in 20 years we will be better off being outside the EU because it will implode

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over a year ago

"I didn't say the pay is really good but about 20 years ago the private sector realised that final salary type pensions were not affordable so they stopped them. However the public sector still pay massive pensions on now average salary over last 5 years which is not affordable.

But back to the topic of this thread. I agree Brexit was miss sold and there is quite a fee issues but I still think in 20 years we will be better off being outside the EU because it will implode"

Fair enough, why do you think the EU will implode?

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By *iketoshow74Man
over a year ago

Northampton

Greece has been bailed out 3 times now, still has a really high debt and unemployment over 16%. I think the stronger nations will not want to continue to bail them out so probably on the 10th time, plus a possibility of other weaker countries needing support, the economics don't make sense.

Also I think our economy will recover, already today the pessimistic IMF have changed the UK growth forecast for 2023 from -0.3% to +0.4%. That is a big swing and on Friday when Ofgem lower the energy price cap significantly it may well go above that.

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over a year ago

"Greece has been bailed out 3 times now, still has a really high debt and unemployment over 16%. I think the stronger nations will not want to continue to bail them out so probably on the 10th time, plus a possibility of other weaker countries needing support, the economics don't make sense.

So the EU will implode when they have to bail out Greece 10 times? What has the UKs 0.4 % growth forecast go to do with the EU?

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By *rDiscretionXXXMan
over a year ago

Gilfach

"Value of £, let's see history to Euro:

1990 - 1.40

1995 - 1.20

2000 - 1.69

2007 - 1.50

2008 - 1.07

2013 - 1.16

2015 - 1.40

2017 - 1.11

2022 - 1.20

Now - 1.15"

"Thanks for that.

The Brexit view happened in 2016, so if we assume that all of the difference between the 2015 figure and the 2017 figure is down to Brexit, we get a 0.29 drop, or just over 2%.

I'm not sure that the poster that said the pound had 'plummeted' was using the right word."

"2015 1.40

Now 1.15

Not sure where you get 2% from??"

As I said, I took the 2015 figure - 1.40, and subtracted the 2017 figure - 1.11, to get a drop of 0.29. Then my maths went wrong and I got 2% instead of 20%.

I picked the 2017 figure to get the largest drop possible. It still isn't much of a 'plummet'.

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over a year ago

"Value of £, let's see history to Euro:

1990 - 1.40

1995 - 1.20

2000 - 1.69

2007 - 1.50

2008 - 1.07

2013 - 1.16

2015 - 1.40

2017 - 1.11

2022 - 1.20

Now - 1.15

Thanks for that.

The Brexit view happened in 2016, so if we assume that all of the difference between the 2015 figure and the 2017 figure is down to Brexit, we get a 0.29 drop, or just over 2%.

I'm not sure that the poster that said the pound had 'plummeted' was using the right word.

2015 1.40

Now 1.15

Not sure where you get 2% from??

As I said, I took the 2015 figure - 1.40, and subtracted the 2017 figure - 1.11, to get a drop of 0.29. Then my maths went wrong and I got 2% instead of 20%.

I picked the 2017 figure to get the largest drop possible. It still isn't much of a 'plummet'."

20% is definitely a ‘plummet ‘

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By *enny PR9TV/TS
over a year ago

Southport

"Value of £, let's see history to Euro:

1990 - 1.40

1995 - 1.20

2000 - 1.69

2007 - 1.50

2008 - 1.07

2013 - 1.16

2015 - 1.40

2017 - 1.11

2022 - 1.20

Now - 1.15

Thanks for that.

The Brexit view happened in 2016, so if we assume that all of the difference between the 2015 figure and the 2017 figure is down to Brexit, we get a 0.29 drop, or just over 2%.

I'm not sure that the poster that said the pound had 'plummeted' was using the right word.

2015 1.40

Now 1.15

Not sure where you get 2% from??

As I said, I took the 2015 figure - 1.40, and subtracted the 2017 figure - 1.11, to get a drop of 0.29. Then my maths went wrong and I got 2% instead of 20%.

I picked the 2017 figure to get the largest drop possible. It still isn't much of a 'plummet'."

I Remember when half-a-crown was half a Dollar if that helps.

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over a year ago

"Value of £, let's see history to Euro:

1990 - 1.40

1995 - 1.20

2000 - 1.69

2007 - 1.50

2008 - 1.07

2013 - 1.16

2015 - 1.40

2017 - 1.11

2022 - 1.20

Now - 1.15

Thanks for that.

The Brexit view happened in 2016, so if we assume that all of the difference between the 2015 figure and the 2017 figure is down to Brexit, we get a 0.29 drop, or just over 2%.

I'm not sure that the poster that said the pound had 'plummeted' was using the right word.

2015 1.40

Now 1.15

Not sure where you get 2% from??

As I said, I took the 2015 figure - 1.40, and subtracted the 2017 figure - 1.11, to get a drop of 0.29. Then my maths went wrong and I got 2% instead of 20%.

I picked the 2017 figure to get the largest drop possible. It still isn't much of a 'plummet'."

Sterling suffered its worst one-day drop in history, and went to a 30+ year low immediately during and after the referendum result.

I’m not sure what constitutes a plummet to you, but that was a pretty epic one, by anyone’s measure

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By *otMe66 OP Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

"Value of £, let's see history to Euro:

1990 - 1.40

1995 - 1.20

2000 - 1.69

2007 - 1.50

2008 - 1.07

2013 - 1.16

2015 - 1.40

2017 - 1.11

2022 - 1.20

Now - 1.15

Thanks for that.

The Brexit view happened in 2016, so if we assume that all of the difference between the 2015 figure and the 2017 figure is down to Brexit, we get a 0.29 drop, or just over 2%.

I'm not sure that the poster that said the pound had 'plummeted' was using the right word.

2015 1.40

Now 1.15

Not sure where you get 2% from??

As I said, I took the 2015 figure - 1.40, and subtracted the 2017 figure - 1.11, to get a drop of 0.29. Then my maths went wrong and I got 2% instead of 20%.

I picked the 2017 figure to get the largest drop possible. It still isn't much of a 'plummet'.

20% is definitely a ‘plummet ‘

It is 17.8%

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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago

Brighton

The GBP also devalued against the USD, especially in the immediate aftermath of the Brexit referendum. So combined with a reduction against the Euro, it means pretty much everything has got more expensive for people in the UK.

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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago

Brighton

Any fruit farmers or exporters on Fab?

“Exports of fruit from the UK to the EU, including traditional English apples and pears, have more than halved since Brexit, according to data released by HMRC."

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By *eroy1000Man
over a year ago

milton keynes

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

So personally the biggest change for me has been much better work situation both in security and amount. I have not been abroad since covid so am yet to experience the added wait at customs. I love going to Tenerife but if the customs are bad I will probably venture elsewhere as if I'm going to be delayed at customs I may as well experience a new country. If staying in Europe then I hear Portugal allow UK people through the EU lane. Apart from that I can't think of anything else of note

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By *andyrod1Man
over a year ago

St Margaret's at Cliffe

It has limited the time l spend at my house in Greece, l will eventually move there permanently so will go through the residency route. This isn't much different from when we were in the EU as l believe the UK was the only country that had an open door policy.

My wife lived in Athens for years and had to formalise her stay in order to pay tax, access healthcare etc.

Blair and Brown let in all comers from the EU, with instant access to a whole range of benefits, this was probably what led to such dissent and Brexit in the first place.

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over a year ago

"Any fruit farmers or exporters on Fab?

“Exports of fruit from the UK to the EU, including traditional English apples and pears, have more than halved since Brexit, according to data released by HMRC."

Same as the fishing industry - more turkeys who voted for Christmas.

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By *otMe66 OP Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

That’s great to hear! I travel a lot and I was caught up in travel mayhem, it was down to many factors such as the air traffic strikes in France, staffing issues at the airports, strikes in the uk and I hit queues coming back in the country but not entering another.

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over a year ago

"Value of £, let's see history to Euro:

1990 - 1.40

1995 - 1.20

2000 - 1.69

2007 - 1.50

2008 - 1.07

2013 - 1.16

2015 - 1.40

2017 - 1.11

2022 - 1.20

Now - 1.15

Thanks for that.

The Brexit view happened in 2016, so if we assume that all of the difference between the 2015 figure and the 2017 figure is down to Brexit, we get a 0.29 drop, or just over 2%.

I'm not sure that the poster that said the pound had 'plummeted' was using the right word.

2015 1.40

Now 1.15

Not sure where you get 2% from??

As I said, I took the 2015 figure - 1.40, and subtracted the 2017 figure - 1.11, to get a drop of 0.29. Then my maths went wrong and I got 2% instead of 20%.

I picked the 2017 figure to get the largest drop possible. It still isn't much of a 'plummet'.

20% is definitely a ‘plummet ‘

It is 17.8%"

17.8 % is definitely a ‘plummet’

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By *otMe66 OP Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

"Any fruit farmers or exporters on Fab?

“Exports of fruit from the UK to the EU, including traditional English apples and pears, have more than halved since Brexit, according to data released by HMRC."

Same as the fishing industry - more turkeys who voted for Christmas."

What’s happened with the fishing industry, that usually gets front page?

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By *otMe66 OP Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

"Value of £, let's see history to Euro:

1990 - 1.40

1995 - 1.20

2000 - 1.69

2007 - 1.50

2008 - 1.07

2013 - 1.16

2015 - 1.40

2017 - 1.11

2022 - 1.20

Now - 1.15

Thanks for that.

The Brexit view happened in 2016, so if we assume that all of the difference between the 2015 figure and the 2017 figure is down to Brexit, we get a 0.29 drop, or just over 2%.

I'm not sure that the poster that said the pound had 'plummeted' was using the right word.

2015 1.40

Now 1.15

Not sure where you get 2% from??

As I said, I took the 2015 figure - 1.40, and subtracted the 2017 figure - 1.11, to get a drop of 0.29. Then my maths went wrong and I got 2% instead of 20%.

I picked the 2017 figure to get the largest drop possible. It still isn't much of a 'plummet'.

20% is definitely a ‘plummet ‘

It is 17.8%

17.8 % is definitely a ‘plummet’

I would suggest it was exaggerated a little after a rise in the £ as the polls and mood looked like a remain win.

After the result we saw the market response as the £ went south. It has settled, got better, got worse over time because this is what markets do, they play with our money. I would expect a liberal socialist to understand we are at the mercy of such markets

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By *mateur100Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

I'm worse off but you know what? A can do positive attitude can get you through almost owt

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By *aretobareCouple
over a year ago

Central Portugal

We are way better off since Brexit. It made us realise quite how unfoundedly xenophobic people around us were and how much we were paying for so little and our restrictions of movement which we loved. We moved to Europe pre Brexit and now pay a maximum of 1 euro 20 a beer, have a fabulous farm, have wonderful neighbours and a community that we care about and are involved with and that we can rely on.

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By *otMe66 OP Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

"We are way better off since Brexit. It made us realise quite how unfoundedly xenophobic people around us were and how much we were paying for so little and our restrictions of movement which we loved. We moved to Europe pre Brexit and now pay a maximum of 1 euro 20 a beer, have a fabulous farm, have wonderful neighbours and a community that we care about and are involved with and that we can rely on. "

That’s great to hear and as the poster above referred too, a can do attitude

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By *otMe66 OP Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

"So far:

Queues at the airport / travelling

retirement plans could change (not an impact yet)

import tax on one item purchased

A job loss

Reduction in the value of GBP

A problem with obtaining some medications

Process change at work

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Travel issues how much of that was knock on effect from covid and getting people back into the industry? Air traffic issues? The channel crossing is a Brexit issue for sure.

Retirement plans changing, is that more paperwork?

Import tax on an item, if it is still cheaper after tax you are still up??

GBP fluctuations, did that hit hard or has it been the high inflation rate that is causing most pain now?

Sorry about the job loss!! That is bad one.

Medication availability, not good another bad one depending on the medication.

Process change at work, assumption you are being paid to make the change?

Overall the impact so far is not as bad as I thought.

I was expecting a lot more, anyone else got a “personal impact” from Brexit

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

Can never get a regular supply of the wine I like. Oh the humanity!

Queues for passport control fucking suck.

Minor inconveniences but yet to see a tangible benefit of leaving the EU either.

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By *lex46TV/TS
over a year ago

Near Wells

We used to send a lot of packages to Spain, Italy and France. Now we hardly do any. Quite a significant impact on sales at work (it's my business).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every day we see posts blaming Brexit for any number of things, some have the most tenuous of links to Brexit in my opinion, and that has got me thinking!

What has been the impact of Brexit to you personally?

"
watching you all freak out over something the majority voted for. Constantly day in and day out. Probably forever. But it has amusement merits.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Need to abort this failed experiment. The damage it has caused both seen and unseen.

We are too proud though to go back cap in hand.

Better join EFTA to save the blushes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The UK is our 51st state with issues

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Any fruit farmers or exporters on Fab?

“Exports of fruit from the UK to the EU, including traditional English apples and pears, have more than halved since Brexit, according to data released by HMRC."

Same as the fishing industry - more turkeys who voted for Christmas.

What’s happened with the fishing industry, that usually gets front page?"

Same as all the other big Brexit promises - they were sold a bunch of lies, and seen none of them come to fruition. Now they’re losing money compared to pre-referendum (around 80m per annum), and suffering labour shortages

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By *otMe66 OP Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

"Any fruit farmers or exporters on Fab?

“Exports of fruit from the UK to the EU, including traditional English apples and pears, have more than halved since Brexit, according to data released by HMRC."

Same as the fishing industry - more turkeys who voted for Christmas.

What’s happened with the fishing industry, that usually gets front page?

I have just had a read up on how the UK fishing industry is getting on and it seems not very well...

However this issue seems to have been festering away long before brexit was ever a thing. The fact that between 60 - 80% of fish caught in UK waters ends up in the EU and 70% of fish consumed in the UK is imported.

I wonder if more people were aware of this they would maybe change their purchasing habits to support the UK fishing industry? The other shocker was the low numbers fishing, approx 11,000.

I'm sure Brexit has increased their paperwork, but the big issue is not having a local consumer base, which is shame.

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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago

Brighton

"Any fruit farmers or exporters on Fab?

“Exports of fruit from the UK to the EU, including traditional English apples and pears, have more than halved since Brexit, according to data released by HMRC."

Same as the fishing industry - more turkeys who voted for Christmas.

What’s happened with the fishing industry, that usually gets front page?

I have just had a read up on how the UK fishing industry is getting on and it seems not very well...

I wonder if more people were aware of this they would maybe change their purchasing habits to support the UK fishing industry? The other shocker was the low numbers fishing, approx 11,000.

I'm sure Brexit has increased their paperwork, but the big issue is not having a local consumer base, which is shame."

I think that post simultaneously hits the nail on the head and underplays the issue.

The fact that British eating habits requires imported seafood while European eating habits provided exporting opportunities for indigenous seafood worked absolutely fine while we were in the EU.

Of course the current issue could be addressed by a change in diet preferences by Brits but is that going to happen?

I don’t recall the Leave campaign saying, British fisherman will be better off outside the EU as long as you all stop eating Icelandic Cod and start eating fish exclusively from British waters!