Prepping for Brexit thread

daz378

I'm hoping for a bare bones deal ...there may be a few months  disruption  , while we adjust  and our economy may not grow as fast  , may drop a place or 2 in the economic league table,   thankfully I'm still in work    as welfare is not the safety net it used to be,  hopefully  we will be ok

3secondmemory

daz378 said: he

I'm hoping for a bare bones deal ...there may be a few months  disruption  , while we adjust  and our economy may not grow as fast  , may drop a place or 2 in the economic league table,   thankfully I'm still in work    as welfare is not the safety net it used to be,  hopefully  we will be ok

It’s bizarre at this stage in the game that we have to ‘hope we’ll okay’ 

I thought the transition period was to minimise disruption. 

daz378

I know it seems to be self inflicted....remain/leave boat as left...all we can hope for is be ok

Merlin's_Beard

3secondmemory said:

daz378 said: he

I'm hoping for a bare bones deal ...there may be a few months  disruption  , while we adjust  and our economy may not grow as fast  , may drop a place or 2 in the economic league table,   thankfully I'm still in work    as welfare is not the safety net it used to be,  hopefully  we will be ok

It’s bizarre at this stage in the game that we have to ‘hope we’ll okay’ 

I thought the transition period was to minimise disruption. 

I think that idea presupposed that something would be achieved.

pollyanna_26

I don't believe hope will get us through. Back at the start before the vote I warned both some family members and friends to be careful what they wished for. Some listened some not but the leave sector are now mainly in meltdown as the promised land of freedom hasn't materialised. Combined with the pandemic it's not looking good.

pollyx

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Well, here we are on day 1, no longer part of the EU and now a sovereign nation in our own right, there's even a trade agreement of sorts in place which is as close to miraculous as is possible given how late it was coming.  I wonder what kind of brave New World we're walking into? I wonder if all the concern is going to be validated or whether life will poddle along more or less as it always has been.  Interesting times indeed!

3secondmemory

boazu said:

Well, here we are on day 1, no longer part of the EU and now a sovereign nation in our own right, there's even a trade agreement of sorts in place which is as close to miraculous as is possible given how late it was coming.  I wonder what kind of brave New World we're walking into? I wonder if all the concern is going to be validated or whether life will poddle along more or less as it always has been.  Interesting times indeed!

This isn’t what I wanted but we have to back the situation now. We’ve done all we can just by being prepared. 

I’ve seen local businesses adapt and change this year due to Covid. There are opportunities and gaps to fill in the market so I wish all the young entrepreneurs a prosperous and innovative New Year. 

How great was Britain and can we achieve that status again? That’s what matters 😃

greenbee

3secondmemory said:

I’ve seen local businesses adapt and change this year due to Covid. There are opportunities and gaps to fill in the market so I wish all the young entrepreneurs a prosperous and innovative New Year. 

This is key (I've been boring everyone at work with it for months!). We need to stop lamenting how things used to be or how we might want to be and seize the opportunities presented to us by change. Some businesses have suffered terribly, some have been fabulously successful (Peloton springs to mind), others have made significant changes to the way they work and have no plans to go back.

People have lost jobs, but new jobs are being created (there's a shortage of people to do video production and editing) and this has always been the case - the reduction in agricultural workers over time is almost exactly mirrored by the increase in the number of accountants (I do wish I could find the graph again). It won't be easier, but we'll be a lot happier if we focus on the great things people have achieved in the face of adversity rather than the adversity itself. And those of us who are thriving can help the others to survive and adapt. 

On that note, I'd better get out of bed and get on with things

Primrose

Yes, whatever individual views on Brexit , I think we as a nation tend to underestimate our ability to achieve great things   Just look at the OxfordAstra Zeneca vaccine !   Now more then ever we need to rebuild our national confidence and invest in ourselves.  And a new campaign to "Buy British" wherever possible and put our money where our mouths are  would help many businesses rebuild themselves after the devastation of Coronavirus.  We really can put the "Great" back into Great Britain if everybody really values  their citizenship and contributes in the best way they can.   

Slinky

greenbee said:

3secondmemory said:

I’ve seen local businesses adapt and change this year due to Covid. There are opportunities and gaps to fill in the market so I wish all the young entrepreneurs a prosperous and innovative New Year. 

- the reduction in agricultural workers over time is almost exactly mirrored by the increase in the number of accountants (I do wish I could find the graph again).

Pity that we can't eat spreadsheets.