# The UK economy - on the brink **URL:** \ **Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\ **Created:** [September 5, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308 "2026-09-05T09:57:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Divitias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/divitias/32/9302_2.png) [@Divitias](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Divitias)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/21 "2026-09-06T17:43:22Z")
> Good lord, man, do you know why these people have immigrated and what they had to go through to do so? Hint: they didn’t leave their homes because they had a good life, with safe and prosperous economic opportunity. > > No, it was bombs. Er, what bombs were going off in France? The ‘boat people’ were leaving France to come to the UK because in France thy got a tent if they were lucky but in the UK they were put up into 4\* hotels. Bring your mates, it’s a great life here: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/original/3X/3/7/37791603184c24993253782c131b0f9bead74e35.jpeg "Illegal migrant BRAGS from British hotel as he live streams step by step guide to channel crossing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr35I0sMkig&t=54s) So, I would ask you again, what bombs are going off in France, Italy, Germany or the other European counties that these illegals travel through? But please remember when you have dodged all those bombs please don’t rape our women and children: > **[Asylum seekers told rape and harassment illegal in UK in new Home Office booklet](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqe3y34e9eo)** > > The nine-page booklet covers issues including respect in public, sex and consent, and gender equality. I’m sure all these immigrants, doctors, scientists, engineers, etc will bring fantastic economic benefits to the UK. ---
**Author:** ![captainccs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/captainccs/32/3775_2.png) [@captainccs](https://discussion.fool.com/u/captainccs)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/22 "2026-09-06T18:29:11Z")
> [@Divitias](#): > > Er, what bombs we going off in France? In a former French colony, same thing! 🤡 The Captain ---
**Author:** ![thegreatdane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/thegreatdane/32/4269_2.png) [@thegreatdane](https://discussion.fool.com/u/thegreatdane)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/23 "2026-09-06T19:02:42Z")
That’s it. I’m moving to the UK immediately. Oh, wait, that means I have to pack up all my stuff. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![AdrianC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/adrianc/32/4898_2.png) [@AdrianC](https://discussion.fool.com/u/AdrianC)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/24 "2026-09-06T20:06:00Z")
> [@Divitias](#): > > What other reason - how long have you got 🙂 Figured it would be immigration. This is funny: > **[Brexit was supposed to limit immigration – it did the opposite | LSE British...](https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/brexit-10-brexit-was-supposed-to-limit-immigration-it-did-the-opposite/)** > > While Brexit has meant the end of free movement from the EU, immigration to the UK has since risen to record levels. Alan Manning explains what happened. Was this the elites way of saying f you to the leave voters? Otherwise why do it? Why have “open borders”? ---
**Author:** ![DrBob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/drbob2/32/3456_2.png) [@DrBob2](https://discussion.fool.com/u/DrBob2)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/25 "2026-09-06T21:14:11Z")
> [@AdrianC](#): > > Brexit was supposed to .imit immigration – it did the opposite IIRC, back then the issue was Polish and Eastern Europeans. Plumbers and tradesmen reducing prices, that sort of thing. Now, 10 years on, the immigrants are from North Africa and the Middle East. The issue is lack of assimilation – as is the case elsewhere in Europe. Even the Swedish PM has said that the integration of immigrants has failed. DB2 ---
**Author:** ![Goofyhoofy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/goofyhoofy/32/4721_2.png) [@Goofyhoofy](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Goofyhoofy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/26 "2026-09-06T21:35:13Z")
> [@DrBob2](#): > > Even the Swedish PM has said that the integration of immigrants has failed. You say that as though it’s a surprise. It shouldn’t be: His party is center-right, and his coalition includes the far right (the Swedish Democrats). He has had a restrictive policy towards immigration for over a decade, and has moved even further against immigration and immigration policy with every election. ---
**Author:** ![DrBob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/drbob2/32/3456_2.png) [@DrBob2](https://discussion.fool.com/u/DrBob2)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/27 "2026-09-06T22:08:15Z")
> [@Goofyhoofy](#): > > You say that as though it’s a surprise Not a surprise (they pivoted to the tougher Danish model four or five years ago) but the immigration problem is widespread in Europe (although less in Eastern Europe with smaller influx). DB2 ---
**Author:** ![SuisseBear](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/suissebear/32/3785_2.png) [@SuisseBear](https://discussion.fool.com/u/SuisseBear)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/28 "2026-09-07T08:25:38Z")
> [@AdrianC](#): > > Was this the elites way of saying f you to the leave voters? It has been an interesting performance in 8 steps to royally dupe the Brexit voters: 1. Conservative politicians campaign for Brexit primarily on immigration - „take back control!!“ 2. Brexit ends EU free movement. 3. The Conservative government creates the post-Brexit immigration system. 4. That system makes it easier to recruit large numbers of non-EU workers. 5. The government expands routes such as the care-worker route. 6. Non-EU immigration surges. 7. Net migration reaches **944,000 in the year to March 2023**. 8. The composition of immigration has therefore changed dramatically: EU migration falls while non-EU migration becomes the dominant source of immigration. ---
**Author:** ![Divitias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/divitias/32/9302_2.png) [@Divitias](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Divitias)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/29 "2026-09-07T10:39:16Z")
I’ve just remember two books by Oswald Spengler that I read many years ago. Spengler divided the world into cultures that behaved like living organisms - they were born, grew and prospered and then declined and died. Think about the great cultures of the past, for example The Roman Empire - see Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire which outlines this beautifully. The UK (and Spengler would argue ‘The West’) is now entering its dotage. Most in the UK can see that things are not right, many talk about it but nothing changes. A thousand years of history is coming to an end. Like Rome the barbarians are at the gate. Unlike Rome we are fetch some of them here and putting then in hotels 🙂 > **[Portsmouth small boats protest 'a wake-up call for government', local police...](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm5y7rw74n09t)** > > Hundreds of protesters blocked roads in Portsmouth last night, after 140 migrants arrived via a dinghy. It comes after a similar protest in Dover on Saturday. > “whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad” > (Euripides) ---
**Author:** ![Goofyhoofy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/goofyhoofy/32/4721_2.png) [@Goofyhoofy](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Goofyhoofy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/30 "2026-09-07T11:26:31Z")
> [@Divitias](#): > > Most in the UK can see that things are not right, many talk about it but nothing changes. A thousand years of history is coming to an end. I know this will surprise you, but people have been complaining about things since the earliest recorded history. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”… Dickens “Why, since we are always complaining of our ills, are we constantly employed in redoubling them?" … Voltaire ““Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it’s endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining. If it’s unendurable… then stop complaining. Your destruction will mean its end as well.” … Marcus Aurelius “Kids these days” … every grandparent ever ---
**Author:** ![Divitias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/divitias/32/9302_2.png) [@Divitias](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Divitias)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/31 "2026-09-07T11:33:37Z")
The Chancellor is running around telling everyone that everything is fine and under control ahead of next month’s budget. The budget could be something of a flashpoint for the economy: > The Chancellor used a speech to pitch a private sector-friendly version of Labour ahead of October’s financial showpiece after days of turmoil ratcheted up the cost of borrowing. > **[New Chancellor, same empty hopes for growth as Healey echoes Reeves](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16111125/New-Chancellor-hopes-growth-Healey-echoes-Reeves.html)** > > In an address that had echoes of his predecessor Rachel Reeves he said the Budget would show his commitment to 'fiscal discipline' and highlighted the importance of getting UK debt under control. ---
**Author:** ![DrBob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/drbob2/32/3456_2.png) [@DrBob2](https://discussion.fool.com/u/DrBob2)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/32 "2026-09-07T12:47:22Z")
> [@Divitias](#): > > A thousand years of history is coming to an end. But it was quite a run, peaking with a quarter of the world’s land area and a quarter of the world’s population, dwarfing Rome. DB2 ---
**Author:** ![Divitias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/divitias/32/9302_2.png) [@Divitias](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Divitias)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/33 "2026-09-07T15:14:07Z")
> [@DrBob2](#): > > and a quarter of the world’s population, …and they are all coming to pay us a visit 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![MarkR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/markr/32/2011_2.png) [@MarkR](https://discussion.fool.com/u/MarkR)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308/34 "2026-09-24T12:55:02Z")
> [@WendyBG](#): > > Any politician who think they can force investors to “fall into line” is too ignorant of the bond market (and too stupid) to be in office. They literally don’t understand the meaning of the word “market”. And I agree, they should be disqualified from holding office. [Previous page](https://discussion.fool.com/t/the-uk-economy-on-the-brink/126308.md?page=1)