Brexit, one year on: Is life in the UK better without Europe? • FRANCE 24 English
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- Опубликовано: 3 фев 2022
- Is the #UnitedKingdom better off without #Europe? Did the country make a risky choice by leaving the EU one year ago? Our reporters Jonathan Walsh and Clovis Casali crossed the Channel to understand the consequences of Brexit on the daily lives of citizens. From London to Belfast, via Boston - the town with the highest pro-#Brexit vote in 2016 - they report on how the UK has changed.
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The commentator repeatedly talked about the strife between “Catholics and Protestants” as if it was a religious war. It’s not; it’s a political struggle between Nationalists and Unionists. The fact that most Nationalists are, at least nominally, Catholic and most Unionist are similarly Protestant doesn’t make it a religious war.
That’s not what it looks like to the rest of the world.
@@ChrisinHove That’s because many foreign media don’t delve deeper into the story and opt for a convenient shorthand.
@@52power Ergo their coverage of Brexit
Both sides at the height of the troubles banged the religious drum
It’s actually “Republican” and “Unionist “ ….
I think Brexit was a brilliant idea. Now the UK can see that it's problems are not caused by the EU, but their own government, and hold them accountable.
This is an interesting theory, but it's just that. We still have a hopeless UK government that blames everybody else (including the EU still). It's a shame we had to quit the EU to see that our government will never take responsibility for anything. But to be fair, some of us did know this already.
Hah, that's funny, but now that the EU can't be blamed for everything wrong with the country, it's only a matter of time before they find someone else
@@rorychivers8769 To be fair, they're still blaming the EU for everything. And it shows no sign of abating
It's not just about blaming the EU for something but rather a normal strategy of the UK throughout history to use their own nation as a balance point to prevent one entity from becoming too powerful in Europe. The UK sided against the Ottoman Empire, against German Reich X2, against the Soviets, against the French Empire, and the EU is just another entity in this list. The UK has many disadvantages when it is a member of the EU as it has limited land area, few natural resources, higher cost of living and business being on an island, all of this makes it inferior to other European powers while inside the EU, however after leaving the EU the UK gains back advantages, seeking trade in different paths than the EU, having a totally different global strategy and countering the EU in terms of influence in Europe benefits the UK as it has historically by being an outsider. This is following the historical strategy the UK has always followed rather consciously or not. This is not a negative thing either as EU members can always gain from this as well, returning Euro clearing houses back to EU members, have duplication of standards and governmental positions, being able to make policy without the UK. There is no bad answer here just different strategy.
How exactly was the UK Government to blame with the Common fisheries Policy which saw UK Fishing communities decimated by the EU Quota system which saw the UK fishing fleet receive less quota catch than the EU Boats. As an example , the French were given 80% of the Cod quota in the Englsih Channel ,even though the main species Brits eat is Cod and Haddock so 80% of the fish are caught in the Channel, landed in France and then shipped back to the UK and that makes sense to you does it?.
I will also mention the fact that under the CFP UK waters were over fished , the EU allowed the French,Dutch,Spanish to rape the UK fishing grounds year after year. Check out the state of the Med where the fish stocks are at an all time low, who is to blame for that?. Even when the UK agreed a deal with the EU ,the UK fishing fleet were given very little benefit from the deal. So Sven, it's very easy to say the problems were caused by the UK Governments but the fact is when the UK joined the EEC back in 1973 we were a net exporter of fish, when we left the EU we were net importers of fish even though we are surrounded by water. Words are cheap Sven, facts are free so maybe you should check them before posting nonsense.
Not a farmer, not a fisherman, not steel worker, not an English export industry. This was well selected to hide reality.
Do you have and interest or the participation in the 2016 democratic mandate, instructing the UK incumbent government to leave?
@@jasonkingshott2971 Liar, there was no such binding vote. The vote to Brexit was in 2019, to 'get Brexit done', and more people voted against Brexit than for it. Why do you fascists continue to try to lie about this?
Was the problem a UK minimum wage being viable? Or a desperate outsider? If not a living wage, the how does an outsider become desirable short of undercutting costs?
No Brits at all really, except the Irish.
I agree as I would have liked to hear from multiple industries and at different parts of the UK. That would be like NY city, Deluth Minnesota and a place in Alaska and saying you showed the option of all of the United States.
United they stand, divided they fall
For an American, it's kinda reassuring to see that the US is not the only democracy where people are duped into voting against their own self interest.
If voting made a difference they wouldn't let us do it. Mark Twain
@@Hunterfinn625 In this case, it was a referendum, Brexit really was the people's (wrong) choice.
Don't believe this article! UK still has to implement Brexit. Our treasonous MP's made a bad deal and then only left the EU in name only thus far!
We are still waiting for EU rules to be scrapped and full advantage to be taken... And therein is the crux of the problem.
@@Baj64 Who knows we will never know the truth, right or wrong.
@@greyvoice7949 Can't disagree with your post, I wouldn't trust one of them to tell me the correct time in a room full of clocks.
"I don't know what EU is" .... these people had a say in a vote.
The day after the vote.... the most searched question on google was---- "What is the EU?" Thick little englanders!
The UK is fine bro don't worry 😁
@@armed_but_blind2768 init
That's the Achilles' heel of democracy ... giving people the right to decide on things they know nothing about.
@@samielkhayri9272 Who decides on the people who give people the right to decide on things they know nothing about?
I always want to ask pro-Brexit people what EU laws they changed.
They can’t answer that
Free trade only....not political union. ...Maastricht changed the game
but EU fanatics were fundamentally deceitful and dishonest.
@@lennylaa1686 free trade within a single market, so standards on workers, environmental protections, animal welfare along with equal movement of capital, services etc creates a level playing field for business. Is that what you disagree with?
@@JohnSmith-bx8zb That's the same EU thats trashed entire economies just to maintain German dominance? You have the niavety of a child, but then people like you never did want to face the truth, did you?
Oh and the priniciple law that got scrapped was the European Communities Act 1972 @JesseMorgan, so you can give up asking that now you've found the answer, you could have made just a little effort yourself, but thats Remainers and their entitled posteriors all over isnt it?
@@johnwhite9461 so which economies were trashed???
"I'm not one of the rich kids" it seems that his net worth is measured in the millions - so how much money do you need to be called "rich" what a disgusting hypocrite!
So you have access to his finances do you. Please provide proof of his worth, or you're another liar.
@H G E "I'm not as rich as a multi billionaire" isn't the bar you're looking for if you want to pretend Farage isn't stinking rich
I wonder what will happen if Farage visites a fishing community in the north ? The DUP voted for Brexit for one thing only , a hard border between NI and the IRL R.
it had nothing to do with farage lol it was Boris making the deal
Farage said notting would change after Brexit for fisherman , well.......
@@bertoverweel6588 you know he didn't make the fishing waters deal right? It had nothing to with what he said. Nothing had to change
@@bertoverweel6588 what changed that was relevant to farage
@@bertoverweel6588 if he made the deal you'd have a point but he didn't
EU or no EU the last two years have been a nightmare.
It's gonna be worse no worries :)
Any divorce is. But things will only get better. Full steam ahead.
Only because of the pandemic.
@@richardhumphrey2685 yeah keep dreaming is for that..... Lol
@@mede3162 Try English please.
I’ve not seen an improvement in the UK since Brexit, I have noticed prices going higher than ever, buying anything from Europe now cost 20% more plus import fees. It’s been so much worse in fact that people I know that voted for Brexit have said they made a mistake and even further than that completely denied they voted for it even though they were proud of their choice before.
Prices are up all over the world mate.
I voted for Brexit 100% was not a mistake. I’d do it again. You’d need to get out more, you’ve got countries in the EU at 20% inflation
@@wilkinson8707 You’re into a bit of S&M
They fck’d up they need tae accept it , brexit is bad fur the country , these people claim tae all about being British their choices are damaging the country but ay
@@wilkinson8707 you have to compare with previous brexit economy in your country not with other countries
That former Boston mayor is like a caricature of every local politician or self appointed community leader ever. Wanders round the market pretending to know everyone by saying “How’s your lady” to the egg seller 🤣🤣🤣
eggsactly :)
Boris makes frank field (soon to leave this earth) look even more intelligent
@@darmou stop it
It's called small talk.
@@casualsuede yes incredibly awkward small talk staged for the cameras but small talk nonetheless.
I work in a warehouse and unfortunately we don’t have to many associates . The problem is that with less ppl they expect to maintain same efficiency. Not sure how to attracted more ppl ..salary is very competitive but nobody wants to work here.
Who wants to work in a warehouse? , were human beings !
It's the same mentality in the US of Murica. 'Real' Americans don't want immigrants but those same 'real' Americans will not do the labor that is performed by immigrants, pay rate be damned.
@@MyKharli joking?
People don't want to work? or employers don't want to train?
The salary can't be that competitive if nobody wants to work there.
I'm a Swede living in Denmark, and I used to buy many things from UK every year. Electronics, food, supplements, spices, board-games.. The list is endless. Now if I buy even a ball-pen, it will be hit by tarrifs, taxes (VAT), and even extra handling fees (Post nord, around 20 euro). So a pen that I used to buy from England, that cost like 5 euro, will now cost me 30-40 euro xD So I can't buy any more execellent products from England. Man am I sad.
The majority of ball point pens are made in China as are most of the other things you have listed. UK manufacture of pens is mainly by Waterford and the total for 2020 was only 963 thousand pounds. Even then it is highly likely that the ball point section is imported from China. So basically the tariffs you are paying are all loadings by Brussels as UK has not yet put tariffs on products. The sooner people wake up to the fact that failed politicians are sitting in Brussels building an empire to forward their own power and influence over the elected governments of the member states (no longer countries)
@@stevencharnock9271 What bolloxollogy you write.
European Union officials are not building power.
They must go before the people every 5 years and be re elected.
COMMISSIONERS are only there at the behest of their government and can be removed at the drop of a hat.
In order to be appointed, they must pass an interview by elected politicians.
There are precedents whereby nominated politicians failed that interview and other examples whereby Commissioners were recalled by their government.
@@williampatrickfagan7590 They are the failed politicians made into commissioners to get them out of the way. However they have been empire building trying to make a super state. So run along and lick your wounds Brexit is done we are free
@@stevencharnock9271 ever considered what trade union means?
Do you expect special treatment from a union you aren't member of?
Pretty weird perception, but pictures the ongoing issues with UK when in EU ...
Are you spoon-fed with superiority and entitlement issues?
What pen costs 5 euro?
I hope for them it is. With the pandemic I had completely forgotten about Brexit. The only thing it changed for me is that I don't import anything from UK anymore (taxes).
Thankfully several of my usual providers have set foot or moved in a EU country so it really doesn't change anything. Wait, no, it's easier because I don't have to convert prices from £ anymore.
Same here except the opposite. Just don't buy via Europe anymore. Plenty of other places to buy and mostly just cutting out the middle man in Europe.
Well done Youri. You see you did not need these Christian hypocritic Brits to be successful
@@andybraid4263 Don’t buy from Europe then from where??? Britain has no industry left of its own…USA is not interested in a trade deal…!
Not as easy in Ireland. UK accompanies have Irish websites. You may only find out a product is coming from the UK when you get the confirmation email containing the legal disclaimers. Then starts the back and forth to confirm they are paying the import fees. They almost always say yes. Had one instance where they said yes but then I got hit with the fees. I sent it back.
@@andybraid4263 Out of interest, what is your trade?
"I'm not one of the rich kids"... strong words coming from someone with a net worth of 3 million pounds...
Scales change with money. Perhaps Elon Musk thinks he is not one of the rich kids because he isn't as rich as the USA... 😂😂
@@uweinhamburg I agree. Elon isn't rich, the USG is rich.
does that 3million include the money received in offshore accounts from bankers and oligarchs for getting Brexit done?
@@jonsnow7092 don't know, probably not.
I saw another video, where someone spoke to someone who runs a fishing business, and of course 90% of business is with the EU, but Brexit has meant she had to hire someone to help with the paperwork, and inspections which has meant they have to be right on top of things or the fish will have to destroyed, because it won’t be fresh enough for European markets. Yet even with all of the hassle and problems finding transportation etc, she is adamant that being out of the EU is better than in.. ( to note she voted for BREXIT).
You have to be on top of your business, they have 5 years to prepare, no excuses!!.....
She deserve it
And she is totally correct. Short term pain and long term gain. BREXIT forever.
We need to get out of European Defence commitments. If the evil empire wants our military help it had better open its markets to us. Time to forget about NATO and switch to AUKUS. Forget Europe and let them fight their own wars. If Johnson wasn’t such a wimp that is what the UK should do.
@@nikolaucznaum4312
mostly none of the rules were in place until after the event
and how is extra admin and tariffs an advantage
@@frombrum Most of the questions are repetitive, copy and paste. They had 5 years to prep!!...
Employers moaning that they are having to pay employees more because of Brexit.
And then the middle class wonders why the working class overwhelmingly supported Brexit.
Pay increased to labourers but no brit really wants a labor job
@@Jon-ErikScope They do when it pays a living wage.
Yes but this has been caused by neoliberalist policy put in place by Thatcher, for instance how's the leveling up going? It isn't, it won't.
The north & west of the UK has left behind, this had literally nothing to do with the EU, governance from London is responsible, the funding that came from the EU for impoverished areas was to be matched by the UK gov, they haven't even managed that, leveling down is what's happening. The Tory's will run it all into the ground.
🤡 you absolute melt. This lot with make Thatchers inflation look like child's play. You think it's about class, if you had a brain cell you would be dangerous. We are the laughing stock of Europe.
Hooding that the supposed benefit cash that Europeans were collecting would go to them in increase benefits.
if brexit is about self governance then it's time for Scotland independence.
You should be independent just as Wales should be independent, but I must say it would be a shame if we can't freely move between our two nations after such a long shared history together.
Why don’t you have a vote? Oh wait!
@@lesleywillis6177 well in 2014 Scots were told if they voted yes then they would be out of the EU. Stay in the union to stay in the EU… oh wait…
@@ffi1001 You voted to stay in the UK. You didn’t vote to stay as long as your small corner of the he UK got it’s own way. You had a vote on the EU the same as the rest of us. About time people learned to accept democracy.
oooooh. That's crazy talk. They don't want the argument to extend to its rather obvious conclusion? I got to tell you, as a distant observer (US), it's a bit rich to hear anyone English pontificate about local control.
Has the UK moved? Is not still part of Europe? I thought it had just left the EU!
Most people and media use the term EU and Europe interchangably , when they are completely different.
'Europe' to most of us has always meant 'them across the Channel'.
@@vatsmith8759 well that's not the correct definition but even if you use that flawed definition you missed several counties of,f, plus not all countries on that side of the channel are in the EU.
@@PabloTBrave But at least I have a sense of humour.
@@vatsmith8759 mainland Europeans are world renown for having a sense of humour. Whether that's true or not is irrelevant , Using the wrong word or definition doesn't help communication, as no one has a clue what anyone means and therefore can't prove or disprove , agree or disagree on any claims or opinions made . If especially bad when a professional journalist can't do it doesn't show any conference in the rest of the article .
Farage and Johnson have their own reasons for wanting isolationism. With Farage I think he believes it, but Johnson is just a pure opportunist. Neither of these men care a jot for the families, livelihoods and opportunities that have been wrecked by their actions.
To me, Brexit is about as appealing as a stale and sticky old pub carpet. Hopefully the younger folks can bring more optimism and international co-operation in the future, because our country, continent and the world are really going to need it.
This video shows how Europeans made good use of Freedom of Movement to come to the UK and make a good life, but the flipside was that British citizens could also enjoy these freedoms too. On both sides a lot has been lost by shutting this door.
It's my opinion that what has happened is a great loss for everybody and a huge step backwards.
That's just my opinion.
Put your opinion in a bumhole, fish face!
Agreed - the level of misunderstanding of the consequences of leaving the EU at the highest levels of government, let alone among the public is staggering
What isolationism ?
@@markdowns9607 here's a simple question...
Who now has the better passport and most opportunities ? ... An Irish citizen who can settle anywhere in the UK or EU they wish ... or a UK citizen who can choose the UK or Ireland but not the rest of the EU ? British people have voted to make their world of possibilities smaller ... isolationists.
Irrelevant question...
If you have got the right skillset the world is your Oyster, believe me.
Ps are you on the council waiting list ?
Well, getting rid of Europe might be hard 😂 Getting rid of a continent is an ambitious project.
It's just part of the mentality as the old joke says: "Fog in the cannel. The continent is cut off."
Brits were lucky to get out of the EU bureaucratic stupidity
Hahaha underrated 🤣
@@PEdulis Cutting off the EU is enough for most of us matey....never wanted it.
@@richardhumphrey2685 we didn't cut the eu off. We left the single market and customs Union and signed a comprehensive free trade deal and participate in many shared international outings with eu member States.
It all depends on whether you’re laundering money for a Russian oligarch or fighting over the last pack of raspberries in a supermarket.
Or trying to find flour and cooking oil in a German supermarket?
I haven’t come across any food shortages in England
@@emmajanewatts4388 Nether have I. I think it might only be a London or other "big city" problem.
@@RF_Burns It does seem to be much worse in cities. I'm finding lots of shortages here in London, but my parents generally aren't in their small town. I can no longer do a full shop in one supermarket as there are always at least 3 or 4 items that are out of stock - different things each time usually. Sometimes it's tomatoes, sometimes cucumbers, broccoli, hummus or tins of chopped tomatoes. It's the same whether I go to Sainsbury's, Tesco, Aldi or Asda unfortunately. You can always find what you need eventually, but end up wasting a lot of time visiting multiple stores.
@@emmajanewatts4388 I can asure you that all supermarkets in the SW have restructured the aisles to have less shelf-space. And still, 30-40% of shelves are empty.
Unless you shop at Waitrose. But tbh I'm not willing to pay 2-3x for things.
Nice to see people of Volt campaigning in all Parts of Europe
Aye, I have high hopes for that little party.
UK has always been a little bit of an outsider yes. But remember, almost 50% of people voted to remain, so no need to paint us all with the same brush.. A lot of us remainers still suffer to this day.
quit your bitching soy boy.
A lot of you remainers voted for the two large parties that chose to Brexit (March 2017) and chose the kind of Brexit (in 2019).
@@twostix67 haha okay mr blessed
@@jmolofsson Not really no..? :D
@@twostix67 Anti-Nowhere_League fan eh?
Extraordinary language from Nigel Fartage. "Victory"? When was this a war? Always seeking conflict and confrontation. Sad little man.
Yes, in elections victory never matters. Lol
@@Alv11269 It only matters if one side needs to defeat another - there were no sides in Brexit, it was about doing what was right for the entire British nation, not dividing it in half and living with a broken society - which is what happened.
@@britishrose9417 I know, I am with you on the rejoining bit. The only difference is I know the EU is becoming more and more totalitarian which I am to be a part of, not a joke. I support the european security defense council which has just come up. So I'm going to enjoy it when they swallow up britain instead of some damn referenda.
Vile!!!!! and he ain't no man!!
It was a battle....still is
UK had one of the best deal (compared to other countries) when they entered the EU, I have no idea why they decided to leave.
They feel they're better than everybody else and so they feel they deserve more than everybody else. Ironically they voted to have less.
It's because the wealthy didn't want their taxes to increase and they didn't want the EU to regulate their predatory capitalist urges with worker rights or minimum wage increases. So they decided to use their wealth to spawn a whole movement to gaslight the regular public who actually benefitted from being in the EU into caring about their noble class's wealth more than their own n it worked so bravo to them I guess the rich win another one while they drive us all into subsistence living.
@@adrien5834 Rofl. You're spot on!
Who the heck in their right mind would3 ?
Johnny Foreigner. Forgetting that the NHS and picking of cauliflowers depends on them.
16:28 - big sigh... " I don't know what the European Union is......we don't want to go back" makes me think did people who had voting power really understand or want to know! (I'm pro EU)
This is the part of Brexit that bothers me the most. 52% is not a resounding majority and well within the margin of error with people who really had no idea what they were voting for or against. They should have set a higher percentage, e.g. 65%, where a true majority decision would have been the result.
@@HarryP457 when it is a one question referendum i think 52 48 is fine , bearing in mind it was 1.2 million people difference. You would have been happy if the scottish ref had gone that way though and scotland left the union ??
@@HarryP457 WELL PARLIAMENT IS OFTEN ELECTED BY ABOUT 33% OF THE COUNTRY SO 66% DIDNT WANT THEM LOL
@@nickedwards2904 No, most big decisions such as this are >60% like the Scottish referendum. Only 72% of people voted overall in the Brexit election so around 37% voted leave. How is that right? In my view and that of many exporters, it been a disaster.
@@Jello836 WRONG! The Scottish independence referendum required a simple majority. The British system is known as a 'democratic' system, where elections are decided by the number of votes cast rather than by what politicians decide what non-voters would prefer.
Even if we were still in the EU: climate change, covid, Russia etc the last couple years have been a nightmare. So, I’m not surprised we’re having it the worst
but compared to EU nations
Evil conseratives hunting poor people and women, with their fake price hikes, yah its nightmare.
@@MariaMaria-wv1sy Whats your excuse for every other country in the world?
@@malteee9073 EU countries feel better. Italy has made new contracts for gas with Algeria, Turkey, Tunisia and Angola, and we will send that to Greece and Bulgaria. Prices have gon up but with EU funds the government has put a limit on products considered basic necessities. So we are just doing fine
EU economies bounced back faster after covid while the UK economy keeps contracting.
Short answer: No
I think it is the biggest mistake Britain made to leave the EU. Too much political clap trap was talked by politicians with their own agenda.
Uk was milked of wealth and resources by being the the eec and the EU.
"Europe is France and germany!!
-the rest is the trimmings!.."
~~Charles De Gaulle~~
Howling that he said I’ve got to make an income. He was getting two wages alone when he was in the eu. Lol 😂
Typical elite Pos
The girl at 16:22 "I don't even know what the European Union is"...Hello?
that is a very honest answer. 70%+ of the voters in the referendum had no clue what EU is or what it is doing.
@@d3r4g45 How is that possible? Media promote a "better than the rest of the world" view?
@@d3r4g45 That's because the EEC/EU has been kept a secret from the British people and if it wasn't for people like UKIP nobody would have heard about it. This is because all of the main political parties wanted the UK in a federal Europe and knew the British people did not. A small village sized minority of citizens consistently in positions of 'fptp' power were slowly and quietly taking the UK deeper and deeper until a point when they hoped it would be too late...
We are on the same continent here and I am terribly sorry that the UK has broken away from the European Union. I hope you're doing well brothers and that you have achieved the “freedom” you fought for.
The EU had many opportunities to change it's ways, it didn't and we all know what happened next.
I just want to know why the UK held a referendum during the peak of anti immigration attitudes due to constant ISIS attacks
@@jasonkingshott2971 And who is worse off????? Europe is not suffering at all. All your Brits are living hell in Spain. Fishing for the Brits is prospering beyond belief. You wanted to get all the foreigners out and now you are welcoming Ukrainians with open arms!!!!!
@@rrickarr What a total clown you are!
@@rrickarr Really, Europe is doing great? Sweden is begging UK and USA for security assurance before it can gain Nato membership and be protected full time, to be honest I don't like the idea of British soldiers potentially having to die for such disgusting attitudes these people have towards us, same with Poland and Estonia, British soldiers protecting both countries, where is your EU unity?
"Every time we have a team going on holiday, they don't return and later, we find out they went to another country." Isn't that what the xenophobic Brexiteers voted for? (I'm not saying all Brexiteers are xenophobic.) Why don't they work in construction then to fill the gaps they created? Or harvest crops in the fields or work in abbatoirs or the NHS or hospitality or as HGV drivers? Where are all the Britons so desperately wanting all the jobs these "pesky foreigners took aways from them"?
True, not all Brexiteers are xenophobs but all xenophobs are Brexiteers.
A lot of brexiters do work in construction 🙄
That builder most likely pays peanuts and that's why people don't work for him...
If you are English have a go at harvesting crops you will get your eyes opened, try for some of the well known parcel sorters if looks could kill but should you get a bit of acceptance they may show you how run your fingers along a letter and know if their is cash inside, the closed shop has not gone away its just different.
It's a load of nonsense. 87% of those who work in the NHS are English and yet people say the English are too lazy to do those jobs. The majority of those working construction in England are English and yet again they lie that the English are too lazy to do those jobs. The majority of farm labourers in England are English and yet people lie to say they are too lazy to do those jobs.
@@davidmcintyre998 Enough of the English are lazy. Most of the jobs in England are filled with English staff. They are still the majority in England.
Leaving the EU has proven to be an unmitigated disaster and a complete failure.
How exactly?
About half the people that voted had never heard of the EU until two weeks before the referendum.
Where is this statistic from please?
The UK, facing the biggest fall in living standards since records began 1950s. The burden of which falls on the economically weakest, as a Tory would. Failing trade, labour shortages.
Sovereignty, is cliche best served, with bread and water.
Caused by covid global shut down and global energy increases.
Tories blameless. Governments are not Father Christmas...people should be
self reliant...not waiting for the next hand out.
Yawn. If you haven't noticed trays happening all over the weat and it isn't due to Brexit. You people will blame anything on Brexit. Weak
Yet the decline in the UK is the biggest.
@@microfarming8583... and the benefits of Brexit are what?
@@mspring00 I'm not talking about the benefits. I'm talking about idi0ts like this blaming all these issues on Brexit when they're happening all over Europe. It's a rabid and dogmatic mindset and not based in reality. Britain has left the EU, move on! Start talking about the real reasons for what's happening and get out of your brainwashed echo chambers!
I don't know. I left after 22 years living in UK because of Brexit
Hey ho, I'm sure you took advantage of everything that you could while you were in the UK.
Question should be “ is life in Europe better now that UK has left”?😀
EU is still salty after all this time wow
@@mrtracing3292 The EU feels only sadness at witnessing the decline of a once proud English nation. Despite what the Daily Express is telling you.
@@mrtracing3292 We are not salty, just disappointed that the English populists were so successful. Then again, without the Uk blocking so many projects, that’s one less road block in the way of reforms so there is that as well.
We always knew this would be a loose loose scenario so why be salty about spilled milk? You wanted out, you got out, it ain’t gonna work for you all that well but oh well, you got your commonwealth ( which is of course much further away than the literal continent you choose to ignore but hey, you do you ). In the end, it shows that once again, Churchill is right - democracy can be great but talk with the voters and you get doubts that they are able to handle the responsibility.
@@Arcaryon Not often you see an EU supporter so open about their contempt for democracy. Though it's par for the course that they dishonestly equate the EU with the continent of Europe.
EU never been better without UK
My business exports a lot to the UK and I must honestly say, although there is just a bit more paperwork (only a customs declaration which is very simplistic), nothing has changed. We're still exporting and there are no problems. We even increased advertising in the UK.
The UK had not put in place all border checks. So that makes sense.
Absolutely correct! Exporters to the free world have exactly the same Paperwork and border checks to contend with but they don't have any problems.
@@remoanersrknts6736 true! We export to the US too, its the same as UK now. A bit of paperwork but its not more than 20 seconds of work
I am happy for you because the most of the EU countries doesn't want to create problems for the citizens of the UK. What for? It doesn't bring anyone any benefits. The same can't be said about of the UK with regards to citizens of EU countries who want to stay in the UK temporary. I wanted to do a research in cooperation with British university, which required me to stay in the UK for some period of time and I can't because of bureaucracy. So Norway or Switzerland is a better option for now. I guess the policy to minimalize immigration worked:( Too bad... It's sad to be unfairly treated.
....and presumably no childish, vindictiveness from your UK buyers.
Interesting viewing.... Don't recognise the situation you paint though, from here, living in the UK. Since actually leaving... a virus has dominated our lives, now the situation in Ukraine. Doubtless if you look hard, you can find people to talk about the EU, just as you can find someone to talk about fox hunting... or the death penalty. I never hear anyone talking about it though. It was messy leaving, now we've moved on.
A lot of people who export have moved on... to other jobs after Brexit ruined their businesses.
it would have been crazy to think that there would be difficulties with such a change..but for the general public its not really part of their lives..more for politicians and social media..
I haven't moved on. I still find Brexit very depressing. Especially when queuing to show my passport and visa to go to France.
@@davidvestey6014 🤷🙄🇬🇧
@@davidvestey6014 how depressing least you can still visit.
Did you make a typo? We haven't left Europe..
yes you did UK is now drifting away to the North Atlantic, no longer Europa
Farage no income? EU pension?
He is paying the electricity bill with that, no money left for the gas bill.
It’s not brexit that’s the issue,it’s that the government are making a pigs ear out of it.
@@raydawson2767 Your take is interesting - have you ideas how they could better? Serious question
@@BJHolloway1 my opinions make no difference.
@@raydawson2767 Don’t think like that please tell me what you think the government should be doing better - after all you posted a comment that is interesting.
The title makes no sense, don't you mean "better without the EU?" rather than Europe? UK is still European it did not magically stop being an European nation just because it left the EU
It's obviously referring to UK leaving the EU. Must be painful conversing with you.
I always wonder that, a lot of people outside of Europe confuse the EU for all of Europe, which if it keeps expending, it more or less is.
Well, it's wrong; but it's like in America: we can't feel that someone living in Columbia or Argentina is an American guy, or someone from Quebec (Bombardier is an American brand indeed this case). When we say "America" we mean US, because we consider their importance. Same with UE/Europe
You should consider what Americans mean when they speak or write about Europe's policy on something.
by the way, do you know who I mean when I say Americans?
I think, the wording makes sense perfectly. Since without common ideas and values that unite us, the UK is just a group of countries in geographically close proximity to a foreign Eurasian subcontinent.
Cameron actually did not want to leave but his humiliation by the usual suspects started the ball rolling.
The eu with its 3 million words of regulations has become a bureaucratic monster.
It should have stayed as a common market only.
No, but life in the EU is definitely better without the UK!!
We do aim to please.
The cope is real
Hahaha😂 ya we all saw EU pandemic and vaccination response
Brexit is a catastrophe.
yes for fruit pickers
Farrage is such a disgrace.Claiming he needs the job to pay his gas bill. Taking his followers as fools and they don't even realize it.
Are you saying he shouldn't be allowed to earn an honest living in a way he chooses? What authority do you think should stop him?
@@Iazzaboyce it’s because he rooted for Brexit and as soon as it passed he just left the ship that he was commanding.
It’s so easy to always complain about something but he never had the strength to push Brexit through and help his country when it needed him the most.
Now he is a tv host and complains there about everything but what has he done besides complaining about EU?
He should have tried to become PM to finalize Brexit instead of criticizing every PM trying to fix it.
@@Truegp25 I heard that after he won the referendum The Queen asked to see him and offered him the job of 'President of Great Britain in Charge of the Brexit Future' but he just said 'it was all a joke and when it goes wrong he didn't want the blame' I hear Her Majesty was very flabbergasted indeed!
Possibly he was referring to paying his gas bills for the house he owns in France 🤔
@@jaye20 Did you know he was an MEP for 20 years and there is an EU parliament in France?
Don’t really have to watch this living in the UK I can tell you we are a lot worse off for leaving the EU
''Worse off'' due to covid shut down and global energy increases...cannot blame Govt.
Weird, I'm much better off... :S Maybe you should work a little harder at making Brexit and yourself a success?
most people are much better off. shows just how selfish remain voters were voting just because it benefitted them personally instead of what was best for the UK
@@hugh.g.rection5906 7% pay rise this year, the 4 years I worked for my company fully inside the EU (from 2012-2016) I got 3% total...
@@Delogros price inflation is over 10% though... 🤷
"Brexit was a battle between London and the rest of the country". Except Scotland, Northern Ireland, Manchester, Liverpool, Gibraltar, Cambridge, Oxford, Brighton and a large part of Wales to name but a few.
IT was not and you bloody know it. You just don't like how well we are doing with out you beloved E U.
@@markmerry1471 lol
And Leeds
@@markmerry1471 not to mention many seats that voted brexit didn't vote overwhelmingly for brexit; many marginally voted for brexit, generalizations are dangerous!
@@Espiritu_de_Obiwon But most of us voted for brexit.
So you and your E U loving cry baby's can stop your bull.
Fun fact: English people don't want to have nothing to do with Europe but they're expecting europeans speak their language.
And they buy property in Europe, making it more expensive on the markets.
I don't give a damn what language you speak. I don't want anything to do with you, your words.
as a french, i dont care much of the brexit, i just remember that the brexiters told the british, that the money theyre were giving to the UE would be given to the NHS (i think, it was that , a pretty good argument) and it turned out it would never be the case.....i guess the NHS would have needed that money a lot..
How would you know you don't live here!!!
@@richardhumphrey2685 You clearly don't know either, and you do!
@@ColinBarrett001 You Remoaners just don't like hearing the truth, you just enjoy moaning and groaning about problems that don't even exist....and we all remember the lies and scaremongering of Project Fear don't we?
@@richardhumphrey2685 because of the (worldwide) pandemic
@@MrJohnQCitizen Yes that's absolutely correct.
short answer: no. long answer: nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I live by the sea in the douth of England and already the kelp beds are growing back to how they should be ( thanks to the banning of bottom drag net fishing by EU factory ships ). That means more fish eventually.
🙄
Pouring effluent into the sea ? Yeah many more fish
So what is more fish going to do for you personally or even for the country? I know allegedly the kippers are happier if they are caught by Brits but what is the reality? I do agree that dragnet fishing should be banned worldwide.
Where do they find these people to interview? it’s very niche 😂
@Live free or die facts🤣🤣🤣🤣
This guy (Nigel Farage) is so funny, he fought for Brexit for 10 years, once he got what he fougth for, he left policits (I suppose he knew that that's going to be a mess)
Not really, but feel free to pass your opinion around as fact. The left does that.
Hit n run
It was so funny to see him interviewed by Susanna Reid the very next day to the referendum, admitting that everything he was saying was "not a lie" but something "somebody else said" or a "figure of speech".
H eimmediately also said "my job is done, I'm now going to do something else" and he tried to go to the US xD
The guy in Boston who says that immigrants don't embrace British culture has a cafe called cafe de Paris, lol
It's far better for EU to have UK out. Just look @10:49, the EU fashion coefficient skyrocketed since Brexit. Seeing the classy and impeccable VDL next to a clumsy Boris Johnson with oversized clothes pretty much summarizes the situation.
I'm not British, but creating a class system were foreigners work for you at the bottom, can hardly be called a good thing.
I'm not sure why this is normalized and classified as a good thing. Your taxi driver or miner could have studied and became a doctor in it's country. Taking people from poor countries like Greece and Lithuania removes the chance of their economy to grow.
Taking you make it sound like they were stolen
They came because they wanted to
@@2eddietheeagle or they were made to???
@@equuleus9970 by who? Not by British people. All foreigners have come to the UK upon their own free will probably because it is freer and the money is better. A Polish doctor is earning less than someone in the UK on minimum wage. That explains the migration
You've obliously never been to a British hospital. I can't even remember the last time I met a British doctor. Must be over 20 years ago... and no I'm not joking!
@@jakkuwolfinsomnia8058 Dont worry about Polish doctors. A minimum wage for doctor starts at 1700€. If you’re experienced or have your own practice it’s gonna be way more. A lot of them earn around 3000€ monthly easily . No need to come to UK whatsoever.
The EU is better off without the awkward English. Soon Scotland and Northern Ireland will return to the EU 😊
Ah yes….the awkward English who had to intervene twice to stop Europe eating itself. F*** off.
Someone has a chip on their shoulder, eh..
English people bad!
Sorry pal but first Scotland would have to get another referendum, then they would actually have to vote to leave, then they would have to try and join the EU. So assuming that all pans out and it's a very big assumption, your 'soon' is a minimum of 10-15 years. One of the main reasons it won't happen is Scotland in no way, shape or form would achieve the joining criteria based on its own. As for Northern Ireland, I'd leave that up to the Northern Irish to decide whether they want to be British or part of the EU.
Seeing Farage always makes me nauseous
Im sure he speaks as highly f you!
Ppl like Arthur scargill and Dennis healey, were a breath of fresh air
Here in England...no better no worse...no real difference.
Loving the last part. Volt is an amazing party, especially because it is a pan-European movement. 💜🇪🇺
Sure, it's just that non-British people should probably avoid promoting the European path (like the German student), so it can't be presented afterwards as something that was imposed on them. If the British decide to rejoin, let them reach that conclusion on their own, at least we won't need to go back to that never-ending discussion...
@@piotrb4240 Considering how the UK held the EU back on many subjects and has always held back any attempts of more integration in the Union I think the EU shouldnt accept them back without a 2/3 majority of UK voting for it.
@@Raddon There is no need to worry about it. Brexit is now a fact of life and no serious politician in the U.K. will touch this subject again for at least 25 years, if ever.
@@davidpryle3935 or when the deal expires in 2025
@@Raddon we dont want to come back .any political party who advocates that will be beaten badly at the polls 🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Yes. Other EU countries should do the same. The EU managed the pandemic late and in a very ineffective way (the UK was quicker). Wages are higher here than in Southern Europe (where I come from).
Given the death per capita in the UK your comment is somewhat morbid. And wages often reflect the environment - how much does rent cost where you came from, how much do you pay in the UK? Food prices, electricity, etc? Quite often the regions higher wages also have higher cost of living.
Wages are higher because cost of living is higher. People are not better off.
Thank god my parents migrated to Australia in 1957. The Irish club in Brisbane has no problems at all. I now have 3 passports. One English, one Irish and one European.
What's an English passport?
@@DE-zh4jo exactly. That's what I'm saying lol.
The problem people had with immigration wasn't a black and white issue, our government could have done a lot more, they could have limited the numbers like other EU countries did, but Tony Blair decided to open the gates, whilst at the same time not upgrading the infrastructure, like housing, medical facilities, education and other social needs, a lot of people also didn't want to see their areas grow the way they did, this with also the added bonus of people being given miss information plus that some employers really took the mickey with this, featured a lot of resentment from the British public.
Another thing of note was that in one area I lived in a lot of the EU citizens moving in were Africans that had recently got French or Belgium citizenship and then moved to the UK, my area got absolutely hit by these people and also Romanian Gypsies (not so much) and would not integrate with the people left, when I drive through the are now it just does not look British at all, where as previous non British who moved into the area in very small numbers integrated fine, and funnily enough moved out the area for this reason also.
Personally I don't have a problem with immigration, but I do wish the government had either put the infrastructure in first and made the immigration laws a lot less lax, also Asylum laws are way overdue a look over.
The problem is they blamed this all on the EU. No one really cared about most of the other nonsense as it didn't really effect their lives, but immigration had a massive impact.
how do ppl just ‘get’ french and belgian citizenship
@@davidluis997 Well they apply for citizenship in those countries, we the UK was part of the EU, that would automatically allow them to be able to come to the UK, which they did.
@@davidluis997 in my work right now there are new 20 people from pakistan and india. After 1 years working here they will get residence card and move away to germany. Before they would go to UK aswell
They could only limit the numbers for a temporary period. Yes it was a mistake of Blair to place no immigration quotas but eventually every country legally had to remove them anyway.
The "they don't integrate" argument never holds up to scrutiny because No Integrates in the way its meant. Do you think the English living in Spain not speaking Spanish integrate? At least those North Africans you mention speak some English. It's a myth.
To answer the question posed by the title: No, it’s not better. And I live here.
I agree.
Whereas I think it IS better.
After these statements I suspect we all know which way each of us voted.
Don't you mean the EU, not Europe?
From what I noticed, we're still in the continent.
It’s like talking about the US, you just say America. Same thing here, a lot of people just say Europe to refer to the EU. Or like Britain instead of UK. It’s just easier to say.
@@costintoma4319 thing is, I am super accurate with names most people are like a medieval sword with the sharpness of detail but I am like a samurai's katana.
@@costintoma4319 Europe and the EU are totally different.
@@ruairievans yea just like the US and America and just like Britain and U.K. yet u still call the US America and the U.K. Britain no?
@@costintoma4319 you'd be surprised with me, I call the US the US and I say UK but break it down more to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
No! It’s worse out, but everyone knew that, but not enough people listened.
Still no. It's getting worse. I see checks on food kicked down the road for the 4th time. If implemented these would cause major supply chain problems, and would be directly linked to brexit.
I certainly enjoyed reese-mogg justifying that delay saying "free trade is hugely beneficial to the consumer"
Almost like he was calling brexit a shitshow and no one called him out on it
@@blackpig52 Absolutely. Journalism is like the rest of the uk. Pretty crap nowadays.
eat spanish
funny that exactly the same problems in the US , who would have though Brexit would effect them lol This constant whining and lying needs to stop, it is getting dull and going to cause a massive split very soon
No it's not you think
Simple answer is that living in the U.K. is worse. We have the most incompetent government the U.K. has had in living memory. Our Prime minister is a narcissistic joke with a cabinet of people who would never have found a job in any recent previous cabinet. All the real political talent in the Tory party know that history will judge them harshly if they have anything to do with this chaos. It’s deeply depressing and is not going to improve.
And the EU would have negated the poor UK govt?The unelected EU burocrats are better?
The millionaire Farage got well paid for brexit and hasn’t stopped complaining about it since.
Boris isn't a millionaire though.
Farage is a millionaire? That's news to me. Can you provide proof of your claim?
U grauniads are a mystery
@@madbadger6255
I don’t trust a man who is so peculiar about his own hair that he purposely messes it up to preserve a certain image.
He is brilliant and that makes him so dangerous. I like the cold, smiling politicians in expensive suits a lot more because they are much easier to read.
"I don't know what EU is.." 🤣 Brits aren't so smart after all
@hognoxious I can confirm your statement.
-- an embarrassed American
@hognoxious The recent Virginia gubernatorial race was essentially decided on CRT. A curriculum that zero schools use. When pressed for definitions, those against it bobbed and weaved until they had to confess they didn't know what it was.
Because apparently saying "I don't know" is worse than death.
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😅😅
We'll buy yours, and you buy ours, without tariffs, was as complicated as the relationship needed to be.
That's what we had
That’s how I thought when I was 12. No, seriously. Because back then, I didn’t understand why it mattered what laws two countries have when they trade with another. Look into it. Then you will understand the issue with ”free trade”.
@@Arcaryon why don't you elaborate
@@Arcaryon I made a deliberately simplistic statement, to make a point. Did it somehow pass you by?
@@musician1000 Your point was garbage. That’s my point.
A staff shortage creates a negative supply shock.
Wages go up without any productivity increase, and exporting businesses go bust first. Then follows inflation that eats up any increases in wages.
The economy shrinks, and with it the tax revenues.
If you don't tax the rich, which you won't, you can only cut public services down further, and tax workers more - which is already happening. Regional development funds are crippled, subsidies for farmers and fishermen scrapped, and taxes for workers rose by £40bn. Meanwhile, import of furs is legalised and tax on champagne lowered.
You couldn't make it up.
If the brexlers only stopped one minute and thought about what they would say if these things happened in Germany or France.
Spot on …brexiteers living in delusional land driven on by ridiculous headlines in the RW press
You rats have no soul you’d watch our country change beyond recognition if it meant your currency was worth a fraction more
But also cheap labour coming from the EU drove down wages for millions of Brits. Nobody gave a stuff about them though. Cue vote leave.
@der_radiere The UK population has risen by more than 7 million between 2000 and 2020. That is the population of Denmark plus Estonia, or a bit more than Bulgaria. Have you considered the population shock experienced by EU countries who have a rapidly decreasing population like Bulgaria? 21 out of 27 EU states are predicted to have declining populations. Between 1991 and 2015 the Balkan states and Bulgaria lost between 16 and 26% of their population, mostly to other EU countries. Is that a moral position??? What is going to happen to those countries...will it help their economies thrive or decline as you have described? What happens when the young working population leaves a country on a huge scale?
Germanys population in the same period rose by just 3m.
In 2004, only 3 countries fully opened their labour markets to the new ascending states, which were Sweden, Ireland and the UK, and only the UK is a major world economy, with the other 2 not even in the G20. Germany kept its labour market closed for the maximum allowed of 7 years, with most others being closed for a period and opening slowly, either with caps or one in one out policies. I dont think that the UKs openess can be in dispute. The UK never implemented the 3 month rule where citizens must leave if they are unemployed for more than that period, which many countries do.
Immigration can be positive both personally and for recipient countries...but when volume is inadequately planned for and infrastructure and vital services cant keep pace it is not helpful. It takes a very long time to train an experienced consultant, teachers, nurses, build hospitals and schools, expand transport networks, build housing, etc and you must have the natural resources available to facilitate it as well. Similarly, excessively stripping other countries of their best assets to improve their own standard of living, which is the young workforce, is not a moral thing and dressing it up as if it is is ridiculous. If the EU was really about building wealth and sharing it then we would be seeing meaningful investment in country, not simply the richest countries benefitting in terms of GDP from using the labour of those people without adequately putting investment in.
Balanced immigration that does not pressurise economies either by disproportionate stripping or inflation of populations is the right way to facilitate immigration. It should be an exchange to share useful skills and the pleasure of experiencing different cultures and not just about €/£ profits.
It's worth also considering why there should be an emphasis on privileging the wealthiest, whitest, christian countries citizens above all others when it comes to opportunity. It shouldn't matter if you are from Belgium or Bangladesh, Brazil or Botswana, surely everyone should be on an equal footing to have opportunities.
@@shelleyphilcox4743 The issue with the EU is that most national governments only see it as a stepping stone and not a shared project. I like the EU on paper, but like any advocate of the project, the way the council aka said governments handle the issue is appalling.
Can't understand how anyone would won't to give up access to twenty seven country's were they could work live get acess to free helfcare and many other benefits.. But when you have people uneducated people like the young lady that didn't know what is the EU.. It just goes to show how grateful this people are... Personally i believe that UK will region the EU but it will take at least tem more years and one thing is for serten they will never get the benifs they had.... Before they left... Saying all this someone has seam to have forgotten the two million uk citizens British retired people living in the EU that now have to pay for medical bills... The only other thing to say is that I now longer live in the UK and even so I wish UK well
Thanks Jaime we wish our EU friends well too . The Brexit vote was mainly due to working class people voting , it was from greedy bosses constantly threatening us that we were all replaceable , twenty years of threats from many companies took it’s toll , but my closest friends are now from the EU 👍
@H G E he said ex-pats now have to pay for healthcare in the EU, before brexit, ex-pats could get free healthcare in any EU country.
Uneducated ?....try learning to spell before you comment on others😁😁
When you say uneducated! perhaps you should get some English lessons.
52% should not be enough to make a change like that.
It was an advisory referendum, which is why the bar was low. Parliament voted to accept the result.
@@michaelwilliams3232 That's right, but clearly they were not going back on 'the will of the people" were they?
Xenophobia won over tolerance.
It’s a slow change. The shelves are not empty but you can already see there’s less choice then before. No diesel available for a couple of days now where I live. ( hampshire ) But if you are unaware that the rest of Europe hasn’t got that problem then it won’t register. Now with international food prices skyrocketing the difference will become bigger. With a big internal market you are protected from some of the outside influences because of you can compensate within your own single market with your own currency. Now is the time when differences are accelerating between the U.K. and the EU. Personally I don’t have a problem with Brexit. If someone voted leave because they didn’t like further EU integration then I think that’s a valid reason to vote out. But saying that it would be economically advantageous is a completely different thing. Introducing barriers within the continent you yourself are part of will never be a smart economic move. It is was there would never have been an EU in the first place.
"If someone voted leave because they didn’t like further EU integration then I think that’s a valid reason to vote out." No it's not. Then they should have voted for Cameron's deal which included a change to the Treaty of Rome just for the UK.
@@timhill9189 Europe never liked us, leaving proved that
@@tomjones7184 there is no 'Europe' in the singular. Generally the UK was seen as an important and very influential member by member states. Leaving confrmed this.
No fuel issues like here eh?
Gas an issue in Germany ?
What nonsense.
@@tomjones7184 That's untrue. It's your sense of entitlement that is hard to swallow. I know plenty of Brits who aren't complete cnuts...
Reunite with the EU again? England got what they wished for. You're out, stay out! An independent Scotland and Wales, no problem!
That Poots is toxic. Should stay miles away from the EU please!
Majority of wales voted to leave the eu don’t believe me go check Wikipedia
@@panther5577 i believe you, why shouldn't I. I am Sorry , I was a little harsh in my choice of words.
@@panther5577 Majority of Wales is a bit of a misleading statement. Because the majority of Welsh didn't want Brexit, but the English boomers retired in Wales that make a large portion of the Welsh population did 🤔
@@KinchasaurasRex 😂😂😂😂🏴🏴🏴Wales voted out nothing to do with English incomes 🏴🏴
@@taffy2126 🤣🤣🤣 I was stating a fact, that alot English retire in Wales and maybe pass the blame for you. But hey, if you want to claim, Wales wanted Brexit stupidity, be my guest. How's that working out for you? Holyhead was a ghost town last time I passed through.
It isn't the NIP that is the problem, it's Brexit. Brexit requires the NIP, it can't exist without it. Put the blame where it belongs, otherwise you can't fix it.
In that case, joining the EU in the first place was the cause of the problem.
@@StandardGoose oh man... I hope you don't apply this logic to your marriage.
@@StandardGoose but the GFA came after the UK joined the EU and the NIP is just to keep the GFA alive. So your argument is nonsense, nothing unusual there of course.
10.49 mins in, politicians illustrating how not to remove a facemask
Is it better... Nope! Absolutely worse!
Way worse plus with Pandemic
I can confirm it’s loads better 👍🏼
unless you deal in exports to the EU no real difference yet
@@eddiel7635 how the British government are incompetent!?
@@Trax777 are you trying to say that they are incompetent? Whether they are or aren’t is irrelevant. The key point of that statement is British government. They were elected by the British electorate not selected by the French and German presidents in some back room deal. 👍🏼
The greatest lie ever told by the english is repeated here and is repeated every time people discuss the northern part of Ireland. The troubles were between the nationalist community and the unionist's community backed by the british security forces. The fact that the two communities believed in a slightly different schism of the same Christian god was not the reason for bloodshed.
The English or British?
@@johnt4768 typical, England getting blamed for everything
@@tomstorey8559 yeah mate! They're very simple minded this lot. They wouldn't understand the UK and the UK people if we slapped them in their face. Very ignorant.
Exactly. It was never a religious conflict. It was ethno-nationalist.
Nope. Was over Religion .
We are suffering..
Can someone tell me where is the murales at 13:20
The "Peace Walls" in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
i think it's great that we now have a random customs border splitting the country up in the irish sea.
Europe and the European Union aren’t the same thing. Though Britain left the EU they still have an alliance with European countries.
The UK isn't a country. It's a union made up of 3 countries and a bit of someone else's. Free the 4 🏴🇮🇪🏴🏴, End the British Dictatorship now
The Irish Sea is where the real Irish border should be. 🇮🇪😉
@@stephenmurphy2212 i agree
the irish border is where it rightfully should be within the irish sea so i don’t know what you’re on about lmao
I'll save anyone outside of the UK 17minutes & 24seconds of their life - No life in the UK is not better. We were lied to.
Saddo.
Thank you
@@lennylaa1686 Nonce.
Can you really claim to have been lied to, when the truth was obvious to begin with? ;)
"We were lied to." Well you also believed the dumb obvious nationalism screaming flag wavers and ignored all the reasonable people that warned you about what would happen. But people are dumb and my tribe vs your tribe is easier to sell to the masses. I just dont like the excuse of "we were lied to" Atleast say we where fooled or something.
Without Europe? We are still in Europe just not in the EU
so what exactly changed after Brexit apart from more regulations and more red tape, more duty charges ?
We in the UK were conned out of our European citizenship. Who wants to retire to Clacton?
@@ColinBarrett001 A European citizenship we never wanted, never asked for and certainly never voted for....And now you're insulting Clacton!
@@richardhumphrey2685 you must be forgetting the referendum of 1975?
Either you where already born and can't remember a thing, or the English history lessons in school have let down yet another pupil...
@Leroy Jenkins the problem is that borders and commercial policies need to be negotiated with the rest of the world, though.
If you are a 60mill people country instead of a 500mill Union... guess who's gonna have to put their pants down in every negotiation?
@Leroy Jenkins oh... you can't do that, though.
You like your food, energy, petrol, clothes, electronics, drinks (the barley is mostly imported), cars, aluminium, iron, ceramics, ... ? You gotta negotiate how those can be traded.
If you are a member of a 500mill Union with a veto, you decide. If you are a 60milll island surrounded by a much stronger Union, your pats gotta go down or you gotta go back to medieval times.
No.
People will come up and shake Farage's hand? They might even offer him a milkshake! :D
The guy who did that broke down in court crying and begging not to be sent to prison. 😃
He was a low income worker who lived at home with his parents. Fat and ugly too. A real EU loser. 😁
@Zuurker U let me know the next time you are wearing an expensive suit and we can enjoy a 'simple prank' together...
Yeah frozen solid and slammed against the side of his swivel eyed head.
Is there a double-meaning here that lies beyond the bounds of my cultural literacy?
@@KatchouroBlade So does that mean you are attractive?
No interviews with indigenous British? Only immigrants and Irish
NO REGRET AT ALL
How can we be without Europe? 🤔🤷, We are in Europe, the E.U. is not Europe, 44 countries in Europe, 27 countries in the E.U. 😁👍
Irritating when they try to use sophistry to try and make the EU a synonym for Europe. Thanks for introducing them to reality.
We are not in Europe. We are an island off the coast of Europe.
@@snowysnowyriver, We are most definitely part of the continent of Europe, we are just not part of mainland Europe, please find an Atlas.
@@neildencer7835 And you better find a history book. We are not part of Europe and never have been. The only time we have attempted to become so in our long history has ended in disarray. Fools like you who try to make us into something we are not are a major part of the problem.
@@snowysnowyriver, I voted to leave the E.U. which is not the same as Europe, I can assure you the U.K. is most definitely part of the continent of Europe, please look it up.
Where do you think America learned that from?
Yes.
Not an ounce of regret.