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Snapshot of Eurozone inflation falls to 5.5% in sharp contrast to UK. Economists put reason for divergence down to Brexit and Britain’s energy price guarantee.

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[–] G4Z 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (51 children)

No

What on earth do you mean 'No'.

Even by the measure that the OBR states, GDP per capita, UK was 2nd in Europe in 2016 and is still 2nd in 2022. The economic impact has been massively overstated.

What's that got to do with what I asked you?

I'm talking about a figure that's been spent/lost or not earned due to Brexit, and the OBR puts it at well over 200 billion now. Which is more than we ever spent on the EU in total over 47 years. Just a fact mate.

Investment may have been delayed, but that’s just delayed. There’s plenty of money looking at undervalued UK companies in deeptech and fintech

Or maybe, investment would have been even higher in the EU and we might have some of the top vert farm companies, like Germany and Finland does eh?

I really don't think you've demonstrated at all that Brexit has benefitted the vertical farm industry like you said it has.

Simply, no Brexit benefits here, as per usual when you scratch the claim even slightly.

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