A clear majority of the British public now believes Brexit has been bad for the UK economy, has driven up prices in shops, and has hampered government attempts to control immigration, according to a landmark poll by Opinium to mark the third anniversary of the UK fully leaving the EU single market and customs unions.

The survey of more than 2,000 UK voters also finds strikingly low numbers of people who believe that Brexit has been of benefit to them or the country.

  • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    I wonder. In Australia, Germany, and the bulk of the world prices are crazy, due to greed in the covid times.

    Are Brits mistaking this phenomena with Brexit?

    In Australia we, for the first ever time, have a highly visible homeless problem for example. Houses are not affordable for future generations. Basics are getting out of reach financially.

    If we'd had an "exit" of sorts, would we even know if it was the exit, or the covid greed?

    I suspect we'd blame it on the exit.

    • RobotToaster@mander.xyz
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      9 months ago

      It's a lot easier for politicians and capitalists to blame brexit (a choice made by the people) rather than their own utter cockup of handling covid.