More "winning"

[Bulletguy]

 

In their warped weird world Brexit acolytes will see this as another "win". *-)

 

 

Britain is on course to lose its status as one of Germany's top 10 trading partners this year for the first time since 1950, as Brexit-related trade barriers drive firms in Europe's largest economy to look for business elsewhere. Imports of pharmaceuticals dropped by 50% while agricultural products by 80%.

 

In the first six months of this year, German imports of British goods sank nearly 11% year-on-year to 16.1 billion euros ($19.0 billion), Federal Statistics Office data reviewed by Reuters showed.

 

While German goods exports to Britain rose 2.6% to 32.1 billion euros, that could not prevent a decline in bilateral trade, by 2.3% to 48.2 billion euros - pushing Britain down to 11th spot from ninth, and from fifth before it voted to leave the EU in 2016.

 

"The UK's loss of importance in foreign trade is the logical consequence of Brexit. These are probably lasting effects," Gabriel Felbermayr, President of the Kiel-based Institute for the World Economy (IfW), told Reuters.

 

"In Britain, the picture is different," Schmidt said, adding that many small firms there had exported mainly to the EU so had to start from scratch when confronted with new customs controls.

 

"For many small British firms, Brexit meant losing access to their most important export market... It's like shooting yourself in the foot. And this explains why German imports from Britain are in free-fall now."

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-britain-no-longer-top-10-trade-with-germany-brexit-bites-2021-09-08/

[John52]

UK Government wouldn't want to rejoin because it would mean losing face, - and the real reason we left to avoid an EU wide tax treaty getting into Her Majesty's Tax Havens and making the £billionaire 'newspaper' owners promoting Brexit pay tax - instead of the little people getting a tax rise and govt reneging on pensions triple lock, which would have raised UK pensions closer to the EU average.

The EU wouldn't want us back because they are doing better with the great Brexit deal they got.

I can't see anything positive in Brexit - unless you are domiciled in one of Her Majesty's Tax Havens, or one of Boris Johnson's cronies given a cabinet post or seat in the House of Lords.

This view is confirmed by the Brexiteers having to make things up - like saying we couldn't have got vaccines if we had stayed in the EU.

[malc d]

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[Bulletguy]

John52 - 2021-09-11 8:04 AM

 

UK Government wouldn't want to rejoin because it would mean losing face, - and the real reason we left to avoid an EU wide tax treaty getting into Her Majesty's Tax Havens and making the £billionaire 'newspaper' owners promoting Brexit pay tax - instead of the little people getting a tax rise and govt reneging on pensions triple lock, which would have raised UK pensions closer to the EU average.

Don't forget immigration was a prime mover in appealing to the xenophobes and racist bigots who thought it would stop brown skin folk coming. Brexit emboldened the bigots.

 

The EU wouldn't want us back because they are doing better with the great Brexit deal they got.......

After all our shenanigans who can blame them? Even when members we were nothing but trouble. They're glad to be rid of us.

 

I can't see anything positive in Brexit. This view is confirmed by the Brexiteers having to make things up.

It's inflicted a massive amount of damage on the country and seen costs sky rocket. Decimated businesses losing billions in trade exports. Lost thousands of jobs throwing folk on the scrap heap. Brexit acolytes see this as "a win" and think it's funny.