5 Reasons to love Brexit
The disgraceful way in which Brexit has been undertaken, the rise in xenophobia or Britain’s tarnished reputation among the international community. Those are three of the many reasons to hate Brexit and I’m sure you can think of many more off the top of your head. However, playing devil’s advocate for a moment, it would be interesting to think of some reasons to love this endless divorce. Five of them to be more specific.
The first reason is the ensuing plunge in immigration rates. With an unstable environment, Britain soon became less attractive to migrants. The reduced stress on public services is the first benefit that comes to mind. Less crowded streets make for a better living experience. Especially in London, where most migrants tend to flock to.
And with less people, rent tends to fall. Supply and demand really. The British government unwillingness to stimulate the construction industry created the perfect conditions for housing speculation. The European Union provided the tired and huddled masses, willing to pay an arm and a leg for a bedsit. If you combine this with Saudi, Chinese, and Russian oligarchs hogging as much property as possible to keep their savings protected from their own corrupt governments, you get a hot mess called “Buy to Let”. Brexit, by design or by accident, seems to be fixing this issue.
Another lovely aspect of Brexit is the increase in job offers. Most likely they remain the same as before, but the reduced talent pool made life easier for those willing to give the UK job market a try. From my personal experience, job hunting while this whole debacle ensues is like being the prettiest girl at the ball. I had at least three different recruiters from the same agency trying to earn their commission by landing me a job.
For the caviar communists out there it may come as a shock but the current uncertainty and even a hard Brexit will leave those worse off in a much better position than they started in. It doesn’t take a Smart Alec to realise that the two previous points (lower rents & less competition for work) will immensely benefit classes E and D. Regardless of being natives, legal or illegal immigrants, those who earn closer to minimum wage bear the brunt of unrestricted migration.
Before you die of a heartburn from reading points that contradict all that you hold true (or Brexit is bad), I will let you go with the last nugget of truth: Brexit is redistributing wealth to other European countries. This may also shock your sassy soviet soul but the loss of many financial companies, who are relocating not only to Germany (which by the way certainly doesn’t need any more money), is benefiting any European countries smart enough to capitalise on Britain’s impending loss of passporting rights. By acting on this opportunity, western and eastern nations are profiting from Britain’s divorce from the European union.
So these are, in my humble opinion, five reasons to love Brexit. Even if you haven’t thought of them before, I hope you will realise how obvious and matter-of-fact this list is.
