Brexit Begins

[Hazir]

I'm sure it was all part of the plan.

[Aimless]

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All going according to plan

[Steely Glint]

Been a lot of this kind of talk recently from people who would normally not speak out against Brexit. Like the way the media and his party suddenly turned on Johnson, it's like a switch has flipped somewhere and it's suddenly ok to admit Brexit is doing significant and measurable economic damage.

[Hazir]

And yet Starmer thinks there's a success story to be found in it.

Which is a big reason for me to think we're better off without you.

[Steely Glint]

Starmer lives in abject, trembling fear of the right wing press and the massive voting demographic he believes they represent.

[Hazir]

Starmer lives in abject, trembling fear of the right wing press and the massive voting demographic he believes they represent.

Well....

[Aimless]

There is no lie; the Turing scheme does not have any tuition fee support, except—possibly—for edge cases. Nor does it have any requirement for tuition fee waivers. Reciprocity for me does not entail everyone getting the same amount of cash at the end of the year. Many countries and their higher ed institutions have far less money than the UK and its institutions; there would be no real reciprocity if such countries would have to pay the UK's high tuition fees. The UK benefited greatly from Erasmus, by drawing talented and curious students from many different countries—and many different backgrounds—to its higher ed institutions and its economy, using EU subsidies. How much do you believe the UK was "spending" on Erasmus? What accounted for that spending?

We now go to some breaking news about the Turing scheme:

https://www.ft.com/content/684dd2c7-...b-6c6fa1450128

https://www.holyrood.com/articles/ne...t-horizon-2020

Groundhog Brexit continues:

https://eandt.theiet.org/content/art...er-brexit-row/

[Being]

Hey, Randblade, you can come out of hiding now! You get to brag about how Brexit has been successfully finalized.

[Aimless]

Brexit finally begins:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ought-obr-says

[Aimless]

Brexit continues to begin:

The Economic Impact of Brexit

This paper examines the impact of the UK's decision to leave the European Union (Brexit) in 2016. Using almost a decade of data since the referendum, we combine simulations based on macro data with estimates derived from micro data collected through our Decision Maker Panel survey. These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. These large negative impacts reflect a combination of elevated uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time, and increased misallocation of resources from a protracted Brexit process. Comparing these with contemporary forecasts – providing a rare macro example to complement the burgeoning micro- literature of social science predictions – shows that these forecasts were accurate over a 5-year horizon, but they underestimated the impact over a decade.

As the kids say: lol, lmao even

[EyeKhan]

Brexit continues to begin:

The Economic Impact of Brexit



As the kids say: lol, lmao even

The pitfalls of too-direct democracy. Only let people vote when they understand what they are voting for. Same thing got Trump elected, twice, though in this case the misdirection, lies, and fear/hate mongering were the strategy, not the flaw in the Republican campaign.