'That the North East will get left behind' - you tell us what worries you about Brexit

With less than a year to go until Brexit, we asked you to tell us your biggest concern about our nation's exit from the EU.
Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to keep the country united. Picture: PA.Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to keep the country united. Picture: PA.
Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to keep the country united. Picture: PA.

In an online poll, 30% of you voted to say that business and free trade are your biggest worries going forward, followed by immigration (25%), other issues (15%) and health (8%). You can see the results in full below.

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Pete Bogg: "Sadly Joe gullible Public got suckered into some weird utopia based on the 1890s when 'Britannia ruled the waves' - sadly the only bit of the 1890s that we'll experience if Brexit happens is the grinding poverty and disintegration of workers rights."

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Roddy Macpherson: "Whingers and the press still grumbling about the result of a democratic process. It's that attitude that is holding back negotiations."

Kat Berry: "Our economy/health and benefit services declining. Also the far left and far right becoming a lot more worse than what they are now."

John Quinn: "Scaremongers....not a fear, more an irritation. Then a continuous bombardment from those still not accepting the result."

Brenda Bestford: "I don’t think it was done for the reasons stated people were fooled."

Paul Lewis: "People not accepting the result."

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Eddie Czestochowski: "That the North East will get left behind, in this London-centric society we live in."

Ernesto Toro: "The places that voted remain, London and more affluent parts, will grow [and] be ok and the leave areas will suffer as they rely on public sector and the benefit system."

Graham Henderson: "This government haven't a clue, they didn't expect it to pass, hence no plans, every independent think thank says we'll be worse off, especially the North East."

Donna Watson: "Best thing we ever did, just hurry up and implement it."

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Stanley Stoker: "My concern is we are getting messed around by everyone."

Graham Moyle: "Prices going up. I've already seen ingredient prices going up quite a lot since Brexit."

Anth Ashta: "After Brexit we are all at the mercy of Westmonster and if people think its difficult under the current Tory dictatorship then a post-Brexit Britain will be something akin to a Gulag."

Carol Burton: "No concerns, the sooner we leave the better."

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Diane Tucker: "My concern is it going to make it more difficult to be able to bring your partner to the UK even though you are a genuine couple just wanting to spend the rest of your life together being married."

Bryn Mulcahy: "The absolute blatant fact that the negotiations are an utter shambles and Davis and his team are being out thought, out-maneuvered and are out of their depth"