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"A decade later, the pound has never returned above its pre-Brexit level, hitting British holidaymakers in the pocket. From close to $1.50 against the dollar and €1.31 against the euro just after polling closed, the pound stands at $1.34 and €1.15." Brexit has made us all poorer...

theguardian.comHow Brexit has made Britain poorer – in chartsForecasters were wrong about an immediate recession but right that we would be worse off outside the EU

15/6/26, 10:13 am126 reposts277 likes

Wallace Mayne

@wallacemayne.bsky.social

15 June

The fish are very happy that they no longer have a maroon passport.

graham-o.bsky.social

@graham-o.bsky.social

15 June

Complete bollocks is as usual. You always ignore the pandemic and Ukraine in your analysis.

Humphrey Pring

@humphreypring.bsky.social

15 June

I wish the BBC would adopt a consistent assessment of the damage that Brexit has done. On BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions on Friday presenter Alex Forsyth said that the effect was “contested” but it was generally accepted to have caused some harm. As this article shows, it’s much much worse than that.

Pete Hudson 🇬🇧🇨🇵🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇳🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇳 #FBPE #BanX #UKPR #UK_JoinEU

@twopenneth.bsky.social

15 June

Especially UK pensioners & workers who decided to use their EU citizenship to live in the EU. They lose out every day, every year. Each £1 earned is a loss in Euros of ~12% - for life not just two weeks away. Typically this is £2,500 loss every year, £960 lost out of a state pension of £11,500.

Pete Hudson 🇬🇧🇨🇵🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇳🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇳 #FBPE #BanX #UKPR #UK_JoinEU

@twopenneth.bsky.social

15 June

That’s 25 million for a couple of weeks versus 1.3 million year round, making 50 million weeks each year for the former and 68 million weeks for the latter. Looks different in context, doesn’t it? Fickle things statistics.

Jodie May Sampson🏳️‍⚧️🌈

@justjodiemay.bsky.social

15 June

If it's of any interest, I'm a fully qualified refrigeration engineer. I'm looking to move to Spain and find work, but I have to retake my qualifications to make me compliant with EU law post Brexit. Just priced it up this morning and the cost is €2100 for the course and €300 for the exam.