Well if you say so, though wasn't it Rees-Mogg who said at least 50 years? Not really sure where you base the 8 years on and why whats happening now isn't reality but hey I guess the more it becomes clear what a mighty mistake it was, the longer the timeframe those who supported the folly will extend the timescale.
I rather think for businesses, the reality is being realised now, in extra red tape, costs and issues with export and import and no doubt those who lose their jobs as a result will take comfort from your assertion.
Here are some realities. Not much traffic at EU ports but there are delays related to paperwork.
One UK truck driver came over to the mainland, truck was searched. He had some sarnies wrapped in aluminium foil in his cab. They were confiscated. Contraband.
I know it’s certainly early days Ram...so I’m not jumping in to say, ‘look, we told you so’...but let’s just consider that statement, ‘the reality of Brexit, good or bad, won’t be realised for at least 8 YEARS...’.
Where on earth do you get that from? The ‘reality of Brexit’ has started. It is, as I’ve conceded, early days and the pandemic is an added complication but the ‘reality’ is already being ‘realised’.
We’ll have to wait in order to see the bigger picture, but I have to admit to having exactly the same opinion as I did at the time of the Referendum. Indeed the behaviour of the public over Covid has, if anything, reinforced my doubts over the wisdom of passing over the Brexit decision to them in the way we did, but one thing’s for sure...we aren’t going to have to wait until 2029 to to see ‘the reality of Brexit, good or bad, realised’.
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The considered view, from all sides, should be ‘its early days’. From what I’ve observed there have been few issues BUT what issues have arisen are biggies, and early Jan is quiet anyway, BUT small issues are being amplified in the media BUT HMG are underplaying early problems. Not sure about 8 years but I think a unit of time that can be measured on a calendar not a stopwatch would be sensible
Has anyone cosidered the EU may not be around in 50 years?
There are more than enough signs of discontent from outside the UK.
The picture being painted, is that we will be staring through the window of woe and jealousy, with our rebellion.
I'm not sure everyone in the EU feels that way. In fact some may already be looking at us that way.
Again no one will know jack for at least a decade, before the insults start.
We could discuss Brexit forever but remainers and leavers will never agree, it will always be an us and them scenario!