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Alessandro 🇪🇺🇮🇹🇬🇧
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I’ll always stand against racism and right-wing extremism. Compassion and fairness should guide us, not hate or fear. #RejoinEU
📉 Services exports — a UK strength were hit too.
NBER evidence shows Brexit raised costs & reduced access for finance, law, and digital trade.
Trade friction hurts far beyond goods. #Brexit
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
⚙️ Productivity and employment are both about 3–4% lower than they would’ve been without Brexit.
A slow erosion of capacity, not a one-time shock.
(NBER, 2025)
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
💼 Business investment is down 12–18% since #Brexit.
Firms froze or cancelled projects for years amid prolonged uncertainty.
That’s a massive drag on future growth.
Source: NBER / Decision Maker Panel.
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🇬🇧 #Brexit has cost the UK 6–8% of GDP by 2025, according to the latest NBER research.
The hit came slowly — through uncertainty, lost trade, and weaker investment.
📊 Source: NBER Working Paper 34459 (Bloom et al., 2025)
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM