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[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

only reason most british supported brexit is they wanted less immigrants who ruin their economy driving down wages. The crime doesn't help but really it's economic. Of course Boris Johnson betrays them and lets in immigrants anyway, but at least it's a soverign nation now letting in the great replacement instead of being forced to. It showed they need to get rid of the royal family to turn back the tide.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Agreed on all points, though you may also know that the hatred for Poles in the UK has been rather severe. And as you note, there are still many immigrants arriving in the UK, though perhaps not as many as before. More importantly, the UK no longer has a number of the important trade arrangements with the EU and some other countries and will now have to negotiate trade at a disadvantage to other countries. Big corp and richer countries will now enjoy carving up and abusing UK businesses and workers, while also bribing politicians, and hiding the profits in tax havens (which is the main reason the .01% invested in spreading Brexit propaganda. Still waiting for the NHS to get their £350k/month. Dominic Cummings is a crook.). But I digress.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

yeah people act like they're racist but they don't want any immigrants, white polish people nor black or brown people from elsewhere. Rich had tax havens before and after, that had nothing to do with brexit.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

See: EU's Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive

The deadline for the requirement to announce offshore income coincided with the initial Brexit deadline. See also: https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news-is-the-anti-tax-avoidance-directive-the-reason-the-rich-31946/

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

tax avoidance in UK isn't new, the beatles taxman was complaining about that, the rich often get their money out of there. brexit had nothing new there

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes. But it was going to be illegal to avoid reporting on offshore accounts, whereas this avoidance was legal previously.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

already was problem is no enforcement

EU won't do that. It's run by goldman sachs. Another reason people are so anti-EU is they were pushing for austerity to pay for the debts from the 2008 recession. Rather than raising taxes on the rich. Neoliberals never want to tax the rich. Brexit by itself is a leftwing economic move. Of course Boris Johnson then kept all the same policies with the typical politician betrayal.