A clear proof that in the face of globalization and internationalization a scheme of tariffs is being imposed, of bilateral negotiations between countries that seek their only benefit and of inexplicable and often personal decisions, is Brexit.
As there is a long tradition of taking the life of the English prime ministers to the cinema (it will be because none of them finish their term to go to a peaceful retirement) one day we will see the life of David Cameron on celluloid and an important part of the footage will be to tell us that although he won two general elections and two referendums in ten years, nobody ordered him to get involved in the matter of his country’s membership in the EU. Above all without having at least a contingency plan or a way to lessen the impact of a result that surprised everyone (the final decision had to be approved, for example, by three quarters of the electorate).
The United Kingdom, a name adopted since the Union Act of 1707, and now officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was the first industrialized country in the world and is currently the fifth largest economy in the world by GDP. Therefore the impact of their leaving the EU is not a minor issue but one of global repercussions.
The BBC cited eight reasons that made Brexit successful, one of which was that English citizens did not believe the warnings regarding its economic impact. In 2019, the IMF has assessed the impact of a no-deal Brexit with a negative effect for British GDP of more than 3% and for the EU of 0.5%. The UK is gradually losing influence in one of its leading industries, banking and finance, not just in Europe, but around the world. According to data from International Financial Analysts (Afi), for example, Santander UK is the depository of between 10% and 20% of British current accounts.
Another of the points cited by the BBC is that many English voters believed that Brexit would lead to a saving of GBP 350M in transfers to the EU. Now it is English tourists and retirees who demonstrate in many European countries to demand permanence when they see the danger, for example, of medical care that is not Universal for non-EU citizens throughout the Continent
In the end, an important point of the Brexit result was the charisma and ability to transfer their ideas of Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove. The first has managed to be the leader of his own party (Brexit Party), the second has become prime minister of the country and the third has managed to become Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which is more or less a ministry without a portfolio. It cannot be that the only gains from Brexit are the personal benefits of its main backers. There are more than 65 million English citizens and hundreds in the rest of the world who are going to be affected, it seems that in a matter of weeks.
