Greetings from germany. I recently had a conversation with a coworker (also german) who said that "it's great for britain that they left the EU!". When I asked him why he would say such a thing he listed all his gripes with the EU. I proceeded to educate him on how brexit has been going for you guys and asked him why all the other members have expressed no wishes to follow your example. He did not know anything about brexit and had no answer to my question. I have said before that history will remember brexit as the stunning application of the dunning-kruger-effect to an immense number of people and I stand by that statement.
@mrembarrassed7406
9 ай бұрын
People who claim that their opponents suffer from the dunning-kruger effect, usually suffer from the dunning-kruger effect themselves.
@martinuelten7668
9 ай бұрын
@@mrembarrassed7406🤦
@Stefan_Dahn
7 ай бұрын
@@mrembarrassed7406 Said the orange man.
@clausbecker9350
7 ай бұрын
@@mrembarrassed7406 and your evidence for that assertion is...
@beanstravels6393
7 ай бұрын
Oh dear, this comment hasn’t aged well ! Ask the farmers across Europe how they feel about the EU….
@ade5691
10 ай бұрын
My compassion for the conned evaporated away when they started acting petulantly with slogans like "You lost, get over it". Revenge is said to be best served cold and I've been joyfully savouring the line "You won, get over it"
@annepoitrineau5650
10 ай бұрын
Only some did it, though.
@ade5691
10 ай бұрын
@@annepoitrineau5650 Who are you trying to kid?
@lamestreammedia3154
10 ай бұрын
Democracy is great until you lose.
@robertfmorton
10 ай бұрын
@lamestreammedia3154 recent research has shown that your average brexiter has a lower I.Q. than your average remain voter. So there you have it! As Churchill once said, 'the biggest argument against democracy is five minutes talking to the average voter'.
@lamestreammedia3154
10 ай бұрын
@@robertfmorton Where as those on the left are suceptible to dark-ego-vehicle principle: New study suggests that people with dark personalities are drawn to certain ideologies. However, their motivation is not driven by a genuine desire for social justice. Instead, they use these ideologies to fulfill their own ego-centered needs.
@67daltonknox
8 ай бұрын
Those of us who witnessed Britain going down the toilet in the '60s and early '70s, to be saved only by joining the EEC, never had any doubt that Brexit would be a disaster.
@davidlancaster4476
8 ай бұрын
saved by joining the eec? yeah we went from have textile mills producing the best products in the world to putting people out work and then buying dirt cheap clothes from the far east and boosting their economy and supporting child labour, putting our fishermen out of work so everybody could overfish and now she admits THEY made a mess and it's up to us to fix it (that's code for "we miss your money") hence the reason they had to scale down their budget from 66 billion euro.
@Arltratlo
8 ай бұрын
its a shame they didnt leave 40 years earlier!
@ronniewilliams9884
8 ай бұрын
My recollection was that we were overfishing and it took EU regs to protect the fish stocks
@davidlancaster4476
8 ай бұрын
@@ronniewilliams9884 yeah we were over fishing that much that we had to let in the whole of europe to empty the english channel, you need to do some better recollecting and stop listening to leftie o'brien.
@67daltonknox
8 ай бұрын
@@ronniewilliams9884 In 1973, fishing was 0.12% of the UK economy.
@MrDesmondPot
10 ай бұрын
It is very upsetting how, within a generation, all of the great things our grandparents achieved were willingly thrown away by their spoiled children. The young will now have to clean up that generations messes. Not how a society should function.
@JupiterThunder
10 ай бұрын
Our parents and grandparents were not given any choice in 1972, and they were told they were joining a free trade club in 1975 - not a political union of 27 countries involving the destruction of their country, the abolition of their currency, mass uncontrolled immigration and becoming 3rd class citizens in their own country, as well as having their wages undercut in order to reduce them to utter penury and poverty, and doubling of house prices.
@brunsheimmasterbaitwilfrie2811
10 ай бұрын
@@JupiterThunder Mate: UK's problems you mention here are real. It is just that EU had nothing to do with them, other than having been a saving grace for ~45 yrs. UK on its own chose to swap its manufacturing for services. UK govs decided on their own to not invest anywhere but London and Kent. UK decided to essentially privatize education so the country needed immigrants to perform many tasks, while the own population couldn't compete with trained foreigners. Yes, you were had. But not by EU.
@teddansonLA
10 ай бұрын
@@JupiterThunder None of that happened. The UK is not destroyed, the UK still has the pound, the mass uncontrolled immigration began after the Brexit vote and UK citizens are not 3rd class in the UK.
@MrYoda777
10 ай бұрын
@@JupiterThunderinternet winner of the day 😂😂😂
@timvella1817
10 ай бұрын
You think your grand parents and world war 2 veterens wanted their capital and other places to be run by islamists? You obviously don't know your grand parents very well.
@clungebucket23
10 ай бұрын
I'm a fan and promoter of underground rock and metal and we hardly ever see our European counterparts since Brexit thanks to the costs and red-tape involved. A major European agency just stopped offering us all these incredible and eager bands overnight.... I'm absolutely gutted. It's just another moment that tells me that the world is just getting further down the toilet thanks to bunch of selfish, bootlicking killjoys
@mandismith89
10 ай бұрын
third world problems
@DoctorBastard
10 ай бұрын
Unless Bloodstock or Damnation book certain acts the odds are now we're not getting them, or at best we're getting London and that's it.
@paulmitchell3131
10 ай бұрын
We hardly ever see a lot of our old favourites they prefer to play Las Vegas rather than the UK . You can’t blame them ..
@Notalloldpeople
10 ай бұрын
As a geologist I was confused for a second😅
@tariqlear5172
10 ай бұрын
no its first world problems in a first would society! Its all relative you know. @@mandismith89
@tonyhall699
10 ай бұрын
I'm on my pink unicorn riding into the sunny uplands, mainly to get away from the stench of sewage filled rivers, streams, lakes and seas. From my hilltop I can see queues at the ports where lorries are waiting to clear their documents. In a layby I can see a red bus with faded words written on the side, "We send the EU £350 million a week, let’s fund our NHS instead”. The tyres have been slashed, the windows are smashed and bonnet is raised with smoke rising from where an engine used to be. I passed fields with unpicked fruit. So of course it's going well. 😄
@andrewrobinson2565
10 ай бұрын
It must be a very old bus 🚌 if the engine is under the bonnet 😊.
@JustAGameShow
8 ай бұрын
@@andrewrobinson2565 .. You do know the bonnet on a bus with a rear engine is at the back don't you? 🤔
@andrewrobinson2565
8 ай бұрын
@@JustAGameShow Never mind it's JustAGameShow. 🤣 (I didn't, now you mention it. Where's the bonnet of an electric car with the motor under the seats?)
@ThomasKing19933
10 ай бұрын
As someone who voted brexit, I admit it's been an unmitigated disaster.
@ZiggyStardust49
10 ай бұрын
What made you vote to leave?
@davidgreen6490
10 ай бұрын
Whatever you do, please do not stop lying, it makes the rejoin side look desperate.
@edmurth
10 ай бұрын
@@davidgreen6490whatever you do, try not to sound bitter lol
@ThomasKing19933
10 ай бұрын
@@davidgreen6490I actually did vote brexit, though.
@ThomasKing19933
10 ай бұрын
@@ZiggyStardust49Fell for the Farage lies. It was never about immigration for me, though.
@jackperry2821
10 ай бұрын
Don’t know what you’re talking about James, leaving the EU and having even less regulation around tax loopholes and business accounts is going fantastically well for a very small obvious group of people
@coppershark1973
10 ай бұрын
Thanks Jacob. 😜
@jackperry2821
10 ай бұрын
@@coppershark1973 Christ that name made me shudder
@davidgreen6490
10 ай бұрын
Look at the state of the nation in 2010 and look at it in 2023. I think we can say there is very little difference at all.
@31Blaize
10 ай бұрын
@@davidgreen6490 You might want to go to Specsavers then! The economy was growing again after the banking crisis, the NHS was top health service in the world, there was far less poverty and inequality, less crime...
@TheKermit2110
10 ай бұрын
Meds?
@giacogiaco5540
10 ай бұрын
Many of the 33 million people who voted in the referendum googled...What is the European Union?... Makes me feel ashamed to be British...
@Villain1874
10 ай бұрын
Hand in your passport - renounce your British citizenship and leave - bet you don’t though
@michaelfoy
10 ай бұрын
Ashamed of that Electorate!😮
@Jakestreet
10 ай бұрын
@@Villain1874Ah! A troll.Hello, troll
@Villain1874
10 ай бұрын
@@Jakestreet Ah! A remoaner - Hello little one 😘
@giacogiaco5540
10 ай бұрын
@@Villain1874 I don't have to I'm Dual Nationality.. British Italian...I have the right to live and work in the UK and the right to live and work in The EU... I have more rights than you Mr Brexiter...
@thomasrobinson3453
10 ай бұрын
My mother in Denmark sent my daughter a gift. It cost me £28 to get it.take that as a metaphor for all of the economy. The friction is tremendous.
@alunevans2377
10 ай бұрын
That' what we voted for. You are now paying for something for what was subsidized by the rest of us.
@lukebarton5075
Ай бұрын
@al That’s a strange comment. Are you actually British and living in the UK? You’re an American. Oh that’s makes more sense.
@thomasrobinson3453
Ай бұрын
@@lukebarton5075 🙄🙄🙄
@bowdencable7094
10 ай бұрын
"Compassion for the conned" has to evaporate at those who were conned because they are so dedicated to hating their fellow humans.
@ianworley8169
10 ай бұрын
Those were never 'conned'. They were, and still are, wilfully complicit. The truth is completely irrelevant to those rabid ideologues. For them, the end entirely justifies any means.
@MRTransportVideos
10 ай бұрын
The ones who are still clinging to the carcass, still chundering out the tired phrases, still fuelled by xenophobia and cheap lager - no compassion for them now, they need to 'suffer' the effects of what they voted for; those who understand now that they were conned, have accepted AND admitted they were conned, are sorry for what they did, and know they should have listened AND learned before the vote...they deserve compassion.
@chatham43
10 ай бұрын
....and you're not..?
@lamestreammedia3154
10 ай бұрын
But Liberals aren't actually Liberal.
@bowdencable7094
10 ай бұрын
@@chatham43 You might enjoy reading about the Tolerance Paradox.
@jeffjames3111
10 ай бұрын
"compassioned for the conned" ... You're a much better man than I am James. I'm still frikkin livid.
@DehnusNorder
10 ай бұрын
I always found it hilarious that after 200 years Napoleon finally got the blockade he wanted :P .
@sirbonobo3907
8 ай бұрын
Muahahaha so true! Omfg!
@DoritoBot9000
19 күн бұрын
And it was self imposed too
@acrodave9287
10 ай бұрын
2% of the population can easily dictate 'the will of the people' if they happen to own the vast proportion of the media. People believe what the media tell them they believe; in this Democracy with freedom of speech they have no choice and dare'nt say otherwise.
@CyeOutsider
10 ай бұрын
What utter arrogance to simply assume that nobody but you is capable of thinking for themselves. That everyone but you has their opinions simply dictated to them by the media.
@acrodave9287
10 ай бұрын
@@CyeOutsider What utter arrogance to simply fly in the face of evidence based fact in favour of an ad hominem non argument.
@unimportantnobody8364
10 ай бұрын
If you truly believe what you say about the media, and I mean truly believe, then by logical extension of your own argument, you believe that because they want you to believe that, right?
@acrodave9287
10 ай бұрын
@@unimportantnobody8364 Wrong, pure doublethink, try again. On second thoughts, don't bother.
@3replybiz
10 ай бұрын
Actually a mere 37.4% of the electorate dedicded it.
@ybkseraph
10 ай бұрын
So more people in the UK believe the earth is flat than those who believe Brexit is going great ! 😂
@simonwinter8839
10 ай бұрын
You mean the Earth isn't flat ?
@LongDarkTeatimeOfTheSoul
10 ай бұрын
70% of the Earths surface is water, uncarbonated….. therefore….. flat….. 🤪
@cutesammie
10 ай бұрын
In other words, the earth is not flat?
@KR-us9pj
10 ай бұрын
Be quicker to make the earth flat than wait for any decision from the EU.
@pf844
9 ай бұрын
@@simonwinter8839 it has to be! Otherwise it would roll off the turtle !
@TheHonestPeanut
9 ай бұрын
It's been almost 4 years now, guys. 4 years and people are still saying it'll be great like it didn't happen and make a failing country even worse.
@andrewsaunders1126
10 ай бұрын
I voted remain with a passion. The smugness I feel draws little comfort.
@Backpfeifengesicht45
10 ай бұрын
@dogglebird4430explain how it's the right decision. Tangible advantages. Feelings are irrelevant.
@Backpfeifengesicht45
10 ай бұрын
@dogglebird4430 Google the world tangible, and try to answer the question again.
@eddiecalderone
10 ай бұрын
@@Backpfeifengesicht45 Ended free movement of people from eu Setting our own zero emotions regulations. Restored democratic control over our lawmaking. Ended eu ID cards as an entry document Being able to make defence deals with other countries outside the eu. The freedom to authorise health vaccine procurement independently. No payment whatsoever to eu budget No contribution to the eu covid recovery fund.
@VincentPeters-vs2us
10 ай бұрын
Let's face it, the Tories should be awarded the Nobel Prize for Ineptitude. Alas, this is in common with Tory governance which also doesn't exist.
@stevendurrant1724
10 ай бұрын
They’ve shovelled 10s of billions to their class. How is that inept?
@VincentPeters-vs2us
10 ай бұрын
@@stevendurrant1724 it could have been a trillion+.
@michaelfoy
10 ай бұрын
@VincentPeters-vs2us or maybe 2! Debt almost TREBLED since 2010😮
@ridleyclayburn4599
10 ай бұрын
And the EU aren't?
@annepoitrineau5650
10 ай бұрын
The Darwin awards would also be fully deserved. I am nominatng them!
@bereal6590
10 ай бұрын
And that is why she is a president and farage is in the aussie jungle. Case closed ✌
@russellthomas7056
10 ай бұрын
Just hope he doesn't come back .
@davidpowell6098
10 ай бұрын
@@strandedstarfish Thank goodness, I was worried for a while, poor spider.
@chatham43
10 ай бұрын
...brilliant summation...you'll sleep well tonight....😊
@markaxworthy2508
9 ай бұрын
I don't think Farage wanted to be President of the EU, do you?
@gregoryevans9601
10 ай бұрын
I watch James and Sangita all the time. I was overseas when the results of the Brexit referendum were announced. I was sitting in a bar, A French lady asked me what I thought. I lowered and shook my head, covering my eyes for a moment. I told her something like I thought it was the stupidest British political decision in my whole lifetime. I knew even then that the UK would not benefit in any way....quite the reverse! Well, for all the "Brexiteers", you reap what you sow....the only problem is, you "effed" it up for the rest of us!
@jasbindersingh2441
10 ай бұрын
Presumably you could have stayed in France 🇫🇷 and by now had a shinny mauve eu passport?
@annepoitrineau5650
10 ай бұрын
We know gregory evans was in France. We do not know if it was hols or work. There are people whose jobs allowed them to continue working in the EU, and many who, while working in the EU could not continue after Brexit. In fact, I would like you to explain what your post meant? @@jasbindersingh2441
@chatham43
10 ай бұрын
...nice story...😊
@brimkathstampex2306
10 ай бұрын
Cobblers springs to mind. Explain how it was 'effed' up.
@christinemiddleton4476
10 ай бұрын
@@brimkathstampex2306..explain how it wasn’t!🙏🏼
@rickatatastan2695
10 ай бұрын
Vladimir thinks it's going well. He thinks half of the EU will soon be re-joining a different federation.
@fankrys
9 ай бұрын
Cue in USSR anthem "Rossia svachenia ..."
@markaxworthy2508
9 ай бұрын
That is virtually the only argument I agree with. Brexit is the first time a major member has left any of the major post-WWII international institutions and this gives aid and comfort to the enemies of the West. On the other hand, the UK acted more swiftly over Ukraine than any EU state, so that may be a false perspective.
@tonypcoyle
6 ай бұрын
wants. not thinks. desires are not reality (unless the complacent allow them to proceed unhindered).
@JohnSmith-zb5kw
6 ай бұрын
They only wished to ship the armaments first 😂 @@markaxworthy2508
@flavio7180
3 ай бұрын
@@markaxworthy2508Poland reacted very quickly as well though. Britain could've done everything that it did for Ukraine while remaining in the Union. Not like the EU has much to do with member states sending artillery shells and drones to another country.The EU could've been a lot more united and stronger during this crisis but oh well, what can you do at this point. The UK has been incredibly reliable despite everything during the war, that's maybe the best thing Boris Johnson has done in his career by standing his ground on the issue from the beginning.
@CatholicSatan
10 ай бұрын
I am _constantly_ enraged about BRexit as it shafted my ability to take short/medium term contracts around the EU (in which I engaged for more than 20 years) - along with 100s of thousands of other Brits. But this never seems to be mentioned in _any_ of the media in the UK. We hear of farmers and fishermen and cheese exporters but _nothing_ of the Brits employed in a peripatetic fashion around the EU.
@timoakley277
10 ай бұрын
Indeed so. That was what I did, I'm retired now but I would not have had such a rewarding and interesting career otherwise
@garyminton8415
10 ай бұрын
😁
@Kalus_Saxon
10 ай бұрын
Enraged yet all you can do is cry about it on the internet 😂
@GloryOfBarbelo
10 ай бұрын
Lol
@hypatia4754
10 ай бұрын
@@Kalus_Saxonsays the guy who never went more than 10miles away from the house he was born in
@giffardsercombe3169
10 ай бұрын
as a remainer, i could not see the consequences, but it was glaringly obvious that brexit would be a total catastrophe, given the benefits the uk had accrued since joining the eu.
@middleman9183
10 ай бұрын
...........like a cheap imported black market labour force
@danielrawlings8355
10 ай бұрын
Benefits?
@limpethead
10 ай бұрын
Benefits? All paid for. And we also paid for every other states Benefits.
@equinesound
10 ай бұрын
@stuartrussell3490 Brexit was only supposed to appease voters who were veering further right and potentially abandoning the Tories. The leave win was never supposed to happen because it was obviously a bad idea and would always be a disaster. The only people responsible for its failure are those who cynically campaigned for it, the “liberal elite” whoever they are didn’t need to do a thing.
@colinpenaluna9268
10 ай бұрын
How is Germany and Holland doing both in Recession How many EU Countries are getting more leavers support How many EU Countries are doing Border checks
@patrickryan5570
10 ай бұрын
I have friends who voted Brexit now denying they voted for Brexit for the they don't want to be seen as morons.
@blueknight3943
10 ай бұрын
Why would they to a friend like you!
@patrickryan5570
10 ай бұрын
@@blueknight3943 Why did you get dropped on your head when you were born?
@simonwinter8839
10 ай бұрын
Since you know they voted Brexit it is surely more moronic for them to deny it than to admit it and say they were wrong.
@nigeltrigger4499
10 ай бұрын
@@blueknight3943 You are a Brexit voter! LOL
@PastaSauce.
10 ай бұрын
I voted for brexit and I fully admit to everybody I know I was fooled and I was wrong. The stupidest mistake of my life.
@hoop5824
9 ай бұрын
I always bought items from UK and after brexit I don't buy from the UK and I am sure I am not alone. So, tell me how well brexit is going, very sad the people of the UK have been sold a lemon, it will go from great Britain to poor Britain.
@quickclipsbyjmj
10 ай бұрын
My friend is in Grimsby. He voted Remain as he worked, until last week, at a fish processing plant. It was built and improved with EU funding.
@andyjordan79
10 ай бұрын
Our funding via the eu
@blueknight3943
10 ай бұрын
How much did we contribute to the eu again?
@barrysnelson4404
10 ай бұрын
@@blueknight3943 Some nations were givers and others net takers. Guess which group the UK was in.
@blueknight3943
10 ай бұрын
@@barrysnelson4404 we were amongst the top contributors
@alunevans2377
10 ай бұрын
@@andyjordan79 It was our money in the first place. We were the second largest net contributor to EU funds
@peterprentice9179
7 ай бұрын
anything recommended by fararge is 100% going to be a disaster . . .
@brofrombrum8502
10 ай бұрын
Don’t ever underestimate someone’s ability for self delusion. That’s a mistake I have made one too many times!
@yngndrw.
10 ай бұрын
"Is there a single sector in this country that's over subscribed?" Politicians.
@bepitan
9 ай бұрын
ironically if it was left to parliament we wouldn't have voted to leave ...it took a referendum to do that.
@sufmeister786
8 ай бұрын
Great answer! Politicians indeed.
@MantisEnergy
10 ай бұрын
Napoleon tried and failed to damage Britain by stopping its trade with Europe. But with a little unlawful proroguing, it Can be done.
@annepoitrineau5650
10 ай бұрын
Hail Johnson who succeeded where Napoleon failed!
@MrMaarten1969
9 ай бұрын
Lol, who needs enemies anywa6 with Tory friends like that😂
@flitsertheo
9 ай бұрын
@@annepoitrineau5650 Napoleon would be the EU today. The UK is so afraid of the consequences of blocking trade from the EU that they haven't even implemented thorough border checks yet (or only recently).
@annepoitrineau5650
9 ай бұрын
I could not agree with you more. I hope you understood that i was being ironic. @@flitsertheo
@ulrichkristensen4087
8 ай бұрын
@@flitsertheoBlock away, none here is buying british anyways 🤷
@mocko9912
10 ай бұрын
I do love how people who say remoaners 'need to get over it and accepted it' yet nigel farage said before the vote even if we lose we'll keep fighting......
@ridleyclayburn4599
10 ай бұрын
And he was entitled to as he would have still been trying to change the status quo. That is not what those who wanted to remain were trying to do. They were trying to alter a vote before that vote had been enacted! That was anti democratic!
@timvella1817
10 ай бұрын
Get over it
@chatham43
10 ай бұрын
...like you're not fighting now...genius post..😊😊
@mocko9912
10 ай бұрын
@chatham43 I ain't fighting anything, just trying to make the best of everyday
@jayc342009
10 ай бұрын
I have no issue with remainers wishing things were different, but constantly crying for another vote is anti-democratic and just pathetic.
@amberrichards8078
10 ай бұрын
I think we need another referendum on Brexit. It should never of happened. And as for Cameron’s return to government , well how dare he show his face when he left with his tail between his legs after last referendum.
@alunevans2377
10 ай бұрын
It's happened, time to move on
@rayc9539
9 ай бұрын
@@alunevans2377it happened due to lies and manipulation. Also, the tories implemented a bad version of it that was detrimental for our ecobomy. How can the UK simply move on when it is affecting many people's livelihoods?
@beanstravels6393
7 ай бұрын
Oh dear, this hasn’t aged well ! Ask the farmers across Europe how they feel about the EU….
@davidlancaster4476
5 ай бұрын
i agree, let's have another referendum and when we lose let's have another, in fact let's have referendum after referendun until we rejoin, then the brextiers might be happy or will they ?
@neiltaylor115
10 ай бұрын
I would just like to relate a case study of the damage of Brexit. My wife and I run a fine jewellery company, employing 7 makers in the UK. We have retail sales globally and have wholesale stockists in the UK, Asia, Singapore, Australia and our major market in the USA. Since Brexit we have been dropped by all of our European wholesale stockists due to the Brexit imposed import tariffs and costly bureaucracy and red tape they have to deal with to import our work. Since Brexit we now have zero retail trade in the EU from our website, due to the taxes our often longstanding private clients now have to pay when our jewellery is delivered to their doorstep. Brexit has directly damaged British business. We are a small international company- our once nearest and most profitable market is now lost to us, and Brexit is why. We may now have to lay off employees in the UK due to loss of trade due to Brexit. The damage of Brexit to UK business is real, and cuts across all sectors. Brexit is economic suicide.
@JayThandi
10 ай бұрын
Hi Neil, you're not alone. A few of my clients had similar issues, so stopped trading with the block as it became too expensive, other set up EU subsidiaries or used 3rd party partners based there. Ultimately it means revenue losses for businesses such as yours
@anthonygrayson7753
10 ай бұрын
100% agree and don't forget importing is also a major problem now...Power of Attorney docs, looking up commodity codes, customs forms, then paying import duties, customs clearance charges and deferment taxes...can wack 25 -30% on costs...therefore fueling inflation, then delays as goods get held up in customs...and I still get idiots telling me the EU is punishing us for leaving. They won't admit the glaring truth which is we imposed these restrictions on ourselves. We could have done a Norway and left the EU, but stayed inside the Single Market & Customs Union, but no, that wasn't enough for the hardliners, most of whome still think the reason it's failed is because it wasn't hard enough!🙈
@raellawrence7116
10 ай бұрын
Anyone with any sense knew it would happen.
@yamyam3905
10 ай бұрын
That's only because the EU has made it difficult for you , they could make it so much easier but they want to give us a kickin for leaving , so if you want to blame anyone , blame the EU .
@TheOutsider840
10 ай бұрын
That just sounds like sunk cost fallacy. Of course EU was your biggest market, BC it was the one we were previously most integrated with. And since when was Brexit exclusively an economics issue?
@22190971
10 ай бұрын
Still cannot see what they expected to happen , net immigration is up , and that was the one topic brexiters overwhelmingly wanted to reduce
@middleman9183
10 ай бұрын
Hong Kong & Ukraine
@chatham43
10 ай бұрын
...but that's what you want...so why the whinge...?
@jamescole8771
10 ай бұрын
Well leave the echr then
@thechad9943
10 ай бұрын
And the man who created all this mess is now Foreign Secretary - a role fundamentally tasked with ensuring strong relations between the UK and the international community, which naturally includes the EU. I sometimes wonder if we are actually living in reality 🤦♂️
@danmayberry1185
10 ай бұрын
"We goofed it up" is beyond diplomatic. That's how you'd graciously excuse an emerging democracy, mid-apprenticeship.
@garypriestley3886
10 ай бұрын
I'd have compassion for the conned if there hadn't been any experts telling them exactly what would happen, or 'project fear' as it was branded!!! 🤷🤦
@DrumToTheBassWoop
10 ай бұрын
Contempt for conned, double contempt for conmen.
@nawles1
10 ай бұрын
The word "expert" became a slur. Dear oh dear.
@blueknight3943
10 ай бұрын
Depends what expert you listen too!
@lamestreammedia3154
10 ай бұрын
BBC experts?
@katximotxilis
10 ай бұрын
The other day, I (in Berlin) ordered a spare part for my espresso machine from a British retailer for some 45 pounds, about 50 euros. Two weeks after delivery I received an invoice for additional 17.44 euros in import fees. I feel bad for how people struggle with the fallout of Brexit, no matter how they voted on the matter - but it is certain that I will not order from the U.K. again.
@billgreen576
9 ай бұрын
Indeed but it was Germany that imposed that tax on you. Not the UK.
@Asterism55
9 ай бұрын
eh, because the UK isn't in their economic zone any more 🤣🤣🤣
@billgreen576
9 ай бұрын
@@Asterism55 Correct. Demonstrating EU protectionism.
@katximotxilis
9 ай бұрын
Your point is well taken. I am by no account a economy buff, but it is my understanding that this "protectionism" is actually the default (as implemented by the World Trade Organization), and free trade agreements, such as the common market, are privileges. Sadly, default was a choice made by the U.K.
@billgreen576
9 ай бұрын
@@katximotxilis So the WTO makes Germany impose a tax on you as a German resident because the UK left the EU, according to you. Keep drinking the KOOL Aid, my friend. Sounds like a beneficial deal for EU citizens.
@1066keefurban
10 ай бұрын
Rejoining will not easily erase the fact that the majority of the British are okay with bigotry & xenophobia. 😢
@rayc9539
9 ай бұрын
Not the majority. The majority wants to rejoin.
@James-tt7mr
7 ай бұрын
I’m choosing to believe they were gullible and believed their government.
@colpul2103
9 ай бұрын
I love how the UK thinks rejoining is up to them. Rejoining isn't the UK's choice, it is the the EU's. For sure the UK has the choice to decide to TRY and rejoin but in the end it is totally in the EU's hands to accept the UK back in. I'm not so sure the EU would actually back bring the UK back in. They seem to be doing better, politically things seem to be smoother, and they would have to worry that UK will just decide to change their mind and leave again as soon as they start feeling exceptional again.
@chrisashton9218
10 ай бұрын
James, you are missing a key element. It is not a UK decision to join the EU. The UK can only decide that it wants to apply, the individual EU member countries will make the actual decision. VDL is correct, in my opinion, but is playing a long game. Eventually the UK will join, it will take a decade (I think) before the debate and political parties in the UK are mature enough to apply and then a minimum of 5 to 10 more years to meet the criteria and agree/accept the terms that will be available. The UK will have to be grown up enough to fully commit to the euro, for a start, no special opt out etc. The lesson for the EU from Brexit is that, they can not allow any half in, half out members like the UK was, again
@alunevans2377
10 ай бұрын
therefore we stay out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The one major EU project that has been successful is the euro, just ask the greeks!!!
@totalplonker824
9 ай бұрын
Especially the Schengen agreement. Yep, no having your cake and eating it this time.
@MinisterManDan
9 ай бұрын
I think it's becoming clear that the ultimate legacy of Brexit will be the end of the pound, because when the UK finally goes back in it's going to be with both feet.
@incandescentwithrage
9 ай бұрын
I don't think he's missing this point. Many of us wanting to rejoin are fully aware of the requirements (and reforms needed). I'd go so far as to say those who voted remain didn't have an exceptionalist mindset to begin with.
@hovefactually7505
10 ай бұрын
I keep hearing about how young people, especially those who were to young to vote in the 2016 referendum, are somehow going to ensure that the UK rejoins the EU. Much as I would wish that to be the case, and much as most young people I know moan all the time about Brexit, I see no evidence of their dissatisfaction being turned into political action. Given that Labour aren't going to try to take us back in (apparently), is anyone forming an explicitly pro-EU party (the opposite of UKIP)? No. Have I seen demonstrations with thousands of under-30s marching to Whitehall? No. I've been on three anti-Brexit marches, and the average age on each of them was about 60. It's very depressing.
@simonwinter8839
10 ай бұрын
Your post deserves far more "likes" than it has.
@rayc9539
9 ай бұрын
The Liberal Democrats are the most pro eu. We all know Kier Starmer is pro-EU and would want to bring us back into the single market via EFTA membership if he could. However, he has chosen to change his stance on brexit because he is trying to appease red wall voters. Remember, in 2019, he was advocating for a second referendum and freedom of movement. His admiration for the EU has not dwindled, regardless of what he is saying now. His brexit U-turn might just cost labour the next general election. To openly say there is no case of rejoining the single market is abhorrent, given the evidence. Leaving the single market was the tory and Boris Johnson idea to make us sovereign and a 'global Britain'. We didn't have to leave the single market. Brexit was only about EU membership. EU being a political union, and the single market being a single regulatory economic zone on our doorstep. Those are two very different elements.
@michaeloshea5505
10 ай бұрын
I always have sympathy for our Brexit voters. The same way I have sympathy for those who fall for Amazon and Banking scams. again the scammers mostly target the elderly. The only thing with the Brexit scam is with these silly people, we all have to pay!
@TheHenstock88
10 ай бұрын
Well, the first-ever choice the young then, now old got tricked into it. Thank EU for VAT for without it to pay for the admission you be richer mate.
@JupiterThunder
10 ай бұрын
Nothing more important than having your own country. It's the the EU that is the scam - a scam to rob British people of their birthright.
@michaeloshea5505
10 ай бұрын
@@TheHenstock88 obviously you've never heard of levied between 1940 and 1973 on the wholesale value of luxury goods sold in the United Kingdom. The UK joined the EU in 1973!
@teddyboysdontknit810
10 ай бұрын
@@TheHenstock88 Yet the UK could now reduce or remove VAT, in fact didn't they say they would remove it from energy bills?
@TheHenstock88
10 ай бұрын
@@teddyboysdontknit810 Possibly but if you were making 4.5 billion for each % would you get rid of it?
@johnnevada46
10 ай бұрын
As a Brit living in Europe I can assure everybody that it is just way too much hassle to buy British - unless you are dealing with a British firm that has opened a warehouse in the EU or is based in Northern Ireland.
@timvella1817
10 ай бұрын
Is that why British exports are up? Der brain alert
@KR-us9pj
9 ай бұрын
Complete nonsense. Just look around your house - and walk into any shop in Europe and look at clothes, tools, garden items, furniture etc. all made in China. Cars made in Korea are increasingly popular. The UK is in a stronger long term position now - it can be flexible and choose who to strike deals with - and has - including the EU. I was especially pleased to see the UK move away from cruel EU animal transportation standards, and I was unhappy I was paying for funding cultural events like bull fighting (look it up) which the UK had no choice but to accept. Do you pay your irresponsible neighbours credit card bill? Do you lock your front door at night and like to decide who stays in your home? Your nation is your home - treat it the same way
@ClarkKent-xu5wm
9 ай бұрын
all those deals...@@KR-us9pj
@worldwidewayman
9 ай бұрын
Which, of course, all a British companies could. Just like they do in other territories. But many are simply too lazy. No surprise they"re the leading whingers about Brexit. Duh!
@JRBendixen
9 ай бұрын
Sure mr. Bot.
@Websterjohnson-y1o
10 ай бұрын
It's going great mate. Blue passport, fish are happy, less regulations, lower immigration, world beating economy, 350million a week extra for the NHS.... They need us more than we need them!!! Over to you moggy!!!!
@davidturner6995
10 ай бұрын
You forgot the more important things , full power toasters and vacuums , none of those EU spec ones, MORE POWER !!!.Dyson sends his regards
@50043211
10 ай бұрын
Dont forget to mention all the other European countries which have left the EU since then!
@emo_drummer_9398
10 ай бұрын
don't forget better shaped bananas!!! Love my new bananas in the morning. Brexit is just the gift that keeps giving!!
@stephenreeds3632
10 ай бұрын
Moggy? Once Minister for Brexit opportunities? How did that go Moggster?
@Websterjohnson-y1o
10 ай бұрын
That aged well @stephenreeds3632
@James_08_07
10 ай бұрын
Ahh yes James, but you see it's not Brexit that has failed, it's this particular Brexit, which is completely different to the Brexit people voted for. You see, there lies just beyond our grasp a perfect Brexit that will certainly work. Bloke called Nige down the pub told me all about it...
@petergaskin1811
10 ай бұрын
What should we be aiming for? Ah, the Immaculate Shining Path Golden Unicorn Brexit?
@cosmos237
10 ай бұрын
Brexit can be changed the block cannot which is why re left...
@stephenreeds3632
10 ай бұрын
They voted to kick foreigners out of UK and stop them coming back. Xenophobia.
@Seeker7172
10 ай бұрын
So... brexit was always a unicorn that existed only in the minds of those swindled by politicians peddling lies.
@markjoyeux9110
10 ай бұрын
What is the Brexit we voted for
@holz_name
10 ай бұрын
"There were 335,447 work visas granted to main applicants in the year ending September 2023, 35% higher than in the year ending September 2022, and two and half times more (+150%) than prior to the pandemic in the year ending September 2019." - 2.5 times more immigration than in 2019. Brexit working well.
@joshuaporterfield6774
9 ай бұрын
Oven ready was a bad phrasing, but unintentionally accurate considering Brexit was always slow motion National suicide.
@rupertmiller4718
10 ай бұрын
Sadly our PM reveals that he is a small and inconsequential man almost every time he opens his mouth. He is physically small which probably doesn't help but he appears mentally inconsequential as well. He talks complete nonsense when confronted with issue such as Brexit, trade deals and immigration. He appears to have little original thought and behaves petulantly. Tea with the Greek PM being cancelled due to the latter mentioning the Parthenon Marbles being a perfect example of his pettiness.
@catherinemartin6258
10 ай бұрын
Any reasonable person knows it’s going very very badly
@brimkathstampex2306
10 ай бұрын
In what way exactly?
@simonwinter8839
10 ай бұрын
@@brimkathstampex2306Take a look at your before and after bank balance and whatever you do don't get sick unless you're going private.
@davidlancaster4476
3 ай бұрын
@@simonwinter8839 there was more civilian unrest in the uk in the 70's under a labour government when we were in the COMMON MARKET, but you probably aren't old enough to remember that far back
@VincentPeters-vs2us
10 ай бұрын
Brexit appears to be a tremendous success for the UK's International ........ competition.
@seamuspadraigsanders431
10 ай бұрын
Name names.
@hmq9052
10 ай бұрын
🎯
@kanedNunable
10 ай бұрын
@@seamuspadraigsanders431 literally every other nation benefitted at our expense.
@seamuspadraigsanders431
10 ай бұрын
@@kanedNunable Name 1 and provide proof.
@teddansonLA
10 ай бұрын
@@seamuspadraigsanders431 Ireland. As a result of the UK leaving the EU, 135 London based Finance firms moved to Dublin (a quarter of the 440 or so finance/insurance sector businesses that moved form the UK to the EU). In general, the financial industry moved about £1 trillion of assets from the UK to the EU. So you could estimate that Dublin benefited to the tune of £250 billion pounds, plus the jobs associated with 135 companies relocating.
@1967deek
10 ай бұрын
We should rejoin as soon as possible
@middleman9183
10 ай бұрын
nah
@davidlancaster4476
8 ай бұрын
why, how would that benefit you ?
@steveozone4910
10 ай бұрын
As a disabled person, I'm looking forward to working from home as our new Prime Minister 😂
@Jonnyonthespot123
10 ай бұрын
Couldn't do a worse job than the current lot!
@danmayberry1185
10 ай бұрын
Do it. Please!
@simonwinter8839
10 ай бұрын
Given the current choice I'd vote for you.
@igypop.
8 ай бұрын
Yeah man! Legalize it! 😎
@stm5275
10 ай бұрын
"I hold in my hand, a nugget of pure green" Blackadder
@user-cr4pz5yg7y
9 ай бұрын
Very cunning
@ainerush8942
10 ай бұрын
Just think how much more expensive everything from the eu will be when the new uk charges start for each product being imported. I think if you have two differenft fruits on one lorry ,there is a charge for each different fruit,so ridiculous increase in everything on top of greedflation and the cost of tory corruption crisis. The 12% who are cheering brexit,are bankers and rich people
@MantisEnergy
10 ай бұрын
Would you accept the Euro if it became the condition of rejoining?
@James_08_07
10 ай бұрын
Anything is preferable to what we have now.
@waqasahmed939
10 ай бұрын
Officially you have to claim that as a politician you're going to accept the euro In reality there's no set date for when you have to join said euro. You just have to tell the nation we're definitely going to use the euro. Other nations use this same tactic too. You just have to "remain committed" It would be a hard sell to people to say "We're gonna get the euro, but not really because this is just a bit of red tape that we have to pretend to care about"
@MantisEnergy
10 ай бұрын
@@James_08_07 I remember when the pound was worth 3 Euros. Imagine if we'd joined with that exchange rate, compared to today's 1:1.
@MantisEnergy
10 ай бұрын
@@waqasahmed939 Perfect! The Yes Minister solution.
@petergaskin1811
10 ай бұрын
Absolutely.
@conorwhitworth5182
10 ай бұрын
Given the absolute state of the country I'm sure we'll rejoin sooner rather than later.
@TheWolfe83
10 ай бұрын
I hope so but then when the country starts improving the government will look terrible and they would rather leave us in a struggle than put their hands up and admit they were wrong.
@andyjordan79
10 ай бұрын
Hilarious.The naiive one who shouldn't be let out,thinks all of our woes will instantly disappear when the german witch waves her magic wand.The rejoin rabble really are as thick as mince.
@conorwhitworth5182
10 ай бұрын
Brexit is costing the economy £100billion a year. Any ideas?@@andyjordan79
@blechtic
9 ай бұрын
You'll maybe start trying. You'll need a lasting political and popular concensus, to show full understanding it's not just about economy i.e. care about the political project and the common values, to convince you are not going to obstruct everything, to demonstrate you can manage all the duties of a country (anticorruption, full border checks, etc.), and to prove all the member states you can hack it this time. It can be a long slog: you've let things flag.
@jayogee913
8 ай бұрын
You can't just "rejoin" and force yourselves back in. You can only RE-APPLY and then MAYBE be allowed back in. That is unlikely to happen anytime in the near future, and when/if it does ever happen, it will be with none of the special exceptions and benefits you had before. That's just how it is.
@Anupam19781
3 ай бұрын
What a pleasure to listen to James O'Brien. We are starved for this kind of intelligent, informed and clever commentary in Australia.
@System-Update
10 ай бұрын
Ms von de Leyden's comments and tone are probably the best thing to come from Brussels since 2016. As a Europhile Brit (and 20 year military veteran so poke your "you're not a patriot" BS) I've always felt that the EU didn't really try very hard to keep us as European citizens and ignored remainers choosing to see a stereotype football hooligan/Brits Abroad image as representative of the 48 million people who didn't vote for Brexit. The recognition and the very reconciliatory tone in her comments are most welcome even if I feel they are a bit overdue.
@maxt3590
9 ай бұрын
Trying to keep you and consoling you is not the duty of the rest of the EU when 51% of your voters and government hve fantastical delusions about reality.
@caballoloco100
10 ай бұрын
So the so-called 'project fear' has become project reality!?
@RedToriesBlueTories
10 ай бұрын
But on gbnews this morning a man named Andrew Piece thinks it is. When asked on GMB a while ago he couldn't name one single thing.
@stevecohen8206
10 ай бұрын
Who is it that conducts these polls, where do they do these polls, and how come I have never been invited to take the poll?
@AlanPhillips-l6m
10 ай бұрын
Fantastic James keep it up
@antonioguerreiro1615
10 ай бұрын
She HAS to speak for all of us in the EU, I DO NOT WANT the UK back in the EU, I WOULD HASSLE my member of the national assembly EVERY DAY !! to vote against you rejoining.................I WILL NEVER FORGET THE WAY EU CITIZENS WHERE TREATED IN THE UK EVER!! the EU is NOT just about you !! James do you have any compassion for my friend assaulted in front ot her children for speaking Portugues to her husband ??? she and I are now back in Portugal !!
@waqasahmed939
10 ай бұрын
Two wrongs don't make a right. Many of us don't like how our government dealt with EU citizens
@weswheel4834
10 ай бұрын
Does the EU use caps lock for a different reason now? (I know, we left, we didn't get to vote on it obviously).
@eddiecalderone
10 ай бұрын
@@waqasahmed939 The U.K. government has been absolutely brilliant with eu citizens in the U.K.. I am one of them. The U.K. government made it super easy to apply and acquire settlement status for eu citizens in U.K., unlike many eu governments who have been very awkward with British citizens that been living and working in eu countries for many years. It’s slanderous to say otherwise.
@jameshill4911
10 ай бұрын
I’m genuinely interested in hearing about the successes from the people who think it has been a success.
@terryfinnie2146
10 ай бұрын
The fact is no one replied to your question , that says it all😅😅
@chatham43
10 ай бұрын
...how has brexit happened...?
@brimkathstampex2306
10 ай бұрын
Because a sensible majority voted the correct way. Simple. @@chatham43
@simonwinter8839
10 ай бұрын
Well we've got rid of all of those Asians from the Northern towns.Wait a minute....
@homosexualpanic
10 ай бұрын
@@brimkathstampex2306we're still waiting to hear about Brexit's successes...
@stephenburke5967
10 ай бұрын
The benefits of CCTPP has now been downgraded from 0.08% to 0.04%.
@Mar-enfrance
10 ай бұрын
Hilarious. Don't hear them bleating much about this now, do we.
@stephenburke5967
10 ай бұрын
@@chrisj9700 The initial 0.08% of benefits are totaled to 2040 for the rule takers the UK which is beyond derisory.The Rule takers the UK will be met with astronomical fines if they break or fail to accept rules and regulations handed down from the rule givers in Australia.
@AndrewWilsonStooshie
10 ай бұрын
" ... there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week ... " - 1984 - George Orwell
@vilebrequin6923
10 ай бұрын
How big is that piece of flotsam you're desperately clinging to?
@The_Phoenix_Saga
10 ай бұрын
@@vilebrequin6923 About as big as your swelling of desperation to rejoin that failure of a bloc.
@ericaceous1652
10 ай бұрын
And Big Brother had commissioned a nice big red bus with "£350 million for the NHS" emblazoned on the side
@andrewrobinson2565
10 ай бұрын
@@The_Phoenix_SagaYou look very sooty, Mrs. Phoenix. 😮 (not to mention sh***y on the beaches and the landing grounds).
@The_Phoenix_Saga
10 ай бұрын
@@andrewrobinson2565 If that's your best contribution, I'd sit down, kid.
@outtatrex
9 ай бұрын
The lesson for the EU from Brexit is that, they can not allow a member like the UK, ever again. You won, deal with it!
@jcm9356
10 ай бұрын
Straight after those simple, kind words, Tory MP Lee Anderson, told her to 'shut up'. There is the difference between the two sides.
@stephanguitar9778
10 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure that staff shortages will soon be filled via the India trade deal that Cameron was bought into Sunnaks government for. (and well rewarded with a Lordship £££ for life)
@andrewrobinson2565
10 ай бұрын
"bought" isn't a typo. I get it. +1😮
@franciscouderq1100
9 ай бұрын
In short the UK will be a bit more colorful 🤣
@stephanguitar9778
9 ай бұрын
@@franciscouderq1100 Which is what the brexiteers voted for.
@grateberk6435
10 ай бұрын
Sunak does not speak for me or the majority. Sickening.
@dub604
10 ай бұрын
It's going well for the EU.... does that count? 😂
@stacyplant9327
10 ай бұрын
Leaving the EU should never have been an option given to the British public.
@simonwinter8839
10 ай бұрын
Correct.After Cameron got it wrong (that is he thought the people would vote remain)he was nowhere to be seen for years. Now he thinks just enough time has passed for him to return in the post as Foreign secretary although what the consequences of his return to his political career are not clear to me.
@davidlancaster4476
5 ай бұрын
communist ideology of denying people the right to vote and freedom of speech unless they vote for you.
@ddleupriandboast
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for your voice of reason. In the Netherlands we have fallen for the same type of lies. This Wilders guy will be the same disaster as Boris.
@robb1781
10 ай бұрын
Why are the pyramids in Egypt? They were too big for the British Museum.
@andrewrobinson2565
10 ай бұрын
Love it...😂.
@bob_the_bomb4508
10 ай бұрын
Indeed. Most we could manage was Cleopatra’s Needle…
@eddiecalderone
10 ай бұрын
They would still be throwing spears at each other if the British never got there… A perfect example is the Suez Canal. Nasser the Egyptian president took over the canal from the Anglo/french ownership and nationalised it. He used the money to build a bigger and stronger army in order to annihilate Israel… Do want to know what happened?
@andrewrobinson2565
10 ай бұрын
@@eddiecalderone Nasser died in 1970. He wanted to work with the Americans, but they snubbed him and so he took the military aid Egypt needed (and the influence) from the Soviet Union, and helmets from East Germany. My flatmate stole one when I was a student there.
@andrewrobinson2565
10 ай бұрын
@@eddiecalderone The British got there in 1881 if I remember rightly. The Turks had made quite a lot of improvements 🤣 in two centuries... 🤔
@dalioncijusciaponcijus7363
10 ай бұрын
Some lessons needs to be learned hard way, to be remembered longer. Britain needed this lesson badly
@franciscouderq1100
9 ай бұрын
Indeed , this is my conclusion as well.
@pvught390
7 ай бұрын
Four years after Brexit, the British are still waiting for the benefits.......
@jayogee913
8 ай бұрын
There is no "rejoin." There is only "re-apply" and possibly be re-admitted, but that's a long shot.
@matthewbaker2573
10 ай бұрын
What trade deals has UK done since Brexit? Recent trade agreements that have come into force include: UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement. UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement. Singapore Digital Economy Agreement. Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein Free Trade Agreement. plus the 11-member Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership includes Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia, among others. The U.K. would be the first European nation in the Indo-Pacific trade bloc none of those would be possible for the uk without brexit - none of you actually have a clue on what you are on about
@Backpfeifengesicht45
10 ай бұрын
Right. So, with the exception of the mighty economic titans of Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, trade deals with countries that are prohibitively distant from the UK. That's your boast? Not great, is it?
@matthewbaker2573
10 ай бұрын
@@Backpfeifengesicht45 you are utterly clueless - nearly every single electronic device comes from that part of the world
@simonMac54
10 ай бұрын
Join as many as you like, if we dont do trade in a big way they are useless. The last one you listed is expected to add 0.04% to our GDP by 2030. We gave up 4% of our GDP to Brexit, so we 'traded a 3 course lunch for a packet of crisps'. Please educate yourself.
@Backpfeifengesicht45
10 ай бұрын
@dogglebird4430 unless fuel is free, yes it is. You have to fly over or sail around countries you had free trade with to get to your new trading partners.
@Backpfeifengesicht45
10 ай бұрын
@@matthewbaker2573 that part of the world. China, specifically. How does the China/UK trade deal look compared to EU/China?
@rorus9530
10 ай бұрын
I didn't vote in the brexit referendum because I felt I wasn't qualified to make an educated decision. That's what parliament is for. Cameron gambled with the countries future for the sake of getting votes.
@danmayberry1185
10 ай бұрын
Nobody made an educated decision. A referendum can work at the local level if the council and proponents reach out tirelessly with pros, cons, and every conceivable outcome. At the national level, elected officials have unlimited access to technical and financial briefs, to help represent the interests of the electorate. The Brexit information gap was enormous.
@ridleyclayburn4599
10 ай бұрын
But they, by a huge margin (6 to 1), asked us to make the decision for them. Then, when they got the wrong answer, they tried to thwart said decision!
@alexanderstefanov6474
10 ай бұрын
Have you seen the people in parliament?
@Michael_from_EU_Germany
10 ай бұрын
@@danmayberry1185I disagree with this assertion: "The Brexit information gap was enormous". As a German, I have written my fingers to the bone in German media forums as well as in British forums about why, from an economic point of view, a brexit will lead to national bankruptcy in the UK in the 2030s. Must lead. International economics has rules. You can learn and know them. That should happen in schools. All the information was in some media. But those who read anti-social media (like Murdoch's), whose only task is to maliciously deceive ordinary workers, should not complain and then make false claims.
@danmayberry1185
10 ай бұрын
@@Michael_from_EU_Germany As a Canadian, I made a career of government communications and public consultation, and learned a few things in the process. First, if you won't like the answer, don't ask the question - that is how you decide between a public information or consultation campaign. If an initiative requires a behavioral shift, or creates socio-economic impact, design a multiple stage campaign comprised of 80% education, and 20% implementation and enforcement. Also, befriend the editorial board of every media outlet, regardless of their political biases. Update them so frequently and thoroughly, that they'll have no need to file requests under the Freedom of Information Act .. in fact, they'll grow tired of hearing from you. And finally, understand that public engagement is a lot to expect. Up to 5% will be proactive, like you, equipped with as much information as possible; 20% will have no intention of supporting or complying with any new policies, and 75% will show a passing interest until the thing is implemented, and then either accept it quietly, or decry the lack of consultation.
@simonphelon7221
9 ай бұрын
As an ex-pat living in New Zealand for the last 20 years all I can say is “Ha ha”
@youtubeyoutube936
9 ай бұрын
Fancy wanting independence and fighting a war for it. My ancestors must have been mad. If only they had appreciated economics
@lenwilkinson672
10 ай бұрын
The Netherlands,France,Germany.have a growing percentage of their populations who see their country s identity being lost.hopefully others will follow,and eventually the E.U. will break up, and revert to being a trading bloc and nothing more.
@batcollins3714
10 ай бұрын
Keep dreaming. The EU was never more united since little england left.
@Michael_from_EU_Germany
10 ай бұрын
That might have happened without Brexit. But the Brexit abyss, which is leading to national bankruptcy in the UK, is a warning to everyone. ALL right-wing parties in the EU are no longer campaigning to leave the EU because the UK disaster has opened the eyes of sceptical people.
@eddiecalderone
10 ай бұрын
@@batcollins3714 Is it?
@ukstd1
10 ай бұрын
It's hypothetical but - if the 2016 referendum had been held in January 2020, the "Remain" side would have won by a margin of 53% to 47%. This is because the number of "Leave" voters would have decreased by 10% due to deaths, while the number of "Remain" voters would have decreased by only 6%. This tells you everything and predicts the future. We will ultimately rejoin - but we may have to adopt the Euro to do it.
9 ай бұрын
As a Hungarian who moved to the UK weeks before Brexit referendum and moved back a month before settled status would've been required, the UK leaving the EU was the one thing that broke something in me. My mind has always been and always will be the Blairite, Europeer, British one. When I kept warning about the (recruitment) panic in IT while the UK was about to leave everyone ignored, now the UK can learn in all sectors in existence what lack of labour means.
@johnhewitt8784
9 ай бұрын
Compulsory fingerprinting is infringing of personal freedom?
@carpog
10 ай бұрын
Brexit’s been going brilliantly for me recently…since I got Italian citizenship.
@alunevans2377
10 ай бұрын
have you therefore given up your British citizenship?
@carpog
10 ай бұрын
@@alunevans2377 no, dual.
@chrissilver7719
10 ай бұрын
Well young people will do it, ok I don’t have a timeframe but it will happen. brexit is going as well as it was supposed to go. I just want Scotland to make its own decisions and not the voters in a neigbouring counntry.
@johnbailey6766
10 ай бұрын
“Make Brexit work”: an example of an oxymoronic policy
@simonwinter8839
10 ай бұрын
"Oxymoron "An American who has studied at Oxford University.
@NeilCWCampbell
10 ай бұрын
@@simonwinter8839 deflection. Not getting enough attention at home or too much attention at home 😉
@jayc342009
10 ай бұрын
So what do you suggest, have another vote? How democratic of you john. I didn't vote, however i believe we only have the option to make it work and stop crying. It's pathetic mate.
@simonwinter8839
10 ай бұрын
@@jayc342009 If enough people think the brexit vote was a mistake then yes,another vote.I note you didn't have any strong feelings on the subject in the first place as you didn't vote so why the strong feelings, albeit not about wether you voted but about the result. ?
@jayc342009
10 ай бұрын
@@simonwinter8839 i don't really have any strong feelings on Brexit, what grates on me though is people moaning constantly because they didn't get the result they wanted. Brexit failed indeed, why did it fail though? Why is no one pointing fingers at our incompetent government who have no intention on making things better for us? leaving the EU meant we traded one shitshow for another, there was no point in leaving but we did and you can't change that.
@bikeman9899
9 ай бұрын
Only 67% think Brexit was a mistake?😅 That's amazing in its own way. That will need to be 90% plus, for years, before rejoining is possible.
@battles423
8 ай бұрын
The problem isn’t that another referendum would pass to rejoin. The problem is 5-10 later or whenever the Tories take power they will just vote another referendum to leave the EU. Another problem is that other countries will veto the addition of the UK to the EU unless they are offered something.
@qweqwe-ld4bj
10 ай бұрын
Poor James O'Brien. Misery does love company. 😥😥
@russellmarriott9396
10 ай бұрын
There’s always hope that we will rejoin, unfortunately I think it’s many years in the future. The whole thing is unbelievably sad for our country.
@paulneville7154
10 ай бұрын
Problem is we can’t just rejoin we have to join the EU and meet standards
@kilianshatwell1027
10 ай бұрын
If the EU even agrees to let the UK rejoin in the first place
@chatham43
10 ай бұрын
...you'll get over it...or you can leave..😊
@chrisnaylor6814
10 ай бұрын
They are comfortable at having Viktor Orban's Hungry in the EU I am sure we will be allowed back in and I don't think reunion (rEUnion) is that far off in the future.
@rayc9539
9 ай бұрын
The tories made it worse. There were so many different ways to execute brexit (as in terminating our EU membership only) but the corrupt tories wanted to diverge away from the EU to avoid paying them anything
@ziuuuuuuuuum
10 ай бұрын
I am grateful that Brexit happened. After Brexit all anti-EU politicians in my country are more careful with their words and there is very few of them.
@Elisa-ul2we
10 ай бұрын
Is English your second language?
@ziuuuuuuuuum
9 ай бұрын
@@Elisa-ul2we yes
@bbbf09
9 ай бұрын
I guess it might take a while to reverse brexit - but it's likely will happen. Unfortunately UK will look like chastened prime chumps on world stage as we do. What an embarassment. What I want is for Farage, Rees-Mogg, Gove, Widdecombe ...and the rest to live as long as possible to see it happen. To see Farage especially apoplectic with rage as we rejoin (in whatever form it takes) will be pricelessly satisying.
@johndewhurst6609
9 ай бұрын
I saw Robert Peston on tv this morning, and he says we should give Brexit until 2036 to see if it works. If we leave it 2036 the UK will not have the money to rejoin the EU.
@johnjeanb
10 ай бұрын
I agree with U.von der Leyen: there is no bitterness ("Rancoeur") in our EU ranks BUT one thing is sure, the EU behaved quite politely and amicably UNLIKE the UK representatives so we (EU) are not ashamed in the least with our past attitude. Where do we go from there? Not far I am afraid: - no other solution outside to remain OUT or to join the EU. In the EU, we are totally neutral on this (i.e.: we don't really care) - no waiver of any kind to be expected if the UK fancy to join - nothing will be considered UNLESS both key UK parties support unequivocally joining. - there is no real solution with "make Brexit work", de facto convergence, joining SM, CU, etc. These are gimmicks for lost politicians - the EU will not change its rules, its SM, etc for the UK's pretty eyes These conditions are not exorbitant but still too much for the UK or I'll be surprised
@maartenaalsmeer
10 ай бұрын
Agreed. No exceptions, no rebates, no special status. The UK needs to meet all of the Copenhagen Criteria and hope&pray it will be voted back in by all EU states. Highly unlikely for now.
@brimkathstampex2306
10 ай бұрын
Thank goodness.@@maartenaalsmeer
@cstephen98
10 ай бұрын
Be careful they don't try to do what some Conservatives in the States are suggesting (to deal with the young vote), raising the voting age to keep them from voting. The hypothesis being that they'll become more conservative (and vote the Right way) as they get older.
@simonwinter8839
10 ай бұрын
Little chance of the voting age being raised in the UK. There talking about lowering it to sixteen.The biggest problem with voting at any age (to my way of think)is nobody is taught history any more, well not properly at least and without knowing history we are doomed to repeat the mistakes of history.
@debmcr1
8 ай бұрын
American here. They can't unless they change the Constitution. The 26th amendment states, "the right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
@debmcr1
5 ай бұрын
@@archie15900 Doubt they would get three-fourths (38) states to support such an amendment.
@Beefybaby
10 ай бұрын
We need to reverse Brexit. The sooner we understand this, the sooner we can stop talking about something that is absolutely pointless.
@faebalina7786
10 ай бұрын
Anytime the right can invoke migration they’ll win
@lamestreammedia3154
10 ай бұрын
Yes, just do it. Skip the referendum. Leave it to those that are correct.
@lamestreammedia3154
10 ай бұрын
@dogglebird4430 True, its back now though . You can't avoid the Uniparty.
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