Comment by ben_w

> It's a vast sum of money.

It's 1%.

1% of your pay is what?

1% of everyone's pay is just that everyone feels the impact of 1% of their income.

> In the UK's case getting an extra 1% of GDP for free was a no brainer. Its economy hasn't departed from the European average so what was it paying for, apparently nothing.

Except for all the evidence that it has harmed the UK, which Brexit proponents blame on the simultaneous Covid pandemic.