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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The UK economy is flatlining. This is a culmination of a sequence of events -  the global financial crisis, Brexit (especially!!!), Covid and now Iran. However, there were substantial structural problems which were evident back in the 2000s. This is particularly evident when comparing the wealthier south east with other areas, especially the traditional manufacturing towns.

Anti-immigrant sentiment surged with the accession of Eastern European countries to the EU. There was a large influx of white Eastern European migrants, especially Poles, which was particularly noticeable. Germany opened its doors to Syrian refugees and, given the open borders of the EU, led to fears of a further migrant flux into the UK. Brexit led to an exodus of Europeans and the previous conservative government allowed entry for up to 2 million non-white migrants from outside the EU. I don’t know why the numbers were so high.

Government services are struggling. Youth unemployment has hit 15%. When the economy is sh*t, people are unhappy and look for someone to blame.

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A friend in British finance said the Brit economy had been substantially propped up by Russian oligarchs parking their money there.  I think that dried up.[/quote]
Much like Trump's family.  Oh, nvm, not it's ME money propping up that family.[/quote]

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