On January 31, 2020, it was time for “B-Day”, “B” for Brexit.
A
“new dawn”
would dawn on the kingdom, in the exalted words of Boris Johnson.
The future outside the EU looked bright.
Four years later, the picture is less luminous.
If polls are to be believed, a majority of British people today regret this historic choice.
With the growing feeling that the cost of divorce outweighs the famous
“gains”
promised by the Brexiters.
Over the months, opinion studies show growing disenchantment with Brexit decided by referendum in 2016. According to the latest Opinium poll, only 22% of Britons believe that leaving the EU has had a positive effect on the country in general, a proportion which drops to 12% if we consider the economy specifically.
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Only one in 10 Brits think the breakup has improved their financial situation.
Some 63% of them also believe that Brexit has fueled inflation and the cost of...
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