EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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Stonehedge in reply to @JWestland

In short, financial services of the kind where there is very little trickle down of wealth. And not much tax paid.

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Stonehedge in reply to @christianSpaceman

I'm suggesting that deindustrialisation and subsequent focus on financial services in the South East hasn't been very beneficial to the people who live in those deindustrialised areas.

GDP is one thing. GDP distribution is another.
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itsbruce in reply to @christianSpaceman

It's an open question whether they're a net gain or a loss. Some argue that the overall effect has been negative, short-termist, destabilising and predatory.