Thread by @uk_domain_names

I recently asked people what their number one concern was about Brexit, and got over 1800 (!) replies. Here's a compilation of the responses...

THE ECONOMY
- Short-term economic shock
- Long-term economic damage
- Job losses
- Loss of existing trade deals
- Collapse of the pound

- Lower direct investment
- Destruction of UK manufacturing sector
- Rising cost of living
- Increasing national debt
- Loss of single market benefits
- Complex customs procedures
- Higher tariffs
- VAT and customs charges on shipments from the EU

- Burden of extra customs clearances
- Additional red tape for companies dealing with the EU
- Departure of large foreign firms
- Erosion of service sector following loss of financial passporting and transferable qualifications
- Collapse of UK agriculture
- Rise in bankruptcies

PRIVATIONS AND SHORTAGES
- Food shortages
- Disrupted medical supplies
- Rationing and substitution of pharmaceutical products
- No money to reverse cuts in public services
- Return to austerity

EROSION OF FREEDOMS AND PROTECTIONS
- Loss of freedom of movement (in both directions)
- Loss of rights for UK citizens living in the EU
- Loss of rights for citizens of EU countries living in the UK
- Loss of EU citizenship (which we all have by default as UK citizens now)

- Lower environmental standards
- Loss of worker protections
- Erosion of human rights
- Possible NHS privatisation
- Lower food hygiene standards (especially, but not exclusively, vs the USA)
- Families counting both UK and EU citizens torn apart
- No ECJ oversight

SOCIAL CHANGES
- Rise of fascism and the far right
- Increasing fear of the “other”
- Normalisation of racism
- Rise in hatred and division
- Legitimisation of nationalism
- Xenophobia, homophobia and intolerance becoming more mainstream
- Marginalisation of minorities

- Widening gap between rich and poor
- Deepening inequality between London/SE England and the rest of the UK.
- Permanent lack of respect for experts
- Diminution of the rule of law
- Increasing anti-intellectualism
- Permanent Leave/Remain antagonism

NORTHERN IRELAND AND IRELAND
- Hard border between NI and Ireland
- Collapse of the Good Friday Agreement
- Return to violence in Northern Ireland
- Calls for Irish reunification
- Reawakening of anti-Irish rhetoric

THE UNION
- Huge increase in support for independence in Scotland
- Calls for Welsh independence
- Breakup of the UK

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
- Isolation from medical research
- Loss of the Erasmus student exchange programme
- Collapse of our world-leading higher education sector

POLITICS
- Power vacuum replaces the normal functions of the British state

- Focus on Brexit continues to sideline vital legislation and initiatives
- Extreme tactics (prorogation of Parliament, etc.) become the norm
- Erosion of democracy
- Slide towards autocracy
- Deeper entrenchment of partisan politics over the national interest

- Increasing corruption in politics (dark money, foreign power interference etc.)
- “Remain purge” at all levels of politics i.e. only Leave politicians have a role in shaping our future

OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD
- Weakening of European alliances that have helped keep the peace
- UK turning into a global outcast
- Becoming a puppet of the USA
- Loss of influence in Europe
- Destabilisation of Europe
- Little influence over world affairs

- Isolation in an increasingly global world
- World will see us as a racist country
- Irrelevance on the global stage
- Loss of our European identity
- Less national security cooperation
- Cultural isolation

EVERYTHING ELSE
- Fear of the unknown: what happens after Brexit day?
- Rise in mental health issues
- Increasing suicide rate
- Inability to recognise or admit to Brexit being the key contributor to all the problems listed above

Here's a link to a PDF file summarising all the Brexit concerns expressed above. When you read down the list, is it *really* worth it?
drive.google.com/file/d/1wSJOmW…