@@julianneheindorf5757 same here in Finland. The populist Finns party have it in their objectives to leave the EU and drop the Euro. They were utterly defeated in the EU Parliamentary elections last month, support falling from 3 MEPs to just one. They pick up support from some only because of their anti immigrant rhetoric .... almost nobody wants to leave the EU or the euro currency.
I'm a Brit living in Austria. I came back to visit my family the thing I noticed (amongst a few things) was the lack of staff at pub restaurants. It use to be a night out and you had waitress serving you. Now apart from bringing out the meals you did it all, get the menu and your knife, fork and spoon then go back into the bar to give over your order AND PAY FOR IT. When I asked why the change the girl told me. A lot of the staff when COVID came they went back to their countries and because of Brexit they just found it too much hassle to come back.
That’s a really good spot… and tip you have there. Isi and I have had to tell a few tourists that are just sitting, waiting to be served, they need to go up to order. 👍
It’s the same reason, I will have to leave the UK soon. I’ve been absent for a long time during Covid, and because of that an extension for my pre-settled status will not be granted. In addition, I do not think applying for a visa is worth it as there are better opportunities in the EU. So, Europeans that are facing these challenges are being called to make the rational decision to leave the UK.
@@martinrye712No doubt. When costs increase the number of people doing the same tasks decrease. I saw that in Latine America. They have more people for something that in Europe we would use half the people or even less.
I'm a UK passport holder and I moved to France on 31st Dec 2020 to retain some of my EU rights. I am very angry that many of my former work colleagues who voted for Brexit were Irish passport holders. They thought it was funny that they could vote but wouldn't be affected. One person in a different department was Australian, he was permitted to vote (for Brexit) then he went back to Australia. Oddly over a million UK citizens living in the EU were not allowed to vote.
I recall when Brexit was being pushed, commentators like Max Keiser said that leaving the EU WOULD cause hardship that going it alone WOULD cause hardship, but that that hardship of rebuilding your own economy would be outweighed by the independence from EU rules. The only reason I liked Max Keiser was because he and his partner Stacey Herbert spoke out against Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) caused by the fossil fuel industry and selfish consumers' car dependence. So, my question is: how many, how much of those predicted benefits of being free from EU rules came to pass?
Uk people be play with emotion sentiment, issue of immigration, Brussel and Islam, to made people vote to leave EU, British people vote because of fear and false information give by Farage and others, people who dont have information and knowledge with vote out of EU, the price will go up because of alot papper work, permit etc so price will go up, and fishermen who want to control all water, now they cant sell fish at EU anymore, that what happen when you play with sentiment, racism, immigration and blame other country and religion, Brexit will created more Scottish to become own independent country, thank it happen before Brexit. North Ireland and Scotland will broke from UK in future, price of food, goods etc will go up, UK will more Isolated with support Israel genocide in Gaza it created more global south hate UK, UK leader destroyed the country Farage, Douglas Murray, Tommy Robison are people who will destroyed Uk Just like racist Hitler and Mussolini done to their country. after EU DID UK Immgrant from middle east, sub-sahara africa, india and china stop??? NOO it become more worse did Uk health care become more better??? did UK currency and economy do good today??
I very Sorry that Britaon Is out of EU.I Always loved everithing British,they are really so part of Europe,especially culturally. I want them back! I am italian,by the way.
That last thing you say about leave Britain, lose your vote is entirely fair or I'd be allowed to vote in every UK constituency where I've ever lived. About 9!
Some naive people in the comments saying "you can come back whenever you wish". No. It's fine to accept the UK back, but not under the same conditions. It would being a blatant disregard for every other country still in the EU. If the UK would accept the Euro, for example, then maybe. Otherwise you are setting up a bad precedent for everyone that just shows contempt for the EU. Not that it's a draconian state or anything........but as an institution, that represents a GROUP effort....you can't just have members do a 180º arguing they lose their sovereignity etc...and not have ANY consequences.
Sounds like you want to punish ordinary British people for the mistake of some old people? It is 8 years since that vote. Some of the elderly that voted for it are dead. Do you really think punishing the English helps young people in Europe? I see your moniker is French. Quelle surprise. A French person sticking the knife into the English. Young people have moved beyond this nonsense.
@@martinrye712 You cannot know many? I know plenty of people who voted Brexit who realise not one aspect has been realised. What was it Boris said "oven ready"? Oven ready what exactly?
That is why it will be more difficult to persuade the British public to rejoin the EU. At the moment they do not realise they won't be returning to the old terms. Brexit may be more permanent than many think. The mess Remainers got us into is going to be more difficult to get out of than they realise.
I got poor. Has been harder to get ends meet. Every week I find at my local supermarket empty shelves. I had complait about it and I was told by the manager that before brexit they had two big trucks delivery goods everyday. Now they just get one truck. He told me "blame f**king Brexit". My cat needs to take medication that comes from the EU. I had waited 3 weeks for medication to get delivered. I had to start buying 2 month supply every time I ordered it on line.
Recently drove to Scotland from Berlino, crisscrossed England, and across the isle the folks we talked to had a real melancholy permeating their words. Beautiful landscape & lovely people, but there was much despair & longing to be elsewhere when I mentioned whence we came. Hope it can eventually get sorted out.
Half the country is sad that we left the EU. The other half is sad that leaving didn't stop immigration. The whole country seems to have lost it's sense of humour
Brit’s always had a fun relationship with the EU, they never even joined the euro, some even struggle to perceive themselves as Europeans!!! I suppose many must already hold dual citizenship as retired people living in Portugal, Greece, Spain or Italy…
Spain at least, doesn’t allow British nationals to have dual nationality. If a Brit gets Spanish nationality, they lose their UK citizenship in Spain’s eyes.
@@garethking1639 But that is general, Spain doesn't allow other countries from the EU to have double nationality, like me as a Romanian. So, I hired a lawyer to change my flag because to be able to use all the "privileges". The only way to get the double nationality is being from another country outside Europe, but more easier to get it if you are from any country of South America.
@@sergiostube Spain has recently done deals with France and Romania so those citizens don’t need to give up their citizenship but yes in general it’s only Portugal, Andorra or former colonies that don’t need to renounce their nationality on acquiring Spanish nationality.
@@garethking1639 Oh yes! Thanks for remember me that Portugal, France and Andorra can get the double. I was discussing this with my cousin because me and him were interested to acquire the Spanish citizenship, he has heard that we can get it without give up. When I hired the lawyer to do it for me, she said: You actually can get it, it's not going to be an issue. And 2 weeks after also said: Hello Sergio, I'm sending this message to notice you that I read the BOE (which is the main info for all the laws that have been approved, renovated or improved) and you have to give up your Romanian citizenship. I was vey disappointed for that, because it's a nice country to visit, very friendly people in general, tasty food but not cheap. But in other point i'm going to live all my life in Spain, so yeah.
Being on the European Continental shelf, Britain is geographically a part of Europe... However, historically and politically it has always been separate... Until the British people accept and embrace their European heritage, they will always remain an island race, wary of the potential threats from across the water...
@@AaRr-bn3xx really? As a German, we were deadlyannoyed by the endless cherry picking and blockage the UK did while in the EU, only looking at possible opt-outs and ‚special solutions‘, reducing the idea of the ‚EUROPEAN PROJECT‘ to keep war from tearing up Europe to an economic benefit barely worth it.
The first step into creating a prison is to raise a fence for isolating an area on the pretext of keeping others out. The next step is control everything that comes in and goes out, and the third is to remove some of the freedoms and rights that people used to have. After these first three steps are achieved, then follows a decline in the quality of products and services, together with a decrease in safety standards.
"not controlling our spending", "need to wait 10 or 20 years to see benefits": those guys can't see the fallacy and contradiction in their opinions? UK now has allegedly a lot of money for itself: still, lots of cuts on social spending, highest taxes in 70 years, council budgets reduced to nothing.... Are they so thick as to not see the trend there?
I must say, I thought they were pretty valid the whole interview but when that segment came on screen, I did go "oh wow, oh no no no, don't go there" but I prefer to tell myself it was the pressure from the interview and that specific set of questions that does indeed have a huge scope of opinion to verbalise.
@@markaxworthy2508cause due to the uk leaving, the uk has massively higher required spending for border checks etc. Every penny and Alot of extra saved by no longer giving money to the EU, the uk has to spend on border security now. Similarly in Alot of other sectors
What people missed was many of those NHS millons from the bus we generated by the trade exchange with the rest of EU members. But much like rich individuals, rich countries tend to think they are the sole source of their own wealth.
Go to Jaywick and other parts of Essex. You'll find loads of proud Brexiteers who will tell you how they voted for Brexit & tell you how great it's going
Although dont forget that only less than 50% of the population actually voted, the small excess that made majority that voted leave have since died, leaving the voting population overwhelmingly remain and, there are lots of people like me, who couldn't vote, because at the time I was a few months too young, and now im 25, living with a Brexit I didn't ask for.
@LunaLuna-jz1uq both are bad…how about a maximum age of 65 to run for President….two terms would still see them into their mid-seventies. What‘s happening right now in the states is a geriatric joke
@LunaLuna-jz1uq well, at least economic data of the USA seem to be looking quite good. Given the circumstances I think the current government has fared quite well.
A lot of them died of old age. That was yet another shit about the "referendum": a lot of older folk voted for it, screwing the future of the generations to come, then promptly died.
Nobody talks about all those Brits who lived in Spain or Portugal after retirement, and now kicked out of Europe. Imaging having all your savings put in a nice little Spanish house and having no house in the UK anymore.
They had the right to apply for a permanent resident status if they had registered properly and paid taxes in Spain and Portugal. If they didn't that was their choice and had consecueces
@@MF-se1zl They don't speak the language and they rarely get out of their inner british circle of friends.. I would sometimes see them at a clinic enraged because the nurse didn't speak english and they didn't understand a word of spanish.
I Found Out years ago, before buying Property in Spain , make sure there are No PLans or Future plans to build Anything in that Area ,as Outsider's have No Rights , THey'll Bulldose right through without a Bye your leave . Best Way to Safeguard yourself make sure you've got Spanish Neighbours on all 4 sides .
@@abelnicolaebaritone poor people, after 20 years of living in Spain they can't say a word in Spanish, we are just pressuring them. And being unfair, how are they going to pay taxes in another country, even though they use for free all the public services, but it's still offensive, they are British
This is filmed in a very affluent part of Brighton, a place that voted 70 percent Remain in the referendum, and frankly a bit of a progressive middle class echo chamber that’s not particularly representative of the country at large. If you asked these questions in towns a few miles away you would get a totally different set of answers. But at least that guy has his escape to Thailand sorted!
It’s cheaper to retire in Thailand. However your pension will be frozen at the rate on the day you arrive there. But you can reset it from time to time. It’s not who is arriving you need to worry about, it’s who is leaving….
Certainly was in my area. My family has a house in CHERBOURG, France. Because of Brexit, most commerce travels into the EU via Cork Ireland, (instead of the Tunnel or via Calais) right to CHERBOURG. 10 years ago was a city on economic life support and now the economy is booming! they have just started to break ground on a new freight terminal as well as new train lines to Bordeaux (and eventually into Spain). So Yeah, Brexit has been going gangbusters for many...just not in the UK.
I live in Bologna, in northern Italy. After Brexit, the EU invested with funds by renovating a huge abandoned factory behind my house and moved the European meteorological centre there, which before then had only one location in Reading in the UK. Thanks to the arrival of this meteorological centre, my neighbourhood has been completely redeveloped with cycle paths, parks and trees. All I can say is that thanks to Brexit, my home has become much more valuable. Many thanks to Farage!
Not yet, the EU is still about, only once that is gone, would it be the best thing, worst thing Europe ever did, hand over it's freedoms to a central bureaucracy that is thousands of miles away, but then claim they know what is best for you and your area. when they have never even been there. Localised change will always be superior that bureaucracy a world away. Irony is, people claiming they support devolution then on the other hand say they also support the EU. So which is it, you can not have both
There is an assumption that the UK could return to the EU with the same privileges that they had and indeed rejected before. It will not happen because the EU will insist on the UK proving their capability of being non-disruptive.
oh well and there I was after 38 years of living in the UK, paying my taxes and obeying the law!!..thinking after that referendum I was to blame for the UK's problems, poor little old Bargoning chip me !! so I left for my own sanity and before I done some serious damage to the next gammon to insult me.back in Portugal and loving it...village of 7000 ......723 british immigrants..... THE IRONY !! and they are welcome!! STAY AWAY FROM THE UNION I DO NOT WANT YOU BACK !!!
They say that everything got more expensive, but that happened all over europe too. In my country austria prices went up 30% at least for groceries and electricity doubled since 2019.
Interesting video and I agree with most of the points. True enough, we are living with the after-effects of Brexit 5 years on. However, the people interviewed were all from Brighton, a very cosmopolitan and eclectic city, a generally pro-EU place and not a 'typical' British town at all. For a more representative sample, it might have been better to go to nearby Worthing or Eastbourne too for example, for more extensive views.
would be nice if you guys did the same video but in an area that predominantly voted to leave (would make a great balance with this video for English classes where students have to debate)
Don't let anyone tell you that the majority voted to leave the EU. Actually only 38% believed in LEAVE. 35% BELIEVED in remain. 27% couldn't or wouldn't decide either way. THAT'S 100% But guess what? BRITS living outside the UK for more than 15 years were not given a say. They, like me, may have voted FOR our membership in 1973 but were denied a vote in 2016.
@@douglastodd1947 No. That is not the case. I've been living in an EU country for over 20 years but I have kept my British citizenship. I know many Brits here but I don't know anyone who has abandoned their British nationality or they're identity.
@@hauskalainen But Should BE the Case ,IF You Abandon Your Country of Birth , Your Country should be able to Abandon You.,, If you want Benefits etc Your Adopted Country should pay them .
@@douglastodd1947 housing benefit is paid by local councils. You would have paid council tax in England before moving to Wales. Why should Welsh tax payers pay benefits to English migrants?
It amazes me how people don'tknoww what the uk was like before it joined the eu. There are enough people there of age to remember. It was miserable shite.
Lucky enough to have worked and lived in Holland, best place with the best people. Holland and the UK were usually pretty closely aligned on matters European and we always seemed to have each others backs....the only problem was that I was amongst the shortest of the population so was starved of sunlight! Happy memories and blessed with some great friends.
09:06 Sorry, I don’t mean to be rude. But do European really care about this? I’m from Sweden and at least here people don’t care about it because we think it’s not our business to interfere with your sovereignty. Only time there’s been discussion is because of the UK government blaming us for their own mistakes and poor agreements at the exit. Otherwise no hard feelings or anyone care about it! 🤙🏻
I've not personally noticed much. I got my passport stamped on my last holiday, but passport control was quick. I'm sure the problems are there in the background, but I've not been inconvenienced myself
It makes me so sad that my children won't be able to study or work in mainland Europe. My son who is currently 15 has resigned himself to thinking it will take 30 years to get back in the EU. Sad state of affairs
You are probably the first British that I've heard referring to it as mainland Europe. The vast majority of British just call it Europe as it is a completely different from them and they aren't part of the European continent. Your kids should check out the opportunities in Germany. ALL international students have tuition free education here (the tuition is roughly 63€ per semester). I work for a university (Deggendorf Institute of Technology) and they offer a lot of degrees taught in English
@@dimiathan All Britons know they are part of Europe geographically. It is just easier to say "Europe" or "the continent" when referring to the mainland from over here. Do we feel culturally semi-detached from Europe in a way that other Europeans usually don't? Probably, because we also have what the French call the "Anglosphere" that pulls us in a different direction in terms of language, history, popular culture, legal systems, accountancy practice, etc., etc.. A bigger question is whether "Europe" really exists as a distinct entity? It looks a lot like the western peninsula of Eurasia, to me.
@@markaxworthy2508 I would say impossible. My daughter trained to be a doctor in Malta and now works for the NHS. She got zero support from the UK Government but thankfully the fees were zero as at the time we were in the EU. There were probably 200 or so UK students at the Medical School. Once we left the EU all UK students had to pay overseas student fees on top of living expenses. At the time these were £30k per year for 5 years. Needless to say the UK contingent have been wiped out. And that was just one EU country training UK doctors. It is such a shame this opportunity is now lost to future generations. The same issue has now hit EU students wanting courses at UK Universities. Admissions have plummeted and universities are struggling financially to run courses.
@@RushmoorFizzbomb As the UK was paying more into the EU than it got out, I would suggest that it could be argued that it was not only indirectly paying for your daughter's training but for that of some other foreign nationals as well. The EU has no money of its own - just what its member states give it.
@@sergiogarpla2902 The U.K. squandered £509,000,000,000 on EEC / EC / EU membership, and was a net contributor to the budget from day 1 of membership on 1 January 1973. We were left poorer BECAUSE of membership, not in spite of it! Membership wrecked our manufacturing base, our traditional trade with the rest of the world, caused an instant flood of cheap European goods. Latterly it caused a 7,000,000 increase in the U.K. population with disastrous effects on healthcare, infrastructure, wages, & housing. Frankly, take that European 🇪🇺 and stick it where the sun doesn’t shine!
@@newblackdog7827 I honestly could not care less, you can see how the UK has been only going downhill and your plain prepotency shows. The fact is that the EU is fine without the UK, the UK used to be one of the biggest contributors but yet at the same time one of the biggest benefited. Ever since the UK left, my country has had a steady economical growth, which maybe not be linked to brexit, but shows how little relevance it actualy shared.
@@sergiogarpla2902 The U.K. is not “going down”! We now have our own tariff & quota regime, control of our industrial & agricultural policies. We have replaced or bettered all of the previous EU trade deals, we’ve agreed AUKUS and have joined the CPTPP. In 2020 we were the world’s 9th largest manufacturing nation. Today we’re 8th and the 4th largest exporter. The U.K. 🇬🇧 needs the EU like fish 🐟 need bicycles 🚲! I genuinely couldn’t care less what happens in or to the EU. 🤷🏻♂️
As a mainland European I have to say: while I do feel sorry for the British people for falling for the propaganda, never have I felt more united with my other fellow Europeans in laughing my ass off at you guys the day the realisation you made a mistake set in.
What mistake only the EU fanatics in the uk feel that way.Brexit has had hardly any effect on a majority of the population.all the nonsense you see and read in the media is so exaggerated or lies.from the fuel crisis to food shortages.the only problem the uk has is our own inept clueless politicians .
@@martinrye712 I can no longer work in Ibiza (or wider EU) for summers, my mum struggles to get medication as the supply lines are disrupted, sorting out my wife's settled status was a nightmare, marrying her was a lengthier more costly process, longer waiting times at the airport....
@@martinrye712 Things that I had freedom to do in my 20's, my children would not have the same opportunity to do, if not for their dual passports. Nobody has ever shown me a single benefit to this economic self sabotage
Come to Northern Ireland it's much worse here..We have shortages of everything..empty shelves..medication unavailable for weeks..so can anyone show me any benefits??
And shitty unfair nationalism is even worse. Nationalists are pure hypocrites. If nationalists think they are justified to break apart from the EU and physically stay put where they physically live, then so too can separatists.
Unions and Marxism are JUSTIFIED forms of collectivism: they fight to INCREASE equality of labor and wealth produced by that labor. Unlike nationalism or tradition or culture, which actively fight against equality of choice, freedom, when doing so goes against their nationalistic or monarchist or theocratic delusions and ideologies. FYI: far too many "Communists" turned out to be Communist in name only: fanatical fascist rightwing dictators.
If Brits are free to leave the EU without being shamed and humiliated and called traitors without being forced to physically move from where they were born, then Brits are free to leave the stupid childish monarchy and are free to overthrow the nation/the country & punish it for imprisoning Julian Assange without being shamed and humiliated and called traitors without being forced to physically move from where they were born. It is called LOGICAL CONSISTENCY: either ALL separatism movements are justified or NONE is. Nobody is entitled to a nation or status quo. There is nothing sacred about nations over any other form of collectivsm. The INFINITE hypocrisy of nationalists to complain or ridicule or insult European collectivists who wish to remain with the EU. If you get to separate from the EU without physically moving, then anyone in the UK is allowed to break free of stupid unelected monarchy and form THEIR own separate province, without physically moving. I respect Sovereign Citizens and Anarchists who voted for or supported Brexit, but NOT hypocritical nationalists. And ZERO respect for Brexiters who don't take Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) seriously. You are free to Brexit, but you must be forced to live in a bubble and not force YOUR CO2 emissions onto anyone else. I remember back in 2011 when Greeks rose up against European banksters that THAT was the motivation for Brexit: to prevent banksters in Europe forcing austerity onto citizens. That was what Brexiters feared. So, did that happen? Did Brexit prevent massive austerity caused by European bankers or not? A so-called "criminal" of one country is the hero/patriot of another. Every individual is forced into the world without their consent by their breeders and therefore has ZERO obligation to maintain the status quo. Therefore NOBODY has ANY reason to feel ashamed about having political views that go against the status quo or nationalism. Does the UK allow OTHER separatist movements within the UK? Does the UK deny prisoners the right to vote? If not then the UK is corrupt, anti democratic, unaccountable, declining, protectionist, mafioso organisation run by a bunch of childish, vindictive, self serving, gravy train riding, free loading parasites. Oligarchs and unelected monarch.
just come back from Portugal - all prices of food in supermarkets same or more than UK . Petrol the same . Poland just announced 60% electricity price increase 20% for gas and re imtroduced 6% vat on basic food prices .
Netherlands here. Was in london for a weeend break and got talking to a few locals who wanted to know where i came from. Started on about eu coming to uk to take all the brits jobs. I asked one of them what do you do for work and his reply was....i dont work and why should i...i earn more on handouts 😮
Because it doesnt belong to EU. My country has been devoping rapidly, our society have been getting richer and richer. Our towns are safe 24/24. Talking about POLAND 🇵🇱, of course.
I hope this is an eye-opener for those living in The Netherlands that want to have a Nexit. Luckily, it's only a small part of the population that wants it now, but things can change. Anyhow, I wouldn't mind the UK to return, but that won't happen anytime soon. Despite that, we're still good friends, with or without Brexit.
the Netherlands citizens will never leave the EU because we know we European union stands for and WW 2 the Netherland was one of 6 member states that found the EU (original coal and steel union )to prevent any more wars and distractions and death os its citizen and to live in harmony solidarity and respect for each other and the citizens of Europe to learn from each other hence the FOM and commerce and politically llias and use common currency even wilder(PPV) right wing leader knows no one will support him and having hard time forming any government to his liking even the other right wing are centeristy parties who respects the Dutch constitution and our court system are not appointed by politician but by local councils panel of citizens even Wilder made A promise to enshrine that the Netherlands will not leave the EU and oh we do not refs in the Netherlands and we have A PR election system where our senior citizens farmers and other group can get votes and at least have one PM in the parliament and also have 2 elected chambers and live time house of lords even PVV and Wilders only got 37% of citizens vote and 63% voted against them and voted for center right left and others like the citizens groups and farmers so please learn our Dutch history before you post your nonsense we Dutch citizens are very proud to be Dutch and are very proud to be EU citizens and Europeans and also very proud to be the founding fathers of the European unions that brought peace and prosperity to our beautiful Europe and put to stop the never ending wars of centuries past that killed our citizens and devastated our Economy and beautiful land land.greetings from A very proud Dutch and EU citizen and very proud European.
I voted remain and was devastated to learn they succeeded in coming out. I did a postal vote because l was on holiday in Portugal. I was disgusted to come back to the UK. I'm now planning to leave this country.
Prices have increased across Europe. The olive oil is now extortionate in price. Fuel prices are extremely high. Lots of shops and bars have disappeared.
Olive oil is because of Spain low production, they brought from my country to meet some demand making olive oil triple and increasing counterfeit olive oil, fuel prices are back to normal levels, only shops that disappear were the ones that couldn’t survive the pandemic
😅😮 where did you read that .in uk ,it's 23% , in most of EU , its between 12%and 18% ...and we are not an island . We get fruit vegetable ,truck drivers ,without problems
I'm Dutch and I'm wondering what the prices would be like if the UK would rejoin the EU. Somehow I think that the changes wouldn't be (much) more beneficial for UK citizens. I just feel that the common people have been and still are under political and economic 'hostage' of both the EU and the national governments (especially the pro-EU ones). What I mean is basically like: "We want you to stay, for our profits, but dare to leave and it's all going to be more expensive. Oh, and before we forget, if you decide to rejoin after leaving, we'll just make it all more expensive again anyway, because that's just what we do. Earning money by emptying the citizens' pockets and having control over the common people (screw them over for our own gain) are our main priorities." What I mean is that the UK was probably in this situation when they chose the Brexit, but people didn't just give in to that. However, even if most people want to rejoin the EU, I'm not so sure if that's a good Idea, because I just feel that there is more hidden deception as a consequence. Maybe rejoining would be better for the country and it's government, as well as for their international trading matters, but that is another scale than social and financial security, healthcare and other needs for the common people. Everything is done for the profits of the big companies, the rich and those in the positions of power, not for other 'classes' of people and that is just what it is. I wouldn't have voted for a Nexit if that would have been a thing, mainly because we are being held hostage the way I described earlier, but that's also the reason why I'm against this EU. So, I think I understand the British people for having voted to leave the EU. Even western European people on the main continent aren't as free as the politicians tell them to be anymore. Also, they're pretty 'blind in the brain' too, if you ask me. I know they wish to prevent World War III, but I think it already started at the moment Russia targeted Ukrainian areas long before the invasion and shot down the MH17 plane containing almost 300 innocent people having nothing to do with it, not to mention Iran and North Korea making nuclear threats and China disregarding civil rights and threatening with assaults on the so-called 'rebellous provinces' known as Tibet, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and the minor religious population. The only thing the EU, NATO, the US and other major organisations do against particularly Putin is waving their purses, while Putin himself is not impressed one little bit and has already threatened to invade more countries in the future. This war has already begun, people, and if the Ukranian areas and the pro European countries around them are not being defended, I see bombs are going to to fall on us in just a few years from now eventually. People don't realize that there are just two countries between Russia and the Netherlands, and the Netherlands doesn't have a ghost of a chance against any major country in the world, all thanks to EU, NATO and a US president who is just too passive for everyone's safety. I know, I'm talking about the Netherlands here, but the UK will be a target for a Russian attack in this scenario as well. You can't prevent a war that has already been started by the communist dictators. And I fear for their armies being on our doorstep in the not very distant future if everything continues as it does now.
William your English is very good. Your insight into international affairs is first class. The eu is agood thing for europe but is exceeding it's mandate with getting involved in foreign wars. It is putting everyone at risk.
@@colinsmith1288Thank you! Maybe I'm not perfect at English, because I'm exposed to the mixture of the major variations of the language, but I do my best. I think we're all at risk anyway, because the other side actually started involving with foreign affairs as the agressors. The borders around Europe, starting with the Ukranian (and in the near future very likely the Moldovan and Georgian ones as well), have to be defended against an army of a size that will slowly exhaust the defender's people and deplete their resources. Putin is even willing to sacrifice the welfare of his own Russian citizen's to continue following his own cause. He won't suffer from mere economic sanctions or exclusions from main international events like the World Cup, Eurovision, etc. What I meant is that you can't prevent a war from being started if the other side already has started it, certainly not by not acting more actively. I don't support wars, but I don't think we have another choice if we want to care for our safety. And in the case of the Russian leadership, this is not a matter of just one decade. The Sovjets didn't participate in the two-front assault on the Nazis during the second World War because it was more effective and easier. No, it was because they wanted their share of control over Europe, while being affraid that the Brittish, the French and the Americans (possibly also Canadians) would have too much control over the whole continent. If they succeeded producing and deploying that hydrogen bomb, then chances that the Sovjet Union would be in western Europe as well, and the Dutch wouldn't have to celebrate Liberty Day, because there wouldn't be any freedom for us anyway. Putin's goal is to revive the Sovjet Union to the level of what it was back then. And waving with wallets and freezing trades aren't going to stop that from happening. If he can't get what he wants from us, he'll get it from the Chinese, the North Koreans, the Arabic governments with anti western ideologies and the Iranians, and he could possibly get support from Israel if Netanyahu doesn't get from us what he wants (at least I wouldn't exclude that possibility). All of these countries don't care about their own people one bit, so they won't have that much to lose, compared to us.
Putin is very clever. First part was to weaken Ukriane. Second was to get brexit it done. Third was to cause tension at eu borders. I know Poland is having a terrible time right now. Fourth was to put europe on a high state of alert. He shares the baltic seas with in effect weak military nations They are in a state of near panic.Fifth is to sell and buy from the eu via third party countries. But it does seem the eu is trying to take over the role of Nato. That would actually weaken Nato's position. I agree something more sinister is looming and may involve other countries in time to come. The east is already encroaching into the eu economically. The eu is becoming economically reliant for trade on two powerhouses. America and China. So the division is already starting to occur.
The great thing about Brexit is we now have full control of our borders and we can make any rules we like, we don’t have to listen to a bunch of other countries telling us how to do things!
Yes but somehow it looks that you - your politicians don’t know how to run your own country as it looks that nothing what they promised to you when you will become independent really happened...or I am the only one who can’t see any progress in UK after brexit?
@@Godfranci I think you have to measure progress by generations. The fate of Brexit isn’t really written yet. The UK still has the sixth greatest GDP on the planet. Unlike a country like Japan or South Korea, there is a great deal of production that can be squeezed out of the British economy - we’ll just have to see. I think comparisons of England to a Third World country are slightly hilarious.
The whole country has to band together and force politicians to make a deal to re-join. Take any deal they offer, take the euro, take anything. Get back in.
@@petterbirgersson4489 and what about the first and second world wars when UK was on its own defending Europe until the Americans chose to step in? ALL Europe had succumbed to the Germans.
It was the rashness and impulsive nature of the decision in my view that have made it so difficult. During the time the UK was in the EU it moved a lot of the people and functions into the EU and understandably did not retain them so it is really that the UK burnt all its bridges twice once joining the EU and once leaving that has put it in this position. Unfortunately I think that the EU had had enough of the UK government long before Brexit and probably was quite happy to see it go?
Cameron had been battling for ages with a totally intransigent and stubborn EU whose immigration record is completely and utterly unsustainable, and EU to UK immigration was nearly all one-way. If the idiots in Europe had made a deal with him, it's quite likely that the steam would have been knocked out of the Farage campaign.
When will Brits get things into their own hands and really fight for it. They are so so so complacent and shy when it comes to get important things done, unlike the French.
Sure, Gibraltar will be in Europe, Scotland and a united Ireland eventually as well. The rest will stay in their dillusional state for a very long time...
Being in the EU has its advantages and disadvantages. I think though we are a poorer nation for leaving whether it be economically, politically or culturally.
Hello miked4122 "... we are a poorer nation for leaving ..." you say. Odd then, that the UK has still maintained it's place in the global GDP rankings (ahead of France). How can that possibly be? Do you actually understand what kind of organisation the EU is and what it is aspiring to become?
@@4tnine It's hardly a ringing endorsement that we have maintained our position in the world economic rankings when so many wonderful promises were made about Brexit. You don’t mention the fact it is now more difficult to travel, live and work in Europe or that many parts of our economy (even those who voted for Brexit) complain about the lack of foreign labour. Both importers and exporters are unhappy about the extra bureaucracy which increases costs and time that has persuaded some to abandon trade with Europe. The trade deals that have been negotiated are almost insignificant compared to our gross GDP. Many of them are no better than what we had in the EU. In the case of the farmers they consider themselves to be at a disadvantage with some of the trade deals. The big trade deals with countries like the USA could be years away and we’ll probably have to make significant concessions to get them agreed. The EU is not perfect but you imply some sinister motive of them but don’t elaborate on our own personal conspiracy theory.
@@miked4122 Hello miked4122 The fact that the UK has maintained its global economic ranking clearly demonstrates that things are not as bad as many remainers would have us believe. The gap in GDP between the UK and France was not that great to start with, so why hasn’t France (an EU member) overtaken the UK? Fact is, the EU has done everything possible to scupper brexit, it has not negotiated in good faith because it knows that a successful UK would threaten the EU project. I recall that during the referendum campaign many remainers argued that it would take at least 5 to 10 years to recover from brexit. Strange then, that many are calling brexit a disaster well before their own time scales have come to an end. And just how many years of normal trading under brexit have we had? Taking into account the transition period, the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the global cost-of-living crisis, it’s been about 2 years, hardly time to call brexit a disaster. It should be noted that 4 out of the top 5 economies in the world are not members of the EU, proof then, that you don’t have to be in that wannabe “empire,” (to quote Guy Verhofstadt) to have a successful economy. With respect to travel, ‘yes,’ it is more difficult to travel across the EU as that organisation has applied the same rules to the UK as to every other country that is not a member; though Switzerland and a few other European countries do have agreements in place. With respect to me implying that the EU has a “sinister motive,” you are wrong - the EEC / EU has made no secrets about its goal to create a “United States of Europe,” you just have to take the trouble to read the organisation’s own literature. The only objection I have to people wanting to rejoin the EU is that time after time they have demonstrated (to me) that they do not understand what kind of organisation it is and what it is aspiring to become. Perhaps you would like to explain or are you going to be like almost every remainer I’ve come across and demand that I explain? As if that response in some way counters my question.
@@Joey-ct8bm Hello Joey. “You tell me!” you have demanded to know in response to a question I posed miked4122. Sorry but I do not know the level of understanding that miked4122 has of the EU; you will have to ask him that question. With respect to polls you really shouldn’t take any notice of them, the only result that matters is the one at the ballot box. However, perhaps the stance on sovereignty that you see some EU countries making is due to the fact that many European politicians and citizens are finally starting to understand the EU’s objective: the creation of a “United States of Europe”. This would mean that the policy decisions that are currently made by each members state’s parliament will eventually be made by all EU members in Brussels. Ask yourself, if the UK had remained in the EU, what then, would the EU’s foreign policy have been on Gibraltar, Northern Ireland and the Falklands? If you want the UK to be part of an “empire,” to quote Guy Verhofstadt or a “mega-state” (Mario Draghi) then that’s fine by me, just as long as you understand what that would mean.
The problem is that the UK has always and still does see the EU as a commercial block exclusively. That might have been true in the beginning, but the EU is now becoming an increasingly political project. Even EU supporters in the UK are usually pro-EU just because of the commercial and economic benefits, not because they believe in any European project. That's why I think Brexit was the right choice for both parties.
Thank God I have dual nationality, so I can technically still live anywhere in Europe if I want to, but I've effectively been locked out of my home country because my partner now can't get a visa and because the cost of living is way too high.
lady who said "if I go to Europe, I tried to make a point of making letting people know that I did not vote to leave", I don´t see the point in it, because we don´t care who vote for brexit and who was against, if they come to visit, we look at them as tourists, if they act normal we have nothing against, but we had some visitors from UK(mostly young people) who came here to getting drunk, vomiting at street, piss on our churches, cultural building, those we don´t like, cause they don´t care about our country and don´t came here to see cultural heritage, they came because of cheap alcohol and they make mess here and think " we can do whathever we want"...and right after Brexit I was suprised that UK citizens thought everything will be same and that mess what they do in airport, cause we send them to gate for people who came outside of Europe was ridiculous, they thought that we make exception cause they are brits, but we have rules and laws and no one never complain about it...I never complain about rules and laws of others countries, when I go to Turkey I must go throught passport control because I leaving Europe same if I go back from Turkey, even I´m citizen of Europe and I landing in my home country, still I must go through passport control, I do not mind...but brits have so big problem about it, I think in every Europe country, cause I saw them complain about it in Spain, in Greece, in Germany, in Italy...some of them scream on whole airport, that we are bad people, cause they are brits and we make them going throught passport control with someone from third world country
Why was this Brexit vote not left up to each INDIVIDUAL? i.e. A given INDIVIDUAL chooses membership in the EU or not, gets a special ID if they do, and gets the responsibilities and the benefits of joining EU.
Barbora, I do apologize for the bad behaviour of a certain set of our society. This is mainly because we are a very unequal society in wealth and education; and it was fairly easy to convince a small but just enough minority that the cause of inequality was because we were in the EU! The Remain side of the argument were very, very poor at demonstrating that is was only beneficial to be in the EU and that our inequality was a case of our poor politics that are still polarised Right and Left in a two party system. Brexit was the politics of Party before the wellbeing of the Country! The next time you see Brits shouting at the airport in the NON-EU line tell them this is what they voted for, they deserve no less a lesson, and maybe they will lose some of their arrogance and exceptionalism! I hope!
@@bryangeake5826 to be fair, also the policies pushed mainly by Angela Merkel's Germany to let anyone into the EU solely to maintain a cheap workforce did not help. Many EU countries weren't happy and aren't happy with totally uncontrolled immigration. It has created more problems than benefits. But yes, Brexit should not have happened and makes no sense at all for the UK.
I was in Italy just before the vote and moved back to UK. I've lived in Bristol for 15 years on and off and its looking run down and sad. I am lucky to have a European passport but its a big upheaval to move but Im considering it because I don't see the UK improving any time soon. And the thing about the UK is that the daily lifestyle is not that great. I wish it could be better, but its problems are becoming entrenched.
Too bad Uk left the EU right when I started feeling like visiting the country more extensively. Not that now it's impossible ( even tho my wife is Colombian ), but before it was much easier.. I would have even sent my daughter to study there, but now it's not an option anymore
Damn... the British one is certainly the gloomiest of those. 😥 I will just say what I have always said (as a German): I wish the British people would simply come back. Yes, there are some Europeans that are not exactly thrilled about this entire affair, but I am sure we would be able to find a way together, as a grand and beautiful democratic union. 💙 And there is a lot of Europeans still missing you. 🥺☺
Majority of europeans don't want them anymore, unless they adopt euro, give NI and Scotland referendum etc. If they want to return with their priviledges, hell no....
This is what I love about Brits, they own up mistake and move forward. Even this is the countless time it happened, they at least admit they make the wrong decision.
