Brexit Was a Huge Mistake — Four Reasons Brexit is Destroying the UK

Jakub Ferencik
3 min readMar 1, 2023

I once wanted to study in the United Kingdom. I applied to Oxford University and Edinburgh University after finishing my undergraduate degree at UBC Okanagan, in British Columbia, Canada. I was denied at Oxford but accepted to Edinburgh.

Ultimately, I decided to go to McGill University because the UK just left the European Union, meaning I would have to pay approximately $40,000 (Canadian) for the year at Edinburgh just for tuition.

Many others across the EU felt similarly. The past two years have seen a drastic drop of EU students to the UK. Everything from trade to investment have also been affected.

Brexit has gone horribly. Here are four fundamental reasons why. Isolationist policy seems to not be working out — and I’m here for it.

Photo by Alexander Andrews on Unsplash

So, let’s get straight into the weeds.

Here are the four primary ways Brexit has not worked out for Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, and the rest of the proponents:

  1. Economic
  2. Political
  3. Social, and
  4. Legal.

I’ll discuss each in turn.

1. Economic Consequences

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Jakub Ferencik

Journalist in Prague | Author of “Up in the Air,” “Beyond Reason,” & "Surprised by Uncertainty" on AMAZON | MA McGill Uni | 750+ articles with 1+ mil. views