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GardenLetter27

Where is the shrinking? https://www.statista.com/statistics/1370599/g7-country-gdp-g...

The UK was the hardest hit by COVID, but it has recovered well.

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https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?location...

Per-capita GDP has been rough in the UK post-brexit.

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?end=2023...

But compared to neighbours it's pretty close?

I was against Brexit, but I don't think the apocalyptic predictions have been borne out at all.

Trade is bi-lateral. The UK’s trading partners were also harmed by their decision to leave. Short term, it’s just simply a net negative for everybody. Long term (decades), the UK will have a long run growth rate lower than the rest of the EU. Granted, our lack of a crystal ball means that we can just debate outcomes ad nauseum.

If I recall correctly, the UK changed the way in which they compute the government contribution to GDP (going from G being just cost to some estimate of the output). This caused both the COVID drop and recovery to look steeper.

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