| JRPGfan said: “Low income groups will be disproportionately affected by any price rises in food and fuel.” - from the report. The poor, will be worst off from brexit. |
Not just in the short run either, as Brexit proponents insist. The argument I keep hearing from supporters of a no-deal Brexit is that better, replacement trade deals will eventually, maybe three or four years down the road, be struck with the United States and China and everything will come rushing back to better than before, YaY, everyone wins!
First of all, people don't eat in the long run.
Secondly, the premise is total bullshit. The simple, obvious, self-evident fact of the matter is that leaving the EU will leave the UK with far LESS bargaining power, not more. Have you seen the sorts of terms that the Trump Administration and the Chinese government have been throwing around?? The bottom line is that the U.S. and China want a clear and distinct advantage in any such future trading relationship and an isolated country in a state of economic depression would be in no position to negotiate reasonable, equitable, reciprocal terms. The end result of this process is one wherein American and Chinese companies swoop in and take over much of the British economy and treat the British working class (including the specifically English one that voted for Brexit) significantly worse than they are currently being treated. As in fewer unions to protect their economic rights, fewer environmental regulations to protect their health and well-being, etc. That's the great and awesome eventuality that this policy offers unto the United Kingdom's working population.
