Brexit Impact. The Cost of Brexit
Eight years since the referendum, and four years since we officially left the EU, we know that Brexit has been deeply damaging for the UK. But do we know just how much Brexit has cost us?
With so many figures floating about, it can be hard to know where to look and what to trust. So to make things easier, we have pulled together all the latest and most reputable stats in one place to keep you up-to-date and informed; covering everything from headline economic figures to industry specific stats and personal costs.
Because it is only when we fully understand and accept the damage that Brexit has caused, that we can go about fixing the problems we now face.
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The Davis Downside Dossier
The David Davis Downside Dossier now has 2071 entries. You can – after filtering if you wish – download the database as a .csv file or as a Word document. Sectors are relatively arbitrary but should help to distill out the topics which interest you most.
Read it
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/regular-features/the-davis-downside-dossier//
The Digby Jones Index
Regularly Updated
The index of jobs lost through Brexit that Lord Digby Jones said we wouldn’t lose
Brexit and Beyond
The Chris Grey Brexit Blog
Regularly updated
"Best guy to follow on Brexit for intelligent analysis" Annette Dittert, ARD German TV. "Consistently outstanding analysis of Brexit" Jonathan Dimbleby. "The best writer on Brexit" Chris Lockwood, Europe Editor, The Economist. "A must-read for anyone following Brexit" David Allen Green, FT. "The doyen of Brexit commentators" Chris Johns, Irish Times. @chrisgrey.bsky.social & Twitter @chrisgreybrexit
"Brexit Benefit" Claims v The Reality:
1. “Brexit has enabled UK to axe the ‘Tampon Tax’”
Reality
The Free Periods campaign group said it was "misleading" for the UK government to say Brexit was necessary to eliminate VAT on menstrual products. Ireland does not have VAT on sanitary products, and an EU-wide ban will be implemented soon.
2. “Brexit means we can now ban Pulse Fishing”
Reality
France and Belgium have already outlawed the practice in their territorial waters. The UK could have done the same when it was still a member of the EU. An EU-wide ban comes into force on July 1 2021.
3. “After Brexit we can have free ports”
Reality
There are more than 80 special economic zones, or free ports, across the EU, so they could have been done pre-Brexit. And in any case, they are of limited value, and can often be a haven for money laundering and tax evasion.
4. “There will be no non-tariff barriers after Brexit”
Reality
From English fish merchants and Scottish seafood exporters to hauliers crossing the Dover Straits, British businesses are unable to trade as smoothly as before, with new barriers meaning some companies will be unable to export at all and others are being turned away at ports.
5. “Because of Brexit, freed from EU rules, we were able to approve vaccines quicker”
Reality
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine approvals took place within the framework of EU rules, while the Moderna vaccine has already been approved by EU regulators - but because of Brexit, its availability in Britain was delayed until April.
Euro Myths - 1992 - 2017
This document, which is a copy of many of the myths as published by the EU on their blog, is an independent copy of the Euromyth blog recording a persistent, low-level campaign against Europe by the British press over a 25-year period. It is a near 280-page effort with around 268 myths and is certainly neither complete nor exhaustive.
https://www.salisburyforeurope.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Euro_Myths_final.pdf
UNPACKING THE BREXIT DEAL
– Tony Blair Institute