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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.K. Economy Sputters Post-Brexit
U.K. Economy Sputters Post-Brexit
October 19, 2021 at 1:40 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 39 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2021/10/19/u-k-economy-sputters-post-brexit/
"SNIP......
The global upswing in trade is leaving the U.K. behind, an early sign of the challenge Brexit is presenting its economy, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Leaving the EU has put the U.K. outside the EUs vast internal market of 445 million consumers and a customs territory that is bigger still, stretching from the Atlantic to Turkey. It is hobbling trade just as its economy needs all its engines firing to power out of its worst downturn in a century.
.......SNIP"
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U.K. Economy Sputters Post-Brexit (Original Post)
applegrove
Oct 2021
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applegrove
(118,016 posts)1. Putin must be proud.
SharonClark
(10,005 posts)2. Everyone who isn't a rightwinger told them it would.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)3. Yup - this came as a surprise to nobody - least of all, Putin.
Putin must be so proud of his work.
Deep State Witch
(10,350 posts)4. Gee
Who could have predicted that?