@@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 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.
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.
You might missing EU after voting Brexit but EU is definately not missing UK , we can honestly say we are finaly relevead such a pain in our ass is finaly gone .
UK had some special rebates during their stay in the EU. This will never happen again. No UK Governemt can afford to rejoin EU with worster conditions as it was before Brexit. Brexit was a loose-loose situation for UK and I am unhappy that UK left EU. Maybe Scotland will return separately to EU. I am half German and half Italian, born and living in Germany, speaking both languages. I like to have this different cultures, food, beverages and way of living, same money more or less everywhere in the EU. It makes life better and easier.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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 !!!
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.
"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
@@zhufortheimpaler4041 So you are saying that money the UK was sending to the EU is now being spent inside the UK? Two points: (1) That was what Brexiteers wanted. (2) This is a net gain, because for nearly 50 years (by coincidence almost exactly my entire tax paying lifetime) the UK was sending more money to the EU than it was receiving back.
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.
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.
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
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.
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! 🤙🏻
Great Britain is still a beautiful country and worth to visit. You need to make the best out of the situation. 🙏I still wanna come and enjoy my time. 😊
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….
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.
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)
Sadly most of the people who voted for Brexit wouldn’t have noticed or understood the consequences, because they would either be in farms, retirement homes or in a casket, dead.
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.
@@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. 🤷🏻♂️
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
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.
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??
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?
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.
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.
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.
I've been living in Rome for the last four years my gf loves UK? 😊hates Italy she doesn't understand all the fuss about brexit 😮 she is like a loud brexite 😂 with a great singing voice ❤ I think brexit is like when your bread falls butter side down... Very dumb 🤪... I love Italy great food great coffee excellent. No nescafe 😁 no supply problems prices are going up but wine remains cheap 🎉🎉
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.
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 have been to France x4, Spain x6, Estonia x1, Belgium x3 & travelled in a motorhome between some.Since the passport change it makes no difference at destinations, Gatwick is exactly the same though,shit.
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...
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 😮
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 .
@@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.
Yep. And all those interviewed are English (= Brits). Scots voted to remain en masse. The UK union was split in half - and that's with English media dominating.
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.
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.
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.
Course, everything is taxed 30% up now, i used to buy many things from UK webshops, now i have to pay 30% extra tax due to Brexit. Offcourse i buy somewhere else.
Here in Ireland people bought a lot of stuff online from Britain.. I made one purchase after Brexit not thinking... and the additional cost when it arrived of import duty, vat, plus handling charge for that was so high I never bought online since from Britain.. Where Irish people used buy tons from the GB Amazon, now we buy from the German or Dutch one... Find the item in the English one first then buy it from an EU country branch...
@@jootai I used get good camping stiff from individual shops in GB but can't do that anymore ..unless a relative is planning a trip home with car and they can order and bring it over..
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
😅😮 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
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
No, we don't, we really don't. I'm glad they voted out, they had too many priviledges within the EU. If they want to come back, they're welcome as long as they adopt euro as currency and integrate schengen and give referendums to NI and Scotland. As if that wasn't enough, they still voted to get out. They got what they voted for. No more european foreigners in UK since it was so terrible to them. Now they whine cause they have to queue to holiday in Southern Europe...
No we don't. Happier without the whiny complaining child that is england in the EU. Scotland, N. Ireland and Wales welcome. The xenophobic english can reveal in their isolationism.
No, Germany needs the UK to be worse off than us to keep up our fragile self-importance. Reliance on Russia was always a bad idea, but at least us Germans didn‘t get to vote for or against it since both major parties were pro-Russian. That‘s the only saving grace for us, … the English and Welsh only have themselves to blame.
Why would you want to add a more powerful government with its migration quotas and half a million directives to rule over us? To which we would have to pay into and accept the euro.
Why? Is that not bigotry of the highest calibre? How do you know that those products weren't made by someone (from nearly half of the UK population) who favoured remain? Do you boycott entire peoples for other individual issues. That's a scary hating mindset I'm afraid....you will make yourself very ill....
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Fortunately, the voices in Denmark who were talking about a Dexit have been throughly silenced. No one is talking about leaving the EU now.
X2 in Portugal .......love Danmark by the way
@@antonioguerreiro1615 I just wished the Dutch were as smart.
@@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.
Especially after seeing the destruction done to the UK.
There is no way in hell that there will be an Eirexit.
You're welcome... I guess.
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.
Laughable some restaurants have been doing that long before Brexit.saves on there costs!!
Poverino all'inglesino hanno tolto la servitù..... 🤡
@@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 think we Europeans should make a monument to Brexit, "never have so few given such a great gift to so many".
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.
What empty shelves, you clown?
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.
It's not going to happen,I personally don't know one person that's changed there minds about brexit.remoaners just need to get over it.
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Right!
We don't need toxic toddlers over here
Stay on turd island.
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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.
You might missing EU after voting Brexit but EU is definately not missing UK , we can honestly say we are finaly relevead such a pain in our ass is finaly gone .
GDP has gone up, total population has gone down, homelessness has gone dow, yeah, the EU seems better off
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EU is doing very well thank you! Looking forward to Scotland joining shortly
UK had some special rebates during their stay in the EU. This will never happen again. No UK Governemt can afford to rejoin EU with worster conditions as it was before Brexit. Brexit was a loose-loose situation for UK and I am unhappy that UK left EU. Maybe Scotland will return separately to EU. I am half German and half Italian, born and living in Germany, speaking both languages. I like to have this different cultures, food, beverages and way of living, same money more or less everywhere in the EU. It makes life better and easier.
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??
@@theultimatereductionist7592 ...so far he has been proven simply wrong!
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!
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.
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
No one fesses up to having voted to leave the EU. Who voted then? Same scenario with Trump!
Trump is crazy and clown!,,,
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.
I made 210 people redundant and moved my production to France ...... Was impossible to export with Brexit !!!!
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.
EU =/= Europe
@@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.
1:55 I will never not find it strange when people use “Europe” to mean continental Europe. But then again I am from “Europe”. 😂
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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 this mindset of saying Europe in the UK and not meaning themselves is exactly the main reason Brexit was even possible in the first place
@@lynnm6413 Not sure I fully understand your point ?
@@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.
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
@@douglastodd1947 Well... we all know that is a load of bull caca. That's the kind of mentality that will bring you no good while being here.
Don't care, your choice, enjoy
Really interesting but where are the people who voted for Brexit? Did they not want to be interviewed?
He went to Brighton which is one of the most heavily pro-EU areas
The two guys were clearly for Brexit, the way they hedged their answers to the question about rejoining the EU
Trust me we are here and would vote leave again tomorrow.
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.
Obviliously just those has been interviewed who wanted to stay. This is a kind of propaganda.
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 !!!
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.
Apparently the bus we ass read as a statement was a an if and maybeee literally if ppl had asked, EXPLAIN the bus it would have been harder for them.
"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?
Yes, ….obviously!
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.
What has that got to do with Brexit?
@@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
@@zhufortheimpaler4041 So you are saying that money the UK was sending to the EU is now being spent inside the UK? Two points:
(1) That was what Brexiteers wanted.
(2) This is a net gain, because for nearly 50 years (by coincidence almost exactly my entire tax paying lifetime) the UK was sending more money to the EU than it was receiving back.
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.
I don't know about that. I've watched other channels where brexiteers were interviewed and it was extremely mind numbing.
@@deviousdescent9010 That’s true, more than mind numbing, but I was just referring to this channel.
I am from holland,when brittain left the eu it felt like a good old friend was leaving us😢
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.
Das wird eine der größten Herausforderungen werden die Europa zu bestehen hat.
Best thing ever happened to Europe
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
We kept sending the most awful ppl to represent us... 😅
@@goblinwisdom Senor You allowed guys like Nigel Farage and his gang to screw all of you in UK.
They was blaming Us from Poland for everything ?
I was feeling very discriminated really.
Oh they were so much and now they have third world working everywhere
It's wicked to tell lies but also stupid to believe them... Be careful for what you wish for...
What lies
@@JohnRice-vb2ze Any lies...
@@JohnRice-vb2zeThe ones Johnson and friends served up? Like there would be no additional red tape for businesses after Brexit? Remember that one?
That first lady was right. It's even on tap now 😂
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.
Except that, in addition to inflation and rising costs, we also have Brexit to contend with.
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! 🤙🏻
Great Britain is still a beautiful country and worth to visit. You need to make the best out of the situation. 🙏I still wanna come and enjoy my time. 😊
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!
"Affluent" and they are complaining about the price of food!
@@Richard1A2B Are they struggling for food? The guy who has bought somewhere in Thailand is doing alright.
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….
They may well be walking around on an affluent part of Brighton but they do appear to be echoing what people think all over the uk.
I mean Brexit was kinda an upper class thing so...
Just what exactley did Brexiteers think OUT of EU meant? Should have got the dictoinary out before voting 'OUT'.!
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.
@@jillmortlock8439 that's why we managed to free Europe of the Nazis.!!
I'm moving to Ireland this year. So long suckers!
Ireland where tents line the streets and they have hotels full of migrants. Enjoy!
Ireland where tents line the streets and they have hotels full of migrants. Enjoy!
@rolex0071 wait.... aren't your towns full of migrants in tents?
Scotland 🏴 freedooom
@rolex0071 so true. Ireland’s not perfect but it’s a damn sight better than clusterf*** Britain.
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)
Sadly most of the people who voted for Brexit wouldn’t have noticed or understood the consequences, because they would either be in farms, retirement homes or in a casket, dead.
I get this is a language channel, but as a native English speaker this was a great vox pop.
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.
A small sample of short term thinking individuals from a South East coast beach.
Ever since brexit there are less british tourists in my country and I will be forever thankful to them 🙏
Precisely why we voted leave. You never liked us, only our money! 👋🏻 🇬🇧
@@newblackdog7827 your money? Your country's poverty rate is 20x higher than mine. What we want is less tourists.
@@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. 🤷🏻♂️
I did actually miss it two or three times but with regular practice, you can't miss targets as the EU. It's big size makes missing actually harder.
You don’t want to trade with your neighbor (EU), and will buy from countries 1000 miles away…
Silly isn't?
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
Voting Brexit is like hiring a great white shark as your kids swimming instructor
useless comment
@@HelenCrane-jl1nv Useless vote
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The inflation its 4% but the prices on food higher and higher each day ,a coffe now cost between 4 pounds to 7pounds in London.
Stop buying coffee in London then. Supply and demand. Why would they bring their prices down if you keep buying it.
Food inflation is higher than the average inflation index.
Scotland 🏴 never wanted to leave. Wants to leave the shitty unfair union.
Why didn't you vote for it then, or don't you like democracy
@@JohnDuffy-bq8wg I did
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.
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??
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.
When You Immigrate to another Country, Australia , New Zealand you Adopt their Nationality , same applies if you immigrate to an EU Country..
@@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 so if you are born in England you should not be able to claim benefits in Wales? WHY NOT?
@@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?
strength and security in unity!
Ok, ist nice hear the people talk on the road.
I know this has nothing to do with the video but where is this being filmed it looks beautiful!
Brighton
Every timebi go back to England from Austria, the place just looks worse and worse. Honestly, its shocking just how run down everything seems!
Tory government. But for not much longer.
I am actually amazed nobody talked about the rising debt. They must be the rich Brits.
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.
@@monikagarnys4077 Poland is special. I have been there many times. Nice people.
Well done Easy English! Beautiful Brighton!
Thanks guys! Looking forward to watching your episode later! 🫶🇪🇺🇫🇷
I've considered UK always as quite pricey when visiting. After brexit UK became quite affordable which was a weird experience.
Videos other title: "Britishers discover the concept of consequences and the existence of visas"
What a beautiful view at 5:17
I was just in the UK last week and it was sad to see how it has declined in such a few years & it was expensive.
Who cares!
We don't.
Stay out.
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Rotingdean! First time I had been there, I just fallen in love with this place.
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
They can still study and work in the EU. It is just more difficult.
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.
The Uk is so much cheaper nowadays 😂😂😂 it's a good news for foreigners to visit 🎉
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A beer in the pub in the Netherlands is 3.20 euro's. It's double the price in Britain.
Can’t wait to hear this…
We hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for your support! 💛
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.
OK, so you've left the EU, you're still part of Europe, if you like it or not
The guy, wanted to move to Italy ... on what visa ?! HELLLLO ! Brits are OUT of EU 😂
That's what he's saying..
He didn't vote to leave the EU...
I've been living in Rome for the last four years my gf loves UK? 😊hates Italy she doesn't understand all the fuss about brexit 😮 she is like a loud brexite 😂 with a great singing voice ❤ I think brexit is like when your bread falls butter side down... Very dumb 🤪... I love Italy great food great coffee excellent. No nescafe 😁 no supply problems prices are going up but wine remains cheap 🎉🎉
I'm from Poland, and I work on my English every day. I adore the British accent so much.
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Unfortunately, to Canadians and the States, that accent now just states, ‘stupidity.’
The Seagulls went into Europe...and got knocked-out! I'm still laughing at that! Brexit by the balls in Brighton!
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.
Or the Dutch.
You may wish to learn the main language of the country you go to, whether the U.K. is in the E.U. or not.
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.
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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.
@@henna6126 That was a long sentence.
@@henna6126
happy to be in the EU with you!
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@@michaelburggraf2822
wrong flag 😂😂😂
I have been to France x4, Spain x6, Estonia x1, Belgium x3 & travelled in a motorhome between some.Since the passport change it makes no difference at destinations, Gatwick is exactly the same though,shit.
That man saying "it's not Brexit but British Farming" ... so British Farmers do not used to have lots of EU workers? 🤦🏻♀️
Yes, British 🇬🇧 farms made a killing relying on cheap EU labour, rather than investing in machinery & automation. Zero sympathy for them!
Nothing to do with that.
The fact you still talk about being a power house says it al....arrogance never dies
The UK was, is and will be in Europe, regardless of whether institutions such as the EU exist or not.
Yeah. Like Madagascar to Africa.
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...
@@rosshart9514 Madagascar is in Africa!
@@guyspearing4608 I didn't say it's not...
Indeed so too.
Ahhh we miss you too! 🇬🇧🇳🇱 Great video, Easy English! 😀
Thanks guys! Right back at you 🫶🇪🇺🇳🇱
oh really you do? not enough of these clowns ??? ruclips.net/video/j1OGW19fjpU/видео.html
From Spain: We do not miss you on the slighlest. Never come back 😊
See you never again. Brexit was a blessing
@@rubencouso7497 You don't have to be a xenophobe you know.
As a German, I agree.
Hopefully the British will get better soon and get the problems under control.
No we don’t
You made your Bed. How about stop crying and sleep in it?
No, other misinformed people made my bed!
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 😮
Native American is the first land of the United States of America! Period!!!
WTF has that got to do with Brexit and the EU?
The woman saying….. if I’m going to Europe…….. UK is Europe- Europe is a continent 😂😂😂😂
love british english
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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 .
Lies - the GBP has sunk by 20% v the Euro due to Brexit so everything is much dearer here.
@@simonmason8582 have you been to Europe recently ? or taken your eyes out of the Guardian ?
How did UK manage before it joined the EU.?
And that goes back two thousand years.!!
That’s like asking how did we manage before the internet? Let’s try to live without the internet because we once managed without it.
It was a colonial empire that directly exploited large parts of Africa and Asia.
@@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.
Scotland here. Dragged out by the Brits.
Yep. And all those interviewed are English (= Brits). Scots voted to remain en masse. The UK union was split in half - and that's with English media dominating.
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.
Dutchman here. A pint rised to 7 pounds in the UK in a pub. Ours are 3.20 euro's. Enough said i think.
@@Joey-ct8bm Wow that is a bargain. Seems like the breweries in the Uk are charging to much.
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.
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.
@@4tnine You tell me! I see a rightwing vote in the polls and a more sovereign stance for countries in the EU.
@@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.
Course, everything is taxed 30% up now, i used to buy many things from UK webshops, now i have to pay 30% extra tax due to Brexit. Offcourse i buy somewhere else.
Here in Ireland people bought a lot of stuff online from Britain.. I made one purchase after Brexit not thinking... and the additional cost when it arrived of import duty, vat, plus handling charge for that was so high I never bought online since from Britain..
Where Irish people used buy tons from the GB Amazon, now we buy from the German or Dutch one... Find the item in the English one first then buy it from an EU country branch...
@@shooster5884 yep, same for novelty shops and other smaller webshops. They stand no chance of survival.
@@jootai I used get good camping stiff from individual shops in GB but can't do that anymore ..unless a relative is planning a trip home with car and they can order and bring it over..
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 .
It's a huge mistake. There isn't a single benefit. Brexit has caused me, my family and my business constant grief.
@@lukegray2835 really how?
@@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
2:20 we still get food from Europe, what on earth
Strange that people are pinning inflation on Brexit...inflation in the EU is higher than the UK.
😅😮 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
At no point has it been lower than the EU average
WRONG Core inflation in UK is HIGHER than EU!!!!
This sounds misleading.
@@jonjohnson2844 disinfo
4:45 come on, I'm from canary islands
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
A beer in the Netherlands in a pub is 3.20 euro's and the UK it's 7 pounds. I don't need to know more.
@@Joey-ct8bm 1,20€ here 😉
I am sort of surprised, no one mentioned "freedom of movement"....
Come back to the EU! Germany welcomes you!❤
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Germans has been always very pro british/english.... they are their secret live❤
No, we don't, we really don't. I'm glad they voted out, they had too many priviledges within the EU. If they want to come back, they're welcome as long as they adopt euro as currency and integrate schengen and give referendums to NI and Scotland. As if that wasn't enough, they still voted to get out. They got what they voted for. No more european foreigners in UK since it was so terrible to them. Now they whine cause they have to queue to holiday in Southern Europe...
No we don't. Happier without the whiny complaining child that is england in the EU. Scotland, N. Ireland and Wales welcome. The xenophobic english can reveal in their isolationism.
No, Germany needs the UK to be worse off than us to keep up our fragile self-importance. Reliance on Russia was always a bad idea, but at least us Germans didn‘t get to vote for or against it since both major parties were pro-Russian.
That‘s the only saving grace for us, … the English and Welsh only have themselves to blame.
Back to jacked patatoes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Really interesting video! Great stuff!
Thanks for watching! 🙌
Why would you want to add a more powerful government with its migration quotas and half a million directives to rule over us? To which we would have to pay into and accept the euro.
4:49 effects should be affects
Thanks! 🙌🙌
Short answer no!
I don t go in UK anymore. I don t buy anything on net from UK anymore...
That is called personal choice.
Why? Is that not bigotry of the highest calibre? How do you know that those products weren't made by someone (from nearly half of the UK population) who favoured remain? Do you boycott entire peoples for other individual issues. That's a scary hating mindset I'm afraid....you will make yourself very ill....
Back-pedalling towards the shores of Europe