Interesting reading this thread.
So many views on this, but what did people honestly expect to happen when the UK left the EU zone?
As a consequence of that action the UK is no longer a part of an EU bloc that allows for the free movement of goods, and people. This was clearly going to have consequences that, for some reason, the media chose not to shine a spotlight on during the campaigning (and subsequent Brexit negotiation).
Of course import and export duties that previously didn't exist were going to apply. Of course there would be bigger queues at the ports. Of course there was going to be more paperwork and red-tape which take time and, crucially, money which suppliers will have to pass on to consumers.
So many British people now seem shocked and upset by this and, frankly, I wonder why. This was all...... so very obviously...... a consequence of Brexit.
The Department for International Trade recently advised companies to "move to the EU to avoid Brexit costs.". Brexit costs that nobody was ever told about. Worse still, Brexit costs that companies were told time and time again that would never materialise.
The same can be said about the Irish Border situation (which will get worse before it gets better), the same can be said for London being overtaken recently by Amsterdam as Europe's leading trading hub.
The same can be said about the companies that have so far left the UK, or have dramatically downsized (or have said that they will) as a direct result of Brexit: Airbus, Aviva, Barclays, Dyson, Ford, Honda, HSBC, Honda, Jaguar Land Rover, JP Morgan, Nissan, Philips, P&O, Rolls-Royce, Sony, Toyota, Unilever. There are plenty more.
I'm afraid the British Government (fuelled by a complicit media), sold the British public a gigantic lie and, sadly, we're having to face the consequences of that in almost every walk of life. Including our classic car hobby.
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