How has Brexit changed the UK?

A 2016 referendum in Britain irrevocably changed the future of the UK. With the country heading into a recession, Britons are examining the actual consequences of leaving the EU.

Guests:
Femi Oluwole
Co-founder of advocacy group Our Future Our Choice

Ben Habib
Chairperson of Brexit Watch

David Henig
UK Director of ECIPE

[drazencro]

3 years on, British still talk about Brexit. In the meantime, the EU moved on and turns out, it doesn't really need Britain.

[davecap]

The brexit they wanted was all the advantages of being in the EU without any of the obligations.

[barnabyaprobert]

As soon as the Brits heard that Trump supported Brexit they should have recoiled in horror.

[mlister]

Ben Habib seems to have missed that the purpose of the EU was to reduce regulations by agreeing a common set of rules. He wants a world where all the rules are in the UK's favour, missing the fact that other countries have to agree to them for them to work. He wants a win lose dynamic with our trading partners when only a win win compromise is possible.

[LegionIscariot]

The UK. The country that imposed sanctions...on itself 😐

[hippo]

Ben Habib is living in an alternate reality where Great Britain still has a vast empire for us to magically return to

[tomhighsmith]

As a happy EU citizen I am happy with Brexit, for many years I have felt that the UK in the EU was bad for the EU. Always acted difficult in a sometimes childish way, you know the 'Farage way'

[rickmartin]

Brexit the gift that never stops taking.

[paulschipper]

Ben Habib and all Brexiters live in a parallel reality.

[shatterquartz]

Ben Habib: "Ackshually, it's not that Brexit has failed, you see, it's because we haven't had *true* Brexit yet!" Dude sounds like every ideologue trying to explain away the failure of their pet theory.

[leoesharkey]

Brexit has been a great success, just not for the UK. Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg have all experienced huge flows of inward investment. The French stock market has gone from half the size of the UK's to larger than the UK's. European countries have also strengthened economic co-operation between themselves, and the Bloc's engine is running better than ever in the absence of the UK. There is also the mismanagement factor of the government in the UK to deal with as well

[noblewarrior]

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[SgtMajor]

Unfortunately people with no money listened to people with all the money that were quite well off and had nothing to loose. Nigel Farragh is doing quite well on his E.U. pension given to him by an organization that he didn't believe should exist. Immigration is at record levels despite the promises. The NHS is a mess and everything people were told that they'd benefit from has not materialized. Like they couldn't figure out that they were being lied to. We deserve exactly what we get for thinking that we are somehow superior to other nations and don't need them.

[johnbrown]

How can any opportunities ever emerge from erecting trade barriers with your closest neighbours?

[ChocoLater]

I was once told ''Arrogance only gets you so far''.
This statement couldn't be more accurate with Brexit.

[raphaelandrews]

Brexit is like a man taking off round wheels on his car and putting on square wheels and saying" look they are better at stopping, but the car can not move."

[trevellyanblack]

Habib is a brilliant example of the people who pushed hardest for Brexit, Hannan, Farage and yes Habib himself, had absolutely no power to deliver it, and now carp from the sidelines.

[drunkensailor]

Uk's current gdp is still at 2019 level. It's the only European country whose gdp hasn't recovered. Even poor countries like Romania have and on top of that it's the only European country in a recession. It's neighboring country the Netherlands, who brexiteers claimed would be hit the hardest by brexit, grew by 3% in the last quarter alone. Brexit was a scam.

[frankhynd]

The pound was valued at US$ 1.50 in June 2016 at the date of the Brexit referendum. Today the pound is US$ 1.19, a currency depreciation of 21%. Thanks, Messrs Farage and Hannan.

[scottba]

how can you say Brexit is bad ? Bankers bonus caps have been removed and soon employees could be losing their holiday and sick pay - job done for the disaster capitalists