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It has made it much more complex to operate across borders and may be gradually cooling the economy



Recent estimates put the losses at £100bn/year so far [0].

Long term, the estimate is a 15% hit to the economy.

And only 12% of people think that it went well. (For reference, that's about the same proportion as 'Americans who believe shape-shifting lizards control politics, or aren't sure' [1].)

In personal experience, my purchases of UK products have taken a massive drop.

And that's not even mentioning the losses to the environment or human rights.. So... Not what I would call a mixed bag. More like a deeply homogeneous bag.

0 - https://uk.news.yahoo.com/damning-statistics-reveal-true-cos...

1 - https://www.publicpolicypolling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/...




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