Brexit is set to be a disaster.
No economist forecasts that it will be a success.Brexit is the stupidest thing Britain has done for centuries.

Here's what our President said:

[quote]Congratulations to Boris Johnson on his great WIN! Britain and the United States will now be free to strike a massive new Trade Deal after BREXIT. This deal has the potential to be far bigger and more lucrative than any deal that could be made with the E.U. Celebrate Boris![/quote]

You've got nothing to worry about. Welcome to our superior health insurance and pharmaceutical ecosystem.

Good luck!
Is it possible that fear of Brexit so high the bar for success is crazy low?
If the experience here means anything the true believers will claim it a success no matter what.

Amazing how many unsupported assumptions you can get into one sentence! You do not know how many people voted Conservative because of Brexit, and how many for other reasons (there are some obvious candidates!). Nor do you know how many voted because they wanted what you call a “hard” Brexit. Some probably just wanted any kind of Brexit. Nor do you know that these people think “it’ll make the country better”, whatever that means. Many probably just want to be independent, for better or worse. Some no doubt expect specific policy changes, such as restrictions on immigration. Some probably just wanted to give the left-wing establishment a bloody nose. Some (including, I know for a fact, some who personally supported remain) simply take the view that if you promise to do something you should do it.

As to thatcherite economics, Johnson has promised more borrowing and more government spending, especially on capital projects. Nothing very thatcherite about that.

I fear that you are correct. The only consolation is that the worst of it will likely take some time to emerge, which also means that there will be time to deal with the consequences, and work to mitigate them. Good luck.

@NativeOregonian A lot of the agricultural industry relies on cheap labour from Eastern Europe. There were already stories this year of crops not getting picked because of lack of labour as there were fewer migrant workers. I live in a fishing town, most of the catch is sold to EU countries. I'm not sure leaving the EU is going to help either of these groups.

Isn't there the possibilty now though (with a thumping majority) that Johnson will throw the ERG mob under the bus and go for a softer Brexit ?

Our quality of life is unlikely to improve At least the DUP took a hammering. As my father would have said : Hell rub it into them.

Everyone I know in England that voted to leave are all in the agricultural and fishing industry, they all got tired of Brussells penalizing them every time they turned around.

Few rational folks would say the Brexit is a good idea - but more years of paralysis and wrangling could be even worse.

The £ is already up 1.5% against the $ and the euro.
Not a bad knock-on effect for the first half a day imo.

I don't disagree with your assessment.
First real issue will be in exactly a year from now when the transition period ends with no deal.

at first they'll pay for the divorce but in the long run they'll win

I'm glad to see that conservatives won over there.

Its going to be awful...and its pretty bad now...

Time will tell. Besides, after any major change the economy will dip. Still, I guess enough people were tired of the waffling and the status quo.

A vote for Corbyn would have been much more risky

I find it odd though it was such a Tory landslide. I k ow not one person that voted Tory.... not one...

"......and the left"???????

We must be looking at very different "lefts"