Asking the Most Brexit Town in Britain if They Regret It

[@hyzenthlay7151]

"Bulgerians and Romanians that don't know manners at all"... kind of like a LOT of British that come to Europe.

[@EsseHolez]

Well, the British do have a tendency to rid the European countries of their invaders. You are the Agency of your own Malfeasance. You should try fighting for your country, dont expect the British to help you all out. You always come crying to the UK when you are invaded. Then again, there are the French, the last battle they won was in 1066....

[@dimitarmargaritov]

Yeah, I was a student there, and the last time I was there just before finishing off university in 2016, I saw some of the most absurd and uncivilized scenes imaginable including several fights betwen females.

[@bricktop7803]

@@dimitarmargaritov yup - its quite funny to watch though. Females fighting and their tits are flying everywhere. One of the worst female fights I ever saw was in Barcelona. A female attacked he pal co she stole a guy she fancied in the nightclub. She expertly pulled off her stiletto heels and smashed her pals skull with the pointy stiletto heel. there was blood everywhere then she stormed off in a taxi. That was bruital.

[@cliveadams7629]

Or those that don't.

[@timothyrussell4445]

Or the racist rioters in the north of England and Ireland!

[@klorngross]

I'm Bulgarian... And those Brits definitely know how to make someone feel like a piece of s***t. I'm so happy I don' have live in a place like this.

[@Bulletguy07]

@klorngross Don't tar us all the same mate. I'm British and travelled extensively throughout Europe so been to your country many times. Sadly there are *some* xenophobic British but they are a minority of which I have no time for.

[@igorsagdeev7881]

Don't be so cross. They have punished themselves.

[@bricktop7803]

You do that to yourselves mate. You do not need another nationality.

[@marksimons8861]

I'm British too and I wouldn't like it.

[@EsseHolez]

A lot of tears from the Eastern Europeans... I would reckon it is very very difficult to transition from an Ex-Soviet satellite state to an independent and very poor country. No surprise they are all miserable and jealous of the UK.. I guess the Migrant sot the UK DO NOT want to live in your carp country... because it is carp. At least in the UK the migrants dont have the racism that you get in the gypsy countries.

[@reinholdmueller4882]

It's ironic, really! Britain invaded more countries than any other nation on earth, but now Brits complain that Britain has so many immigrants in Britain and Brits don't like that. Imagine, how all the different countries must feel about Brits when Britain invaded them.

[@DaGabbaGangsta]

I've said that, and the reply I get "at least we made their countries better, civilised, contributed to their countries", get your head round that

[@sharpie842]

Brits think they have a god given right to colonise other countries but have the cheek to moan about people colonising GB. As a Brit myself who grew up abroad, I never contemplated this until I moved back to UK. Ironically I speak with an accent that makes me the foreigner. Go figure

[@leonardogregoratti386]

@@DaGabbaGangsta well you should answer that maybe also German occupation in 1940 would have improved uk

[@DaGabbaGangsta]

@leonardogregoratti386 what is that got to do with everything, bar that, the fucking Nazis would of had their work cut out with us, if they would of even made it that far

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

​@@DaGabbaGangsta It is statistical fact that prior colonies, especially those that continued some English culture post colonial status, are all much better now than their never-colonized neighbors. The ends do not justify the means, but clearly there are objective and subjective benefits of one culture over the other. (I have never been a citizen of a British commonwealth nation.)

[@qwertyu2387]

Well done, Boston. Now you can enjoy blue passports, happy fish, sovereignty, long queues at channel crossings, separate queues at the airports, and whole sorts of so-called red tape all over the place. Well done.

[@GeirRssaak]

I feel sorry for the many broadminded and intelligent Brits! I hope the young people will stop idiots like Boris, Truss,Farage etc.!

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

@@GeirRssaak The young people of 2016 were so stupid to stay in bed instead of going to the polls.

[@northernbohemianrealist]

Many seem to enjoy airplane trips to and from Spain. On the same day.

[@shalyn1920]

​@@Michael_from_EU_Germanymy nephew recently told me he'd voted for Brexit. He was 22 at the time. I asked him if he still stood by that vote. He told me no, he regretted it. He said at the time it was promised the money spent on European membership would be used for the NHS, but he told me this hadn't happened. I didn't have a vote, although British, because I lived in Germany. After Brexit, I applied for and received German citizenship, it hadn't been necessary before Brexit. I now have the best of both worlds, holding dual citizenship. Whichever queue is shortest, is the one I use.

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

@@shalyn1920 Thank you for the description. 1. The figure on the bus was a lie. It did not include the repayments for projects on UK territory. 2. But even the net contribution was not available for the NHS as the money had to be used to plug many other budget holes caused by Brexit.

[@danstobbart4406]

FAR easier to fool someone than to convince them they got fooled.

[@northernbohemianrealist]

Theme of the Trump campaign.

[@damianbutterworth2434]

Try telling pro EU people they have been fooled.

[@emmanueln8415]

So, the British think they can travel anywhere in the world and settle, but other nationalities must not travel and settle in Britain.

[@olibirkett331]

It's historical. My area in England was drained of water and made to be fertile farmland by Dutch refugees Centuries ago. The native eel fishers kicked right off as their homeland swamps were being destroyed by foreigners. Centuries later, I thank the Dutch for teaching us drainage.

[@mericet39]

Not all British people, no. Only right-wing brexit-voting Daily Mail-reading idiots.

[@alanmawson9601]

@@emmanueln8415 The British civilised half the world, some of the people coming to Britain now are turning us back to the medieval times, just look at our inner cities.

[@marct9942]

But when foreigners enter the UK that are called immigrants, when Brits move to other countries they call themselves Expats. That tells you it is all based on race

[@piotrwojdelko1150]

too idealistic society

[@brendonbonner3309]

Story from New Zealand here: I was recently working at a place where there was a young English woman and a young German woman. Both were early 20s. The English woman had emigrated to NZ basically because it was easier for her to come here than try to move anywhere in Europe after Brexit. The German woman was here on a gap year. She talked of going back soon to complete her degree. Then she spoke of doing post-graduate study in maybe Italy with a career in France, Holland and Germany with her then retiring to Portugal. The English woman was gutted! She spoke of how all this was so recently available to her too but was now lost to her after a vote she could not take part in and that was decided by people who had enjoyed the benefits of EU membership. It was all pretty sad and a searing indictment of Brexit. On the upside, she is lovely and a gain for NZ.

[@imhassane]

I was just wondering what benefits they would get from that. I literally can go anywhere in the EU as I want with no problem, why wouldn't you want that? In the last 10 months, I've been to ten countries with no visa and no checking besides Germany where I just showed my ID. WHy wouldn't you want that?

[@EsseHolez]

NZ is getting like the EU, not very happy about immigration. That fairy story just does not hold. People can emigrate anywhere, before and after Brexit. The movement of academical students between the UK and EU is still the same as before brexit. I dont know where you are getting your completely incorrect information. I guess you are making up the story, and do not realise the facts. Migration between EO and the UK is still strong. Especially with high level occupations. It is most strong in academia. My partner is an Administrator in acedemia and there is no difference in the students coming through the system.

[@imhassane]

@@EsseHolez is there a lot of immigration in NZ? Never thought so

[@vicarious87]

@@EsseHolez Why are you lying about something so easy to fact check. Since the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) in 2021, the cost of university tuition fees for EU nationals has skyrocketed. Additionally, EU nationals are now required to pay a surcharge to access the national health service and visa costs on top of this. Due to the soaring prices, there has been a significant decline in the number of EU citizens applying to study in the UK. Britain has witnessed a substantial decline in international students choosing to study in the UK, dropping “by half since Brexit, according to new official figures’’

[@joesoy9185]

It is still possible for UK Citizens to apply for permanent residency in EU countries if they are willing to jump through the necessary bureaucratic hoops to do so. Americans do it all the time.

[@seanrandles3416]

Before Brexit annual net migration to the UK was 250k . It is now 750k . Brexit has caused immigration to triple! So much for taking back control!

[@marvinbrando722]

Incredible

[@TaterTotsNFanta]

Why import Eastern Europeans with similar idealogy when you can import from Africa and India for cheaper but with the opposite idealogy?

[@MatsGustafsson-o1b]

and you can relax as your export is low! 90% was made to EU. Hope you manage anyway!

[@seanrandles3416]

@@Christian-ut5um the immigrants moving to the UK now are no longer European...they are now all Syrian, African or Afghan etc....and unlike European immigrants they stay here for life.

[@hy3101]

When people believe in the politicians and forget it's the politicians that let these things happen.

[@kevinferris3007]

The use of the term expat is xenophobic, English people who immigrate to other countries, but they think they are different from people who immigrated to England

[@thefozzybear]

It's built into their colonization DNA.

[@bricktop7803]

Nope - Expat is ubiquitous. You have US Expats living in the UK. That term does NOT only apply to a UK citizen. But you can tell English is their second language, and their ideas and thoughts are Hodor like.

[@kingk2405]

That is true and this is a misuse of language. An expatriate can be from any country it is just somebody who is sent abroad by his/her company (private company or public organisations like the diplomats ) and who usually stays between 3 and 5 years . Expatriates have a package for their expenses (rent/ education / health/ movers/ travel home/car ) and usually have a relocation company dealing with all the red tape . My parents were abroad all their carriers but never been immigrants then even only needed 1/3 of their salary locally because all their expenses were moreorless covered and the 2/3 rd always stayed in France (I am French) . A Moroccan friend of mine is an expat in Paris but another friend of mine , a French guy is an immigrant in the Netherlands . The difference between immigrants and expatriates is rarely known outside of the Human Resources professionals who have even a yearly index (Mercer cost of living ) to adjust their people’s salaries . For the others , as you said if it is a guy coming from a 1/3 rd world country moving abroad it is an immigrant and if it is a guy from a developed country it is an expatriate which is a total misuse of language.

[@OUTBOUND184]

Stop regurgitating things you don't understand @kevinferris3007

[@nicolasumner1451]

Get a grip !!

[@veselinamalinova2213]

As a Bulgarian, you should see British tourists and their manners when they visit our country. 😂

[@diogomborges1582]

I think the interviewer could've challenged them a bit more. One of the biggest issues with Brexit was immigration, which actually increased post-brexit. All the qualified immigrates. that couldn't apply for citizenship, left and illegal immigration increased. The irony.

[@ilonabaier6042]

And the pro-Brexit right-wingers who are rioting throughout GB are often unemployed and cannot find a job - the irony.

[@EsseHolez]

We in the UK are very good, our economy is excellent, and we do not care about Brexit, it was 7 years ago. We have moved forward. Every global economy has a downturn right now. It is only the EU that keeps putting up trash vids like this for EU peons. You guys keep banging on about Brexit - it is BEHIND us. You just keep swallowing the garbage propaganda....you are not very clever.

[@14321emma]

(Just to clarify, legal immigration that has increased are all qualified people coming over to a job)

[@nicktecky55]

No it wasn't, not a single poll held since has shown that. The most consistently important factor was constitutional.

[@joemerican5781]

@@nicktecky55 BS! Most of the people who voted Leave would struggle to spell “constitutional”.

[@tankspeed]

This is every town in England, councils stripped of funding for 14 years under the Tory’s , no public spending , no local investment for jobs or industry but let’s blame those immigrants .

[@gmansid3576]

Yeah, but fortunately the majority have seen the light and voted the Tories out 2 months ago.

[@TomBartram-b1c]

How about blame BOTH? Tories AND overpopulation.

[@tankspeed]

Depopulation is the biggest crisis facing western countries in the next 20-40 years , ask France , Spain , Italy , Greece , etc , these countries will be opening their doors to migrants in order to stabilise their economies and the ethnic mix of the west will change for generations.

[@gaborszegedy1673]

@@gmansid3576 Kind of too late.

[@JamesFTW1]

@@gmansid3576 They took them 14 years to do so and now they expect everything to be resolved in only 4 years

[@bambina5604]

Now they won't have Eastern Europeans with similar cultures to theirs but people feom outside of Europe with totally different culture. Hope they enjoy.

[@igorsagdeev7881]

If I was in Cameron's shoes back then. I would have taken them on a free tour of Birmingham. But no. that would have been politically incorrect :) Instead, right in that beautiful Boston parish church, there was a televised debate, where that quintessential Brit, M'kaka M'warteng made an impassioned speech about dem Swarming Migrants (which catapulted the creature to later ruin the UK government finances, when Liz Truss made it Chancellor)

[@michaelpearl-r8w]

Please don't brand all of us the same as the people interviewed in Boston, their are a lot of us who think that leaving the EU has harmed our country for ever, I really hate the fact that I would be put in the same category as these people, immigration was one of the big positives that came from being in the EU , yes a lot of people from Eastern Europe did come here, but they wouldn't have come if their wasn't work for them. If we had stayed as part of the EU there would have been a good chance we would have been looking for jobs in Eastern Europe in the not to distant future, after all Britain has been declining since the end of ww2.

[@seriousoldman8997]

Exactly!

[@gaborszegedy1673]

But they are from former British colonies so, close enough. Yes, no?

[@dallysinghson5569]

The UK is becoming more culturally enriched

[@igorsagdeev7881]

Back in 2014 we lived between Nottingham and Derby. One Saturday I drove to see The Wash, and found mysel in Boston. Parked near the local Asda, and walked to the centre. Was stunned. The first shop was a Lithuanian eatery. What a delight to order cepelinai in Lithuanian! Then a Polish hair salon. I didn't need their services. but I could read and understand everything in the window. Shopped, in Russian, in the Raduga Russian-Latvian grocery. But when the Referendum came, I knew this would backfire, and it did. After a couple years of "getting Brexit done" I ( by then a British citizen, and stripped of the Lituanian one, because Lithuania does not generally allow dual citizenship, they have their own problems) I decided to bail out. Did so, with two suitcases. Happily living in Bulgaria since then. I am still not fluent in Bulgarian (it is very different, grammatically, from other Slavic languages), but observing the British "ex-pats" here, most of whom struggle (or don't even try) to blend in. And wish the good people of Boston to get more "Dearest Commonwealth Family", so they can compare them with the "no manners" Bulgarians. Good luck!

[@SK-kh2rs]

Interesting its totally fine to think people from the commonwealth are beneath you but brits cant think you are beneath them. Many people in the comment section belittling brits and calling them ignorant dont realise people like you are far more racist than us. At least we put you on par with people from our commonwealth 😂 At least they can tell us we owe them something since we plundered them

[@dozyproductionss]

British ex pats are just a little bit less worse than middle eastern and certain african "ex pats". Here in Poland we don't give benefits for foreigners so the immigrants who do come here have to, by law, find a job and be a tax paying member of society. Good on you for making the effort because we in Poland hate a lot of British tourists and ex pats who make it a point not to. Many young tourists openly peeing on the streets and being super loud. The ones who've been here for decades still don't get any of the social queues and still can barely say a word. Shame on any of my countrymen who do the same. We are a homogeneous country and we have no problems from that. You don't need multi culturalism to have a thriving society. You wanting different ethnic foods isn't a good enough reason to want to stay in the EU.

[@lancelessard2491]

The U.K. went from being in a market with a population of over 500 million to being in a market on their own (less than 70 million). There's no way to financially recover from that. They're done.

[@walking_in_the_shade]

That was a market of 500 million of some of the richest people in the world to boot.

[@carlisophie]

They picked this path themselves. If they would've informed themselves instead to solely listening to populists they wouldn't have voted that way. I don't feel sorry for them. They got what they voted for. Now they have to live with it. I mostly feel sorry for the Scots and parts of Northern Ireland.

[@alanmawson9601]

@@lancelessard2491 Daft lefty, the French economy is in free fall, the German economys growth is behind ours, the violence and misery caused by uncontrolled immigration is worse in Europe than the UK.

[@Mounhas]

Mainly it’s the Little Englander mentality. England is not Britain.

[@vjcodec]

@@carlisophieeasy to say, but don’t underestimate the power of propaganda.

[@funkydanis1278]

Had colonies all over the world, all move to Spain, US and Australia but do not like foreigners ?

[@Lobos222]

Look at British in India... Do they call themselves immigrants? No, they call themselves expats. Why? Technicalities aside, it is because of racism. They are immigrants in India, but they dont like the word immigrants. Point is, if the British Empire really endorsed multiculturalism. They might still be in such a position because holding on to territory might have been allot easier. Instead they rather focus more no race aspect and in turn create the issues they are now dealing with. These conservatives also seem to not understand that MC is about including more cultures into your own, not removing ones own culture. However even if such makes ones own culture stronger, Western modern culture vs some isolationist middle eastern cultures for example, one will never convince people that have a fundamentalist and dogmatic view of their own culture that is also ethnocentric, as if their S h ite doesnt smell or something...

[@LazarOrthodox04]

Skill issue

[@jbjaguar2717]

The people who moved mostly did so to get away from the people who stayed. You'd want to leave too if you had to live in a place like that.

[@13thdivision70]

@@LazarOrthodox04 then you will complain about the ottomans

[@leviathon2]

Brexit was a terrible idea, one of the worst of a generation. But the people of Boston won’t regret it because nothing will change for them. They were ignored by their government before the referendum and they were ignored after. True, there will be fewer immigrants but this will only compound the slide into poverty. Britain has been dealt a powerful blow (by itself) and it will take a very long time to recover.

[@horatiotodd8723]

There will be fewere european immigrants and more non. Under the eu funding for poor areas and people was much better in all aspects

[@anonymoushuman8962]

Hopefully we can start the long road back to rejoining.

[@CarlBland-l8l]

Year but 18 million got there karma how thick u got to be to believe a word biris the bacon Johnson says

[@EsseHolez]

It was NOT an idea it was a democratic vote. Bizarrely, it is the EU that is in migrant flames and their economies are tanking.... You only need to took at Hungary and Poland, fascism is endemic in their fabric and resurfaces every few decades.If its a choice between Erdogan and Boris.....yup. Good luck you guys will be talking Russian in a couple of years.

[@cliveadams7629]

Actually, more illegal immigrants because we're no longer Parton the Dublin agreement which used to have them returned to the country they first landed in, usually France

[@robertherman1146]

Stupid people who make stupid decisions will never admit they are stupid.

[@KJ-yises]

They don’t know they are stupid

[@a5cent]

Because they don't know they are stupid. Nobody thinks they are, yet 50% of all people are of below average intelligence.

[@RandomnessTube.]

Nothing stupid about wanting to control your own country from within unfortunately Brexit wasn't delivered to the people properly!

[@a5cent]

​@@RandomnessTube. You're right. The ignorant part about that statement is that in every way that mattered, that was always possible. The real problem we had with the EU was that it required more transparency in the financial markets, and of course some elites didn't want that. That is THE ONLY REASON Brexit was marketed, and as most are entirely ignorant, it worked. Demonizing immigrants and pretending the UK wasn't in control of anything anymore is a sure fire way of getting the stupid on board with almost anything.

[@a5cent]

@@RandomnessTube. You're right. Except that in every way that mattered, that was never an issue. Do you really think the UK is the only country which wants to maintain control? The real problem we had with the EU was that it required more transparency in the financial markets, and of course some London elites didn't want that. That is THE ONLY REASON Brexit was marketed to the people as it was, and as most are entirely ignorant, it worked. Demonizing immigrants and pretending the UK wasn't in control of anything anymore is a sure fire way of getting the stupid on board with almost anything.

[@nobreshit.9694]

You don't have Brussels telling what to do? You never had... On the other hand you have unelected officials in London, like the king, who do tell you what to do and are not accountable for their enormous wrongdoings

[@PeterHayes-x6i]

Got to remember that these people have been lied to relentlessly about the EU by self-interested politicians and propaganda.

[@lawsonj39]

The king can't tell anybody what to do. But the unelected Housed of Lords have a role in legislating.

[@Flyingdutchy33]

Are you high? Serious question. Are you aware how numerous the dictates from europe are?

[@DanielJewel-e2t]

​@@lawsonj39the unelected king signs off the laws which itself makes any UK government looking like obedient plebs doing their unelected master bidding

[@romansseja4062]

@@lawsonj39some 850 of them.

[@flam_buoy]

Funny to hear that fedora guy talking about fly tipping as if it was a problem caused by Eastern Europeans. I’m from Eastern Europe and my country is so clean it is almost sterile compared to the streets of Britain.

[@JamesR1986]

Heaven forbit people complaining about their community look in a mirror, it's always the fault of the outsider.

[@thecolorhero1078]

Meanwhile England was the most successful colonists of all time. The hypocrisy.

[@ImnotassweetasIusedtobe]

Yeah. I'm from Eastern Europe and as an interdependent culture, we take care of where we live. Unlike them.

[@dallysinghson5569]

We had Brits fly tip in my area. Can't blame Eastern Europeans fornthat

[@KrotowX]

Latvia here. When are talking about street dirtiness then Western European cities are pretty awful in comparing how streets are clean even in Eastern European "slums". I visited Europe quite a lot. Traveled around England too. London's downtown streets are garbage. I understand that London has massive amount of people. However if they all at least would dispose their litter in garbage bins, streets would be MUCH cleaner.

[@Sundays566]

The last guy was absolutely "bang on".....he is mature, realistic and sees people as people. And most importantly, he knew his town already had a problem with outsiders, he admitted the are narrow' minded. His experience in different countries has been critical in his understanding of cultures.

[@rocanews]

Yeah, an insightful guy with a lot of experiences

[@Crusty_Camper]

He also blows away the myth that older people were responsible for the way the vote went. A lot of us were / are very strongly opposed to it.

[@sephmanatac8569]

Because they thought Great Britain is still an empire 😅🤣😂

[@AfreeSpirit-gt7he]

Dear viewers, I am not a UK citizent and what you decide for your country is your own business. I am 40 years old and live in Europe. I studied in London from 2003 until 2007. The first person i met at the University and started a conversation with made it clear to me that this is not Europe and UK is a sovereign country. The incidents i experienced during those four years making it clear to me how non - european British are were numerous. I will never forget that i was denied entry in a pub in Uxbridge and pushed away because of my accent and for being a foreigner. I really regreted that i studied in the UK. I could not understand why i was spending my money in a completely foreign country and i never felt blending with your mentality. The millenians who were at my age (18-24) were very arrogant when it came to the issue of Europe and i always got a sense that everybody thought was superior than other countries. You never had a chance in staying in Europe. Do not blame the brexit campaign. Brexit happened 50 years ago. You held on to your emperialistic mentality for far too long and could not see reality clearly. You are not the super nation you think you are. Times have changed. When i selected EU law at the second year of my studies the professor showed us a few straightforward data during the first lecture. First data was that UK exports 90% of its products to Europe! What arrogance to bite the hand that is feeding you, I thought.

[@roksanamakowska-michalak369]

That’s why I’m so happy that I came to Scotland instead of England to study, work and live; and that’s why I was so devastated, when they decided against own independence and in a terrible turn of events, they were removed from the EU. England has it’s own gravity, issues and self-view, and not particularly objective, I must say. I came to Hull to do my PhD (received fully paid position at the uni) in 2020 and I was feed up with England quite quickly - not even prospect of being a doctor and continue my development in favourite discipline, could convince me to stay around longer. The UK is finished for a long time; perhaps, they will get some vision to rebuild, but I have a feeling that it’s not gonna happen for many generations to come.

[@TomBartram-b1c]

Nice story bruv

[@neilog747]

Its ignrance more than arrogance. The English working class are not democrats. You can tell because they never research politics, and rarely discuss it. They are uncurious about political knowledge.

[@leslieblair9665]

Scotland is so different from England but we are being contaminated and we need to forge our own path soonest

[@LeafBurrower]

Brilliant. Mind you, I come from Uxbridge and I always felt an outsider in those pubs! The "little Englander" mentality is embarrassing at best and vile at worst, pompous prats like Nigel Farridge (sic) and Jeremy Clarkson being the caricature representatives of the breed. Unfortunately half my family are exactly the same, I prefer the other half.

[@hauskalainen]

People left Boston before the immigrants arrived. As is usual, immigrants moved to where housing is cheapest and where low wages seem not dissimilar or perhaps higher than where they came from. Actually the immigrants revived the retail trade.

[@simonho8723]

Yes. There would've been plenty more empty derelict shops if not for the influx. They should just look at Blackpool. In some of the YT videos detailing dead towns there's nothing there anymore

[@LazarOrthodox04]

Source trust me bro

[@hauskalainen]

@@LazarOrthodox04 You made a statement that I queried where you got your information. You then deleted that statement. Then you tell me to trust you! Absolutely no trust has been earned so no, I won't take what you say without supporting evidence!

[@TaterTotsNFanta]

True. Won't be long now before Boston will be a thriving Moroccan town

[@TalleyrandsPuppet]

@@TaterTotsNFantaguess you didn’t watch the video. They are complaining about white christian europeans who speak another language and (gasp) put their trash out wrong.

[@alanmawson9601]

As already said, the pilgrims didn't face religious persecution, quite the opposite, the pilgrims wanted to impose their draconian religious ideas on others

[@lawsonj39]

Like a lot of Christians today, the pilgrims felt oppressed because they weren't able to impose their beliefs on everybody around them.

[@juantorres-dj3fn]

​@@lawsonj39That is where american Evangelism comes from, I Guess. We absolutely HATE them in Latín América because most people here are catholics (but especially not very religious). And in parts of the US they seem to be the fucking "christian" version the Taliban. Catholicism is incredibly progressive compared to american evangelism.

[@skyqueen1148]

@@lawsonj39 ly-are

[@ekesandras1481]

@@lawsonj39 don't generalize, this is only true for evangelical Christians which are basically a heretic offspring from historic mainstream churches. Any random guy can become a preacher there, you don't even have to study theology. No wonder a lot of weirdos end up preaching.

[@gaborszegedy1673]

@@skyqueen1148 How so?

[@rmriddler]

Quick correction. The Pilgrims where in charge of England form 1651 to 1661 after the English Civil War. But after Cromwell died and the people where tired of their draconian rules of imprisoning anyone who disagreed with them, and that did include torcher. They were forced out. they had a ban on music, sport, entertainment, and even Christmas. You couldn't even go to church on Christmas day. And yet we were never told about that side of the story growing up in America.

[@AnthonyMcRedmond-Vg2ry]

Wrong it was the puritans

[@rmriddler]

@@AnthonyMcRedmond-Vg2ry The Pilgrims where puritans.

[@igorsagdeev7881]

The pilgrims went to America well before the English Civil War.

[@rmriddler]

@@igorsagdeev7881 Touche.

[@Shaun-sn6nn]

@rmriddler false. They didn't ban Christmas . They didn't want people getting pissed at Christmas . Fact not fiction

[@Broadsword999]

The main driver for dead city centres in the UK are extremely high business rates and insane rents, it's hard to make a profit when your overheads are so high plus it's hard to compete with Amazon. Boston is an agricultural area, a lot of the immigrants are doing hard manual farm work that they can't get UK nationals to do.

[@lancelessard2491]

. . . That they can't get them to do for the wages they're paying. If the foreigners weren't there, the wages would increase until it met the labor market demand.

[@EsseHolez]

Indeed, it has been the case for 50 years and nothing has changed. We still need economic migrants coming over to do agricultural work. Fortunately we in the UK live in a democracy, and if UK citizens DO NOT want to work in the fields, then they are free to do so. The UK only makes 20% of its food, the other 80% is imported. The UK is a service based sector, banking and finance,

[@SEMAutomotiveSolutions]

Romanian here that never left the country: The educated, highly skilled and courteous people of Romania never left the country or if they did it was a very small percent, less than 5% . Romanians that left and are leaving the country usually fail to finish the highschool, are comming from vulnerable families from country side , and ofc there also the rroma(ggyypssssy) ethnic group that were the first to leave the country (they have romanian papers and never went to school) . Don't judge a book by its covers.

[@ekesandras1481]

the educated and skilled ones are just not so visible, because they are at work and don't hang out on the street during daytime.

[@jbjaguar2717]

There are many educated and skilled Romanians in the UK. Just not in Boston.

[@justanape9149]

What are you going on about? As a country we got one of the largest diasporas in Europe, with over 5 million people (so almost 20% of our population) living outside the borders. Also many of those who left are part of the “educated, highly skilled” minority (because they are a minority) you are talking about, and it’s part of the reason we have few good doctors left, they all went away in search of better pay and living conditions. A lot of our youth go to study abroad (and stay there) every year because most of our universities are under equipped and poorly placed in rankings. Perhaps since you never met any other people or experienced any other place, the little we have here seems great but if you visit the outside you’ll realize we are behind the rest of europe in almost all domains.

[@andymuso53]

Brexit Central. And still they've learned nothing. 'We gave the EU 4 billion a year, that could be spent on the people' The figure is actually £137 million per week (£7 billion per year BUT that was an investment, because of our membership we made £2600million per week (£2.6 billion PER WEEK) as a result of sharing costs, simplified standards, common trade rules, agreed test systems, quicker trade, reduced paperwork, research cooperation & harmonised banking. That amounts to £135 BILLION PER YEAR lost. And you wonder where the money went???

[@LazarOrthodox04]

Yap yap yap

[@MatsGustafsson-o1b]

You had a guy in parliament that promised the land of milk and honey if you voted leave as he did to everbody he talked to. It should have made somebody make a second thought!

[@chrisrobinson860]

The ignorance, stupidity and racism of many of the people interviewed shows why Boston is what it is.

[@LazarOrthodox04]

Yap yap yap

[@Mtematiks]

Exactly !

[@kevanwillis4571]

The Pilgrim Fathers were not mistreated in England. They thought that English Protestantism wasn't strict enough and left. The religious persecution is a myth invented by Americans.

[@nickwise4081]

You don’t know your history, while it’s true the pilgrims felt the Protestant church had diverged too far from the Bible’s text, they were fined for not attending the state churches. Google the Act of Uniformity 1559, under which you were fined for every church service you missed and could be imprisoned for conducting your own church services. Also the Seditious Secretaries Act of 1592 sanctioned the executions of multiple Brownists. This whole “Americans were just a bunch of tax-cheating charlatans” narrative is just willful ignorance.

[@nickwise4081]

google act of uniformity 1559

[@carloscardoso7889]

A portuguese here! As far as I can remember the Brits said that they could overcome Brexit easely. What are the Brits complaining about now? I always thought the UK was doing well financially after Brexit. But I don't see that!

[@ralphphillips3983]

😂 Britishness is based on the lie / myth of exceptionalism . I feel like Brexit has exposed this lie and I have a feeling they are not taking it well .

[@joesoy9185]

Please feel sorry for the 48% who voted to remain in the EU. Thank you.

[@carlgriffith4660]

I like the way you reported this issue without slanting your reporting pro or con. A REAL news report that anyone can appreciate. Too bad the major news outlets are not like you. Job well done. Thanks!!!

[@tjraven]

Agree. Asked the real questions but even-handed

[@hauskalainen]

When the UK was in the EU it was the law (a European law !) which made it possible to remove iillegal immigrants from non EU countries back to France. Now we have left, English law takes precedent and asylum seekers that arrive must just be assessed.

[@igorsagdeev7881]

Aren't you enjoying The Diversity?

[@EsseHolez]

It doesnt matter. The EU citizens just hate the UK, because they immigrants do not want to stay in their poor little countries, its the UK for them. You want to know why they prefer the UK? It is because they get a fair crack at the whip. The EU countries do not treat migrants very well and are racist. That racist behaviour is exported from the EU to the UK very recently. But everything will return to normal ery soon.

[@stupidduck3200]

@@igorsagdeev7881 That answer depends on who you're asking. Is the person you're asking a racist or not?

[@Hattonbank]

@@stupidduck3200 Do you infer that if a person does not like the diversity then he is a racist?

[@desmondgrant2708]

To the bloke in the green anorak " Although having one of the highest population densities in Europe, the amount of land taken up by homes and gardens across the UK is a little over 5%. That's just 12,700km2 of land used for residential development out of the total 244,000km " With regards to fly tipping, councils ignore and ghettoise immigrant areas. The residents do not have transportation so are not able to take stuff to the tip. The bin men refuse to collect rubbish because it's such a mess. Local shops will reflect the local needs, these business are paying taxes that support the NHS and pensioners. that £4 billion got swallowed up in Sunak's £21 billion of fraud

[@rocanews]

Thank you for sharing this. Good insights

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

Nobody is ghettoiseing those areas other than the residents themselves. Maybe they should have the basic decency to set the trash in bins for efficient pickup rather than blaming others for not tidying up the mess like a nanny.

[@desmondgrant2708]

@@TheDuckofDoom. I fully appreciate your point. However, Councils house immigrants in the poorest areas- which means not a lot of money thrown at them. Slow or no bin collections lead to overflowing bins, leads to bin men refusing to collect rubbish that isn't in the bin, leads to rat infestations leads to a breakdown in community or individual responsibility. Ghetto: poor urban area occupied primarily by minority group or groups -( google )

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

​@@desmondgrant2708 That is the modern slang I suppose (BTW google is not a reference it is a search engine, and a heavily skewed one at that.). The traditional meaning of ghetto is somewhat less voluntary in nature and involved a walled-off off a part of the city and restricting specific minorities to that walled in area. Anyway, why is the council housing them? They choose to migrate they better be prepared to earn their keep, including putting up a bit more effort to assist with their own living conditions. I have no obligation to provide room and board to some bloke who wanders into my home, I can and should send them right back where he came from. Of course that doesn't mean that I never lease a flat to somebody that has offered acceptable terms, or provide lodging to an invited guest for a short term.

[@desmondgrant2708]

@@TheDuckofDoom. I take your point re Google. We house refugees because we have an obligation to do so, i.e: the UK Resettlement Scheme. The UK drafted and is a signatory to the 1951 Refugee convention. We have also set up safe routes for some nationalities. We know that this country is being kept afloat financially by migrants (£83b). Those not working legally is employed on the black market (no pun ). I reckon these people will be firmly part of the middle class within the next 20 years. Some random individual entering your home would be trespass. Landlords are currently considered pariahs in the UK.

[@perro0076]

Poor education is soooooo evident.

[@Mounhas]

Their information is gleaned from the daily mail. It’s believed without question, no critical or analytical thinking involved.

[@perro0076]

@Mounhas 100%. There should be a law to say that ALL news outlets should be owned by people or companies that live and pay full taxes in the UK too. People are being manipulated, and they don't even realise it.

[@anthonyrybicki1000]

Boston the largest cabbage patch band Britain with the most cabbage brained voters too. Very swampy really as it is not on any main routes to anywhere. Why is housing a problem if you have sent the foreigners home...The drawback to this video interview is that the US journalist picked the dumbest people that could be found. Boston is the spiritual home of US fundamentalism,Christian that is.

[@bricktop7803]

indeed. Do not put yourself down like that! Be positive.

[@DBond-bv2oi]

Only the Brits thought that they pay to much in EU or the EU tells UK what they have to do but the truth is really different. The really bad and criminal people was the politics that told you all the lies about the EU and that all will be better after EU. Now...Look into your Supermarktes, Check the economical Situation. What is better ...nothing, it is more worst

[@ekesandras1481]

actually a lot of people in the spending nations who fund the whole EU (Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, etc.) think the same. France is not doing well, Italy is not doing well. Hopefully Poland, the Czech Republic, the Baltics and Romania are catching up quite fast. One day they will have to carry the burden of paying for cohesion funds.

[@DBond-bv2oi]

@ekesandras1481 this is not correct. But the Problem for the current goverments is to tell the european people that the old, safety Times are over and the Future will be more unsafe. It is easy for the democratic enemies to Tell what is bad and what dont works but this people have No own solutions or a plan what is to do. In this stronger, Harder Times, with the USA, what is maybe No longer Partner, with an aggressive Russia and China, a nuclear Iran and so on ...our Chance is only that the europeans Stick together. All also Big european nations Like Germany france or Italy are alone too weak for the Problems of next decades. And believe me...80% know that. We see what is going on in UK and WE dont want this

[@noodleppoodle]

Watching this gives me a very strange feeling. As a Polish person in Poland, who went to university in the UK, and lived in a bunch of countries in Europe and around the world, I do not like the xenophobia I see in the video, but on the other hand I do hope the Polish people who live there handle themselves well. At the same time when I go out in my local area here in Poland I see people of all colours, all nationalities and I hear all the languages. I hope they feel welcome here. Life over here is already quite good, and I hope it gets better and better. Let the people in English speaking countries think what they want. I don't think UK is making the right decisions, I don't like the way they perceive the world, but it's not my problem.

[@rocanews]

Thank you for this. Great insight

[@ziutbryk531]

To co robisz światowcu w Polsce? W Polsce widzisz ludzi wszystkich kolorów skóry? Ale głupoty i propaganda.

[@iesroo]

Save Poland. Poland is for the Polish just like how England is for the English.

[@alea_iacta_est.rubicon]

​@@iesrooa Polish brexiteer!

[@krzysiekv12]

@@ziutbryk531typiara pewnie z grochowa i ciapusów widzi dzień w dzień 😂

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

I voted `Remain` and the real issue for me was the ability for me to escape this sinking isle. That is an option now no longer open to me - and the same must be said about the vast majority of those whom voted `Brexit,`and their children. The £4 billion the chap toward the end of the video reckons we`ll save ( saved from having to send it to the European Union ) is easily swallowed up by extra red tape. Having said that, I can understand the older people`s concerns and they are right to voice them.

[@raresuefa]

"Escape this sinking isle"😂 Gotta love British grim humor

[@joesoy9185]

UK citizens can apply for resident status in EU countries if they put their mind to it.

[@FloIstMoep]

I never understood the logic behind weighing up money when you ignore economic principles at the same time. Ofc it makes lies easier to swallow, but it's just so obvious.

[@snooze123-f3o]

I'll never get bored of these "Brexiteers regretting Brexit" videos :)))

[@frankstocker5475]

I left the UK in 1979, the winter of discontent, to travel the world on a sailing boat for 45 years. I'm now semi-retired in the South of France. I see nothing has changed in the UK; it's heading back to 1979. I hope the UK will join again one day, but it certainly won't be under the same terms they enjoyed before.

[@mandriod5255]

Guy in the hat that say’s we can’t send them back because of the ECHR please fact heck it’s because of Brexit and the fact that we did not replace the Dublin accord as the EU offered us

[@christopheraaron1255]

No, it wasn't 52% of people, it was 52% of people who voted. It was actually only about 24% of the electorate.

[@jeanmarcu1446]

only the people that vote matter

[@galaxya7091]

The others agreed... they are the rules

[@michaelpearl-r8w]

@@galaxya7091 The others didn't agree but have to accept it, It is proof that democracy isn't always a good thing, its just the least worst option.

[@gmansid3576]

And only an ‘advisory’ vote. 😂

[@Crusty_Camper]

@@gmansid3576 Correct, and using procedures that would be illegal if it had been a binding result.

[@BigStib]

When an American can't even get their own bit of history right, it's not a good start. Boston, Mass wasn't founded by the settlers who went in 1607. That was the ill-fated Jamestown. Neither was it by the group of quite extremist Brownists who went to the Netherlands in 1608, and then returned (because their co-religionists weren't extreme enough for them!) and became a minority (40 out of 120) of the famous Mayflower voyage to found Plymouth colony. They went in 1620, and were originally from Nottinghamshire. They also mostly died, but not without murdering a few of the locals first. Boston was founded by a later group of Congregationalist Puritans led by John Winthrop, still fairly fringe by mainstream Puritan standards, who went in 1630. None of these groups were being persecuted, save a few who came close in 1607/8 for being just too over the top at a very politically-sensitive time (just after the death of Elizabeth I). In fact, for the first years of the 1600s and after 1630, they were largely the dominant theological influence on how the fairly new CofE was to develop, and among the rising mercantile/middle class. The groups who left just tended to be the ones with the slightly more offbeat views by the standards of the time and, rather than fight a losing battle for public opinion, just went off to somewhere that, as long as they turned a profit, wasn't bothered about "important" technicalities of worship, like whether to wear a white collar or not as a priest. The Trading Companies set up to establish colonies were also chartered by the Crown, which blessing (and considerable financial benefits plus protection) was given only to the most favoured. Ironically, John Winthrop and other Congregationalists were to act fairly tyrannically towards later Quaker and Baptist colonists, refusing to let them join governing bodies as they were "the wrong sort of Protestant". So making the leaders of only certain Churches the leaders of the civil government. Ever wonder where the idea may have come from in the US Constitution to separate Church and State...?

[@Crusty_Camper]

And Oliver Cromwell who ruled the country after the execution of King Charles, was the same religious sect as John Winthrop and his whinging brood.

[@MatsGustafsson-o1b]

Funny my relatives lives in Jamestown/USA. They are third generation from Sweden since their family moved over late 1800.

[@zoranorlic2423]

Boston was destroyed by Thatcher, not EU.

[@LazarOrthodox04]

By immigrants

[@DaveSeville-sf1ku]

- @LazarOrthodox04 Not entirely. The damage inflicted on small businesses by New Labour, especially under Blair, has been significant. The sale of family assets at no cost has had long-lasting effects. In Boston, Lincolnshire, for instance, the private sector is notably weak, heavily reliant on charity shops, call centres, and warehouses rather than traditional industries that once defined the town. This decline can be attributed to policies from both New Labour and the Thatcher era, such as the "Right to Buy" scheme, which contributed to property speculation and economic disparities. While cultural issues are often discussed, economic factors are equally, if not more, critical. The state of the private sector in smaller towns across the UK, far removed from major, prosperous hubs like London, Bristol, Edinburgh, and Manchester, underscores this point.

[@KarlesdiGallo119]

Imagine being a citizen from the most colonialistic country that destabilized so many other countries around the world saying basically "multiculturalism doesnt work dont come here" One word, idiotic.

[@14321emma]

I live in the UK as a foreigner. Something I love about their culture is how tolerant they are (as a generalisation of course). So I was glad to hear reasoned, moderate views from some people because I've been finding a lot of reporting on xenophobic views post-riots, which has been quite upsetting

[@tenofivelips]

Boston, Massachusetts is extremely diverse. It's also extremely wealthy and extremely safe ( by US standards).

[@jaimecosta2966]

Increrable how they have a thing about imigration here in Portugal we have ten thounsend americans and thounsend of British citzens... the British had acess to free heathcare here in Portugal

[@peggygraham6129]

The Pilgrims were not mistreated! They were religious fanatics who were also thrown out of the Netherlands for their extreme beliefs and civil insurrection.

[@bernardkelly6731]

Boston was at its best when it was in the EU 😮

[@romanjimenezgil]

I like their english accent and when i was there 30 years ago for 3 months they were friendly and the quality of life was good. It is a pity that they voted brexit because i will neve go back to uk to visit them or stay for a while. What i see now living in spain( my country) is that british are selling their second homes and leaving Spain. I think their economy os suffering from brexit and despite labour win, it will deteriorate further.

[@EsseHolez]

Yes, but Spain is one of the bankrupt Club Med counties that is draining EU coffers. They are known as the 4 PIGS. Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain. Their economies are bankrupt and only Germany is a NET contributor to EU coffers. The next year or so will see the EU financial system implode. The economic pain experienced by Greece in 2008 will spread to the 4 PIGS. Then the UK will have another wave of economic migrants...from the EU.

[@guywerb]

They still don't get it, unbelievable!

[@glatisant74]

love the reporter's questions, clarity and straight to the point, shows interest in the answers, thinks thru and perfectly turns onto the next one. great thinking and communication. rare quality. subd !

[@klausvoor]

What was it that the people of Boston objected to doing quite so much ? Complying with a set of common standards and regulations in order to have free access to the second largest economy in the world ? They were clinging to a romantic notion that everything was better fifty years ago .

[@martinconnelly1473]

Before the UK was in the common market and then the EU Boston was a tribal town. People from relatively local towns were treated like aliens, the worst thing to them were people from RAF Coningsby less than 15 miles away. There were parts of Boston that were no go areas for them. My wife's uncle from Boston was a typical Brexiteer, old and bitter and longing for his youth when the only people in Boston were the locals. He thought anyone foreign was a criminal and people with dark skin just did not wash enough. Never went to a foreign country in his life because he would not eat foreign food and they all spoke foreign languages.

[@yakadoodledongywongy8718]

Last guy spoke sense.

[@cdeford2]

My town has lots of empty shops, but it's nothing to do with Brexit, and everything to do with stores moving out of town so they can become bigger and attract more customers. Councils in general have done very little to attract new business to the town centres.

[@grantog123]

America will be like this in 3yrs

[@roymichaeldeanable]

All UK issues are the failure of the UK Govt Doubt if the new Govt will help

[@sandrider1406]

Don’t ever forget that it was the english and the welsh who voted to leave Europe. Scotland voted to STAY. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

[@francograpelli3060]

It is NOT the Brexit that make Britain fall down. It is the shit mentality. Norway and Switzerland are also not in EU and are prospering countries.

[@ThomasZadro]

Yes. As they basically accepted EU regulations, which the British refused to do. Freedom of movement, you know.

[@jackjude]

80s and 90s chainstores - indentical UK town centres - laid the groundwork, then out of town shopping, then the internet banged in the nails.

[@KR72534]

In a few years Americans will regret electing Trump as much as the British regret leaving Brexit.

[@gabrielkemlo64]

That was wonderful reporting frankly, so humane and compassionate.

[@johnwright-w7q]

Go back 2000 years , did the romans have something to do with building our country, yes.

[@harriergr7728]

What did the Romans do for us? Er… Roads, Sanitation, …

[@MatsGustafsson-o1b]

Not to forget the Norwegian and danish vikings! York and other cities!

[@carolinestephens4082]

Talking to someone from Uzbekistan. Since Brexit he has been able to travel to UK under a 6 month travel VISA and been working as a bricklayer in the UK. After 6 months he renewed his VISA and he is seemingly able to work here until 2027.....seemingly no questions asked.

[@Ciara.Higgins-xz9im]

Every town centre the same. It's called Amazon.

[@panchopuskas1]

.......and the out of town shopping malls and superstores......town centre shopping is a thing of ths past. They're now ghettos and the only thing on sale are drugs.....

[@dimitarmargaritov]

In Bulgaria the high street is doing quite alright even though we have access to Amazon and other local ecommerce.

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

It's called high taxes and economic ignorance of the local government (Largely a reflection of the voters.) setting up the system for failure. Amazon would not have such a strong advantage if not for council stupidity hobbling local businesses.

[@paulhealy1]

I like his interviewing style, it is non-confrontational, and he is asking the right questions.

[@nickclarkuk]

Opinions like this are why we are in such a mess .

[@KLRBugeater]

In an interview in the UK's most Brexit city, I've never heard a better Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, accent. Yinz did great!

[@szvqorwnpstahskypfwmp9821]

But aren't the British/English/Anglo-Saxons whatever you want to call it, aren't they mixed with Danish/Germans/Scandinavians and others due to invasion by these countries a long time ago? I think even Romans conquered some parts of Britain, too. Didn't they??? So the Brits are all mixed with other Europeans historically just rest of the world. Thus, there are not that many pure English people living in Britain. Multi-culture is here to stay and it will only get bigger whether you like it or hate it. I am just being honest.

[@gmansid3576]

See where you’re coming from, but you can’t compare gradual immigration over centuries from Northern Europe to mass immigration from the world over the last 75 years. Btw I have nothing against immigration and certainly didn’t vote for the lunacy of Brexit.

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

The high influx of people escaping from much worse areas of the world is simply overwhelming the local society's ability to properly integrate them. When combined with decades of poor local governance hindering business the migrant pressure also serves to tip the economic balance that last bit over the top. And no the incoming culture is not equal to the native culture, if they were equal there wouldn't be any net migration pressure. The real problem is the origin countries need to improve themselves so their populations don't need to flee en mass.

[@roblewis226]

They didn't leave because they were persecuted. They left because they weren't allowed to persecute everyone else.

[@imhassane]

I would've thought that polish, bulgarians and romanians would be welcomed there with no problem but apparently no.

[@Anakinno501]

This just seems to prove the point that there always has to be a "bad minority" to blame ones problems on. Like in the US, if they somehow made all the brown and Asian people disappear, they'd probably just go back to picking on the Irish.

[@northernbohemianrealist]

They are all of such good humor. I wish that we had that again in the US. As one of 'the enemy within,' I miss civility from everyone, not just the educated.

[@srsl1341]

You should have interviewed the foreigners who settled there.

[@peterhermit1830]

Many can’t speak English

[@smogmonster1876]

The reason the town centre has a lot of closed shops hast ZERO to do with foreigners and EVERYTHING to do with ONLINE shopping.

[@DanielaJulia]

Invanders... foreigners..., well, look who's talking 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tomaspetravicius863]

I've noticed that they car park seriously is starting to look older than that of the Baltics and Poland 😀

[@Bruintjebeer6]

Young people can still study in a country within the EU They only need a student visa now.

[@Anakinno501]

I just looked that up because I was curious. The EU visa can cost up to $500, and if I read it right you may need an additional one depending on the country just for that country. There is also an application process which is apparently, a whole thing. The main thing I found out though is tuition, depending on the University, is significantly more expensive for non-EU students. So I guess if you have money and time you're still golden...

[@Bruintjebeer6]

@@Anakinno501 in the Netherlands it is a lot cheaper for students from the US to study at an university. They pay more than Dutch people but that is mainly because they don't get bursary There are countries in Europe where it is even cheaper than in the Netherlands More and more students from the US come to Europe to study because it saves them a shitload of money When you live in the UK there is no reason to study elsewhere in Europe. They have universities who are in the top 10 best universities in the world. But with a visa they can still do it.

[@Anna-bq8gl]

Last Person in the interview had most sensible answers. He travelled. Thats why. The elderly Gentleman was right - a lot of young Brits could afford Uni fees in EU where they really can’t cope with UK ones. And this was a chance for many to become educated. Well, sad times. Luckily we can still retire wherever in EU we like ❤️. Study, work and live where we wish, with the possibility to explore.

[@gordonbradley3241]

Not half a brain between the lot of them !

[@gavinmcleod7446]

Yep - bunch of barn yard hillbillies.

[@EsseHolez]

Of course you are talking about the EU peons here. We do not care about Brexit, it was 7 years ago. We have moved forward. Every global economy has a downturn right now. It is only the EU that keeps putting up trash vids like this for EU peons. You guys keep banging on about Brexit - it is BEHIND us. You just keep swallowing the garbage propaganda....you are not very clever. Dont you EVER ask WHY TRASH like this is coming up in your YT feed?? I am just trying to get you guys to open your eyes. Brexit is History, and yet you are always talking about it. Ask yourself WHY?

[@surindsiri4250]

i used to live in UK for 18years. Lived in many cities and travel from north to south many time but never heard of this Boston.

[@lancelogan]

What's the hat-guy's problem with estonians? I've never heard about estonians causing problem anywhere. /Swedish-Estonian.

[@MrObliviousegg]

Boston, much like other small towns, was in slow decline long before Brexit. The town used to have interesting world food markets, a bustling high street with few empty shops, and even a local independent multistorey department store. All gone now, but the death of the high street is mostly due to online shopping, and Covid was the final nail in the coffin. Soon, nearly all stores will be carved into small flats for rent, or become vape/phone stores that serve as fronts for money laundering.

[@PrincipeMaquiavelo]

Brexit you vote Brexit you have. Obviously you are not and will not be citizens of the European Union, nor can you expect to be treated as such.

[@ElimanGibba]

Fascinating interviews of different perspectives/local Bostonians in the UK. Each individual had some interesting views of their country regarding immigrants from Eastern Europe & “ Muslims “ a general term . I absolutely will be vexed if I see people throwing trash anywhere. Good piece of work. Enlightening.

[@uliwehner]

interestingly you found a good set of people to give somewhat nuanced answers. People everywhere are worried about change for the worse. The worse of you are the more you are worried. anything that changes for the worse is blamed on "immigration", legal or illegal. In reality what has happened is that normal jobs for workers, farm or industrial, are less attractive (farming) or just disappeared. Busting unions here in the US had a similar effect. what jobs did not get shipped overseas (policies could have fixed that) are now underpaid, unions could have fixed that.

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

Unions in the US didn't fall to union busting, they just got way too full of themselves in the 1960s and 1970s and killed the companies laying their golden eggs. (I am a union member as are many in my family, but unlike many of them I try not to get high on my own farts.) The completely unconstitutional destruction of the US currency during the Nixon admin, and the high inflation (covert tax) that we have had every since certainly hasn't helped the labor market either. The latest union sector shooting themselves in the foot(now 10-20 years on) were airline pilots meddling in regulations to create a pilot shortage under the facade of "safety" (Completely unbacked by data, just a political favor from certain congress folk for campaign donations). Which did drive up wages temporarilly, but it has also driven up training costs exponentially and caused airlines to make code sharing agreements with foreign airlines for most international routes (actually reducing overall safety and the best paying routes) and prompted elevated research into remote pilotage to reduce the cockpit to one seat. (Single physical pilot is a very dumb idea but don't dare a bureaucrat to make things worse.)

[@MrShidimaOne]

Ironically, around the 1990's we had a lot of problem with the English that came to work here in Holland on the fields. It seems like the English forgot that Europe helped them build the economy.

[@IrenESorius]

Thank you ever so much for leaving the EU,, 💖🙏💖

[@andrewhodgson8753]

Not one constituency in Scotland voted for Brexit. It was the English who voted for Brexit. They need to take responsibility.

[@BinaryRoberto]

Shouldn't this video be called 'Asking the Most *Gullible* Town in Britain if They Regret It'?

[@krzysiekv12]

As a Pollack who lived in uk since 13yo to 29yo I can honestly say now living in Poland, I hope every foreigner will leave uk so they can have it all to themselves.

[@lincolnshirepoacher8651]

Sounds great, but it will never happen, because Polish people refuse to leave even 8 years after the Brexit vote.

[@adblocker276]

Now you know where the racist side of Boston, MA gets it from.

[@igorsagdeev7881]

Yankee obesity too

[@nickhumphries6220]

Do you know what? It appears nobody understands what the root cause of the problem is. It started way back when Sikhs were permitted not to wear motorcycle helmets while riding motorcycles. At that point the UK law and social standards were changed to suit an outside demographic. That change in policy meant other nationals from other countries could use this precedent to change UK law to suit them. That meant the National peoples of England started losing their identity. Couple that with Conservatism seeing cheap labour, some would say slave labour, meant an influx of foreign nationals from poorer economic countries. The other option and probably the most unpopular was to make the British work by not supplying free money. So they carried on and subsequently that free money now has to be supplied to all the immigrants. Question is how do you solve it? Financials is easy. Provide a sustenance wage not a living wage. You want more go earn it, including health care. When the free ride is low enough the migrants will move on.

[@kahhowong3417]

Brexit in Hindsight seems like acute British Farsightedness.. Congratulations United Kingdom.

[@EsseHolez]

We in the UK are very good, our economy is excellent, and we do not care about Brexit, it was 7 years ago. We have moved forward. Every global economy has a downturn right now. It is only the EU that keeps putting up trash vids like this for EU peons. You guys keep banging on about Brexit - it is BEHIND us. You just keep swallowing the garbage propaganda....you are not very clever. Keep on talking about Brexit we in the UK are very happy that you swallow the salve you are given.

[@2meroyn]

Anyone who says "it's all politicians" doesn't have their own mind.

[@davidmartin903]

I left years ago rubbish wages

[@rocanews]

You left Boston?

[@StefanoWeston]

Fly tipping is a crime in all EU countries. Although its more frequent in poorer EU nations. That said, I've witnessed it so many times done in rural England, by English people.

[@frajatheone9264]

Funny the guy moaning about the portuguese... the british have been pestering Portugal for ages...

[@B-A-L]

Britain and Portugal have been allies longer than any other country!

[@radonspace2098]

Full of foreigners, Romainians, Bulgarians and a few Americans. 😂😂