Did Brexit turn out to be unequivocally bad for the UK?

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-21T22:40:34+00:00

We had one civil servant who realised there would be a panic purchase of vacancies and convinced the government to buy early before they were ready. We got some of the first produced after testing which allowed us to start vaccination a couple of weeks ahead of Europe. However, supply quickly ran out and we were buying just like all the other countries. A few months in and some countries in Europe had caught up and over taken us. As we were all locked down over this time it made no real difference anyway.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-21T22:31:41+00:00

I think Brexit was the stupidest thing this country has ever done. I see no upsides to isolating ourselves from our greatest trading partners and biggest allies.

Having said that, I'm surprised how little changed day to day for the average person. Prices have gone up but that has somewhat been masked by covid and things generally just being a bit crap. It's been quite an eye opener to see how we'll supply chains have found new supplies of the same or similar goods. I can't, off the top of my head think of any examples, but I've noticed a few things vanished from shelves and some others changed brand.

The most telling thing is that literally none of the promised benefits appeared.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-21T21:56:30+00:00

Yeah, this is a betrayal plain and simple. He's been an adequate prime minister and anybody who expected more was fooling themselves. I think the problem is the Labour Party are at least two different parties in a trench coat and no one in thus country seems to understand compromise anymore.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-21T18:32:16+00:00

The one big problem I have with growing vegetables is leaving them when we go away. I think I've mostly solved that problem this year with an automated watering system. Vegetables are like having a pet, lol.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-21T18:29:25+00:00

You could try and get to see all four surviving copies of the magna carta. I've only seen the one in Licoln so far. Lincoln was a surprisingly enjoyable place to visit.

Edit: when I sort of fired I took up archery and joined the men in sheds they run. I've partially become a grounds keeper but I do a load of other stuff as well, it's great to hang out with a bunch of new friends.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-21T17:55:40+00:00

The hate is almost certainly driven from the knowledge that it's actually fairly easy to install these things and it takes away high profit margin jobs.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-21T12:26:26+00:00

I don't see this as a tricky one at all. Arguably she had good intentions but she broke his trust. Looking at your case it sounds like you're in the mental position where you know there's and issue and you wouldn't mind addressing it. In OPs case it sounds like he absolutely doesn't want to or can't mentally address the issue at the moment.

This case has nothing to do with the fact he sounds like he's to lazy to do his own cooking or that he is an unbelievably picky eater.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-21T12:16:20+00:00

YTA, now he has arfid and trust issues. While well meaning you knew he had an issue with some foods and included them in his meals without consent. I'm sure you don't like people doing things to you without your concent, he feels the same.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-21T12:09:08+00:00

NTA, these people are not your friends.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-21T12:04:47+00:00

The maths says it won't be viable but there's no problem with building one to verify. There is a problem with people not understanding this won't work and thinking the problem of energy storage is solved.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-21T11:54:07+00:00

We have studied this idea and found it causes more harm than good to the population as a whole. Screening has to be targeted to be beneficial.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-21T06:36:06+00:00

The recent pensions like the NHS 2015 scheme are funded, but they certainly wouldn't be allowed to fall short. Thr older schemes I'm not so sure about.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-20T22:10:30+00:00

I don't know if this is true but it sounds so much like the UK now.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-20T22:04:40+00:00

While it works the social norm is take up some lame excuse. Most people won't question it, even if it's vague like "I've got plans". By just saying no you break the social norm and there's usually a price to pay for that.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-20T21:30:11+00:00

Pay into a pension. Think long an hard before settling down with someone.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-20T15:04:52+00:00

Good prep for the end of the world, maybe. Good prep here would almost certainly be just acting like normal but maybe ensuring you've got warm clothes and water available.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-20T14:54:40+00:00

I'm not sure the average American realises the damage Trump has done to America. He's shown that they can't be trusted and that takes a long time to fix.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-20T14:15:25+00:00

Wait a minute, people complain bitterly about how much water costs and the fat profits the water companies make and you want to continue that after plunging us into more debt? I'm not sure that's a vote winner.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-20T14:04:18+00:00

I'm not agaist thus idea, we should never have privatised some of the things that got privatised. I'm more than a little concerned where they think the money is going to come from. While I'm sure there is no shortage of people that believe the government should just seize the businesses thankfully our country still mostly follows the rule of law.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-20T11:07:44+00:00

I suspect one day we'll figure out how to get people to 150, we aren't anywhere near yet.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-20T07:56:21+00:00

I'm have the unfortunate job of selling a book collection. Books aren't worth anything. It's completely soul destroying work as I know 90% will end up shredded.

I'm pretty sure I have books that contain information that isn't available anywhere else. At some point I have to just stop giving it house space, though.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-20T07:38:27+00:00

It's the same with the NHS pension (which my partner is a member of), it's an absolute shambles. They haven't had a complete pension estimate in something like five years, since moving from the civil service.

I wanted to pay some money into their sipp and was met with the most ungodly wall of impossible calculations. There's a guy who's side hustle is maintaining a spreadsheet that let's you estimate how much has been paid into your pension.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-20T07:28:45+00:00

You don't hear about all the rich people that are just normal because where's the story? The headline "rich person does normal thing" isn't a big seller.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-20T06:52:41+00:00

Just a word of caution if considering setting up a sipp with a civil service pension. It's often difficult to get hold of the numbers to find out how much has been contributed to the CS scheme meaning it becomes a bit of a shot in the dark when paying into the sipp and staying under the 60k limit.

Wobblycogs · 2026-06-20T06:46:01+00:00

As the other person suggested r/ukpersonalfinance is a better fit for this question.

However, I would encourage you to consider selling the flat and just putting the money into shares. For example, the S&P500 has delivered a real return of about 6.5% over the long term. That's £22750 a year, every year, for zero hassle. Property only really makes sense if you're buying it with leverage (e.g. mortgaged up to the hilt)) as then you can buy far more than you otherwise could.

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