U.K. Economy Sputters Post-Brexit

[applegrove]

U.K. Economy Sputters Post-Brexit

October 19, 2021 at 1:40 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 39 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/10/19/u-k-economy-sputters-post-brexit/

"SNIP......

“The global upswing in trade is leaving the U.K. behind, an early sign of the challenge Brexit is presenting its economy,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Leaving the EU has put the U.K. outside the EU’s vast internal market of 445 million consumers and a customs territory that is bigger still, stretching from the Atlantic to Turkey. It is hobbling trade just as its economy needs all its engines firing to power out of its worst downturn in a century.”

.......SNIP"

[applegrove]

1. Putin must be proud.

[SharonClark]

2. Everyone who isn't a rightwinger told them it would.

[lagomorph777]

3. Yup - this came as a surprise to nobody - least of all, Putin.

Putin must be so proud of his work.

[Deep State Witch]

4. Gee

Who could have predicted that?