Is the UK regretting Brexit?
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Brexit is three years old. And like a raging toddler after a missed lunchtime nap it's kicking and screaming its way through our national consciousness creating chaos as it goes. New polls suggest a sizeable proportion of those who voted for Brexit now regret it. What do those who created the Brexit deal make of it now? We talk at length to Lord David Frost - architect of the Northern Ireland Protocol and Chief Brexit Negotiator about why he still believes in it.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.2 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.1 | Well, it is three years today since we left the EU. Happy birthday Brexit. |
| 0:18.7 | And in celebration, we thought we would play you an ad. |
| 0:22.4 | It is a campaign ad full of promises that were made to us before the 2016 referendum. |
| 0:29.8 | You'll benefit from better care provided by our NHS thanks to the reallocation of funds from the EU budget. |
| 0:37.4 | Today, NHS waiting lists are actually at an all-time high. |
| 0:41.2 | Controlled immigration will lead to reduced waiting times for you and your loved ones. |
| 0:46.3 | Net migration is actually at 440,000 right now. That is an all-time high. |
| 0:52.5 | Excess funding that would otherwise be sent to Brussels could also be directed to education, |
| 0:58.6 | meaning better prospects for your children. |
| 1:01.3 | Teachers are striking, and in real terms, per pupil funding is no higher than in 2010. |
| 1:06.7 | Your wages will rise thanks to better controlled immigration, which will lead to less competition for jobs. |
| 1:13.3 | Well, there is actually a labour shortage, but real-term wages are actually falling fast. |
| 1:21.0 | There's been a drop of 4%. |
| 1:22.9 | Your weekly food shop will become cheaper. |
| 1:25.8 | Food prices will no longer be inflated by agricultural policies controlled by the EU. |
| 1:31.3 | Well, the LSC has said that Brexit has in fact added £210 to the average household food bill over two years. |
| 1:40.3 | You and your family will benefit it from a resurgent economy led by new and flourishing |
| 1:47.1 | small businesses following the removal of burdensome EU regulations and red tape. |
| 1:53.1 | The UK economy, not so resurgent just today, forecast by the IMF, to perform worse than all other advanced nations this year, including Russia. |
| 2:05.8 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
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