Brexit - The Disaster That Keeps On Disastering

[Angela Channing]

Before Brexit, Wales got £357 million of EU funding every year. The UK government told voters in that it would step in to continue to supply the funds to Wales. However, now it must compete for a share of a much smaller fund, intended to cover all regions of the UK and this year it expects to receive only £10 million. The Welsh government may have to make savage cuts to public services to make up the shortfall.

From the Financial Times:
Wales is heading towards a new era of austerity after losing £375m a year in EU economic aid because of Brexit, the nation’s economy minister has said.

Vaughan Gething told the Financial Times that while much funding from Brussels would end this financial year following the UK’s departure from the EU, the government in London had yet to allocate replacement support as promised.

“The Welsh government has to look at the reduced sum of money and make our budgets balance,” Gething said.

“The chancellor said there won’t be a return to austerity. Actually, if money disappears . . . you could find yourselves having to make choices that look very similar to the choices I was having to make as a minister when austerity was at its height.”

All three UK devolved administrations face significant cuts to their incomes after Brexit last year ended the flow of EU money.

 

[Sarah]

Some empty shelves in NI again. Totally sick of the government not caring about how Brexit is affecting us. It’s like we are the appendix of Great Britain.

 

[Angela Channing]

Some empty shelves in NI again. Totally sick of the government not caring about how Brexit is affecting us. It’s like we are the appendix of Great Britain.

Shamefully Northern Ireland isn't even consider worthy enough to be included in the name of the UK Olympic team, why on earth are we Team GB and not Team UK?

Empty shelves is spreading from Northern Ireland to other parts of the UK.

People across Scotland are noticing gaps in the fruit and vegetable displays at supermarkets and a decline in quality with some items past their best by the time they arrive. Pre-Brexit, fruit and veg were in the shops within five days of being harvested in Spain, France or Italy. Now the process takes up to two weeks.

Scottish customers face empty shelves and lack of fresh produce due to Brexit

PEOPLE across Scotland are noticing gaps in the fruit and vegetable displays at supermarkets and a decline in quality with some items past their…

www.thenational.scot

Brexit continues to be a disaster for the whole country.

 

[Sarah]

Shamefully Northern Ireland isn't even consider worthy enough to be included in the name of the UK Olympic team, why on earth are we Team GB and not Team UK?

Empty shelves is spreading from Northern Ireland to other parts of the UK.

People across Scotland are noticing gaps in the fruit and vegetable displays at supermarkets and a decline in quality with some items past their best by the time they arrive. Pre-Brexit, fruit and veg were in the shops within five days of being harvested in Spain, France or Italy. Now the process takes up to two weeks.

Scottish customers face empty shelves and lack of fresh produce due to Brexit

PEOPLE across Scotland are noticing gaps in the fruit and vegetable displays at supermarkets and a decline in quality with some items past their…

www.thenational.scot

Brexit continues to be a disaster for the whole country.

We never are. This is why few of us can get behind England when they are playing in important football tournaments- we are just sick of it. The sooner we are independent the better.

 

[Angela Channing]

European citizens who have applied for settled status are being detained and threatened with deportation, a development that contradicts assurances from ministers and appears to contravene the Brexit withdrawal agreement.

The Home Office has served EU nationals with removal directions even though they could prove they had applied for settled status, which should protect their rights to remain in the UK.

EU citizens who applied to stay in Britain facing threat of deportation

The Home Office appears to be in breach of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, says legal charity

www.theguardian.com

 

[Angela Channing]

Brexit is going great they tell us. We don’t need Europe, we don’t need European truck drivers, we don’t need their food.

The reality:

 

[Angela Channing]

Xenophobes who voted for this Brexit disaster are the reason why Christmas will be ruined.

UK poultry producers have warned that serious staff shortages caused by Brexit could mean there are not enough turkeys to go round this Christmas.

Not enough turkeys for Christmas due to Brexit, poultry producers warn

Government urged to relax UK immigration rules after one in six jobs left unfilled since EU departure

www.theguardian.com

 

[Angela Channing]

Nandos haven't got enough chickens and now McDonald's haven't got any milkshakes because of a shortage of lorry drivers due to Brexit. Now Co-op have reported that food shortages are the worst they have ever experienced. Stick that on the side of a bus and drive to the homes of every person who voted for this disaster and ask them to explain what are advantages of leaving the EU.

 

[Angela Channing]

Now it seems that Wetherspoons is running out of beer because there aren't enough lorry drivers to move the stuff around. I guess it a sort of karma as Tim Martin, the owner of that pub chain, is a rabid Brexit supporter. Maybe everyone who voted for Brexit should be forced to fill the vacancies in lorry driving and in care homes.

Wetherspoons becomes latest brand to suffer shortages as supply of some beers runs low

The pub chain, which said the issue affected Carling and Coors brands and meant that some pubs do not have the products available, becomes the latest to experience shortages after Nando's and McDonald's.

news.sky.com

 

[Angela Channing]

Thank you everyone who voted for the disaster that is Brexit. Because of your actions the whole country will soon have to pay more for food.

From today's Financial Times:
Food prices are set to rise later this year as the shortage of lorry drivers and more regulatory checks on imported food combine with rising prices for fuel, freight and raw materials, experts have warned.

Retail trade bodies said the subdued food prices of the past few years may not last much longer. “The headwinds facing retailers are very significant, even if [higher prices] haven’t materialised yet,” said Kyle Monk, director of analytics and insights at the British Retail Consortium.

Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at market research group Kantar, said the cost increases, including recent wage rises and other incentives for truck drivers to alleviate shortages, “have been so substantial I don’t see how they can avoid price rises.”

Kantar’s latest four-week data, which track the prices of over 75,000 food and household items, showed food prices rising by 0.4 per cent year-on-year.

Inflation data from the Office for National Statistics showed food price increases in May and June, helping push headline inflation up, though they fell back slightly in the most recent period.

The government believes higher wage costs — increasingly evident in food processing and haulage as the supply of low-cost eastern European labour has fallen following Brexit — take a long time to feed through to prices on shelves.

“[Government] analysis is that a 10 per cent rise in labour costs over three years translates to a 2 per cent increase in food prices,” said Monk. But he pointed out that wage pressure was coming on top of dearer oil prices, sharply higher container freight rates and higher raw material costs.

 

[Angela Channing]

The majority (56%) of Britons have now noticed food shortages in their local shops/supermarkets, as supply chain disruption caused by Brexit continues. This has risen from 45% in mid August, and 36% in late July. Thanks again to everyone who voted for this Brexit disaster.

 

[Sarah]

I’ve read comments on Twitter today from people who just want to leave the UK now in light of Brexit. I am disgusted that this was as usual the doing of England (and Wales) and the rest of the UK are forced to comply. I truly hope the UK is dissolved and would welcome the opportunity to ask anyone who voted for Brexit what the hell they thought it was going to achieve.

 

[Angela Channing]

I’ve read comments on Twitter today from people who just want to leave the UK now in light of Brexit. I am disgusted that this was as usual the doing of England (and Wales) and the rest of the UK are forced to comply. I truly hope the UK is dissolved and would welcome the opportunity to ask anyone who voted for Brexit what the hell they thought it was going to achieve.

No one has yet been able to tell me what we have gained from leaving the EU. It's been a total disaster on so many fronts and I think you have identified the biggest danger of Brexit and that is it will ultimately lead to the break up of the United Kingdom. I hope those people who voted for this are happy because I'm not only deeply saddened by it, I'm also furious.

 

[Sarah]

No one has yet been able to tell me what we have gained from leaving the EU. It's been a total disaster on so many fronts and I think you have identified the biggest danger of Brexit and that is it will ultimately lead to the break up of the United Kingdom. I hope those people who voted for this are happy because I'm not only deeply saddened by it, I'm also furious.

I’m not. You’re my friend and I mean no disrespect but as someone from N Ireland our situation is so different and a huge number of us are tired of being dictated to by England. Sadly that also forms a huge part of our troubled past. But there is nothing ‘United’ about this Kingdom. We can’t even spend our own Sterling notes in England without a manager being called but we are expected to bend over backwards to accommodate everyone else.

Sick and tired of it. The day the UK is no more I will rejoice. I have dual citizenship but have absolutely no desire to have a British passport anywhere near me. Strong sentiments but NI has had enough.

 

[Angela Channing]

I’m not. You’re my friend and I mean no disrespect but as someone from N Ireland our situation is so different and a huge number of us are tired of being dictated to by England. Sadly that also forms a huge part of our troubled past. But there is nothing ‘United’ about this Kingdom. We can’t even spend our own Sterling notes in England without a manager being called but we are expected to bend over backwards to accommodate everyone else.

Sick and tired of it. The day the UK is no more I will rejoice. I have dual citizenship but have absolutely no desire to have a British passport anywhere near me. Strong sentiments but NI has had enough.

I wasn't clear about the point I was making. I've long supported a united Ireland and the people of Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU and they should be allowed to by becoming part of a united Ireland within the EU. What I am saddened by is that Brexit has been a disaster on so many fronts and people who didn't vote for this shambles are having to live with the consequences.

 

[Sarah]

To be honest it’s N Ireland that usually suffers the consequences of the UKs selfish decisions.

 

[Angela Channing]

To be honest it’s N Ireland that usually suffers the consequences of the UKs selfish decisions.

Northern Ireland voted for DUP MPs which enabled Theresa May to remain Prime Minister. Had they not kept her in power, Labour would have formed a government in 2017 and Jeremy Corbyn would have been Prime Minister. Labour's policy at the time was to keep the whole of the UK in the single market and freedom of movement would have continued. None of the problems caused by Brexit that we are seeing now would be happening.

So I'm afraid I don't entirely agree with you because I don't see Northern Ireland as victims, they helped to cause this disaster. People who voted for the DUP have to own this too.

 

[Sarah]

Northern Ireland voted for DUP MPs which enabled Theresa May to remain Prime Minister. Had they not kept her in power, Labour would have formed a government in 2017 and Jeremy Corbyn would have been Prime Minister. Labour's policy at the time was to keep the whole of the UK in the single market and freedom of movement would have continued. None of the problems caused by Brexit that we are seeing now would be happening.

So I'm afraid I don't entirely agree with you because I don't see Northern Ireland as victims, they helped to cause this disaster. People who voted for the DUP have to own this too.

Fair enough. But I didn’t and never will vote for this bigoted, anarchaic party.

But we very rarely have a say and the general opinion is that unless England has said it’s ok, we can’t do anything.

 

[Angela Channing]

Fair enough. But I didn’t and never will vote for this bigoted, anarchaic party.

But we very rarely have a say and the general opinion is that unless England has said it’s ok, we can’t do anything.

People need to vote Sinn Fein and get a referendum to leave the UK and become a united Ireland within the EU.

 

[Angela Channing]

Now Ikea is running out of items in many of their stores because of Brexit.

Ikea apologises for supply shortages blaming Covid and Brexit

Ikea has apologised to customers blaming Brexit and Covid for their failure to supply hundreds of items to their stores.

www.standard.co.uk

Sky News presenter Ian King has summed up the current state of post-Brexit Britain in 17 seconds by saying:

"When expressed in the most apocalyptic terms, England has become a country where the pubs have no beer, farmers don’t have anyone to pick their fruit and even if they did there aren’t enough lorry drivers to get it to the shops."

He's 100% correct.