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Am currently living in England, can confirm things they don't like didn't disappear and things have, in fact, been getting worse

But hey, happy fishes and being able to flaunt that stylish passport on the massive customs queue

Maybe I should get myself a job in the continent and move there...

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UK government is working hard to replace all the worst aspects of the EU with homegrown alternatives.

Examples? And what about replacing all the good things the EU provided with homegrown initiatives?

So one example is pushing the surveillance and anti encryption agenda covered in this article.

What were the good things beside less hassles when travelling and some money thrown at universities? Genuine question.

Erm, free movement of goods and services, labour, capital. Access to the world's largest single market with no restrictions which by itself allows more UK businesses to thrive. Huge benefit to being able to choose from numerous places to live and work.

The UKs trade swagger is demonstrably worse without free access to the single market. Numerous academic studies have shown that long-term the UK will be worse off.

Trade is the big one.

Dare I say worse ones for privacy and public protection.

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