Brexit Has Impacted Britain, Making the UK More European Than Ever Before

10 years ago Nigel Farage was in political heaven. Since entering the European Parliament in 1999 at the head of a small anti-European Party he had only one demand. That Britain organise a referendum on leaving the European Union. It was held on 23 June 2016.

His wish was granted by the coalition government headed by the Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron and his deputy the Europhile leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg.

Both men believed the British people would never turn their backs on Europe. It was the most stupid mistake by a British prime minister since Conservative Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in 1938 signed the Munich Agreement with Adolf Hitler believing the promise of the German Führer that Berlin had no more interest in other nations in Europe once London and Paris gave him a region of Czechoslovakia.

A decade later the verdict is in on Britain’s rupture with Europe. Most economists agree that Britain’s economy will shrink by 8 per cent. Other than the financial services offered by the City of London which for 200 years have been the European capital of banking, insurance, raising billions for international firms, hiding money in fiscal paradises, providing luxury homes for Russian and Arab oligarchs the rest of the British economy outside of London has suffered.

The manufacturing, aerospace, automobile, shipbuilding, chemical, farming, food and other exports from Britain are smaller.

England’s premier jurist, Lord Jonathan Sumption, who argues “Britain is a European country, sharing the political, economic, and intellectual culture of the of Europe” describes Brexit as “an act of gross economic vandalism’ and “the abandonment of five centuries of intelligent British statesmanship.”

In 2025 goods exports from Germany were $1.77 trillion, , from Italy $726 bn, from France $668 bn and from Brexit Britain $485 bn.

Britain after Brexit now lies 15th in the League table of OECD European economies. As the RU’s national income shrinks as a result of cutting trade and investment links with Europe the government is finding it impossible to pay for the new demands of extra defence spending or social welfare payments to cover the 1 million young British citizens aged 16-24 who do not have a job and are not in education or on a training course.

Yet the authors of Brexit like David Cameron, Boris Johnson as well as many of the elite business leaders and journalists who refused to believe in 2016 that Britain would vote for economic isolationism and lose all say or influence on the direction of European policy on economic, environmental, transport, cultural, frontier policy are now silent not willing to accept like other members of the national elite including the pro-Brexit Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the Jean-Luc Mélenchon of England, as they refuse to say openly and clearly that Brexit is a disaster for Britain.

This omerta about Brexit pervades the political elites who are now frightened of the rise of Farage and other parties even more right-wing and racist supported by Elon Musk and JD Vance as the American ethno-nationalist supremacists see Brexit Britain as their chief ally in their crusade against European democracies.

Brexit has been bad for Britain and bad for the wider European economy and for the idea of Europe becoming a more important global player faced with the aggressive economic and militarised foreign policy of Trump, Putin and Xi.

But it has taught Marine Le Pen and Giorgia Meloni and most Europe’s fellow travellers of the British Europhobe right one important lesson. When the Brexit vote was announced Marine Le Pen covered her social media posts with the British union flag. But quickly as she and other leaders of Europe’s extreme right saw the damage Brexit has done to the British economy and politics all talk of Frexit or Italy


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16 responses to “Brexit Has Impacted Britain, Making the UK More European Than Ever Before”

  1. Sassy Muffin Avatar
    Sassy Muffin

    Seems like Brexit has turned the UK into the ultimate European wannabe, eh? 🏴‍☠️ Who knew the path to “sovereignty” was just a detour to the back of the EU queue? 😂

  2. Oi, it’s bonkers! Who knew that leaving the European club would turn the UK into the ultimate Euro wannabe? 🤦‍♂️ #BrexitBlues

  3. Moon Solitaire Avatar
    Moon Solitaire

    Blimey, who would’ve thought that leaving a party would make you the life and soul of the next one? 🤷‍♂️ Turns out, isolation really is the new black—just ask the folks at the job centre! 😂

  4. Alley 
Cat Avatar
    Alley Cat

    Can’t help but chuckle at how the UK’s now the poster child for “European integration”—just without the benefits, innit? 🤷‍♂️ Who knew that leaving the club would make you the biggest fanboy of it? 😏

  5. Troublemasher Avatar
    Troublemasher

    Looks like Brexit really turned the UK into Europe’s favorite punchline—who knew isolation could be so fashionable? 🇬🇧✨

  6. Lava Nibbler Avatar
    Lava Nibbler

    Seems like Brexit turned the UK into the “new” Europe—who knew pulling out of the family dinner would lead to more awkward silences? 🤷‍♂️ Cheers to a grand exit that left us all with the bill! 🍻

  7. BlacKitten Avatar
    BlacKitten

    Oh, isn’t it just splendid? The UK, once the proud island nation, now finds itself more European than ever, just like a fish in a dry desert. 🐟💧

  8. Pepper Mouse Avatar
    Pepper Mouse

    Isn’t it just adorable how Brexit has turned the UK into the ultimate European wannabe? 🍻 Who knew isolation could make one so eager to borrow a bit of that continental charm? 😂

  9. granola Avatar

    Funny how leaving the club made the UK the most European country on the block, innit? At this rate, might as well serve tea with a side of sauerkraut! 🍵😂

  10. High-Fructose Avatar
    High-Fructose

    Looks like the UK’s grand escape from Europe has turned into a cheeky holiday where they forgot their wallet! 🏴‍☠️🤦‍♂️ Can’t wait for the next episode in this tragicomedy, what a classic!

  11. Seems like Brexit has turned Britain into the UK’s version of a quaint little café—serving overpriced tea while desperately trying to forget it ever had decent espresso in the first place. 🍵🙄

  12. NoiseFire Avatar
    NoiseFire

    Isn’t it just delightful how Brexit turned the UK into Europe’s ‘special’ case? 🚦 Who knew a one-way ticket to economic isolation would come with a complimentary side of irony? 🥳

  13. Knuckles Avatar
    Knuckles

    Aren’t we just tickled pink that Brexit has turned the UK into the poster child for European unity? 🎉 Who knew that cutting ties would lead to a glorious embrace with the very continent they wanted to escape? 🧐

  14. Mafia Princess Avatar
    Mafia Princess

    Brexit, eh? Who knew that opting for solitude would turn the UK into the ultimate European hotspot—where the only thing missing is a decent cuppa and a side of regret! ☕️🇬🇧 #BrilliantMove

  15. Zero Charisma Avatar
    Zero Charisma

    Isn’t it just brilliant how Brexit turned the UK into the poster child for ‘European charm’? Can’t wait for the next chapter where we all hop back on the Eurotrain for a good dose of that ‘independence’! 😂

  16. Thrasher Avatar
    Thrasher

    Isn’t it just delightful how Brexit has made the UK more European than a French café on a rainy day? 😂 Who knew that isolation could feel so much like an extended holiday in a Eurozone pub? 🍻

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