Comments by "Curious Crow" (@CuriousCrow-mp4cx) on "James O'Brien reacts as economists warn the impact of Brexit is getting worse | LBC" video.

Not everyone said that. But the UK economy is underperforming, like a balloon slowly leaking air. And the Labour share of GDP the amount spent on paying workers in the UK - is less than abroad. That's why we're now being overtaken by India. Just a thought.
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No; we won't.
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Don't be daft. You voted for an idea, not a credible plan. You got what you voted for, but you had no idea what that would entail in reality. You had the slogans, but no understanding of how empty they were in reality. It was not a thought out choice. It was an emotional choice. Or you would have realised the limitstions.
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Perhaps you might take your own advice. Telling people to move on shows you haven't moved on yourself.
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Summary of cost of living in Spain: Cost of living in Spain is, on average, 25.0% lower than in United Kingdom. Rent in Spain is, on average, 28.4% lower than in United Kingdom, according to entries on Numbeo. So, perhaps it's your habits that are letting you waste money.
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Get real. It has been implemented under WTO rules. It's just that nobody voted on a credible plan, just on a idea. An idea cannot be frustrated, but your belief Tunnels can easily be frustrated. That's why you won't look at the reality as it is, because it would mean facing up to your errors. So you have a choice, just as when you voted for a idea, instead of a credible plan. You can continue to cling to your false victimhood, or you can accept that you played into the hands of people with a very dufferent agenda, which was not for your benefit. What you imagined what Brexit meant was never going to be possible, because this is not the 1960s. The world has moved on from that relationship with Britain. There is no dependency by countries on Britain, like the Sterling Area, or the Imperial Market system. Britain is in competition with everyone else since they left the world's second biggest economic market. And nobody is doing any favours. Inside the EU you had protection inside it. And as your partners and neighbours they protected you. All those benefits that you didn't realise you had are gone. Britain is just another country. And your economy is no longer AAA rated any more. Your credit rating fell after Brexit, so you have to pay more for your borrowing, because Brexit increased the risk of borrowing to the UK. And you can't change your geography. It will always cost more to trade with distant countries, and China was the last big nation to stop giving away their exports cheaply. They're not so cheap, as Sterling got devalued by 13% after Brexit, but that doesn't make the UK more competitive because it costs too much to trade with the UK as countries did in the past. Look at the Aston University report. And the sad thing is that UK services doesn't provide as many jobs for British workers, and those it provides are not that well paid. British workers in manufacturing were better off that they are in service jobs. Small and Medium Enterprises have been hit the hardest. And inward investment is falling too. That's reality. And the damage is enough to prevent long-term investment... Need I go on. Even forming a Customs Union would alieviate our difficulties. Turkey is in a customs union with the EU, but is not a member. We need that to reduce the costs of survival. It's that simple.
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Not really, Ivan.
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Not really. Especially as London is a major financial centre. Take your tin foil hat off, and read some economic history.
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I think you don't know what you are talking about. Tell us, oh wise one, why is Turkey in a customs union with the EU but not a member of the EU or EFTA? And why can't the UK form a customs union with the EU? When you understand the answer to that in any depth, then you will understand what the difficulties really are beyond the performative posturing.
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Lol.
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A wise man takes his own advice before tendering it to others.
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I'm sorry, but Brexit was an idea. You voted for an idea, not a credible plan. You were delivered something that couldn't work, as it was made up as they went along. That's why every prime minister since Brexit has had it blow up on their faces. The city of London lost a huge chunk of their derivatives trade, and so that sector has cut jobs, and cut people and branches. Brexit is a story about emotion trumping intellect. Feelings over facts. By rejecting the facts, there was no other outcome possible.
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And who is in the economy. Isn't it people? Markets are made of of people, so might not be the problems these economies face reflect their priorities? Perhaps they should have a hard look at them.
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A Wise man takes his own advice before offering it.
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Lol. U think you're right. He should start listening to other voices than the client media. He should ignore them, and do what is necessary to start turning things around. Copying the Tories is a mistake. There are ways to remove their stranglehold, but he's got to be ruthless, and get used to being criticised. And get ready to fight his corner. He needs to adapt to the fact that they won't applaud what he does. So it doesn't matter what they thing. He just needs to stop playing their game, and get on with thinking outside the box they want to trap him in.
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Read "Words of Change: the rhetoric of Commonwealth, Common Market, and Cold War, 1961-3" by Richard Toye. And Walking a Fine Line: Britain, the Commonwealth, and European Integration, 1945-1955 by Cameron A. Dunbar. Google these. They will explain much of what you're seeking to understand.
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A Tin Foil Hat doesn't suit you, Don Quixote. You're tilting at windmills again.
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Then you don't know a lot of people. Perhaps try again. Say for instance the UK chemical Industry spent £1.5 bn on trying to deal with Brexit. Or the more typical SMEs who traded with Europe, and lost those exports as their customers didn't want to pay the extra cost involved after Brexit. Or the businesses that closed operations here and moved to the EU. UK banks cut a loof their expenses, e.g. HBSC shut down their Canary Wharf HQ, along with a lot of the high end accounting firms like PriceWaterhouseCooper (PWC) all moved out of London to Birmingham, whilst they shut down more branches. So, you see, the cost of Brexit is tangibly real. One of my suppliers closed down their business, because they couldn't afford to deal with the red tape. And those costs have made the price of materials and tools go up significantly. Even stuff from China jumped up in price, partly because if the 13% fall in Sterling's value, but also increased friction trading with the UK. So, you don't know everything what's going on. You can't. You're in Durham, and that's not the whole of the UK. It's not even that big a city.
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