Obviously, any rejoining of the EU can only happen IF the EU wants this. And let's be honest, the UK's behaviour when it was a member, with an incessant demands for "exceptions", hasn't left fond memories.
@@rflameng If they don't want to rejting, fine with me. If they do want to rejting, well, they will have to be taught humility. Not just by the Wops, the Frogs, the Jerries or the Eyties. This time, the Romanian gipsies, the Polish plumbers and a lot of others who are supposedly beneath the Proud Effing Albion.
Not just demanding, but also abusive and outspokenly insulting of the institutions and the people who represent the European citizens: the President of the European Council a dump rag, really?
@@paullarne Odd how the EU isn't upset about Brexit, apart from the UK failing to meet all its commitments under the WA. Cameron self harmed the country and ultimately his party in bowing to a small but loud bunch of deluded Eurosceptics and holding a referendum he never thought he'd lose. The EU has coped fine without the UK, so they didn't need us more than we needed them. No self harm involved for them, only for the UK in reality. Oh wait, I'd forgotten you don't actually do reality, from our past correspondence, do you?
Leave voters got what they voted for. A more isolated, marginalised, diminished and economically declining state increasingly reliant on migrant labour to prop up the economy in the face of an aging population and problematic dependency ratio.
Yes, but they didn't give a flying flamingo, because they were mortgage-free one or two times inherited cretins. Most are now brown bread thank goodness.
I don't know who came up with the following, but it's so true: 'Watching Brexit happening was like watching your local library being burned down by people who cannot read!' Spot on...
Blair & Labour last in power created Brexit because when all the factory's and economy of local towns was destroyed it was after 1997 more rapidly than ever, in the worst way, Shapland & Petter architectural door set manufacturers gone in 1999 they had at one point 800 people working for them, Clarks shoe factory gone in 2003 over 500 people worked there and Brannam Pottery gone in 2004 that had many hundreds working there, Sussmans and Baidware all these Textiles factories left and this was in my town, when i talk to people about this then would add others they worked at like Phoenix a textiles company or Ayers Grimshaw a manuferting company, all the shops that have come and gone in high street and can not stay in business so what happens with people seeing this in their towns the London centred media calls them racist for voting for Brexit, but when Tescos and ASDA replaced some low level jobs it is nothing to what was lost, this is why we never recovered after 2008 there was nothing to bounce back with, Blair should of done his job and acted but as Textile and manufacturing left my town more this was what i saw when Labour was in power, of course much of this happened before with Torys before but Blair was to busy having his photos taken with pop bands like U2 to of cared about the country he should of been working for and could of turned this around putting in place more high tech manufacturing industries to create wealth, what i do not understand is how it is so hard to recreate wealth for people and not talk of leveling up as if it is a sports game as the local economy was destroyed nothing much replaced it in many parts of the UK, anyone who blames Brexit knows nothing about the UK and how Labour created a poor country, not understanding that London and services industry with people shopping are not how the country should be run base on GDP if the shops are selling things more than the last 3 months. This is all anyone saw this happen to their town or area in the 1990s and before that even, as we had a booming ecommerce in my town was so busy each Thursday to Sunday night people eating out and going to the pubs then after i left School in 1992 i saw factories taken over or close one by one, and this speeds up with Labour in power after 1997 and lack of money all around and when i ask people they say yes this happen in their area, so now London catches up to what happened in the UK, this is why i hate the main stream media as its been decades in the making. If you work for the Government why should you care as your wages are taken out of real hard working peoples taxes and so not doing a real job and just talking the talk is fine, yet the 2 Trillion of debt we are in could of created more money from building businesses yet letting China manufacture what four country's could is fine
Theresa May was fond of saying that Brexit meant Brexit; no - Brexit meant political and economic suicide for the UK; and unless Starmer has a rethink, it's hard to see any significant steps being taken to rejoin the EU anytime soon.
As long as there is the real and present danger of the current Tories coming back into power, the EU won't entertain any moves to rejoyn. For the EU it's not worth the effort, as hard as Labour would try. It's just wishful thinking as long as there is no broad political consensus and will to apply for membership again. Sorry.
Not defending Mrs May, but Theresa was a Remainer and everbody knew it! She needed to capture the trust and confidence of passionate Leave voters who believed the UK was heading for a political utopia. Whilst Mrs May knew she had to adopt a cautious approach to Brexit, Brexiteers and Leave voters didn't think caution was necessary, hence she had to 'lie' to pretend she was a fervent believer of Brexit. What's so annoying is that Starmer was in a better position. Brexit was already a proven failure before he began his earnest campaign to be PM. Yes - Leave voters were still 'traumatised' that the promised sunlit uplands were no longer a future vision, and those sentiments needed to be treated with care, but he's foolishly chosen to lead voters up the 'garden path' to Brexit victory. The sad reality is that whilst he's trying to appease Leave voters who were let down by Brexiteers, Leave voters and most of the media don't even trust him.
I think you are using the word 'British' when the word 'English' would be more appropriate and accurate. That entitled sense of superiority is not a Scottish trait - we voted against Brexit.
Thank you Rob, good Morning, yes, we've lost so much, I too really resent loosing my EU Citizenship, also it is now virtually impossible for me to send Christmas and Birthday Presents to my Son and his Family in Berlin, Friends in other parts of Germany or my Cousin and his Family in France, Brexit is the most divisive act of self harm this Country has ever undertaken, I shall never forgive those responsible.
And why? Because so many Brits actually think the British empire still exists. And that you are special. You're not. Sometimes you're down right pathetic.
& similarly likewise. I am a retired UK citizen & my wife & moved abroad (not Europe) well before Brexit. I was very disappointed with the referendum results & embarrassed when colleagues asked me ‘’what’s happened?” As given is this particular excellent summary video, Brexit was a disaster in the making & instigation. If I am fortunate enough to live beyond the expiry date of my passport, then I shall not renew the passport it as a United(?) Kingdom citizen, but shall adopt the citizenship of the country which we now live. The new Labour government has much international European diplomatic, business & trade work to do, before I ever changed my mind. Thank you for your comment.
@@TomBartram-b1c That's because we have not enacted any of the border checks yet. The tories found them too expensive and time consuming so we just let everything in. Losing taxes, and (wait for it!) control.
@@paullarne Difference, dear Paul ?? There are enough " trusted " suppliers within the EU so we don't really need the UK. But the UK still needs us !!😁
When I see the investment in Spain in the last 30 years, you see the effect of the EU. Roads, bridges, trains, city public services. The EU flag flies alongside the Spanish flags. No embarrassment. The UK is quickly becoming the poor man of Europe again.
The reason for that other Spain was the direct economic blockage or orchestrated by London, and Paris, among others... abroad the european continent. They invested and gambled in the Spanish Civil War in the 30's with hopes to break it ones for all. After WWII, because they remained neutral among the very barbaric behavior of the Nazis and Allies, they were marginalized and deprived from international commerce,banking, etc... Same happened during the 1800s when Napoleon lied and betrayed Spain and stave her from behind. That's the level of civilization have in Europe and e everywhere. Sad for the inhabitants of the nations who nothing have to do with the decisions of it's leaders.
Odd so many eu nationals prefer the uk to their own or any other eu country As for that investment in Spain, a lot of people in Germany aren’t thrilled about paying for it None of you seem to have noticed the mood in contributor countries
What makes you think that Starmer doesn’t get it? Should he promise something he wouldn’t be able to do? They’ve already started to align standards with the EU and work on repairing relations, it’s the first step. There is no point announcing a plan to rejoin until the background work is done.
@@zlamanit -- In a nutshell. Nobody knew what they had until they watched it all disappear almost overnight. Making amends is the first and only step it will take to be welcomed back into the fold. **Trust must be EARNED before anything else can go forward.**
Delusions of grandeur stop Brits from realizing that, ever since the end of WWII the UK has been nothing but a USAF base, a huge aircraft carrier. Granted, the UK has always been very loyal to NATO. As opposed to the pompous, haughty, broke French a-holes who would be speaking German now if it weren't for everybody else, including French women, but the French men 🤣
As Brit living in Spain, I am inclined to think that Brexit has strengthened Europe. Watching Britain slowly drying in the wind has reminded everybody of the value of the EU.
It has certainly strengthened the EU. Not even Le Pen or Salvini talk about leaving the EU anymore now they have seen what a huge "success" Brexit is. And Britain was more of an obstacle than anything else. Britain was forever obstructing and always absent when the EU set it biggest steps forward, for instance with Schengen.
A few years back we in the Netherlands had politicians fighting for Nexit. Guess what, they are now in charge here but somehow the word Nexit is removed from their vocabulary. I wonder why....
It was really telling when Sunak said that Northern Ireland "had the best of both worlds". Brexit was definitely the biggest act of self harm by the UK.
Plus he was wrong. The majority in the Six Counties voted to remain, not to end up with having a toe in part of the EU. Dragged out and given a fifth rate prize isn't the best of anything
@jackthebassman1 yeah exactly so the next course of action should be an easy one, let's see how many years the politicians manage to stretch the rejoining proposal.
Rob, I fully agree with all you say. Thank you. Quite a long list of things the UK lost leaving the EU BUT please, I would hate to see our British friends to come back to the EU for all these economic benefits. The EU is more. It is an idea of mutual cooperation for peace, prosperity and integration. This is not about the cost of saussage, the funding to build new city centers in poor areas. It is basically an idea just after WW2: never again will this continent tear itself apart so never again egocentrism (Like Margaret Tatcher: "I want my money back"). Is Keir Starmer right or wrong to say "never in my life time will the UK return to the EU"? He is right in that without a fuil support by both main parties (yes also Tories) to join the EU nothing will happen. Maybe also K Starmer is playing some form of political Judo by pushing Britons to be more "EU" fan than he openly is. Maybe he wants to create an appetite for EU well over the present 53%. This is an absolute must if the UK want to join the EU and be accepted. Greeting from France
I completely agree. The UK was never really IN. First, they didn't want to join the EEC. Then, in the sixties, they wanted to join but only on their own terms. In 1975, only two-and-a-half years after having entered, the UK had a first referendum. In 1979 Maggie wanted her money back, which she eventually did in 1984. But this was still not enough. Just before 2016, they had the best deal with exceptions and opt-outs, but it was still not enough as Cameron wanted yet more and more exceptions. It was never enough and it never would be enough. They saw the EU as a profitable free trade zone. Nothing more. Greetings from Belgium, EU.
Agree 100% This is the exact reason because a rejoin is extremely unlikely. The vast majority of the “rejoiners” speak only about the benefits, never about the ideals. Greetings from Italy
In the United Kingdom, and especially in England, people have not understood or do not want to understand that the European Union is more than an economic and monetary project, it is an old dream come true, dating back to Charlemagne and attempted several times, with the Spanish Habsburgs, with Napoleon and unfortunately also with Hitler. Today, this union has been achieved by agreement, recognising the diversity of Europe, but also values and a way of life that are common from Athens to Dublin and from Helsinki to Lisbon. It is curious that of the few countries that remain outside the European project - except for Russia, Great Britain and Belarus, all the other countries of Europe are in the European Union, are candidates or are associated - only British citizens have freely decided to leave. I believe that the vast majority of European citizens do not want the return of the United Kingdom, neither in the short nor the long term. Now we are relieved. Britain's exit has been a weight off our shoulders and has had a very positive effect. It has done away with the Eurosceptics. No party is considering leaving the EU any more. We have learned from other people's experience. Something that really strikes me is that when I watch videos on RUclips, only Anglo-Saxons who live in a country other than their own call themselves expatriates rather than immigrants. When they refer to the advantages or disadvantages of living in another country, 90% of the video refers to economic issues, taxes, cost of living, free social benefits. When I watch videos of EU citizens living in other countries, there are very few references to economic issues. They focus more on the way of life, the culture, the climate, urban planning, gastronomy... that is, on how people live in that country.
I am from Germany, and against any supplementary agreement, exception that unfairly softens the impact of Brexit for the UK. By unfairly I mean, UK should not be treated other way as any other non-EU country. Brexit is brexit. Period. if the voters don't feel and understand the real consequences of their actions, we'll always be full of a bunch of idiots.
@@marinusvos The point is that the adults in the room i.e. the Remainers have to suffer the consequences brought about by brainless Brexiteers even though they voted to stay in the EU.
you are right... but for some inexplicable reasons, the british subjects still believe they are "special" and deserve a different privileged treatment from the EU compared to all others third countries ..
Brexit was another form of populism, developed over time by prejudice and vested interest via the media, social media and the ERG faction of the Tory Party. Unless populism is challenged coherently, consistently and confidently, it will win out. So thank you so much for this and keep them coming. From a passionate British European
Hi, whilst very much against Brexit you are not comparing like with like here. Poland has grown by 3.6% over the last year. The UK grew by 0.6% over the last three months, nearly 2.5% at an annual rate.
@@roelkomduur8073 Sorry it's only nonsense if you don't know how to read. But to make it clearer for those with lower education: Poland has grown by 3.6% of the 12 months to the second quarter of 2024, the UK grew by 0.6% between the first and second quarters of 2024.
The EU can't afford to have the UK back ... mostly because of British arrogance and exceptionalism ... after the havoc we created for them, we would still expect to rejoin with the same benefits we enjoyed previously. It's mind blowing arrogance ... so Starmer is quite correct in saying NOT IN MY LIFETIME!!!
@@lellyparker Open your eyes then. Look at all those "rejoiners" who for example claim "adopting the Euro" can be negotiated / we can start the process and then just not complete it / other EU countries dont have the Euro either so we dont need to too.
@@Ooze-cl5tx The people I hear talking about adopting the Euro are Brexiteers, in a desperate attempt to make Brexit Failure attractive, and thus Rejoin unattractive. Ben Habib actually quoted it would be economic suicide for the UK to do so. He is, of course and typically, lying. What he is actually doing is pandering to highly emotive concerns relating to nostalgia, traditions and a resistance to change. So when you hear Rejoiners talk about 'negotiation' it's not because they reject the Euro, it's because they realise it WILL be the biggest single hurdle to persuade the Brexit supporters to Rejoin.
@@Ooze-cl5tx They don't have the Euro either because 1) at the time of their joining they were granted an exception or 2) their economy is not stable enough to peg the Euro to them yet. The UK will no longer be granted 1) but sure, may be unstable enough to be granted 2) thanks to Brexit.
What do you expect him to say?if he says we are going back,the whole of the media will make sure that the entire population turn on him and vote the same liar's who wrecked the country back into power.next time they will destroy us completely.has to be done by stealth, because our population is stupid enough to believe anything they're told by farage,the mail,gb news et al.
The trouble is that Britain joining the EU is not up to us, it's up to them. The peoples that the Tories spent the last 10 years being unpleasant to (Not My 1st Phrase).
They all live in a world carefully curated by billionaire-funded propaganda vehicles such as GB News, The Daily Mail, Express, Telegraph, and Sun. Then you have Farage and his limited company making sure that far-right prejudices are kept front and centre.
And it’s the hold on the political debate in the UK those Brexiteers still have that is a serious impediment to rejoining. The EU will be looking at the political landscape in the UK and decide that simply the broad support isn’t there. Britain will have to exorcise its political demons first.
Responsibility and leavers don't belong in the same sentence. Rest assured the vast majority of them contribute nothing to making Brexit work except blaming other people for it not working.
@@lloydbelle3406 I am sorry to say I would never use the word 'cowards' to describe Brexiteers. For those who didn't understand the consequences I would use the term 'idiot' or 'moron'. For those who did understand the consequences there really is only one word that fits and that's 'traitor'
I came to live in France 35 years ago from the UK and I have seen first hand what happened here in Paris within a few months of Brexit.All the Marks and Spencer shops closed. My local supermarket had a whole section of British goods replaced by German and Dutch products. We had a beautiful if a little old fashioned shop Old England it sold tweedy clothes, shoe horns. snuff boxes, hunting regalia sadly it closed the form filling and paper work became too much for the elderly owners. Brexit has done an imense damage to how people think of the UK. It's become a foreign country. Before we joined the EU things were much less complicated than now. I myself now in my 80's do not think of visiting its all so sad to see my country of birth getting in such a sad state of decline.
@@robinwhitebeam4386 And what evidence do you have to support that? All I know is the cost of my weekly shop has gone up a good 30% since we came out of the EU. Some of my favourite items are now no longer available to buy and as just explained by the OP, some British items are no longer sold in Paris. How is this good? How does this show that the UK was declining whilst being in the EU? 🤷🏾♂️
@@robinwhitebeam4386 And all the things you've mentioned have suddenly become better and cleared up overnight since we left the EU? Are you suggesting that other EU member countries aren't suffering these things too? No disrespects, but these are arguments heard down the local pub! I remember Alf Garnet used to spout similar things back in the 70s! My point is leaving the EU has made things worse and Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Nick Frost and all their cronies PROMISED US that things would get better. So, my next daft question for you is this: How's life improved for us since leaving the EU. How's life improved for you? 🤷🏾♂️
@@robinwhitebeam4386 Robin, you're twisting things! I'm not being negative - it's my position that being in the EU is a positive thing. A very positive thing. Good for you and yours that you now have jobs and that you've managed to save money. That said, you've shown me no evidence of any correlation with the economic disadvantages you mentioned whilst being in Europe. The increase in housing problems, rents going sky high etc. were happening anyway! The cost of living has spiked since we left the EU. The Alf Garnet 'thing' is wholly appropriate - we've all seen what happened recently when right wing thinking is given it's head. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one Robin my man - the only way to solve the world's problems is together. Nothing can ever be achieved in isolation. 👍🏾
If they want to join EU again, I would love them to lose their money and adopt Euro as their new currency this time. That would be my first condition. 😊
@@KimKim-po4qv Frankly speaking, all I need from the UK is the freedom of travel as a tourist, and we Europeans all have that. Outside of that, who needs the UK to re-join? I'm sorry for all the good, sensible, educated, decent people of the UK who did not want to leave. Sadly, they were all manipulated into a referendum that was not required by law and then outvoted by illiterate retards who were themselves manipulated by privileged Eton SoB's.
...ahhh those "sunlit uplands" seem so distant now! For the princely sum of 12 euros (£10} the Spanish government gave me permanent residency and I will live here in peace and quiet until I die. As a fully integrated Spanish & Catalan speaking citizen of this 700 inhabitant village, where we have no crime and all immigrants (Brits, Pakistani, French, Moroccan and Dutch) live together in harmony with our Catalan and Spanish hosts I am endlessly grateful for the kindness & friendship shown to me. It breaks my heart to see what has become of the UK.
On vuis a Catalunya? Que fas com feina? Jo tambe vaig passar dos anys a Vic . Llevat del climat I del novetat de parlar un altre idioma no vaig trobar que la vida alli fos mes facil que al Regne Unit, tot al contrari.
@@TomBartram-b1c It only took me a copy and paste to see your catalan text translated, so maybe they just havent seen your reply. Maybe they have and saw through your intentions and didnt want to give you the time of day. Be nice.
Ireland is not "loitering off the European mainland," it is fully integrated in the European Single Market trade zone and is an enthusiastic EU member.
@@sbor2020 Nope, moving people and goods by sea has been a thing for 1,000's of years now and there are no restrictions between Ireland and the mainland, so in which way is Ireland geographically isolated?
@@SirAntoniousBlock we get Irish kerry Butter Chader irish white fish and Irish sea wheat with out any hassle delays or extra cost and we loved it. greeting and our love to Ireland from the Netherland.
I don't think I'll ever get over my anger at Scotland being dragged out against it's will, because of the majority of English voting leave.....😡😡😡. It infuriates me....
@@SuperRipper1888 Personally, I voted for independence, but don't forget Scotland was told that the way to stay in the EU was to stay in the UK. The goal posts changed....
Absolutely! But Scotland voted to stay in the EU - that's the cause of my anger. I voted for independence in 2014 too, but it was the English vote that took us out the EU in 2016.
Why should the EU want to let the UK back in, even without any of the special deals? The UK has still not understood what the EU is, how it works and what it stands for. As an EU citizen I would say NO to the UK re-joining the EU, at least not for the next 50 years or so. UK politicians simply can not be trusted. The UK has had its chance. They have blown it, and now they have to live with the consequences of their (stupid) decision.
@@lellyparker Well, doesn't really come across like that, when "British people" are still demanding, to "join the EUs SM asap, a bit of FOM included"... Right now the UK doesn't even fulfill the needed criteria for APPLYING for EU membership. Joining the EUs SM/EEA/CU is available for EU and EFTA member states ONLY, not though for 3rd countries !! According to article 126 of the EEA Agreement = SPECIFIES that membership is open to member states either of the EU and or EFTA member states ONLY. EEA = EUs SM NOT negotiatable !! Norway and Iceland/EFTA, are stating since years, that they'll veto the UK joining EFTA, because they don't want a "trouble maker in their club". Only option available for the UK is to apply for EU membership by fulfilling the Copenhagen Criteria FIRST. Estimated time needed for joining the EU are minimum 15+ years AFTER fullfilling the Copenhagen Criteria FIRST. Every EU member state can leave the EU27 on its own free will, but it's up to the EU27 only, to decide, which country can join the EU and when.
There would be no special opt outs for UK should it ever want to join. It would be one of the candidate countries that are currently in the process of accession and joining on exactly the same conditions, criteria and rules. The candidate countries are: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine. The accession process is rigorous, built on strict but fair conditionality, established criteria and the principle of own merit. This is crucial for the credibility of enlargement policy, for providing incentives to enlargement countries to pursue far-reaching reforms and for ensuring the support of EU citizens. For their part, Member States, together with the EU institutions, should lead an informed debate on the political, economic and social impact of enlargement policy. Anyone can download all information about EU enlargment policies, conditions and rules from the EU commission´s homesite.
*A first rate piece of analysis Rob. Even for me, a stalwart remainer, there are so many more punishing, disastrous consequences of Brexit that I was unaware of. And this isn't your full list of 88 even. It really is quite heartbreaking, especially for young people (I'm 68), and I suspect that the bigotry and xenophobia stoked-up by Brexit was no minor contributor to the ugliness we witnessed in the recent anti-immigrant rioting. Brexit wasn't just a very, **_very_** bad idea, it was, and is, an economic and cultural crime. Thank You!*
@@AndrewEdwardBailey I would love to! Unfortunately I don't have the finances to move, especially after Brexit shafted my business. So, yes, it's normal for anyone with the means to do it.
We cannot thank the Brexiteers enough though. Thanks to you guys I don’t take the EU for granted anymore. I enjoy the freedom of movement over 4,200,000 square km, which is bigger than India btw. I can roam in cyberspace for free, (even in the UK!). Greetings from Belgium, EU
A good start would be to have an official investigation into Brexit - the lies told, the impact, the costs, perhaps even with criminal charges against some people (we all know who they are ...). The problem is that Brexit is still the elephant in the room, and even 'tho the majority now view it as being a mistake, the absolute enormity of the error needs to be demonstrated to everyone.
How large was Russian encouragement of Brexit. Connections to Tory party members. The issue with facebook and election manipulation. I believe there is a lot of unexplored data at your authority for fairness in elections. (What's its correct name ?)
Thanks again Rob, I'm so glad I moved in 2017 and have my Spanish TIE. I have so many advantages here. I would never return to the UK to live, people there still don't realise what they've lost (however they moan about them all the time not realising the Brexit impact on their complaints such as water quality, access to medical services, potholes in roads etc.).
Totally, Andrew. I’m in Europe myself at the mo, and really enjoying the break from the Vote Leave Die-hards on Brexit island. Thanks for your support.
as much as I sympathise with those in the UK who are not happy with Brexit this video is a perfect showcase for why the rest of Europe will be wary to entertain any notion of the UK rejoining anytime soon. but why? - you may ask. doesn't the clip make a good case? no, absolutely not! this video focuses on trade, the cost of Brexit and what was lost to Britain economically by exiting the EU. as long as even 'remainers' think only of money and other economic opportunities and benefits when talking about Europe they all miss the key point and are light years away from being a good addition to the club. sadly, this 'merchant attitude' was the main reason why the UK joined initially in 1973. there was nothing more to it and it showed. it was on display all these 47yrs of membership and the reason why voters eventually took the bait and voted to leave the EU in 2016. they were promised greener pastures somewhere else. the 'leave' campaign lied about many things but it even lied about better economic opportunities outside the EU. the UK, its politcians, its voters and equally important, its media moguls like Mr Murdoch, Lord Rothermere and Mr Verity need to embrace _the idea of Europe_ as a federation of an ever closer union. it's a political project to ensure peace and prosperity. economic opportunities are just the dessert, the sweet side dish but not the main menu. as long as you don't feel comfortable with this prospect, please refrain from even asking to rejoin. we don't want another shopkeeper mindset who jumps ship when the next chancer befuddles their small mind.
Why would the EU take Britain back? There never seemed to be much of a commitment to Europe from Britain and there was always an undercurrent of disruption coming from Britain. Britain needs to go to the naughty corner for a good long time.
After having lived and worked in The Netherlands for half my working life, I'm now left with the prospect of not having a yUK state pension, nor one in NL, as Brexit has left me with inadequate contributions in each country to infer entitlement. Thanks. My hatred for the perpetrators of this mess will never leave me.
Check out The Withdrawal Agreement as pensions were protected and you can combine EU and UK qualifying years provided you were living in the EU 31st Dec 2020. Gov.uk has a guidance section on this. I hope it helps.
When they were in the EU the UK often behaved like Marie Antoinette. Have her cake AND eat it. We all know you can have it OR eat it, but not BOTH at the same time.
It really is beyond belief that the electorate were allowed to vote on such a complicated issue. I doubt if anybody who voted had any idea of the impact of these lost benefits.
@@marinusvos They were sold sunlit uplands inhabited by unicorns and how life would be better. They were also sold a version of project fear with regards to Turkey joining the EU. The the biggest lie of all that was put on the side of a big red bus.
It's insane to think a narrow majority can be decisive in the first place. Democracy was always meant to be a system of representation of all, in my lifetime it has only ever been used to disenfranchise part of the population of any form of representation. Referendums are just a symptom of how broken the overall political system in this country is.
As an European citizen I agree, despite my past feelings about UK, and I am very much in favour of English people leaving in EU. But I find sad that an English citizen ends up rejecting his country. This means that the problem is very deep-rooted, institutionalised even I would say, and that it goes beyond simple individual opinion.
As an European I don't want the UK to rejoined the EU. You decided to leave. Now face your mistake. Brexit was the biggest xenofobic act against EU citizens and other migrants. Brexit means Brexit 😂😂
Yup, it's very arrogant of the brits to think all EU countries want the UK back on the Union. Some benefited a lot with Brexit by taking UK's share in some economic activities. Sweden and Poland have already stated they'll veto the UK rejoin.
@@roelkomduur8073 When the time comes the UK will be invited to apply for EU membership, not re-apply. Then there will be a period of around 10 years in which the UK will have to prove it meets the EU standards. Prove, that is, not negotiate. Even the smallest EU member state will have the possibility to veto the admission process. Oh... the Irish will enjoy the moment. 😁
@@franswiggers601 Applying for membership is not by invitation. But applying knowingly without meeting the application prerequisites would be wasting everybodys time. Even the british rejoiners are to lazy or to exceptional to care about those prerequisites. That wont end well.
You forget that also very important is the fact that the EU is a political union as well. Not only beneficiary to UK economic interests, however that part was never really accepted.
English exceptionalism killed British exception when part of the EU. Even Mr Bean would not have been that dumb. But it is always wise to listen to the people. And the British people vote should be respected. As a European I am glad it is. Too much hate spitting for years on anything that is European by the British press/medias.
5:35 hell no ! When the uk was part of the union, they used there time to devide and requestion the treaty... Nothing couldn't be done. Now it's not perfect but far better since UK left. There's more unity
I would be so angry against the Brexit "situation" had I stayed in the UK after my 9+ years in the RAF. Now it is disappointment mixed with sadness as I gaze across the Atlantic to a diminished UK. The good news is that the EU is stronger; no country is dumb enough to try that stunt again.
Still stumps me how the brexiteers managed to get the fishing industry on side. The farmers yes because they have always been mostly upper class and tory so that I could understand but not people who were physically transporting their goods to their customers on what could easily be their coffins if the weather turned. They knew exactly what their livelihoods were based on and still voted to shaft themselves 🤦♀️
the farmers and fishing communities was by Boris and Farage they will be able to trade all over the world also will keep their trade with the EU as ever was and not change anything for them and make more money and get rich and do not have to share anything with the blood sucking Europeans and keep their ocean free of European fishing boats and will only fished by the British Boats for them it was pure greed and so hence believing the Brexit campaign lies because they believed they were shafting their fellow European farmers and fishermen and women and did not understand the trade the UK &the EU was A mutual benefit on both sides and when UK divorce itself from the EU they will become A 3rd country and will not be to trade or sell their goods and fish as before because it will A trade red tapes that will cost time and money.greetin from A very proud EU 27 citizen .
As a Swedish EU citizen, I feel your pains. I still remember those awful years when Sweden had not yet joined and we were treated as second class europeans. Why would you willingly choose that option? (National) pride preceeds downfall.
"the EU isn't perfect" I wish people would stop using that sentence. Nothing is perfect, but for some reason people feel the need to always use that sentence when it comes to the EU.
They will never be enthusiastic Europeans, they will always see themselves as different or apart from Europe. That's why they should never be allowed back.
The UK can keep the 350 Million Pounds touted during the Leave Campaign. They misinformed and misguided an unsuspecting audience with a baseless string of lies. The best decision l made was leaving the UK and l am loving it here in the EU. Viva EU!!! 🤣😂🤣
The reality of the UK rejoin the EU would take decades. Conditions and changes would be many for the UK; one of them would be, give up the pound and take up the euro. Finished with the nonsense of British exceptionalism. The old generation would have to pass on. There has to be clarity from the Brits that to be a part of the EU is a privilege not a right.
Bennite Lexits. They believe the EU is pro big capitalism. They forget workers rights, consumer rights, traveller and settler rights, facilitates small business exports, also high standards. Big business is needed for employment, national income, taxes etc.
1:53 "no admin" [for trading within the EU] - incorrect:- Some administration is required in terms of providing and cross checking 🇪🇺 EU VAT numbers on invoices and providing EU trade turnover on quarterly VAT returns for VAT registered businesses 🤔
No quiero que mis palabras se interpreten mal y por eso voy escribir esto en mi idioma. Lo primero de todo que destacaría es que UK nunca estuvo implicada al 100% con el proyecto europeo, estaba en la Unión a la carta, con sus condiciones, no quiso aceptar la unión monetaria y no aceptaba la política agraria común, el famoso cheque británico. Es decir estaba en una posición más "ventajosa" que el resto de miembros, no contento con esto, los políticos tories comenzaron una de las mayores campañas de desinformación de la historia, diciendo que la Unión "robaba" al RU, es curioso que eso lo dijeran los que arruinaron el servicio publico de salud del RU. Francamente afirmar que la economía del RU iba ser más fuerte renunciando al principal mercado que tenía que era la Unión Europea, era o ser muy idiota o ser un mentiroso, no pensaron en todos los inconvenientes que iba tener el RU volviendo a las fronteras a los bienes, capitales y personas?. Para finalizar pienso que si el RU quiere regresar a la UE tendrán que cambiar cosas, pero no creo que nada de lo que ha pasado no sea solucionable, este continente ha vivido dos guerras mundiales y las ha superado, eso si los británicos tienen que cambiar su actitud y no creerse el centro del mundo. A todos nos interesa un continente fuerte y unido frente a las amenazas que suponen los regímenes autoritarios que estamos viendo últimamente. Un saludo¡
I am replying to you from South Africa. Google translated your post into English. I rate myself as a middle-of-the-road Christian Democrat. I am a graduate in chemical engineering and have worked in Africa and Australia. I am retired. I have lived and worked in five continents of the World. I was a newspaper boy when Edward Heath took us into the European Economic Community on the 1st January 1973. I read the front pages of the newspapers as I delivered them. Enoch Powell said it would not last - on the same day. I once read a book written by William Shirer called "The Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany". Shirer wrote that the Americans lent money to Germany after the First World War. Following the 1929 Wall Street crash, the Americans demanded that Germany repay the loans immediately - and so they did. That led to unemployment rising to in excess of 6 million breadwinners. In their desperation to feed their families, they voted for Adolf Hitler. He never submitted himself to another election - as he should. In 2008, Wall Street gave us the "subprime mortgage crisis". I response to that, I wrote a paper called the "Table Mountain Housing Finance Model". It is interest free ie no usury. Integral borrowings in early and late adult life is offset by integral savings in midlife. It is available on the internet. On returning to the UK from Australia, I was astonished to learn that European Union Commissioners were not subject to the Ballot Box - which is to me a form of autocracy. Consequently, I campaigned for Brexit. I have no regrets. I wish you well, I wish France well. Au Revoir!
@@nigelmartin2254 Está claro que en la vida cada cual ve las cosas desde su punto de vista, eso es algo obvio, a usted le gusta la situación provocada por el Brexit y está en su derecho, otros muchos británicos no lo están tanto y no hablemos de los escoceses. Poner trabas al mayor mercado que tienes cerca de ti ha llevado incluso hasta situaciones de falta de alimentos por no hablar de la falta de mano de obra por ejemplo para recoger las cosechas. En cuanto a que los comisarios no son escogidos democráticamente no estoy de acuerdo, los parlamentarios que nosotros escogemos en las elecciones europeas son los que los escogen entre varios candidatos. Por último yo también le deseo lo mejor a Francia 😬 pero no soy francés soy de un poco más abajo, de donde residen bastante británicos enojados por su nuevo estatus de ciudadanos de un país que no pertenece a la UE con las trabas burocráticas que ello acarrea... Un saludo
" no pensaron en todos los inconvenientes " They thought of nothing, they had no intention of winning. If they had thought things through and built a viable project, they would have taken the time to analyse the consequences. Here they discovered after Brexit that the Irish border or Gibraltar were going to be a problem, and there are hundreds of examples like that. The backtracking by Farage (the £350 millions for the NHS was a mistake), Hannan (those who voted for Brexit because of immigration will be disappointed) or Duncan-Smith (the promises were just a series of possibilities) in the days following the results were revealing. They would have understood that such a complex project could not be decided by a simple yes/no to a single question put to voters, the vast majority of whom did not have, and still do not have, the necessary skills to understand the issues and consequences. Just as they would have understood that a few percentage points ahead was not enough to declare that the population was in favour of a project that would affect them for decades to come. Demographic change alone, with the disappearance of the older generations who were predominantly pro-Brexit and the younger generations who were predominantly pro-EU obtaining the right to vote, would quickly absorb the 1.268 million Yes votes in a few years. A reinforced majority of 2/3 or even 75% would have been more coherent.
@@nigelmartin2254 " I was astonished to learn that European Union Commissioners were not subject to the Ballot Box - which is to me a form of autocracy " The decision are voted by the Members of the European Parliamentn who are elected. The Commisionners are only in charge to propose the them the projects which will be voted, they don't have any decision-making power.
@@nigelmartin2254 " I have no regrets " " I am replying to you from South Africa " It is easy to have no regrets when we we don't suffer the consequences....
This is very good video it point out everything people should share this with people who have voted Brexit. It’s short and concise. I didn’t vote labour I voted Green because I don’t trust Starmer on this issue amongst others.
@@EllieD.Violet you can't be that foolish please 🥺 so sad you are . And it is clear you are not at all educated . We in this case is the citizens of the UK which I am one . Please don't play the fool 😠 and get some education you really need to
@@paullarne Your proof that we got less back is? Forgotten the better trading environment etc? According to the ONS, Brexit is costing £100bn a year in lost trade. according to Full Fact, in one year our net contribution to the EU was nearly £9bn. In conventional maths, 9 is a smaller figure than 100. Now, you were saying?
Thank you for mentioning Leipzig and Lyon as examples - it's refreshing to see some people do actually know there is more to Germany than Berlin and more to France than Paris.
I have friends who voted brexit, it was never about racism it was about a perceived loss of sovereignty, I voted to remain but I don't accept that all brexit voters are racist, however I do agree that all racists voted leave.
@@Paul-eb4jp I guess you would be surprised how many racists didnt vote to become poorer just to get the EU foreigners out. Many prefered their economic benefits to a few less mostly white foreigners.
Turn your back on nearest trading partners and pivot to Singapore on sea instead. Trading with New Zealand and India instead. A five year old could have told you this is madness.
So sad that the nation that fought for European freedom and kept high the hope of a victory against totalitarianisms, has now decided (in its majority) to isolate herself to please some low-profile, short-sighted ultra-conservative so-called-politicians. I hope that common sense and pragmatism prevail and the process of re-joining the EU start soon. We European need the UK as much as British citizens need the EU
Thank you for this very comprehensive summing-up of what we have lost because of the disastrous Brexit vote. Just one example of the effects on my family: My youngest daughter studied for a year at Sciences Po in Paris thanks to the Erasmus Project. This opportunity is denied to my grandchildren, one of whom would really benefit from studying for a year at a German university.
Even though I kinda understand Labour's stance on Brexit. The issue however, is still raw within the population at large with both sides left much bruised and battered over the affair. But when you list the roll call of benefits we had, the only thing we've learned is that perhaps we should have listened more intently to the experts. Thanks for keeping the issue of Brexit alive on this channel.
This is the first time I have viewed one of your videos. I have an EU passport and am now living in Croatia. Your list of losses is extensive and you have summarised the pertinent points that affect the majority of people. Sadly, I suspect there wont be any reopening of the issue for at least 5-10 years, and rejoining shall likely only happen sometime 15-20 years from now. But never ever give up and do not lose hope.
The UK is not able to decide, this is the UE who will decide to accept the UK or not. And from my side, and I am not alone, it's no. the UK in the EU has brought nothing but problems, We don't need a black sheep
The reasoning of Rob is exactly why De Gaulle did not want to have the Brits in. The EU is not only an economic union, it is foremost a political union.
If they want economic benefits they better try join EFTA. The EFTA they themselves founded in 1960 as a "competitor" to the EEC, one year before begging the EEC for membership for the first time in 1961.
And so should be. The problem with english people - even some remainers - is that they only see the EU from an economy point of view. They want to be in the EU for economic profit, but they don't feel themselves as europeans. That is the deep problem.
Which is ironic too given De Gaulle wouldve HATED the current EU in alot of ways. But at the very least he didnt want out of collaborating with Europe he just wanted it on his terms as much as possible at a time where France was quite litteraly the country at the center of the European community since Germany was divided
It makes me so angry, sad and disappointed all at once when I think of what's been lost. I tried telling everyone I could that leaving would be an absolute disaster. There are still people I don't talk to to this day that won't believe the plain facts staring everyone in the face. I used to point at all the EU flag logo's on the projects around our own area. Projects that would never have taken place without EU funding. And they never will again. I used to get told 'Our government will fund them instead' I mean how stupid do you have to be????
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Obviously, any rejoining of the EU can only happen IF the EU wants this. And let's be honest, the UK's behaviour when it was a member, with an incessant demands for "exceptions", hasn't left fond memories.
Grossly understated.
Still is, bashing French and others every day
@@rflameng
If they don't want to rejting, fine with me.
If they do want to rejting, well, they will have to be taught humility. Not just by the Wops, the Frogs, the Jerries or the Eyties.
This time, the Romanian gipsies, the Polish plumbers and a lot of others who are supposedly beneath the Proud Effing Albion.
It's like when your demanding, abusive, toxic ex FINALLY leaves, and then wants to get back together! Lol, no, not happening! 😂😂😂
Not just demanding, but also abusive and outspokenly insulting of the institutions and the people who represent the European citizens: the President of the European Council a dump rag, really?
Spot on
The biggest act of self harm ever....
@paullarne sure bud.
@@paullarne Now why would the EU do that using that foul language ?🤔😁
@@paullarne Odd how the EU isn't upset about Brexit, apart from the UK failing to meet all its commitments under the WA. Cameron self harmed the country and ultimately his party in bowing to a small but loud bunch of deluded Eurosceptics and holding a referendum he never thought he'd lose.
The EU has coped fine without the UK, so they didn't need us more than we needed them. No self harm involved for them, only for the UK in reality.
Oh wait, I'd forgotten you don't actually do reality, from our past correspondence, do you?
@@paullarne The EU need us more than we need them, right?
@@paullarne There speaks a brexiteer. Deluded to the last breath. Show three tangible, objective benefits of leaving.
Leave voters got what they voted for. A more isolated, marginalised, diminished and economically declining state increasingly reliant on migrant labour to prop up the economy in the face of an aging population and problematic dependency ratio.
Wouldn't having those negative effects be called treason ?
@@korolev-musictodriveby6583 It should be, because it is.
@@abbersj2935 It'll raise quite a stink when it's officially acknowledged...
Yes, but they didn't give a flying flamingo, because they were mortgage-free one or two times inherited cretins. Most are now brown bread thank goodness.
Yes, and unfortunately Remain voters and the disenfranchised also got what Leave voters voted for.
I don't know who came up with the following, but it's so true:
'Watching Brexit happening was like watching your local library being burned down by people who cannot read!' Spot on...
Blair & Labour last in power created Brexit because when all the factory's and economy of local towns was destroyed it was after 1997 more rapidly than ever, in the worst way, Shapland & Petter architectural door set manufacturers gone in 1999 they had at one point 800 people working for them, Clarks shoe factory gone in 2003 over 500 people worked there and Brannam Pottery gone in 2004 that had many hundreds working there, Sussmans and Baidware all these Textiles factories left and this was in my town, when i talk to people about this then would add others they worked at like Phoenix a textiles company or Ayers Grimshaw a manuferting company, all the shops that have come and gone in high street and can not stay in business so what happens with people seeing this in their towns the London centred media calls them racist for voting for Brexit, but when Tescos and ASDA replaced some low level jobs it is nothing to what was lost, this is why we never recovered after 2008 there was nothing to bounce back with, Blair should of done his job and acted but as Textile and manufacturing left my town more this was what i saw when Labour was in power, of course much of this happened before with Torys before but Blair was to busy having his photos taken with pop bands like U2 to of cared about the country he should of been working for and could of turned this around putting in place more high tech manufacturing industries to create wealth, what i do not understand is how it is so hard to recreate wealth for people and not talk of leveling up as if it is a sports game as the local economy was destroyed nothing much replaced it in many parts of the UK, anyone who blames Brexit knows nothing about the UK and how Labour created a poor country, not understanding that London and services industry with people shopping are not how the country should be run base on GDP if the shops are selling things more than the last 3 months. This is all anyone saw this happen to their town or area in the 1990s and before that even, as we had a booming ecommerce in my town was so busy each Thursday to Sunday night people eating out and going to the pubs then after i left School in 1992 i saw factories taken over or close one by one, and this speeds up with Labour in power after 1997 and lack of money all around and when i ask people they say yes this happen in their area, so now London catches up to what happened in the UK, this is why i hate the main stream media as its been decades in the making. If you work for the Government why should you care as your wages are taken out of real hard working peoples taxes and so not doing a real job and just talking the talk is fine, yet the 2 Trillion of debt we are in could of created more money from building businesses yet letting China manufacture what four country's could is fine
😂😂😂 good one
Theresa May was fond of saying that Brexit meant Brexit; no - Brexit meant political and economic suicide for the UK; and unless Starmer has a rethink, it's hard to see any significant steps being taken to rejoin the EU anytime soon.
As long as there is the real and present danger of the current Tories coming back into power, the EU won't entertain any moves to rejoyn. For the EU it's not worth the effort, as hard as Labour would try. It's just wishful thinking as long as there is no broad political consensus and will to apply for membership again. Sorry.
Tell that to the gullible and the sociopathic who voted for it - they are now doubling down on their racism.
Not defending Mrs May, but Theresa was a Remainer and everbody knew it! She needed to capture the trust and confidence of passionate Leave voters who believed the UK was heading for a political utopia. Whilst Mrs May knew she had to adopt a cautious approach to Brexit, Brexiteers and Leave voters didn't think caution was necessary, hence she had to 'lie' to pretend she was a fervent believer of Brexit.
What's so annoying is that Starmer was in a better position. Brexit was already a proven failure before he began his earnest campaign to be PM. Yes - Leave voters were still 'traumatised' that the promised sunlit uplands were no longer a future vision, and those sentiments needed to be treated with care, but he's foolishly chosen to lead voters up the 'garden path' to Brexit victory. The sad reality is that whilst he's trying to appease Leave voters who were let down by Brexiteers, Leave voters and most of the media don't even trust him.
Yeah blame it on Theresa May 😂😂😂.think 🤪😜🍻🤔 expert voters 😂😂😂
@@lloydbelle3406She put loyalty to Party before the wellbeing of the UK.
Sheer arrogance of british to think that they are somehow superior to other European nations has brought themselves down.
No wonder arrogance is considered a sin
@@sc-xd4tm correct!
I think you are using the word 'British' when the word 'English' would be more appropriate and accurate. That entitled sense of superiority is not a Scottish trait - we voted against Brexit.
@@donaldurquhart8092 I didn't want to come across as racist, but you are essentially correct.
Brexit was very, very damaging to Britain but it has definitely NOT “brought us down”. How can you say that?
Thank you Rob, good Morning, yes, we've lost so much, I too really resent loosing my EU Citizenship, also it is now virtually impossible for me to send Christmas and Birthday Presents to my Son and his Family in Berlin, Friends in other parts of Germany or my Cousin and his Family in France, Brexit is the most divisive act of self harm this Country has ever undertaken, I shall never forgive those responsible.
And why? Because so many Brits actually think the British empire still exists. And that you are special.
You're not. Sometimes you're down right pathetic.
& similarly likewise. I am a retired UK citizen & my wife & moved abroad (not Europe) well before Brexit. I was very disappointed with the referendum results & embarrassed when colleagues asked me ‘’what’s happened?” As given is this particular excellent summary video, Brexit was a disaster in the making & instigation. If I am fortunate enough to live beyond the expiry date of my passport, then I shall not renew the passport it as a United(?) Kingdom citizen, but shall adopt the citizenship of the country which we now live. The new Labour government has much international European diplomatic, business & trade work to do, before I ever changed my mind. Thank you for your comment.
Well that's odd. I ordered an MZ carburettor from Germany on ebay and it arrived in 3 days.
@@TomBartram-b1c Well that's odd. In another post you said 'The EU has deliberately and needlessly made it hard to trade with the outside world'.
@@TomBartram-b1c That's because we have not enacted any of the border checks yet. The tories found them too expensive and time consuming so we just let everything in. Losing taxes, and (wait for it!) control.
Good on you for making sure people don't forget what the true cost of Brexit is. Bravo, monsieur! 🎉
the ignorants wont listen to this even if they were aware of it, I´m affraid
The only thing I impressed with this guys statement is he has practiced to say all this with a straight face
I bought so much from the UK before Brexit, now never
Same here
I buy from Amazon France and Germany now or otherwise I’d have to pay tariffs
like others here, i stopped buying from the uk - france, germany, ireland, sure, but, not the uk
@@paullarne Difference, dear Paul ?? There are enough " trusted " suppliers within the EU so we don't really need the UK. But the UK still needs us !!😁
If I see anything with the butchers apron on it now I don't purchase it.
When I see the investment in Spain in the last 30 years, you see the effect of the EU. Roads, bridges, trains, city public services. The EU flag flies alongside the Spanish flags. No embarrassment. The UK is quickly becoming the poor man of Europe again.
The reason for that other Spain was the direct economic blockage or orchestrated by London, and Paris, among others... abroad the european continent. They invested and gambled in the Spanish Civil War in the 30's with hopes to break it ones for all. After WWII, because they remained neutral among the very barbaric behavior of the Nazis and Allies, they were marginalized and deprived from international commerce,banking, etc... Same happened during the 1800s when Napoleon lied and betrayed Spain and stave her from behind. That's the level of civilization have in Europe and e everywhere. Sad for the inhabitants of the nations who nothing have to do with the decisions of it's leaders.
Odd so many eu nationals prefer the uk to their own or any other eu country
As for that investment in Spain, a lot of people in Germany aren’t thrilled about paying for it
None of you seem to have noticed the mood in contributor countries
UK politicians including Starmer don’t get the fact that the UK post Brexit is irrelevant on the world stage.
I think they do but they have to pander to the right wing voter's..
Starmer and his government know they are lying to themselves.
What makes you think that Starmer doesn’t get it? Should he promise something he wouldn’t be able to do?
They’ve already started to align standards with the EU and work on repairing relations, it’s the first step. There is no point announcing a plan to rejoin until the background work is done.
@@zlamanit -- In a nutshell. Nobody knew what they had until they watched it all disappear almost overnight. Making amends is the first and only step it will take to be welcomed back into the fold. **Trust must be EARNED before anything else can go forward.**
Delusions of grandeur stop Brits from realizing that, ever since the end of WWII the UK has been nothing but a USAF base, a huge aircraft carrier.
Granted, the UK has always been very loyal to NATO. As opposed to the pompous, haughty, broke French a-holes who would be speaking German now if it weren't for everybody else, including French women, but the French men 🤣
Brexit - like setting fire to your house then saying it is better living in a caravan or a tent.
Van life is a thing at the moment!.
And blaming the fire department for making your house unusable.
@@fitzstv8506 Yeh vans can easily be moved around, that's a little bit harder with countries
@@Pegaroo_ I thought the UK was moving to the Pacific?.
@@fitzstv8506 If we are I bet we end up next to Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Be careful what you wish for
Really. UK suddenly didn’t only become a 3rd country for the EU, but also a 3rd country for the rest of the world.
As Brit living in Spain, I am inclined to think that Brexit has strengthened Europe. Watching Britain slowly drying in the wind has reminded everybody of the value of the EU.
not just that, deeper cooperation on fields previously blocked or frustrated by the uk can now/is now happening.
It has certainly strengthened the EU. Not even Le Pen or Salvini talk about leaving the EU anymore now they have seen what a huge "success" Brexit is. And Britain was more of an obstacle than anything else. Britain was forever obstructing and always absent when the EU set it biggest steps forward, for instance with Schengen.
A few years back we in the Netherlands had politicians fighting for Nexit. Guess what, they are now in charge here but somehow the word Nexit is removed from their vocabulary. I wonder why....
Tell that to Alternative for Germany which has now said it will take Germany out of the EU
@@AlexRoivas Nazis will be nazis.
It was really telling when Sunak said that Northern Ireland "had the best of both worlds". Brexit was definitely the biggest act of self harm by the UK.
Yes, I really liked that one. He never repeated tho'. Pity!
Plus he was wrong. The majority in the Six Counties voted to remain, not to end up with having a toe in part of the EU. Dragged out and given a fifth rate prize isn't the best of anything
Afaik the north is also doing a lot better economic growth wise.
@@Alakablam Because of its current trading position with the EU.
@jackthebassman1 yeah exactly so the next course of action should be an easy one, let's see how many years the politicians manage to stretch the rejoining proposal.
But seriously, who needs food 🍲, peace, money 💵 and jobs, when you can have SOVEREIGNTY 👑 😂
❤
you nailed!
Which we had anyway.
After Brexit the UK can now become a ratified member of CPTPP in December 2024, so that will preclude rejoining the EU.
@@aleph8888 joy, joy, 0.08 percent extra for the UK economy after the 4 percent Brexit hit
Quite right to keep this in the forefront of our thoughts. Thanks Rob.
Thank you Rob. I agree with you completely, but it will take a long time.
Rob, I fully agree with all you say. Thank you. Quite a long list of things the UK lost leaving the EU BUT please, I would hate to see our British friends to come back to the EU for all these economic benefits. The EU is more. It is an idea of mutual cooperation for peace, prosperity and integration. This is not about the cost of saussage, the funding to build new city centers in poor areas. It is basically an idea just after WW2: never again will this continent tear itself apart so never again egocentrism (Like Margaret Tatcher: "I want my money back").
Is Keir Starmer right or wrong to say "never in my life time will the UK return to the EU"? He is right in that without a fuil support by both main parties (yes also Tories) to join the EU nothing will happen. Maybe also K Starmer is playing some form of political Judo by pushing Britons to be more "EU" fan than he openly is. Maybe he wants to create an appetite for EU well over the present 53%. This is an absolute must if the UK want to join the EU and be accepted.
Greeting from France
I completely agree. The UK was never really IN. First, they didn't want to join the EEC.
Then, in the sixties, they wanted to join but only on their own terms. In 1975, only two-and-a-half years after having entered, the UK had a first referendum.
In 1979 Maggie wanted her money back, which she eventually did in 1984. But this was still not enough. Just before 2016, they had the best deal with exceptions and opt-outs, but it was still not enough as Cameron wanted yet more and more exceptions. It was never enough and it never would be enough. They saw the EU as a profitable free trade zone. Nothing more. Greetings from Belgium, EU.
Agree 100% This is the exact reason because a rejoin is extremely unlikely. The vast majority of the “rejoiners” speak only about the benefits, never about the ideals. Greetings from Italy
@@Alby_Torino Indeed! … very sad.
@@louis-philippearnhem6959and still do
The voice of reason. Thank you!
The countries which never joined the EU are not remotely close to 'ruin', so the title of the video is nonsense.
@@yorkshiremgtow1773Dumb Yorkshire man
In the United Kingdom, and especially in England, people have not understood or do not want to understand that the European Union is more than an economic and monetary project, it is an old dream come true, dating back to Charlemagne and attempted several times, with the Spanish Habsburgs, with Napoleon and unfortunately also with Hitler. Today, this union has been achieved by agreement, recognising the diversity of Europe, but also values and a way of life that are common from Athens to Dublin and from Helsinki to Lisbon. It is curious that of the few countries that remain outside the European project - except for Russia, Great Britain and Belarus, all the other countries of Europe are in the European Union, are candidates or are associated - only British citizens have freely decided to leave. I believe that the vast majority of European citizens do not want the return of the United Kingdom, neither in the short nor the long term. Now we are relieved. Britain's exit has been a weight off our shoulders and has had a very positive effect. It has done away with the Eurosceptics. No party is considering leaving the EU any more. We have learned from other people's experience. Something that really strikes me is that when I watch videos on RUclips, only Anglo-Saxons who live in a country other than their own call themselves expatriates rather than immigrants. When they refer to the advantages or disadvantages of living in another country, 90% of the video refers to economic issues, taxes, cost of living, free social benefits. When I watch videos of EU citizens living in other countries, there are very few references to economic issues. They focus more on the way of life, the culture, the climate, urban planning, gastronomy... that is, on how people live in that country.
Yes absolutely, keep talking about it, very glad you are doing so 👍👍👍
I am from Germany, and against any supplementary agreement, exception that unfairly softens the impact of Brexit for the UK. By unfairly I mean, UK should not be treated other way as any other non-EU country. Brexit is brexit. Period.
if the voters don't feel and understand the real consequences of their actions, we'll always be full of a bunch of idiots.
49% of Brits voted Remain. I was one of them. The current situation is pretty depressing
@@annbretagne2108 So?
@@annbretagne2108 Me too
@@marinusvos The point is that the adults in the room i.e. the Remainers have to suffer the consequences brought about by brainless Brexiteers even though they voted to stay in the EU.
you are right... but for some inexplicable reasons, the british subjects still believe they are "special" and deserve a different privileged treatment from the EU compared to all others third countries ..
Brexit was another form of populism, developed over time by prejudice and vested interest via the media, social media and the ERG faction of the Tory Party.
Unless populism is challenged coherently, consistently and confidently, it will win out. So thank you so much for this and keep them coming.
From a passionate British European
HI Rob ,Brit in Poland,we have economic growth of 3.6 percent and i saw the British press going orgasmic at 0.6 ,who are the losers.
Funny thing is, this time around, if they want to rejoin the arrogant, racist bastards will need to beg Polish plumbers on their knees 🤣
Good to see that Poland has risen out of the ashes of 50 years of communist occupation and has become a strong member of EU.
Hi, whilst very much against Brexit you are not comparing like with like here.
Poland has grown by 3.6% over the last year. The UK grew by 0.6% over the last three months, nearly 2.5% at an annual rate.
@@jonchedgy6654 The year is not over.. so your argument is nonsense... Oh, Poland has growth the last several years.
@@roelkomduur8073 Sorry it's only nonsense if you don't know how to read. But to make it clearer for those with lower education:
Poland has grown by 3.6% of the 12 months to the second quarter of 2024, the UK grew by 0.6% between the first and second quarters of 2024.
The EU can't afford to have the UK back ... mostly because of British arrogance and exceptionalism ... after the havoc we created for them, we would still expect to rejoin with the same benefits we enjoyed previously. It's mind blowing arrogance ... so Starmer is quite correct in saying NOT IN MY LIFETIME!!!
*"we would still expect to rejoin with the same benefits we enjoyed previously"* - I have never seen anyone who believes this.
@@lellyparker"I have never seen" doesn't mean they do not exist.
@@lellyparker
Open your eyes then.
Look at all those "rejoiners" who for example claim "adopting the Euro" can be negotiated / we can start the process and then just not complete it / other EU countries dont have the Euro either so we dont need to too.
@@Ooze-cl5tx The people I hear talking about adopting the Euro are Brexiteers, in a desperate attempt to make Brexit Failure attractive, and thus Rejoin unattractive. Ben Habib actually quoted it would be economic suicide for the UK to do so. He is, of course and typically, lying. What he is actually doing is pandering to highly emotive concerns relating to nostalgia, traditions and a resistance to change.
So when you hear Rejoiners talk about 'negotiation' it's not because they reject the Euro, it's because they realise it WILL be the biggest single hurdle to persuade the Brexit supporters to Rejoin.
@@Ooze-cl5tx They don't have the Euro either because 1) at the time of their joining they were granted an exception or 2) their economy is not stable enough to peg the Euro to them yet. The UK will no longer be granted 1) but sure, may be unstable enough to be granted 2) thanks to Brexit.
I'm absolutely furious with Kier Starmer's EU "Not in my lifetime" statement!
What do you expect him to say?if he says we are going back,the whole of the media will make sure that the entire population turn on him and vote the same liar's who wrecked the country back into power.next time they will destroy us completely.has to be done by stealth, because our population is stupid enough to believe anything they're told by farage,the mail,gb news et al.
I am too. What about our life times!?
Starmer is still pandering to Brexiteers & the right-wing media
The trouble is that Britain joining the EU is not up to us, it's up to them. The peoples that the Tories spent the last 10 years being unpleasant to (Not My 1st Phrase).
It will take the UK, at least, 15-20 years to join again, if her application doesn't get vetoed! The latter is very likely!
Boggles ma mind that even now the brexiteers can’t bring thumselves to admit how shite brexit is
They all live in a world carefully curated by billionaire-funded propaganda vehicles such as GB News, The Daily Mail, Express, Telegraph, and Sun. Then you have Farage and his limited company making sure that far-right prejudices are kept front and centre.
And it’s the hold on the political debate in the UK those Brexiteers still have that is a serious impediment to rejoining. The EU will be looking at the political landscape in the UK and decide that simply the broad support isn’t there. Britain will have to exorcise its political demons first.
Exactly - they are now proven cowards.
Responsibility and leavers don't belong in the same sentence. Rest assured the vast majority of them contribute nothing to making Brexit work except blaming other people for it not working.
@@lloydbelle3406
I am sorry to say I would never use the word 'cowards' to describe Brexiteers. For those who didn't understand the consequences I would use the term 'idiot' or 'moron'. For those who did understand the consequences there really is only one word that fits and that's 'traitor'
I came to live in France 35 years ago from the UK and I have seen first hand what happened here in Paris within a few months of Brexit.All the Marks and Spencer shops closed. My local supermarket had a whole section of British goods replaced by German and Dutch products. We had a beautiful if a little old fashioned shop Old England it sold tweedy clothes, shoe horns. snuff boxes, hunting regalia sadly it closed the form filling and paper work became too much for the elderly owners. Brexit has done an imense damage to how people think of the UK. It's become a foreign country. Before we joined the EU things were much less complicated than now. I myself now in my 80's do not think of visiting its all so sad to see my country of birth getting in such a sad state of decline.
@@robinwhitebeam4386 And what evidence do you have to support that? All I know is the cost of my weekly shop has gone up a good 30% since we came out of the EU. Some of my favourite items are now no longer available to buy and as just explained by the OP, some British items are no longer sold in Paris. How is this good? How does this show that the UK was declining whilst being in the EU? 🤷🏾♂️
@@robinwhitebeam4386 And all the things you've mentioned have suddenly become better and cleared up overnight since we left the EU? Are you suggesting that other EU member countries aren't suffering these things too? No disrespects, but these are arguments heard down the local pub! I remember Alf Garnet used to spout similar things back in the 70s! My point is leaving the EU has made things worse and Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Nick Frost and all their cronies PROMISED US that things would get better. So, my next daft question for you is this: How's life improved for us since leaving the EU. How's life improved for you? 🤷🏾♂️
@@robinwhitebeam4386 Robin, you're twisting things! I'm not being negative - it's my position that being in the EU is a positive thing. A very positive thing. Good for you and yours that you now have jobs and that you've managed to save money. That said, you've shown me no evidence of any correlation with the economic disadvantages you mentioned whilst being in Europe. The increase in housing problems, rents going sky high etc. were happening anyway! The cost of living has spiked since we left the EU. The Alf Garnet 'thing' is wholly appropriate - we've all seen what happened recently when right wing thinking is given it's head. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one Robin my man - the only way to solve the world's problems is together. Nothing can ever be achieved in isolation. 👍🏾
Wanna rejoin? This time around its gonna be FIFO. Fit In Or Fuck Out. No more cherry picking.
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They are all ready saying they Will agree to everything and then not do It.
If they want to join EU again, I would love them to lose their money and adopt Euro as their new currency this time. That would be my first condition. 😊
@@KimKim-po4qv
Frankly speaking, all I need from the UK is the freedom of travel as a tourist, and we Europeans all have that. Outside of that, who needs the UK to re-join?
I'm sorry for all the good, sensible, educated, decent people of the UK who did not want to leave. Sadly, they were all manipulated into a referendum that was not required by law and then outvoted by illiterate retards who were themselves manipulated by privileged Eton SoB's.
Brexit is a mess
I ordered a package through Amazon. After 3 weeks it still hasn't arrived. I won't order anything from England anymore.
Greetings from Germany
...ahhh those "sunlit uplands" seem so distant now!
For the princely sum of 12 euros (£10} the Spanish government gave me permanent residency and I will live here in peace and quiet until I die.
As a fully integrated Spanish & Catalan speaking citizen of this 700 inhabitant village, where we have no crime and all immigrants (Brits, Pakistani, French, Moroccan and Dutch) live together in harmony with our Catalan and Spanish hosts I am endlessly grateful for the kindness & friendship shown to me.
It breaks my heart to see what has become of the UK.
On vuis a Catalunya? Que fas com feina? Jo tambe vaig passar dos anys a Vic . Llevat del climat I del novetat de parlar un altre idioma no vaig trobar que la vida alli fos mes facil que al Regne Unit, tot al contrari.
@@pauldarbishire7226 bullshittter exposed when along comes Mr smartarse who really does know the lingo, oh dear.
Qualsevol ximple pot utilitzar el traductor de Google
@@TomBartram-b1cQualsevol ximple pot utilitzar el traductor de Google
@@TomBartram-b1c It only took me a copy and paste to see your catalan text translated, so maybe they just havent seen your reply. Maybe they have and saw through your intentions and didnt want to give you the time of day. Be nice.
Ireland is not "loitering off the European mainland," it is fully integrated in the European Single Market trade zone and is an enthusiastic EU member.
Geographically! He did make that clear.
@@sbor2020 Nope, moving people and goods by sea has been a thing for 1,000's of years now and there are no restrictions between Ireland and the mainland, so in which way is Ireland geographically isolated?
@@SirAntoniousBlockIndeed, we get excellent beef and lamb from Ireland now. Greetings from Belgium, EU.
@@SirAntoniousBlock we get Irish kerry Butter Chader irish white fish and Irish sea wheat with out any hassle delays or extra cost and we loved it. greeting and our love to Ireland from the Netherland.
@@henna6126 @louis-philippearnhem6959v Ah good, so Ireland is NOT geographically isolated then.
I don't think I'll ever get over my anger at Scotland being dragged out against it's will, because of the majority of English voting leave.....😡😡😡. It infuriates me....
@@SuperRipper1888 Personally, I voted for independence, but don't forget Scotland was told that the way to stay in the EU was to stay in the UK. The goal posts changed....
Absolutely! But Scotland voted to stay in the EU - that's the cause of my anger. I voted for independence in 2014 too, but it was the English vote that took us out the EU in 2016.
Why should the EU want to let the UK back in, even without any of the special deals? The UK has still not understood what the EU is, how it works and what it stands for.
As an EU citizen I would say NO to the UK re-joining the EU, at least not for the next 50 years or so. UK politicians simply can not be trusted. The UK has had its chance. They have blown it, and now they have to live with the consequences of their (stupid) decision.
I agree
*"The UK has still not understood what the EU is"* - This video is literally explaining about the EU and teaching it to British people.
@@lellyparker
Well, doesn't really come across like that, when "British people" are still demanding, to "join the EUs SM asap, a bit of FOM included"...
Right now the UK doesn't even fulfill the needed criteria for APPLYING for EU membership.
Joining the EUs SM/EEA/CU is available for EU and EFTA member states ONLY, not though for 3rd countries !!
According to article 126 of the EEA Agreement = SPECIFIES that membership is open to member states either of the EU and or EFTA member states ONLY.
EEA = EUs SM
NOT negotiatable !!
Norway and Iceland/EFTA, are stating since years, that they'll veto the UK joining EFTA, because they don't want a "trouble maker in their club".
Only option available for the UK is to apply for EU membership by fulfilling the Copenhagen Criteria FIRST.
Estimated time needed for joining the EU are minimum 15+ years AFTER fullfilling the Copenhagen Criteria FIRST.
Every EU member state can leave the EU27 on its own free will, but it's up to the EU27 only, to decide, which country can join the EU and when.
There would be no special opt outs for UK should it ever want to join. It would be one of the candidate countries that are currently in the process of accession and joining on exactly the same conditions, criteria and rules. The candidate countries are: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine.
The accession process is rigorous, built on strict but fair conditionality, established criteria and the principle of own merit. This is crucial for the credibility of enlargement policy, for providing incentives to enlargement countries to pursue far-reaching reforms and for ensuring the support of EU citizens. For their part, Member States, together with the EU institutions, should lead an informed debate on the political, economic and social impact of enlargement policy.
Anyone can download all information about EU enlargment policies, conditions and rules from the EU commission´s homesite.
As a Brit living in Spain I am inclined to agree. The Brits should be left to endure the consequences of their collective stupidity.
dear Britain: you fell for it. now you have to live with it.
Woahhh there mate! Not all of Britain fell for it voted for Brexshit! Scotland voted to remain a part of the EU👍
Yes, out is out.
"We" didn't fall for it, 48% of us voted to remain.
@@shaunflanagan8735 and Northern Ireland.
@@shaunflanagan8735 leave the UK, then. And apply to join the EU. This would mean a "hard border" with England, tho. You ready for that?
*A first rate piece of analysis Rob. Even for me, a stalwart remainer, there are so many more punishing, disastrous consequences of Brexit that I was unaware of. And this isn't your full list of 88 even. It really is quite heartbreaking, especially for young people (I'm 68), and I suspect that the bigotry and xenophobia stoked-up by Brexit was no minor contributor to the ugliness we witnessed in the recent anti-immigrant rioting. Brexit wasn't just a very, **_very_** bad idea, it was, and is, an economic and cultural crime. Thank You!*
God, it's depressing....
@@AndrewEdwardBailey I would love to! Unfortunately I don't have the finances to move, especially after Brexit shafted my business. So, yes, it's normal for anyone with the means to do it.
We cannot thank the Brexiteers enough though. Thanks to you guys I don’t take the EU for granted anymore. I enjoy the freedom of movement over 4,200,000 square km, which is bigger than India btw. I can roam in cyberspace for free, (even in the UK!).
Greetings from Belgium, EU
100%. Beautifully expressed.
Thank you Rob.
Thanks Rob for your contribution to make people understand how EU works and what they've lost.
Thanks very much for this Rob. I look forward to a follow up.
A good start would be to have an official investigation into Brexit - the lies told, the impact, the costs, perhaps even with criminal charges against some people (we all know who they are ...). The problem is that Brexit is still the elephant in the room, and even 'tho the majority now view it as being a mistake, the absolute enormity of the error needs to be demonstrated to everyone.
How large was Russian encouragement of Brexit. Connections to Tory party members.
The issue with facebook and election manipulation.
I believe there is a lot of unexplored data at your authority for fairness in elections. (What's its correct name ?)
Thanks for all your hard work, shedding a light.
That’s very kind o& you, Rayn, thank you.
Thanks again Rob, I'm so glad I moved in 2017 and have my Spanish TIE. I have so many advantages here. I would never return to the UK to live, people there still don't realise what they've lost (however they moan about them all the time not realising the Brexit impact on their complaints such as water quality, access to medical services, potholes in roads etc.).
Totally, Andrew. I’m in Europe myself at the mo, and really enjoying the break from the Vote Leave Die-hards on Brexit island. Thanks for your support.
So much lost 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ it makes you weep 😢😢😢
Why would EU accept UKs application? Ever since joining in the 70ies it was miserabele with Thatcher and successors.
Don't come back, we are fine without you....
as much as I sympathise with those in the UK who are not happy with Brexit this video is a perfect showcase for why the rest of Europe will be wary to entertain any notion of the UK rejoining anytime soon. but why? - you may ask. doesn't the clip make a good case?
no, absolutely not! this video focuses on trade, the cost of Brexit and what was lost to Britain economically by exiting the EU. as long as even 'remainers' think only of money and other economic opportunities and benefits when talking about Europe they all miss the key point and are light years away from being a good addition to the club. sadly, this 'merchant attitude' was the main reason why the UK joined initially in 1973. there was nothing more to it and it showed. it was on display all these 47yrs of membership and the reason why voters eventually took the bait and voted to leave the EU in 2016. they were promised greener pastures somewhere else. the 'leave' campaign lied about many things but it even lied about better economic opportunities outside the EU.
the UK, its politcians, its voters and equally important, its media moguls like Mr Murdoch, Lord Rothermere and Mr Verity need to embrace _the idea of Europe_ as a federation of an ever closer union. it's a political project to ensure peace and prosperity. economic opportunities are just the dessert, the sweet side dish but not the main menu. as long as you don't feel comfortable with this prospect, please refrain from even asking to rejoin. we don't want another shopkeeper mindset who jumps ship when the next chancer befuddles their small mind.
Why would the EU take Britain back? There never seemed to be much of a commitment to Europe from Britain and there was always an undercurrent of disruption coming from Britain. Britain needs to go to the naughty corner for a good long time.
After having lived and worked in The Netherlands for half my working life, I'm now left with the prospect of not having a yUK state pension, nor one in NL, as Brexit has left me with inadequate contributions in each country to infer entitlement. Thanks. My hatred for the perpetrators of this mess will never leave me.
Check out The Withdrawal Agreement as pensions were protected and you can combine EU and UK qualifying years provided you were living in the EU 31st Dec 2020. Gov.uk has a guidance section on this. I hope it helps.
Become a dutch citizen
100%. We lost respect and a lot more. The question is, when and how do we rejoin…. Asap.
@@paullarne In precisely what way is the EU duplicitous?
@@nigelsynnott7344 Reading Paul's ( if that is his real name) posts he seems to be the resident troll !!
"when and how do we rejoin"
The UK won't join any time soon, maybe in 15-20 years if her application doesn't get vetoed. The latter is very likely!
@@paullarne Evidence-free nonsense. Good work.
@@paullarne An example of EU duplicity , please ? In your own time .
The best résumé, among many, I’ve heard! Reinforces my misery!
I've been traveling to UK for past four years very often - it really looks like a country in decline.
I was in NI a couple of weeks ago and I was really shocked.
Austerity and Brexit the Silent Killers in our Midst.
When they were in the EU the UK often behaved like Marie Antoinette. Have her cake AND eat it.
We all know you can have it OR eat it, but not BOTH at the same time.
It really is beyond belief that the electorate were allowed to vote on such a complicated issue. I doubt if anybody who voted had any idea of the impact of these lost benefits.
True but they were sold a pack of lies about the benefits of leaving.
@@philipdouglas5911 They chose to believe those lies! All relevant info WAS available!
@@marinusvos They were sold sunlit uplands inhabited by unicorns and how life would be better. They were also sold a version of project fear with regards to Turkey joining the EU. The the biggest lie of all that was put on the side of a big red bus.
@@philipdouglas5911 Stop defending them. All that's happening is their own FAULT!
It's insane to think a narrow majority can be decisive in the first place. Democracy was always meant to be a system of representation of all, in my lifetime it has only ever been used to disenfranchise part of the population of any form of representation. Referendums are just a symptom of how broken the overall political system in this country is.
Lies told without consequences for the liars. Is that a systemic failure?
It's how the system is designed to work for those with wealth and privilege, unfortunately.
It's the post truth era we're living in, where liars are rewarded & truth sayers castigated.
Probably the answer is... No, because the liars needed useful idi*ts who voted against their own interests, and Gosh! ... they got plenty.
Yep - a massive failure!
No, that's just the typical Tories.
Because the Tories are always this 🤷🏻♂️
I am a British citizen that has lived in the EU for almost 50 years. And I think that it would be a huge mistake for the EU to take the UK back.
As an European citizen I agree, despite my past feelings about UK, and I am very much in favour of English people leaving in EU. But I find sad that an English citizen ends up rejecting his country. This means that the problem is very deep-rooted, institutionalised even I would say, and that it goes beyond simple individual opinion.
As an European I don't want the UK to rejoined the EU.
You decided to leave. Now face your mistake.
Brexit was the biggest xenofobic act against EU citizens and other migrants.
Brexit means Brexit 😂😂
EU is not like a fitness club that u can leave and cancel the membership and rejoin anytime
Completely agree with you Rob.
Thanks for posting.
We don't want you back. -the EU
Yup, it's very arrogant of the brits to think all EU countries want the UK back on the Union. Some benefited a lot with Brexit by taking UK's share in some economic activities.
Sweden and Poland have already stated they'll veto the UK rejoin.
@@MerryXmasMfkrs That Sweden and Poland would veto a return of the UK is NOT true! Complete nonsense! Get better informed!
@@MerryXmasMfkrs These are stupid lies. Parliamentary resolutions would be necessary. They do not exist.
@@roelkomduur8073 When the time comes the UK will be invited to apply for EU membership, not re-apply.
Then there will be a period of around 10 years in which the UK will have to prove it meets the EU standards. Prove, that is, not negotiate.
Even the smallest EU member state will have the possibility to veto the admission process. Oh... the Irish will enjoy the moment. 😁
@@franswiggers601
Applying for membership is not by invitation.
But applying knowingly without meeting the application prerequisites would be wasting everybodys time.
Even the british rejoiners are to lazy or to exceptional to care about those prerequisites.
That wont end well.
You forget that also very important is the fact that the EU is a political union as well. Not only beneficiary to UK economic interests, however that part was never really accepted.
English exceptionalism killed British exception when part of the EU. Even Mr Bean would not have been that dumb. But it is always wise to listen to the people. And the British people vote should be respected. As a European I am glad it is. Too much hate spitting for years on anything that is European by the British press/medias.
5:35 hell no ! When the uk was part of the union, they used there time to devide and requestion the treaty... Nothing couldn't be done. Now it's not perfect but far better since UK left. There's more unity
I would be so angry against the Brexit "situation" had I stayed in the UK after my 9+ years in the RAF. Now it is disappointment mixed with sadness as I gaze across the Atlantic to a diminished UK. The good news is that the EU is stronger; no country is dumb enough to try that stunt again.
Still stumps me how the brexiteers managed to get the fishing industry on side. The farmers yes because they have always been mostly upper class and tory so that I could understand but not people who were physically transporting their goods to their customers on what could easily be their coffins if the weather turned. They knew exactly what their livelihoods were based on and still voted to shaft themselves 🤦♀️
the farmers and fishing communities was by Boris and Farage they will be able to trade all over the world also will keep their trade with the EU as ever was and not change anything for them and make more money and get rich and do not have to share anything with the blood sucking Europeans and keep their ocean free of European fishing boats and will only fished by the British Boats for them it was pure greed and so hence believing the Brexit campaign lies because they believed they were shafting their fellow European farmers and fishermen and women and did not understand the trade the UK &the EU was A mutual benefit on both sides and when UK divorce itself from the EU they will become A 3rd country and will not be to trade or sell their goods and fish as before because it will A trade red tapes that will cost time and money.greetin from A very proud EU 27 citizen .
Well. Clacton has Farage now to fix it
Simple; Boris lied. There is even a documentary about it.
Thanks, Rob, and always appreciate your insightful posts.🥰💚🌱
I appreciate your support, Michael.
well said Rob,keep saying it please
As a Swedish EU citizen, I feel your pains. I still remember those awful years when Sweden had not yet joined and we were treated as second class europeans. Why would you willingly choose that option? (National) pride preceeds downfall.
12:10 Nope. No more exceptions or exemptions. I’m sorry to say that this is a big win for the EU.
"the EU isn't perfect"
I wish people would stop using that sentence. Nothing is perfect, but for some reason people feel the need to always use that sentence when it comes to the EU.
The UK isn't perfect.
I’m not perfect, just almost so
Totally agree, it’s like the saying Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried.
They will never be enthusiastic Europeans, they will always see themselves as different or apart from Europe.
That's why they should never be allowed back.
The UK isn't perfect!!
Pride and arrogance goeth before the fall.
3 × yes, you ar 100 % right, love it !... 🇩🇰 🇪🇺
The UK can keep the 350 Million Pounds touted during the Leave Campaign. They misinformed and misguided an unsuspecting audience with a baseless string of lies. The best decision l made was leaving the UK and l am loving it here in the EU. Viva EU!!! 🤣😂🤣
the negative effects of Brexit never been explaind so clearly before.... well done
British newspaper headline: "Storm in the Channel. The Continent is isolated!".
The reality of the UK rejoin the EU would take decades. Conditions and changes would be many for the UK; one of them would be, give up the pound and take up the euro. Finished with the nonsense of British exceptionalism. The old generation would have to pass on. There has to be clarity from the Brits that to be a part of the EU is a privilege not a right.
Worker's rights. Why was/is Mick Lynch 100% pro Brexit? I never understood that.
I can only see one possible explanation: EU rules of private competition in the rail industry.
@@Toubabouwhich don’t prevent the state ownership of rail. As visits to many eu countries quickly proves
Will UK truck drivers require transit Visa when driving through the EU for each country?
Bennite Lexits. They believe the EU is pro big capitalism. They forget workers rights, consumer rights, traveller and settler rights, facilitates small business exports, also high standards. Big business is needed for employment, national income, taxes etc.
@@paullarne Why the Irish and not other EU members?
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Excellent video
1:53 "no admin" [for trading within the EU] - incorrect:-
Some administration is required in terms of providing and cross checking 🇪🇺 EU VAT numbers on invoices and providing EU trade turnover on quarterly VAT returns for VAT registered businesses 🤔
No quiero que mis palabras se interpreten mal y por eso voy escribir esto en mi idioma. Lo primero de todo que destacaría es que UK nunca estuvo implicada al 100% con el proyecto europeo, estaba en la Unión a la carta, con sus condiciones, no quiso aceptar la unión monetaria y no aceptaba la política agraria común, el famoso cheque británico. Es decir estaba en una posición más "ventajosa" que el resto de miembros, no contento con esto, los políticos tories comenzaron una de las mayores campañas de desinformación de la historia, diciendo que la Unión "robaba" al RU, es curioso que eso lo dijeran los que arruinaron el servicio publico de salud del RU. Francamente afirmar que la economía del RU iba ser más fuerte renunciando al principal mercado que tenía que era la Unión Europea, era o ser muy idiota o ser un mentiroso, no pensaron en todos los inconvenientes que iba tener el RU volviendo a las fronteras a los bienes, capitales y personas?. Para finalizar pienso que si el RU quiere regresar a la UE tendrán que cambiar cosas, pero no creo que nada de lo que ha pasado no sea solucionable, este continente ha vivido dos guerras mundiales y las ha superado, eso si los británicos tienen que cambiar su actitud y no creerse el centro del mundo. A todos nos interesa un continente fuerte y unido frente a las amenazas que suponen los regímenes autoritarios que estamos viendo últimamente. Un saludo¡
I am replying to you from South Africa. Google translated your post into English. I rate myself as a middle-of-the-road Christian Democrat. I am a graduate in chemical engineering and have worked in Africa and Australia. I am retired. I have lived and worked in five continents of the World. I was a newspaper boy when Edward Heath took us into the European Economic Community on the 1st January 1973. I read the front pages of the newspapers as I delivered them. Enoch Powell said it would not last - on the same day. I once read a book written by William Shirer called "The Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany". Shirer wrote that the Americans lent money to Germany after the First World War. Following the 1929 Wall Street crash, the Americans demanded that Germany repay the loans immediately - and so they did. That led to unemployment rising to in excess of 6 million breadwinners. In their desperation to feed their families, they voted for Adolf Hitler. He never submitted himself to another election - as he should. In 2008, Wall Street gave us the "subprime mortgage crisis".
I response to that, I wrote a paper called the "Table Mountain Housing Finance Model". It is interest free ie no usury. Integral borrowings in early and late adult life is offset by integral savings in midlife. It is available on the internet.
On returning to the UK from Australia, I was astonished to learn that European Union Commissioners were not subject to the Ballot Box - which is to me a form of autocracy. Consequently, I campaigned for Brexit. I have no regrets. I wish you well, I wish France well. Au Revoir!
@@nigelmartin2254 Está claro que en la vida cada cual ve las cosas desde su punto de vista, eso es algo obvio, a usted le gusta la situación provocada por el Brexit y está en su derecho, otros muchos británicos no lo están tanto y no hablemos de los escoceses. Poner trabas al mayor mercado que tienes cerca de ti ha llevado incluso hasta situaciones de falta de alimentos por no hablar de la falta de mano de obra por ejemplo para recoger las cosechas. En cuanto a que los comisarios no son escogidos democráticamente no estoy de acuerdo, los parlamentarios que nosotros escogemos en las elecciones europeas son los que los escogen entre varios candidatos. Por último yo también le deseo lo mejor a Francia 😬 pero no soy francés soy de un poco más abajo, de donde residen bastante británicos enojados por su nuevo estatus de ciudadanos de un país que no pertenece a la UE con las trabas burocráticas que ello acarrea... Un saludo
" no pensaron en todos los inconvenientes "
They thought of nothing, they had no intention of winning.
If they had thought things through and built a viable project, they would have taken the time to analyse the consequences. Here they discovered after Brexit that the Irish border or Gibraltar were going to be a problem, and there are hundreds of examples like that. The backtracking by Farage (the £350 millions for the NHS was a mistake), Hannan (those who voted for Brexit because of immigration will be disappointed) or Duncan-Smith (the promises were just a series of possibilities) in the days following the results were revealing.
They would have understood that such a complex project could not be decided by a simple yes/no to a single question put to voters, the vast majority of whom did not have, and still do not have, the necessary skills to understand the issues and consequences.
Just as they would have understood that a few percentage points ahead was not enough to declare that the population was in favour of a project that would affect them for decades to come. Demographic change alone, with the disappearance of the older generations who were predominantly pro-Brexit and the younger generations who were predominantly pro-EU obtaining the right to vote, would quickly absorb the 1.268 million Yes votes in a few years.
A reinforced majority of 2/3 or even 75% would have been more coherent.
@@nigelmartin2254 " I was astonished to learn that European Union Commissioners were not subject to the Ballot Box - which is to me a form of autocracy "
The decision are voted by the Members of the European Parliamentn who are elected. The Commisionners are only in charge to propose the them the projects which will be voted, they don't have any decision-making power.
@@nigelmartin2254 " I have no regrets "
" I am replying to you from South Africa "
It is easy to have no regrets when we we don't suffer the consequences....
I'm not from the UK but Brexit still bothers me
Me too. But now it is done, and there is no question for us (I am French, so European) of the UK rejoining the EU. Never again
This is very good video it point out everything people should share this with people who have voted Brexit. It’s short and concise. I didn’t vote labour I voted Green because I don’t trust Starmer on this issue amongst others.
we need a Brexit inquiry
@@EllieD.Violet why do you keep asking this question are you not educated?
@@EllieD.Violet you can't be that foolish please 🥺 so sad you are . And it is clear you are not at all educated . We in this case is the citizens of the UK which I am one . Please don't play the fool 😠 and get some education you really need to
It should mention that the ' Truth To Power' video clips are very very good. Very informative. Thank you for that!!
Yes, we went from EU funding to levelling down. That's taking back control inaction. (The last word is deliberate.)
@@paullarne Which is why we're £100bn a year worse off and the currency worth less .
@@paullarne Your proof that we got less back is? Forgotten the better trading environment etc? According to the ONS, Brexit is costing £100bn a year in lost trade. according to Full Fact, in one year our net contribution to the EU was nearly £9bn. In conventional maths, 9 is a smaller figure than 100.
Now, you were saying?
Thank you for mentioning Leipzig and Lyon as examples - it's refreshing to see some people do actually know there is more to Germany than Berlin and more to France than Paris.
You've made your racist bed, now lie in it...
The racist bed exists all over Europe. It is growing in all the member states. Do not think your country is immune.
I have friends who voted brexit, it was never about racism it was about a perceived loss of sovereignty, I voted to remain but I don't accept that all brexit voters are racist, however I do agree that all racists voted leave.
@@Paul-eb4jp I guess you would be surprised how many racists didnt vote to become poorer just to get the EU foreigners out. Many prefered their economic benefits to a few less mostly white foreigners.
Turn your back on nearest trading partners and pivot to Singapore on sea instead. Trading with New Zealand and India instead. A five year old could have told you this is madness.
So sad that the nation that fought for European freedom and kept high the hope of a victory against totalitarianisms, has now decided (in its majority) to isolate herself to please some low-profile, short-sighted ultra-conservative so-called-politicians. I hope that common sense and pragmatism prevail and the process of re-joining the EU start soon. We European need the UK as much as British citizens need the EU
Thank you for this very comprehensive summing-up of what we have lost because of the disastrous Brexit vote. Just one example of the effects on my family: My youngest daughter studied for a year at Sciences Po in Paris thanks to the Erasmus Project. This opportunity is denied to my grandchildren, one of whom would really benefit from studying for a year at a German university.
Even though I kinda understand Labour's stance on Brexit. The issue however, is still raw within the population at large with both sides left much bruised and battered over the affair. But when you list the roll call of benefits we had, the only thing we've learned is that perhaps we should have listened more intently to the experts. Thanks for keeping the issue of Brexit alive on this channel.
This is the first time I have viewed one of your videos. I have an EU passport and am now living in Croatia. Your list of losses is extensive and you have summarised the pertinent points that affect the majority of people. Sadly, I suspect there wont be any reopening of the issue for at least 5-10 years, and rejoining shall likely only happen sometime 15-20 years from now. But never ever give up and do not lose hope.
The UK is not able to decide, this is the UE who will decide to accept the UK or not. And from my side, and I am not alone, it's no. the UK in the EU has brought nothing but problems, We don't need a black sheep
Keep mentioning the 'advantages' of Brexit! Brexiteers like to forget them asap..😒🙄
The reasoning of Rob is exactly why De Gaulle did not want to have the Brits in. The EU is not only an economic union, it is foremost a political union.
If they want economic benefits they better try join EFTA. The EFTA they themselves founded in 1960 as a "competitor" to the EEC, one year before begging the EEC for membership for the first time in 1961.
And so should be. The problem with english people - even some remainers - is that they only see the EU from an economy point of view. They want to be in the EU for economic profit, but they don't feel themselves as europeans. That is the deep problem.
@@Esemptius EFTA has preemptively vetoed UK accession - repeatedly!
@@josefinenilsson8059 Who would want "partners" like the untrustworthy English who can't even be trusted to honour what they sign up for?
Which is ironic too given De Gaulle wouldve HATED the current EU in alot of ways. But at the very least he didnt want out of collaborating with Europe he just wanted it on his terms as much as possible at a time where France was quite litteraly the country at the center of the European community since Germany was divided
It makes me so angry, sad and disappointed all at once when I think of what's been lost. I tried telling everyone I could that leaving would be an absolute disaster. There are still people I don't talk to to this day that won't believe the plain facts staring everyone in the face. I used to point at all the EU flag logo's on the projects around our own area. Projects that would never have taken place without EU funding. And they never will again. I used to get told 'Our government will fund them instead' I mean how stupid do you have to be????