Brexit Britain Laughed At By Australian Reporters!

[@chrisziersch5552]

Aussie here. I didn’t laugh when the Brexit vote was counted any more than I did when Trump was elected. I was sad because people are so easily fooled.

[@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax]

Aussie here too. I didn't laugh at all either. I feel sorry for those who didn't vote for that rubbish Brexit. But no one can blame OZ & NZ for getting a better deal. Some people might even say it's Karma after the way the Brits treated us after WW2 & in the 60's & 70's with it moving its trade to the EU and shoving us aside.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

wimp

[@minimax9452]

the Australian also fooled by the Akus-pact. they weaponise you to by nuclear u- boats to play agains china. all the best from germany

[@cottawalla]

Ditto. We moved on when Britain entered the common market back in the 70s (?).

[@remicaron3191]

But you sure can laugh now that you’ve become the ones in charge while the UK is entering the sunset era.

[@tgh1972]

I'm european and in the EU, Brexit did not make me laugh, I was shocked at the stupidity and lies British politicians displayed back then. (and now)

[@friedrichjunzt]

Dont forget the 51 % who willingly believed those stupid lies.

[@reddwarf666]

@@friedrichjunzt Bingo. We should not forget that the population voted in favour of it. They deserve what they wanted and got. As a European though I say, count your blessings, we just got rid of entire island of morons.

[@metalcadude2]

@@friedrichjunzt It's not their fault that they were lied to

[@fullmooneve1651]

​@@metalcadude2maybe not for everyone. But it was very surprising to see brits abdicating their critical judgement. They never once questioned whether their awful govt was to blame for what the public was missing. Everything got blamed om Europe. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

[@luminousfractal420]

Jesters the lot of em

[@alexsteven.m6414]

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[@thierrymad9743]

As European, being insulted by British media and politicians during insane Brexit campaign, I'm also laughing 😂!!

[@jonsimmons4150]

i would be looking at france unemployment and social unrest- not at what the uk has going.. "balai devant ta porte d'abord"

[@helixator3975]

The first batch of much touted British products will include Beano comics….. just let that sink in.

[@markwilkie3677]

As a Scot, I'm also laughing as Brexit illustrates that power devolved is power retained.

[@c.guibbs1238]

@@jonsimmons4150 Better being unemployed in France than being employed (or enslaved, should say...) in a Conservative Britain !

[@maneshipocrates2264]

Lol right. The Tories and some Labour politicians hid under the Brussels excuse for long.

[@StuartDapples]

I live on the Gold Coast, I can assure you Britain has done its best to export the best doctors and nurses to our local hospitals.

[@midlandgeordie]

And the Sunshine Coast!

[@manuelromeroarcos8160]

​@@midlandgeordie Málaga?

[@jonsimmons4150]

i live on the gold coast too and there are many that look after me at the GCUH i have medicare..

[@Kennykibble]

They wouldn't want to work in the UK - double the hours and half the pay!

[@jimorr5580]

You mean England

[@kokliangchew3609]

I'm a Malaysian working in Singapore. Both countries are in the Commonwealth and have millions of investment in the UK, but most if not all of them were prior to Brexit. This was due to the familiarity of the language, laws, culture and much more due to being former colonies of the British. In short, we were used to the British and found it easier to invest in the UK because of that, and as a gateway into the EU. Post-Brexit, businesses here are concentrating on investments in the EU directly, and bypassing the UK, despite the different legal systems and languages. Oh, and Malaysia and Singapore are part of ASEAN (Association of South-East Asia Nations), which aspires to integrate their economies like the EU. As for the Brexiter's dream or aspiration of becoming a Singapore-on-Thames, well, Singaporeans are more pragmatic and realistic than Brexiters. They had to be in order to create the modern and successful Singapore that Brexiters want to emulate. Ask them if they want to exit ASEAN or exit the EU if they were part of it, the answer would be a resounding NO. Almost everybody here that I talked to about Brexit thought that it was financial and business suicide for the British. And most if not all, put it down to the UK harking back to the days of the British Empire. It wasn't helped by the fact that many Brexiter politicians and businessmen thought that the Commonwealth and the World would gladly trade with the UK on an individual basis. Why should they? And what advantage is there to trading with the UK when it is not a gateway into the EU? Business is business, and it would always look at the bottom line. Brexiters seemed to have forgotten that, or totally ignored it altogether.

[@bluecedar7914]

Spot on la.

[@ltcinsane]

'as a gateway into the EU' it's kind of sad that they literally ignored this most important fact.

[@aaronsmith4665]

Brexit was mostly the UK not wanting to let refugees into their country. The UK liked the benefits of the EU but their desire to not become like the US is interesting since immigration makes us stronger and more diverse but there are just too many racists so they do win too many battles still, even in first world nations. A diverse nation where people of different political and even religious and moral beliefs can still come together for the cause of the nation that allows us to live together with these different beliefs. Granted, London is very diverse but once you get outside of that, the UK is not very diverse, even if they may be diverse by European standards.

[@pedroprague]

@@aaronsmith4665 UK is now recruiting the staff from all around the world. Countries like Ghana soon will not have any nurses or doctors. This is hypocrisy.

[@fintanhunt4638]

Ireland is open for business. Can act as a gateway to EU. Excellently educated workforce ready to find a way

[@markneath7555]

As an Australian. I'm also laughing but since it took us over a decade to get rid of a right-wing government almost as bad as the British one, I'm not laughing too loudly.

[@christinefiedor3518]

Maybe, but at least we had a viable option! Uk labour usually take over when the economy is better and spend every penny and then borrow to hilt! They won’t be able to do that if they do win the next election which is why most people are really concerned.

[@lizcollinson2692]

​@@christinefiedor3518 well that's been taken care of this time hasn't it. and how many times has labour taken over the economy from conservatives in the last 40 years ... That's not the best data set you have there. Apart from a global crash in 2008 started in America. ...

[@TeatimesB]

@@christinefiedor3518 that's a bit of a conservative myth, all governments borrow and stimulate economies by spending. The opposite, Austerity, worsens the health of economies. Borrowing is entirely normal for countries, and they'll have to to try and sort out at least some of the Conservative's mess

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

Don't laugh too loud you'll all be speaking Chinese soon in Australia.

[@neilsailing]

Utter BS...........Labour shovel the Tory shit!

[@knightsnight5929]

Farmers massively voted for Brexit and they pretty much always vote Tory, so I hope that they get everything they deserve from Brexit. ENJOY!

[@richardweatherald7745]

Bit harsh I’m a farmer and it’s a misnomer a good 50% of farmers including myself didn’t vote for this clusterfuck!!!!

[@pauls3204]

Me neither nor my two closest neighbours both dairy .

[@tobyscustoms4813]

@@richardweatherald7745 did you vote for brexit or remain though

[@richardweatherald7745]

@@tobyscustoms4813 I staunchly voted remain I’m a member of Arla a European milk cooperative

[@mcmustangno1567]

@@richardweatherald7745 do you vote Tory?

[@jamfletcher8565]

As a Brit in Oz, hearing the Brexit result was one of those ‘I remember exactly where I was’ moments. I told my manager (also a Brit) who was completely stunned. After a moment of processing he said “They’re going to turn into an economic wasteland”. We both have friends and family in the UK. Neither of us were laughing.

[@jonsimmons4150]

each country in europe buys their own locally made gear.. i worked 23 years in engineering and manufacturing in france, it was a novelty to find UK products made there. 169 countries outside the EU, EU is folding in already, in 15 years it will have imploded.

[@briwire138]

When is this economic wasteland going to start?

[@johnsantilli7096]

@@jonsimmons4150 That's what the British hope for. They hope that the EU house burns down. Very sportingly British

[@doithimaceabhard7457]

​@@briwire138slowly then all at once?

[@vinlondon8904]

​@@briwire138 it has already started.

[@simonecrevecoeur]

Well, let me assure you, it's not only the Australiens laughing at you...😂

[@har3036]

And hardly any politician dares to call Brexit a disaster.

[@Arltratlo]

i am not a politician, but i am also not a Brit, i am laughing too...!

[@johnrussell3961]

17 million consider saying that is calling them thick..

[@TheSteve_1992]

With that they would admit, they were wrong. And rather would a pig learn to fly than a politician admit a mistake

[@Twy87]

That's what happens when vast swathes of your voting electorate are infantalised bigots with a dog turd-level IQ.

[@hakanozaslan9571]

In some way I understand why. The British media seems to cater to conservative voices more than its actually concerned with fair and accurate depictions of news and politics. Plus Labour seems to be scared sh*tless to repell the former "red wall," which has largely voted Tory and for Brexit. But its still a disaster that the opposition just doesn't use their position to connect with their voters, especially younger voters who did NOT vote for all of this.

[@johnpirie4804]

I'm a proud Brit, I'm angered and disgusted at what the Tories have done to this country. I don't blame these Aussie reporters for laughing at us, we deserved it.

[@jonsimmons4150]

i live in Australia. i emigrated from the UK. when you tell Australians what it means being in the EU with free movement of people inbound to Australia, and free movement of companies overseas to cheaper labour price countries, they cannot believe it, and when you explain that migrant workers can have their children overseas claiming Australian child allowance on Aussie taxpayer pocket.. they just cannot believe it! and just on the free movement clause its a red flag no deal. aussies asked me, i told them.

[@awbinn3377]

My aussie friend came to London (work) back in 2006. His company had a few divisions in Poland where he needed to travel a few times every year. Apart from that he'd go on holidays to other EU states. He was so frustrated that to his British colleagues/friends going to Poland, Germany, Spain etc was like going to the neighbouring county. And if they suddenly decided to stay & work there they had a right to. That's why he decided to apply for UK citizenship. He got it in March 2016. A few months later ... well. The worst thing is that it wasn't even any overwhelming majority of Brits who voted OUT. AFAIK it was 51% to 49%

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@awbinn3377 majority is the majority. Here, google this "twinings move to poland" And with EU funds. The workers that had their jobs stripped away, even had to train their polish replacements as the factory was moved away to a cheap labour country all facilitated by being in the EU and with EU grants.. Q: ask your aussie friend, if by joining a trading bloc 40 years ago with say indonesia, he would be happy for this to be a common occurance in Australia?

[@karylhogan5758]

Your central bank governor, mark chaney said voting to leave Europe a mistake .. am Irish and in Dublin.. if you did not believe him, as most did not , it appears , why you not blaming yourself.. he spoke quite clearly on subject… 💁🇮🇪🇪🇺

[@termitedome]

@@jonsimmons4150immigrants as you call it, work harder than Brits and more reliable . Britain get spoiled over years.

[@stevebartley8902]

Tories have been the kiss of death for this country.

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

😧 Indeed, yet millions of bigoted, hateful, ignorant and prejudiced voters continue to support the original Nasty Party. BUT wait, they have another option now . . . Nasty Party Two, led by Sir Ban and Expel. An egomaniacal, authoritarian and autocratic power hungry individual who intends to ‘out Nasty’ the current cabal in Westminster. Prepare yourselves for a Neo-fascist dictatorship once he becomes Prime Minister 😡.

[@johnrussell3961]

Killing it off is very profitable to them.

[@WilliamWatt-xm2gu]

So very true, that is totally unquestionable correct.

[@markwilkie3677]

My view is fptp has a lot to answer for.

[@DSAK55]

Tories have been the kiss of death for -this country- peasants

[@johnncats8242]

Liz Truss (or "sources close to Liz Truss" as the media put it) when she was entering the negotiations with Australia attempted to belittle Australia by saying that they would need to appoint someone to negotiate who was capable of operating at her level. Unfortunately for us, Australia couldn't find anyone as stupid as her, so we were taken to the cleaners.

[@verystripeyzebra]

Unfortunately they could only find an international trade deal negotiator with decades experience, so nowhere near Truss level.

[@thinkingallowed7042]

Source? Links? I would like to see that for myself.

[@stephenthomas3085]

According to Politico yesterday, Johnson gave away a significant concession over meat exports to the Australian trade negotiators during a dinner at Downing Street and the wily Australians had a document smuggled from the dining room, taken away to be be drawn up that very evening and brought back to Downing St for Johnson to sign (I presume he was plastered) before the mea was over. Allegedly, Truss was hopping mad the next day and tried to negate this concession only for the Australians to laugh in her face and say that her boss had already signed away the kingdom..! There are several witnesses to these events. If this is the case then Johnson's toxic legacy, like an algal bloom in a polluted and dying British lake, continues to expand killing everything in its path.

[@verystripeyzebra]

@@thinkingallowed7042 it was in the media at the time. I think truss got a bit jumped up because she'd photocopied and rolled over about 70 eu trade deals, as a result she thought she was an extremely experienced international trade deal negotiator. She used that to belittle her Australian counterpart, who obviously hadn't signed as many, but had had decades of experience actually negotiating trade deals, not just stood around by a photocopier. It was about the sane time as her uncomfortable chair comments.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

@@stephenthomas3085 You bet that would happen. Australians have decades of experience negotiating such deals and not being members of a bloc like the EU, they've never had it easy and are therefore aware of what it takes to reach such an agreement. The UK meanwhile has had it easy for 40+ years as a member of various European deals (eventually, the EU), grown complacent and thought it could easily bully other nations into signing deals favourable to it. Truss might as well have gone into the negotiations raising the white flag.

[@fnqoz]

Brittain’s best export has always been comedy…

[@manuelmarquez2514]

Unintended comedy, but still comedy. 😂

[@dupondetdupont8]

they were exporting alot of fish to europe

[@Horologiist]

​@@dupondetdupont8 EU: "goodbye and thx for all the fish!"

[@Maddog-xc2zv]

comedy and scotch alike :)

[@m.dewylde5287]

I'm glad we agree!

[@juliacrask5905]

I think this is mirrored through out the world - we are a laughing stock!

[@banditalley9592]

It is. I am in the EU and the UK is a running joke. As a Brit it's a bit embarrassing but I ridicule Brexit Britain just as much.

[@Arltratlo]

yes, if people bother to look at the UK... most just ignore 3rd world countries!

[@chrisweed1810]

Yep. On one hand I feel bad, but then remember that this was a self inflicted wound. Over in the Netherlands, we are benefitting massively from this. It still boggles my mind how such a monumental vote was allowed to pass by simple majority. I would have expected 2/3 majority at the very least. 🤷‍♂️

[@nigelmurphy6761]

As an Irish EU citizen I can also absolutely confirm this too.

[@hanserikkratholmrasmussen6623]

As a laughing stock you are in the same league as Americans.

[@chrisweed1810]

That idea of British exceptionalism is really coming back to bite them in the butt now. Must sting when the “colonies” are outright ridiculing them.

[@Arltratlo]

as long the colonies rejoin the empire they want to rebuild...

[@johnrussell3961]

The former colonies have no intention of returning to being colonies just so we can feel great again.

[@drunkengamer1977]

English Exceptionalism they dragged the rest of us into the gutter with them despite the promise that the only way to stay in the EU was for Scotland to stay in the UK. Never trust a Tory, never forget, never forgive.

[@amerycarlson1326]

Did you know that around the turn of the 19th century, Napoleon Bonaparte drove the Knights of Malta out of their Maltese headquarters and right into the arms of Russia, where Napoleon then joined them in plotting against Britain concerning some long term plan to partition the Ottoman Empire in order to deny Britain access, along with overall targeting of British colonies? That might initially only seem interesting as a footnote in history that you have probably never even heard of, however it gets increasingly interesting as you look at exactly what has been happening since then, even right up until things like their own supposed Anglo-Saxon aligned Australia ridiculing them. in fact, pick any former British colony and dig into what has been happening there, and you will inevitably land on what can only be called a hotbed of international intrigue. There is even crossover with the scheming bunch in Russia and the American Revolution. It gets pretty wild when you take the time to fully explore it.

[@mayfurrnz]

Brexit and the UK's response to COVID has really shown how far the UK has fallen.

[@hbmdn4970]

Brexit was a great deal for quite literally everyone except the Uk. Even here in Morocco, we've started exporting more vegetables than ever to the UK. I really feel sorry for anyone there who voted to stay in the EU and now has to deal with this situation.

[@elbmw]

@hbmdn4970 Thank you for your sympathy. I believe that goes for about 49% of the voting public.

[@continentalmilitaria]

The reason you are selling more produce to the UK is because your vegetables are a better value that the ones grown in the EU.

[@johnsantilli7096]

No tariffs maybe?

[@vinlondon8904]

​@@continentalmilitaria european farmers are refusing to export to UK. Too much hassle.

[@continentalmilitaria]

@@johnsantilli7096 Oh about tariffs, I have a business in the EU and sourced products and components in the US. When my country was not in the EU the tariffs I paid for imports was lower and went up once in the EU. Plus when products are sold to locations outside the EU the buyer pays a higher tariff as a punishment for the high import tariffs on products imported to the EU. ON TOP OF THAT having a parliament and supplemental layer of government is no a prerequisite to not having tariffs. The NAFTA agreement between the US, Mexico and Canada provides a tariff free zone without the nonsense of having an EU parliament. Plus the countries in NAFTA do not have the need to argue like the countries in the EU do over the crazy regulations one or more countries wishes to force on others.

[@wagtail06]

The irony is Britain would have received a FAR better trade deal with Australia had it stayed in the EU. The Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement is in the final stages of negotiation, and here in Australia farmers have conceded their access to the EU market will not be as free as the Australia-UK free trade deal. The Australian trade negotiators have said the EU is in a much stronger position from a negotiation perspective, given they represent a market of 450 million people, versus Australia's 27 million. The Australian government has always said the Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement is the main prize. Poor Britain :-/

[@reiw5802]

Usually we would be the stronger market with our 67 million+ consumers The problem was this tory government was desperate to have anything to wave at remainers, so gave everything away.

[@johnrussell3961]

Yes….but the EU would never sacrifice is agriculture so the City could sell a few billion more in derivatives. After Brexit, the Tories are free to sacrifice UK agriculture instead.

[@ausbrum]

@@reiw5802 Stronger market? The EU has a market of 450 million and the Asian market is in excess of 500 million.Britain gets the fish John West rejects

[@reiw5802]

@@ausbrum Not comparing Britain to either EU or any other markets, that dwarf us in comparison. I'm comparing the British market to the Australian market, actually what this is all about. Britain should have had the advantage, but we had conmen in charge.

[@mcpa2991]

@@reiw5802 Unfortunately these trade deals are never purely 1v1, zero sum. Distance makes this trade deal more of a political benefit (mainly for the UK?) than anything else. Most Australian exports go into the local region (as, I would assume, UK exports - normally?). Shipping and economies of scale make it inevitable. From the Middle East, westwards, you need so much more scale to make it worthwhile. UK may have a population/economic superiority but the real world limitations made that kind of irrelevant. You guys will probably get some wine and some overpriced meat that we will tell you is fantastic because of wide brown lands and pristine beaches or whatever. We might get .. financial advice? The main purpose of the deal was that it was Brexit Mission Accomplished on your side and, on our side, our former conservative government got to score some Empire Brownie Points. Oh yeah - maybe some increased freedom of movement for certain classes of workers that I suspect we both have in short supply... I dont know that the deal will do as much harm as suggested (to farmers, etc, unless you have a lot of farms growing wine grapes) but I dont think it was ever going to benefit anyone much, economically, no matter how it played out. Similarly, if there was ever a risk that a UK deal might set a precedent that might taint a deal with the EU it would never have been made - no matter how big the UK was. Sadly all of this was pretty well trotted out pre-Brexit. One thing I would say is that I don't think many in Australia would laugh at Britons and their current challenges. However we may jokingly think of England as "the old enemy" and laugh at plainly silly things like this deal, I hope you all get back into a good place quick-smart

[@thindo]

😂😂😂It's not everyday a Country commits collective Harakiri

[@Arltratlo]

but its nice to watch the right country doing it...its an island, what ever they do, its on an island!

[@WilliamWatt-xm2gu]

Turkeys voting for Christmas.

[@cathalhex7948]

@@WilliamWatt-xm2gu Only half of the turkeys!

[@ankra12]

Exactly

[@grahamleiper1538]

Only one of the countries of the UK was determined on harakiri. The rest of us were just dragged along.

[@ro0140]

As an European, I have laughed and cried during and after Brexit.

[@jonsimmons4150]

as a english man who has lived 23 years in europe, im laughing at the european countries with debt mutualisation and albania and north macedonia inbound soon with other tinpot cuntries on your dime.

[@stephenhumphrey7935]

Why? Because you can't come and work here anymore. 😢😢

[@schlauspieler1991]

​@@stephenhumphrey7935 so who s gonna wipe your asses and bring you products to stores?wothout eastern european workers and west european technologies england is almost as a deadshit as russia

[@pjotrtje0NL]

@@stephenhumphrey7935 no, because of the sheer stupidity of a few politicians, misleading a significant part of the UK, and now fail to see what they did to a great country. The UK lost 40 billion (4*10e9) pounds of tax income, and that can never ever be good for an economy.

[@paolocarpi4769]

@@stephenhumphrey7935 ???

[@mtgrrr]

I can confirm that polite people abroad have long stopped asking curious questions about Brexit. Now they just snigger when I say where I live.

[@nicodesmidt4034]

@Don Doodat and still living on plaque island ??

[@david-pb4bi]

@dondoodatI am actually ashamed of being British, while they continue to vote against their own interests.

[@jonsimmons4150]

you shoulda moved to the EU when you had the chance- youve had 35 years of FOM!

[@robertsmith9810]

lucky you are you sure they are sniggering at where you live and not yourself he he he he not a problem for me

[@piccalillipit9211]

British guy living in Bulgaria - it went through 1) extreme interest, "why did people do that" 2) embarrassed for me interest, polite questions 3) No f-king interest, dont look a gift horse in the mouth, all the kids are coming home and starting businesses, filling jobs etc.

[@pazitor]

Within the EU, the UK had a privileged position even beyond its proportional economic and political weight, mainly owing to its representing American interests/policies as well as its own. No other set of trade deals can possibly replace that in any meaningful way, especially when factoring in transportation costs, timeliness, and integrated supply chains. Now, the UK is a voice in the wilderness that most of us ignore, but not without a smidgen of nostalgia.

[@Arltratlo]

the UK is where its belong....somewhere in the ocean and nobody cares where its drifting!

[@jonsimmons4150]

baloney!- the EU flooded the UK with cheap, conveyor belt labour and delocalised many UK companies to cheap labour cost countries in eastern europe. i.e. twinings tea which went to poland with EU funds.

[@theLoPlo]

This needs more upvotes

[@captainlengthwidth6692]

And now the Americans are less than interested in our being their stooges because of Brexit too - the UK now carries less weight in Europe than it did - and when it comes to it the Biden administration will (ultimately) side with Eire over the UK in any dispute over the future of the Good Friday Agreement... There are only two types of country in Europe. Small countries and those who haven't realised that yet. England is finally having that lesson banged into its stupid skull.

[@jazzx251]

@@Arltratlo I saw a great documentary last week - they used underwater submersible cameras to actually find the remains of the UK on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. It was fascinating - seeing this small country, that once stood up to Nazi Germany, that invented almost the whole of the modern world with its technical innovations, just sat there on the sea bed amidst all of the other wrecks - the occasional crisp packet floating around it. And all because its citizens got too greedy and racist - and voted to destroy themselves.

[@darkmaninperth]

Aussie here. I used to live in the UK. Why would you imposed economic sanctions on yourself?

[@octavianpopescu4776]

Why do I get the impression that the UK was allowed to join the CPTPP, precisely because everyone saw an opportunity to treat it is a market for their own goods... maybe even a dumping ground... but they're not really interested in whatever the UK is selling? I think Australia might not be the only one thinking along these lines.

[@Arltratlo]

you meant they will do what the UK wants to do to them??

[@nicodesmidt4034]

“Dumping ground” has a certain ring to it, might be a Brexit benefit 😂

[@FAL87]

@@Arltratlo the result may be, that local british products will cease to exist, because your country will be flooded by foreign products, if the uk government doesnt subsidize them.

[@jonsimmons4150]

thats only bcos you never worked in engineering and equipment in UK and oz. i have. its my speciality

@@jonsimmons4150 Was.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Every brexiteer needs to see this and see what they have done to this nation

[@Arltratlo]

that is their blind spot, they cant see it....

[@Lucretia9000]

Clockwork orange style.

[@david-pb4bi]

@@Arltratlo There's None So Blind as Those Who Will Not See.

[@vladtheimpaler8995]

I’m watching . A few hiccups along the way were predictable . Much like the Remainers desperate embrace of the invisible disaster they yearn for . 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@infidelcastro5129]

@@vladtheimpaler8995 “A few hiccups”? It’s been ALL hiccups! 😂

[@treatyrebel5729]

I’m Irish and this is the funniest thing I have seen in my entire life.

[@robertgalloway3771]

6 counties back and that is it. The Lunatics back to London!

[@lorny4u]

I'm Scottish it's shite.

[@MoA-Reload...]

I'm Scottish and living in N Ireland and yep... not laughing

[@marcbuisson2463]

​@@lorny4u please note that if you ever vote to secede, we'll gladly open the doors of the EU if you guys want it. To be fair, good luck in modern UK '-'

[@jeffreybresnahan]

I'm Irish 6th generation born and raised in Central Liverpool, and we are keenly awaiting the pending total implosion of the Tory Plebs? 😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅

[@steveberkery6128]

How quickly you can devolve from an empire to a vassal state. It’s quite extraordinary. The level of incompetence is unprecedented in human history. The fall of the Roman Empire took centuries. The Tories got it done in a decade. I guess efficiency is a virtue…

[@mandycouchbean]

Embarrassing!!

[@jonmce1]

A Canadian. Before the UK vote I debated som Brexiteers on line and said the same thing as the Australians are saying, what has Britian got that we need and are not getting from other countries. Canadian negotiators are among the most experienced in the World having negotiated the EU deal, TPP and tough NAFTA 2. When negotiating with the British team there were leaks, I'm sure some intentional that the British team were clueless. To negotiate a deal you have to know the fine detail of your capability, costs, rules, and other trade partners. Apparently the UK negotiators came completely unprepared with little knowledge of actual trade and had no understandmg of negotiating trade deals. I almost felt the Canadian negotiators could have taken them for anything but decided due to the long relationship to allow them off with the old EU package for now. The Brexiteers seem to not understand their ideology stops at the border of other countries. Its a very sad thing.

[@briwire138]

How about Canada forming a union with the central and south american countries, with free movement of people anywhere.

[@zipperzoey2041]

Thats a rubbish comment. We've had loads of eastern european people come to work in Ireland over thr last decade or so and they're an absolute benefit to the economy. We'll qualified people, enterprising hardworking and many have started up businesses. What has britian got since brexit, nothing except more channel migrants.

[@MoA-Reload...]

@@zipperzoey2041 Funny you mention that, there's a labour crisis in agriculture in UK just now because shocker, surprise... to many of the Farms had gotten used to imported EU cheap labour and now they can't take the hit of higher wages native workers demand or the extra cost with all the extra bureaucracy. They either pay the higher wages and have supermarkets import EVERYTHING from EU countries instead of pay more for their Made in Britain produce or... well I don't think they've figure out another option yet beyond "tis fooked mate" 🤦‍♂But hey, London economic and banking is still doing ticky-ty-boo apparently so all good. Just nod n smile and ignore the smoke

[@RankinMsP]

Ah well... All those farmers happily championing Brexit should be thrilled.

[@jellyd4889]

All foreign muck, hehe.

[@steveberkery6128]

Every country on earth is circling England to extract the marrow from her bones.

[@BELOVEDThessaloniki111]

Being Greek and being insulted and called lazy during the years of our economic crisis by people who expect Pakistanis to arrange the products on the shelves, I am also laughing!

[@stekon9112]

You are, soon Bułgaria, Poland and Czechia will be welthier than Greece and Portugal.

[@ffaeye]

lol you were laughed at by those that thought they were better than you yet you do the same to Pakistanis

[@xtian2010]

@@ffaeye bi he isnt, he meant brits call greeks lazy, but they let the hard work for the foreigners, so he said pakistanis

[@marleneMS]

​@xtian2010 as you might notice, one has to explain these things to the Brits, they are not very good in understanding issues and don't mention facts

[@BELOVEDThessaloniki111]

@@ffaeye for your info, no Pakistani puts the products on our shelves! Actually it is a very hard thing for a Pakistani to find a job here, any job.

[@illomens2766]

I love that the Australians are in 24/7 banter mode, it brings me joy

[@patriciasanderson2171]

Yeah hilarious bunch. known for their creative wit.

[@tironibusmaximus6100]

@@patriciasanderson2171 haha we sent you Rolf Harris because he's more your kind of Witt. He'd never have made it in Australia.

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@patriciasanderson2171 not really, after 10 years in australia the "australian wit" is low brow and simpleton like

[@franksheekey8096]

Got News for you, I am English but live in Greece and it's not only Australia who are laughing at Britain !

[@roverboat2503]

The Greeks have had an amazing experience of being members of the EU haven't they? Now they are owned by Germany.

[@billwhitman5705]

The whole world is laughing at us, I’m embarrassed 😢

[@iwatchuonutube6638]

Aussies laugh at everyone, especially ourselves, be embarrassed for believing Farage

[@michael1345]

You aren't alone, the Americans are like those old "freak" shows. We watch the Brits only for light relief. One good thing, It certainly has shut the f..k up the Continents xenophobic nationalists.

[@antimimoniakos]

Except a Greek. Me.

[@myownlilbubble]

not really....more at the brexiters who were dancing and mocking the rest of the world......the entire thing was a circus and the old donkeys who still thinks that the world owe them for breathing the same air as Britannia..... England gave the world a few good things.....Black Adder, Mr Bean, Harry Potter (I know...I know...lol), Beatles (hmm....yah).....and John Barnes and Steven Gerrard () Sir Ian, Dame Dench, Dame Maggie, Bichester Village....

[@antimimoniakos]

@@myownlilbubble You didn't mention The Who and the Beatles.

[@candidaprout560]

Good morning Max and all here. You should send this video to Rees -Mogg Johnson Farage to all the brexiteers. It's not the first time that I listen this "moquerie" from Australians. Have a nice weekend 👍

[@raistlin3462]

There is something karmic about having your former colonies pocking fun at you.

[@jellyd4889]

Same as Brazil Vs Portugal. They still send money to prop up the poor relative in Europe. Mind you, not sure Brazil is doing ok at the mo...

[@Sweetlyfe]

As an Aussie with convict ancestors and Aboriginal one’s, the Karma works for me, but as I used to live in the UK and having just returned from a visit to London and Scotland, I am saddened that the racists won even though they now realise it wasn’t a win, I noticed how much more expensive it is, although it’s a lot more expensive everywhere right now. But without Rupert Murdoch and his vile gutter fear & hate newspapers and TV I think Brexit might have struggled to get enough leave votes. I’m sorry it’s turned out like this for you lot.

[@100Noddy]

Brits are laughing too, we know we are the butt of the joke and we know why.

[@belegur8108]

and that's what i absolutely love about Brits ( and i am not kidding ) you are able to accept a self own and to laugh about ones own stupidity ( well, most i met can at least ) Also best export the british isles ever had is Monty Python 🤣

[@porthmeor1]

@@belegur8108 we haven't exported Monty Python...they are still running our country.

[@belegur8108]

@@porthmeor1 oh you have... and we will not let them go back to you, they are ours now 😂🤣

[@garyarnold3141]

I regularly talk to people in Europe and North America. When I say I'm from the UK, I'm often offered condolences. We are genuinely the laughing stock of the world. We seem to be proud of the anti-intellectualism that is rife in this Island.

[@robertsmith9810]

Poor you so sad cheer up you are a long time dead mate

[@patriciasanderson2171]

Me too, I never get that at all. Nobody says anything.

[@sguerreiroluis608]

My condolences, and good luck

[@maaziy_ghaziyIYI]

Don't be so dramatic, mate.

[@jdlc903]

Where were you when GFC occurred? There's no thorough intellectualism in the group-think that you support.

[@joancampbell9157]

I know they are laughing at us. I visited family in Australia last year and was told then we weren’t going to be getting any benefits. They don’t need us having built up their own trading partners since we dumped them when we joined the EEC. They’re not going to do us any favours.

[@jonsimmons4150]

yeah trading partners such as china.. good luck with that!- the chinese twisted Australias arm and bought the deep sea port of darwin with a 99 year lease.. direct access from china to a australian (chinese owned) port. well done lads!

[@ausbrum]

@@jonsimmons4150 trading partners like Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia,Vietnam (the fastest growing world economy) Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, the USA,Canada, Argentina, Mexico, Chile,Taiwan just to mention a few.Whinge on, mate

[@senoalamsyah7481]

Australia don't really need the UK which very far away when they have SEA, India, China, South Korea, and Japan that are more closer and bigger market.

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@senoalamsyah7481 90% of trade is made by the sea. I live in Australia, it is not/rammed full of Japanese goods ( unfortunately) korea its samsung and a few tv makers, india, nothing, china quite alot but it is cheap tat sold expensive ppl dont want throw away cheap chinese rubbish. How do you think japan made cars get to the UK? They drive them there? Train? No by sea. Funny, i can buy uk made frozen pizzas on the shelf at the supermarket in Australia They aint £20 they are $4 Every week i check them out to see it they are still there. Yup, and french cheese and wine, and danish lurpak. Denmark is far from australia, so is france

[@senoalamsyah7481]

@@jonsimmons4150 i don't know which relevancy of your comment to mine. Just because there are product from country far away it doesn't mean it really need it. But is trade, every country will trade to other country even far away if really need it and benefitting with it. And trade is also not only about product but also resources. Just because there are not Indian product doesn't mean there are not trade between India and Australia. And yeah trade doing by the the sea, but it also cost something which will impact cost of product. Just because it through by sea doesn't mean it not effecting anything. And you know that if i made a car in France but 70% of the sparepart or raw material come from China, it still labeling made in France but it considered as Chinese product. That is why free trade and trade agreement between nation important. The other one is to raise competitiveness that also can be a factor to reduce price in the market. And i forgot is only about trade to Australia, now trade from Australia. Let take this beef that they trade to the UK, the Australian benifiting with it but is Australia only sold it to the UK ? Ofcourse not. The Australian sold more to their neighbour like Indonesia for example than to the UK. Product sold to their neighbour will have less production cost because their distribution cost will also less. So if Australia not sell beef to the UK will it impacted them greatly ? The answer is simply no. UK deal is simply a plus for Australia to sold more. Remember when there are ship that stuck in Suez canal ? That incident not only costing for the company but also impacted price raise because distribution cost raise wether for the one who choose to wait or to the one who choose to take alternative route through Cape of Good Hope and South Atlantic.

[@xcoder1122]

Two of my co-workers are British but thanks to EU could work all over Europe with ease. You know what happened when UK voted to leave the EU? They both applied for an EU citizenship and they both got one. Their families were like "Why on earth would you do that?" but today they are more like "Okay, now I see why".

[@stevenbrown4315]

They voted with their feet the courage of their convictions a shame some of the gutless remoaners would do the same and not expect the universe to revolve around them the goal is to be nation less,stateless,homeless and hopeless.YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY, join WEF today you to can be a Prime-minister of a country like Canada or NewZealand if you’re a horse faced woman.

[@jonsimmons4150]

ps.. 1)EU unemployment double/triple UK numbers.. 2)English 1st language in ireland only- everywhere else its a totally different language.. that'll make your job interview up against local candidates, locally qualifed native speakers in 27 different languages "interesting" to say the least.

[@xcoder1122]

@@jonsimmons4150 You don't need to care for the unemployment rate when you have a job. Also, as a UK professional you don't have to compete with untrained workers, they can't take your job away from you and most of the unemployed in the EU are not trained professionals. And in this professional environment everything speaks English anyway, no matter in which EU country.

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@xcoder1122 "everyone speaks english'- Incorrect. I had a 20 year career advantage in france because hardly anyone has english. From state owned jet engine manufacturer, to broadcast tv, and defense companies ( thales) Noone speaks english, or in one case, G.E. In usa , sent a texan engineer to resolve french problems, on A320 airbus engine control documentation, but noone could understand a USA accent. No different today. Got a spanish guy doing a dioloma course here in Australia, totally lost with just a few words of english.

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@xcoder1122 in nearly every field i worked in the uk in manufacturing and hi tech were EU ppl in employment- portugueuse product developpent engineers, french engineers kicked to the gutter in france at 54 yrs old, french artist management in london, reading university staff french, george harrison of beatles house keeper and gardener, portuguese, head of Tech services for lighting company in wapping, french, over and over, EU ppl un good jobs in the uk

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

The worst thing Britain sent to us was Tony Abbott.

[@richardreweti8671]

Brilliant 👏

[@Elitist20]

We sent them Rupert Murdoch. So sorry.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

@@Elitist20 And Rolf Harris so yes I suppose we're even.

[@yummybaconandeggs8804]

Australias best export.

[@tonycook7679]

Thank God he's gone back to help them build a concentration camp in Rwanda. Hope it costs the UK the equivalent of the $20,000,000,000 that the idiot cost Australia for his concentration camps in Nauru and New​ Guinea

[@finnmcool2]

When you sit down at the negotiating table, and everyone in the room knows you are desperate for ANY deal, you aren't going to come out ahead. I'm only surprised Australia didn't come out owning half of Yorkshire.

[@samuelglover7685]

Good point, but you forgot to consider -- why would they want it?

[@tim211292]

owning part of the UK is the same as if you got part of Russia, run down, poor infrastructure, why would we want to have to spent billions to build it up to our standards?

[@tonedowne]

I’m in Australia, and if a cheesy mainstream outfit like the today show is unashamedly mocking UK trade policy and general economy, you know things have gone very wrong.

[@steve3904]

We should be shamed.

[@audreymcgready4329]

The Tories and the people who voted for this should be.

[@nicodesmidt4034]

Cool, so now what ? What will change to prevent this type of idiocy in the future ? Where’s the riots ???

[@WilliamWatt-xm2gu]

Voting to leave the EU is the biggest disaster to have happened to the British economy in living memory. It is undoubtedly economic political self destruction on a global massive scale. All those idiotic stupid people who voted to leave the EU have helped to destroy the British economy and made everyone else extremely poorer by doing so. Talk about turkeys voting for Christmas and yet none of them are prepared to admit to a massive mistake and apologise to the people who voted to remain. Now the remainders must also face financial hardship for many decades because of those idiotic stupid people who voted against their own interests.

[@8teillumin]

The only good thing of Australians is us coming over….. I’m becoming so ashamed of my own home country…… thank you SO much the Conservative Party… thank you to all of the companies owners whom sold us off over 30 years just for a bit of profit for yourselves 👍 Bang up job

[@alexlanning712]

By all accounts you have Margot to thank for a lot of that

[@jonsimmons4150]

@Breakthechochamber good!

[@thorstenwiemes2624]

Even here in Germany People were shocked. Unbelievable....

[@julianshepherd2038]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 End London Rule 🇪🇺

[@meaowmeaow529]

This is not only cringe but deeply depressing. Shakespeare could have a written a successful tradegy about Brexit 😞

[@Arltratlo]

its not depressing, its a good showcase what you dont do....so i see the Brexshit as a great benefit, shows everyone what good the EU is! i wonder who would a country join, the EU or the UK, the sick man of Europe....!

[@ftumschk]

Does "A Comedy of Errors" count?

[@chriswood3252]

It won't be called 'All's well that ends well.'

[@hanserikkratholmrasmussen6623]

Shakespeare would have been shaken, not stirred 🤔

[@Geffo555]

The Merchants of Bullshit.

[@kaba_me]

The whole world is laughing, not just the Australians.

[@trevorspottiswood985]

The whole of Europe is laughing!

[@mfredholm]

In Sweden we do.

[@psychicwarfaretest9070]

In dutch we do😂

[@nigelmurphy6761]

Here in Ireland too😊

[@cathbelle5096]

Brazil too.....😮😊

[@Carlo-V.]

I bet the French are the ones who are enjoying this most!

[@ronrolfsen3977]

I mean...sad to say this is not just Australians. As a EU citizen this channel is equal part educational and entertainment for me. Brexiteer and there British elitism just has something funny. Especially when they get angry at the EU for doing something. Like a kid trying his best to be angry, but it's just funny.

[@davidsmith62]

Remember the best BJ could come up with was Marmite and Penguins. We’ve promoted ourselves from the Sick Man of Europe to the Sick Man of the World

[@mamaduck9370]

As an Aussie who is permanent resident of Ireland, I reiterate... What did England ever think they could offer the world in the 21st century that couldn't be sourced better, elsewhere?

[@BewareOfTheKraut]

Simple answer: Entitlement.

[@BewareOfTheKraut]

…and pompous arrogance!

[@BewareOfTheKraut]

I forgot to mention exceptionalism.

[@grahamleiper1538]

"innovative jam". 😁

[@samuelglover7685]

Ummmm... Drunk, belligerent tourists? Otherwise I'm drawing a blank.

[@JoelMunizVilla]

Monty Python is missing out on a rare opportunity to film 21st century comedy because they have enough material to film at least one trilogy about Brexit, for sure!

[@ingeldtiefwalden8117]

even John Cleese has left UK 4 years ago.... while said " so much of this country is disappionting" . What more to say....

[@JMac7991]

As a 31 year old Scot who did not vote for Brexit (as the majority the rest of Scotland), I'm worried for the future of the country. If I could afford it, I'd be getting a one way ticket out of the UK to protect my and any future kids I may have 's future. Except that's difficult as it's more difficult to save in the post Brexit (and Covid) economy, and no free movement to move into Europe, so expensive visas making it even more difficult. I guess 52% ruined young people's future. Anyone looking for Structural Engineers?

[@jonsimmons4150]

anyone looking for "structural engineers"- yes, try Australia- everywhere else has a different language.. UK + CPTPPP you could move to Australia and not have to spend years trying to learn a totally new language. fixed easily..

[@jonsimmons4150]

so where would you go then in the EU? *-NEWSFLASH!* *every country in the EU has a different language* only in one- ireland - is that english. so where will you goto? Australia? NZ? USA? oh wait!- EU unemployment is double triple UK numbers! they are native speakers.. local quals.. local experience.. you will be up against them for the work... the scant amount there is... your chances? -slim to nothng

[@emmanuelofori4205]

Shame on all brexit voters. You have turned Britain into a laughing stock😅😅😢😢😅

[@lorrainelane6583]

Shame on you remoners who won't except the democratic vote of the British people 😡

[@luminousfractal420]

No shame in being an abuse victim

[@luminousfractal420]

​@@lorrainelane6583 because they dont wanna go off the cliff with all the other lemmings? Why so angry at people defending themselves. You did. You got your head messed with but you were violently defending yourselves. Want to know where to aim that anger properly..look up one word..eugenics ✌️

[@corneliuscornia3189]

😂😂

[@snafutube]

@@lorrainelane6583 So what exactlywas democratic about the propagandised, gerrymandered, far too hastily held dodgy plebiscite of 2016??? … why did you brexshitters never respect the overwhelming majority (67/33%) that voted in favour of the European project in 1975? You know; the one where my parents ‘wartime generation’ (always fallaciously appropriated by brexiters and right wing windbags in general) voted in?? They’d seen quite enough of fascism, genocidal warfare, depression and disaster and wanted to see a united europe of relative peace and prosperity. Always trying to derail our membership for 40 years, brexiters are not the patriots they pretend to be by any means, for all of their flag shagging and phoney rhetoric

[@oommcc]

As long as they dont import their habit to arrest people who respectfully disagree with monarchy... like they do in UK...

[@ASBO_LUTELY]

The Friendly Jordies channel tells us all about how perfect Australia is.

[@สายฝนทองดีนอก]

Lol. They widely use water cannon to surpress dissent in europe. We tolerate dissent in UK. Europe laughing at UK is a joke. Get your own house on order

[@beatpeace879]

Oh how wrong you are

[@oommcc]

@@beatpeace879 Please don’t arrest me if you think I am wrong!

[@beatpeace879]

@@oommcc what meant is the Aussie has been arresting people just for making comments on social media and especially for walking in a park during the pandemic I think Aussie are just has bad has the uk but we should count ourselves lucky that it is nothing like the US where you will get arrested for crossing the road 😂

[@myamwezmyamwez8669]

I kinda am sad for the genuinely great people that live in the UK but are powerless against the ignorant base around them.

[@grahamsmith2022]

Have you noticed how "popular" Britain is around the world?,this is mainly due to colonial Tory attitudes and Tory scumbag attitudes in general, and this is with our "friends ",never mind our enemies!

[@Carlo-V.]

It all started at one point when too many brits started thinking they were special and better than everyone else.

[@markysgeeklab8783]

To be fair people are pretty friendly when they realise you are scottish or from NI...

[@oskarrunhaar6607]

@@Carlo-V. The meaning "special" has another meaning here in Germany. It means, riding the short bus. So, by this, your gammon compatriots are special.

[@annemoncrieff3875]

I hope this is the little english they r hating cos I still like to think the Scots r A friendly nation. This is the problem the little english have done such a wonderful hatchett job on the other countries in the UK that in the world pple think it is all just little English but it isn't and I for one do not want to see the g8 reputation that Scots have/had around the world being destroyed by the idiocy, bigotry, rascism, elitism and ignorance of the little english and their actions!! TIME TO TEAR UP THE ACT OF UNION!!

[@grahamsmith2022]

@Oskar Runhaar it does have that meaning in England as well but its not used so much nowadays, there was a "special " school in my town.

[@withcoffey]

Brexiteers pushed their country in front of a bus. It's awful.

[@duncanbryson1167]

The red one with writing on the side? 😏

[@withcoffey]

@@duncanbryson1167 exactly the very one! They've no shame.

[@daveroche6522]

Fortunately the bus was stationary due to an idiotic carcentric infrastructure?

[@lorrainelane6583]

So that's you're opinion 🇬🇧

[@Ronnet]

@@lorrainelane6583 the figurative speech of a bus might be an opinion but the slump of the British economy post-Corona is cold hard fact. Something not seen in EU countries.

[@julianglavin1395]

It makes me weep for the UK, and I'm an Aussie.

[@christophera556]

Why weep for the poms they voted in these far right conservative Tory idiots here in Australia we got something good out of it a trade deal more in our favour.The best thing the British people can do next year when their general election is due is vote rich boy Sunuk and the conservative Tory party out of office who knows the stupid Tory's might just get wiped out at the ballot box.

[@jonsimmons4150]

why? would Australia give visa free travel, full working rights, access to Australian medicare, commission housing, welfare, schooling to any indonesian and his family without limit on par with Native Australians, because indonesia trades with Australia? are Australians fine with having laws in Canberra, and standards decided in Jakarta, appled in Australia, and Canberra having to apply jakarta decided rules to Australian law and standards? see if you can make that fly in Australia, because that is what the EU is to the UK.

[@chriscocks3670]

Hang on a minute. We have got loads of doctors, nurses, policemen etc to export

[@Arltratlo]

but your doctors and nurses are not British..!

[@bradleybarnett9545]

@@Arltratlo Neither are Australia's.

@@bradleybarnett9545 You really don't understand what#s being said. Derper.

[@leechgully]

Yes. Thanks for that .

[@midlandgeordie]

Hundreds of British doctors are now working in Australia!

[@windowman929]

Britain is a great exporter of laughter 😅

[@trident6547]

And bullshit.

[@elnetocc]

I am non-EU citizen, growing up I always saw Europe as the first step to that goal humanity should try to achieve, when you see Sci-Fi movies or read books with stories about futures where human kind have no hard borders, no limitations because of your nationality or language... The whole Brexit thing saddens me deeply because it is quite literally one step backwards and I do find solace in the fact that other countries can see this is not the right step... And I do laugh a bit sometimes

[@jonsimmons4150]

i will "laugh a bit" as english is the 1st language in ireland only, everywhere else its a different language, and EU unemployment numbers are double / triple UK numbers.. -good luck in your EU job interview against local native speakers, with local quals and experience in the local lingo-

[@cjh0751]

This should be played on constant repeat in the cabinet office. Tories out.

[@susangavaghan]

So Australians see Britain as a laughing stock! If one good thing has come from this entire Brexit fiasco, it is that these deluded people who believed that the EU was oppressing this country and stopping them from returning to the British Empire and their rightful place as masters of the universe have had their illusions completely shattered. Hopefully they have learned from this.

[@Micha-qv5uf]

Underrated comment. This is exactly what Brexit was.

[@Twirlip2]

"Hopefully they have learned from this." Probably not yet, sadly, because they're very, very thick and arrogant. Perhaps they'll learn something from sending depleted uranium munitions and long range cruise missiles to Ukraine? Reality will get through to them in the end, in their bunkers, while the rest of us fry.

[@samuelglover7685]

"Hopefully they have learned from this." Yeah, but you know they won't. They're not capable of it.

[@Leptospirosi]

The Australians are laughing,but do the Brits listen? Do they finally got that the British Empire was the product of the Industrial revolution and not the other way around? What has Britain to offer the world it doesn't already have, cheaper and / or better? We, here, got it, but do the average Reginald in the UK? 🤔

[@samuelglover7685]

@@Leptospirosi Excellent observation about the industrial revolution, and skewed British notions of "what makes Britain great". Here in the US there's a quasi-religious reverence for the sainted "founding fathers", which gets in the way of any sensible discussion of how creaky and ill-considered their Constitution was and is.

[@RoderickSpode]

The racist majority in the UK (England in particular) voted for Brexit. Non-Racist Brits who do not look like Adolf Hitler, voted to Remain (especially in London).

[@JohnH1]

We (Australia) are close to securing a trade deal with the EU the sticking point is the issue of geographical indicators. The EU is playing a hard game but so are our trade negotiators, they have made it clear we will walk away. I think it will be worked out and a good deal will benefit both of us. If I were a British citizen I would be unspeakably angry at the people who have brought the nation to its knees.

[@christinefiedor3518]

We have been close to making a deal with the EU for eons so I wouldn’t be holding your breathe. It was the eu that made the uk drop Australia like a hot potato on joining the common market. And put tariffs on everything like our wine to make Aussie more expensive to protect their own market. It is the inept and incompetent Tory government has made this mess because they arrogantly thought that remain would win so never planned for brexit. Thus demonstrating that they couldn’t organise a four letter word in a brothel!

[@michael1345]

It surprises me that the Brits didn't set parameters like the vote had to be won convincingly not just "over the line" The brexiters just limped in.

[@christinefiedor3518]

@@michael1345 the leave vote won by over a million votes. The. Uk actually joined the then common market in 1973 without a vote simply because Ted Heath was worried that he would not get the answer he wanted as there was so much scepticism. He assured us it was for trade only. He even admitted to lying just before he died. There are government documents that confirm this that lay dormant for the statutory 30 years. . The 1975 referendum vote asked us if we wanted to stay and we voted yes as the country was unaware or didn’t have the proof of the government lie, this was the very first vote I had and I took it very seriously . Since I have followed the whole brexit debate .it’s very complex and there were many reasons why people voted for it. Oh , and some politicians at the time claimed that even if brexit won by one vote it would be honoured, and they were remainer politicians……

[@zipperzoey2041]

Since the signing of CETA the EU Canadian trade agreement, Irelands exports to Canada’s have increased by 60%. When the right balance is struck its a win win for both parties.

[@jonsimmons4150]

UK=CPTPPP. next to nothing is from the EU in Australia anyway.. i have lived 9 years in oz..

[@neilfromdownunder9204]

Brexit was the biggest own goal in UK history!!

[@jonsimmons4150]

really? why hasnt australia opened its door to unlimited immigration from indonesia on the back of its trade deals with indonesia? unfettered, unlimited immigration, no checks, just a plane ticket required, direct access to aussie jobs, medicare, commission housing and centerlink for all their family, and for the children that stay in indonesia, for a parent working in Australia, centerlink pays child allowance for each child that stayed in indonesia.. Australian companies can now delocalise to indonesia, and import goods manufactured in indonesia into australia tax free.. - why hasnt australia done that? - thats what the EU did to the UK.. and we never got to vote on it either until the 2016 referendum..

[@neilfromdownunder9204]

@@jonsimmons4150 - There's a huge difference between a trade deal and being a part of an Economic Union but I'm sure now you're no longer a part of the Economic Union everything in your eyes in the UK is now going fantastically, but from what I read and hear you would be in the minority.

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@neilfromdownunder9204 but its not a economic union, thats what aussies dint understand Eu laws are supreme above local laws. The eu has 4 pillars. 1) free movement of goods 2) free movement of capital 3) free movement of services 4) *free movement if people* The free movement of people means unfettered immigration from low paid countries to the uk, unlimited, unchecked, unvetted, unstoppable. That means , for ex. The trade deal australia signed with indonesia in 1974 now includes illimited, uncontrolled immigration from that country. Anyone who can afford a plane or boat ticket can come and have immediate access to australian jobs, schools, housing, medicare and centerlink. That includes children.. No police checks, medical , nothing. Even 70 year old cripples can come, and go on the aussie health system.. Murderers having done a life sentence in jakarta can come.. Rapists, drug dealers. Thats what freedom of movement is. -still ok with it? P. S. On twitter goto jefferson mfg Tell me thats the failing country

[@R0cc0Naut]

​@@jonsimmons4150 and it always comes back to racism... Every pro Brexit argument gets to it in the end.

[@jonsimmons4150]

1974 was..

[@cdean2789]

Australia, obviously isn't aware of our parsnips.

[@desertdetroiter428]

If you’re British, that’s gotta sting!😂😂😂

[@AndyM_323YYY]

There is nothing so far that comes close to my feelings that morning I woke up to hear on the radio my country had voted to commit economic suicide.

[@jackkruese4258]

@@AndyM_323YYY I was at Glastonbury and remember only too well but have since stopped caring to a large extent.

[@johnallan4826]

Not if you’re Scottish, this is a English disease and mentality

[@RankinMsP]

@@AndyM_323YYY not just economic, sadly

[@nicodesmidt4034]

Leave while you still can

[@robertgoodwin3508]

I live in NZ now, but was on holiday in Ireland in 2019. I met a very nice couple of Yorkshire farmers wives, asked them if they had voted for Brexit, they said “Yes, but we,re starting to have doubts about it now” Too bloody late ,,,

[@Cymry-Am-Byth]

We haven't a leg to stand on. Those who naively thought Australia would give Britain a "special" deal are fools. Did they really expect ,especially in Wales , to sell lamb & beef to Australia when they have super-farms. Oh, sorry, you knew exactly what you were voting for. 🤪

[@lecturesfromleeds614]

Population of Australia 25.6 million. Population of the EU 447 million (And right on our doorstep) Only a complete halfwit would argue that its a good deal for Britain even if the Australians gave us everything we wanted. But the Australia deal was a political deal to sell Brexit not goods

[@jonsimmons4150]

funny.. i live in Australia, on the gold coast- thats near brisbane- 23 hrs flight from the UK.. in the local supermarket, i can buy frozen pizzas made in the UK, and other goods made in europe- like cheese from france.... funny that isnt it? as over 90% of trade is done by the sea.. its really not a problem , even got danish lurpak in Australia- tho plenty of cows and butter here. must be magic... lollor

[@alliegal45]

Was always gonna be a fail when Boris invited that dimwit Tony Abbott to help

[@trident6547]

On top of that EU is the third most important trade partner for Australia and New Zealand too and even most of the CPTPP countries, the new tradebloc UK so proudly joined to get 0,08% increase in the GDP over 10 years.

[@robertgalloway3771]

A good deal for the ENGLISH ROBBERY GROUP.(E,R.G.) There probably more money sitting in Colonies than England, they have taken over everything in Scotland as their own. Oil and opening up new oil fields, so much for them running COP26!? Gas supplied from Scotland, London gets paid for using it, and charge Scotland7% to hook up to their grid. Our Quality Food and Drink goes through England and is charged British/English and taxed accordingly, all claimed with a Red Tractor and Union Jack! WE need our own currency! our own Constitution, and National Bank! We have a future a good future, saving our reputation and culture and language!

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@trident6547 adjustable, and increasing year by year and market sector specific independant of EU tutelage... The only things i have noticed in my 10 years in australia us german cars, but they are generally untrusted due to high purchase price and reliability, and parts prices. Australia is not swamped with EU products at all, in fact, there are very few. Happy to give you the boots-on the-ground view.

[@freakishuproar1168]

I remember all the lines the Brexit people people peddled. "Turkey is about to join the EU, think of all the migrants that'll come from there!" "We'll be a wealthier nation because we won't be sending money to the EU anymore!" "All our old colonies like Australia and the Canada will help us out, right guys?... Right?" x3

[@SalznPfeffer658]

I think the brexxiters never actually considered the impact of the motherland ditching the colonies for their new boyfriend aka the EU ages ago. And now, because they're out, they think we want them back or want to be part of the empire again, like an errant mother returning & expecting their kids to come back. *Sigh* sadly delusional. Poor non-brexxiter Brits, y'all are forever tainted by the Brexit morons.

[@scooter2099]

"All our old colonies like Australia and the Canada will help us out, right guys?... Right?" - the colonies have very long memories of being screwed over on the 70's with the Common Market tariffs ....

[@fourthplanet]

look, no one likes to be laughed at. As an American it was tough watching Trump behave so badly and knowing how ridiculous America looked. I think these Aussies having a bit of fun at the Brits expense is fair enough. It is only siblings poking fun at each other. The real damage is done when right wing politicians have enough power to set national policy.

[@shaunwoods8482]

Makes me feel ashamed of what we have become...

[@petefl1818]

You're right there, streets full of beggars and homeless people.

[@JK-vp2ux]

You can't blame 'em for laughing. You shot yourselves in the head. Despite literally everyone telling you you would. And referring to them as "a former colony" is sort of insulting.

[@trueaussie9230]

Considering the amount of support Aus has given the UK - especially pertaining to WWII - referring to Aus as 'a former colony' is extremely demeaning. And poms wonder why Aussies have little respect for them. 🤔

[@casbot71]

FYI _Many_ in Australia follow Brexit and laugh at it. Greetings from down under BTW. 🇦🇺

[@Arltratlo]

many in Europe watched the Brexshit unfolded...and still laughing, while on vacation in Spain without passports!

[@jonsimmons4150]

- but Australia wont open its immigration door to indonesia on the back of a trade deal, will it? -unlimited immigration, no checks or controls from indonesia, anyone who can buy a ticket can come-old people, young people, no background checks, any amount of children with access to schools, jobs, centerlink, medicare, commission housing, all free access to anyone who can afford a plane ticket, and just just because australia does trade with indonesia, and it also allows the delocalisation of Australian factories and manufacturing tax-free to indonesia. will Australia, under this "trade deal" with indonesia that allows free movement of capital, services, goods and people, sign up so that Australian laws can be overruled by a committee in caracas? ( brussels in belgium in the UK case, uk law is overruled by a committee there) -will Australia allow the Australian budget to be controlled by caracas in the "trade deal"? thats is what the EU would be to Australia.

[@WATTSROBIN]

@@jonsimmons4150 What has Venezuela got to do with it?

[@ausbrum]

@@jonsimmons4150 Try taking the tablets; they might work. Australia saw the potential of the EU 30 years ago and established an EU Ambassador.If you actually used your brain you'd know that Australia has SEVEN constitutions none of which would allow any Australian law to be overridden by a foreign law outside Australia

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@ausbrum p.s. if you used your brain you would know what a trade secretary and trade committee and ambassador does. uk has them.

[@dougwilson4537]

I still find it astonishing, that as Britain was negotiating their way Out of the EU (and all that trade), that Canada was negotiating a Free Trade deal with the EU. Since being signed, both Canada and the EU have benefited, while Britain…… well…..😮

[@simmorg290]

Is Canada in a union with the EU? No it's a free trade deal and if that was all the UK had with Europe then we wouldn't have left.

[@livrowland171]

​@@simmorg290that's basically all the UK has with the EU now. Are you enjoying it?

[@simmorg290]

@@livrowland171 Well it's too early to tell. No one expected benefits, if there were to be any, from day one or even year one. And there was such a thing as the pandemic you know. Many people complain (and I don't doubt everyone here would) that the Tory covid response, the lockdowns and so on, was one of the worst in the world which could well be true. So it is possible that those Tory policies wrecked our economy more than the German policies affected their economy, ditto for France and other countries. No one can separate the effects of Brexit and Covid to determine how much each contributed to the relative underperformance of our economy. In addition even if the Tories go around the world making bad deals that doesn't mean that there weren't better deals available. The Tories have spent over a decade screwing everything up and they've screwed up Brexit too. I'm not saying that Brexit is good or bad but people are making judgements on it way too early. I don't know whether in 10 years time the UK will be doing better than Germany and France and neither do you or anyone else.

[@dougwilson4537]

@@simmorg290 Perhaps, but what was negotiated for trade (with Brexit) didn't even approach the type of deal that Canada negotiated. There are different levels of association with the EU, short of full membership, but the UK Govt. (i.e.the Tories) didn't even negotiate close to that. They wanted a full, 'clean break', and that is what I find astonishing. As you say, time will tell, but as of right now, the UK is severely lagging behind the recovery rates of other countries, that underwent the same Covid lockdowns. I honestly believe that this is because of Brexit, and sadly, I also feel that it is going to get worse.😐

[@simmorg290]

@@dougwilson4537 So are you saying that Canada has a closer level of association with the EU than the UK? The Tories for some reason wanted to distance themselves from the EU more than countries that were never in the EU? I'm not saying you're wrong but it seems a little strange and spiteful from the Tories if it's true. My point about the lockdowns and so on is that newspapers, websites, the public and practically everyone think the Tory reaction to Covid was among the worst in the world. Countries didn't have the same lockdowns as you say. Our economy could've been wrecked more and in a more longlasting way than other countries that had different policies. No one knows. I think we'll muddle along. Anyway if you look at economic growth rates most advanced non-EU countries have outperformed most advanced EU countries for decades.

[@pamberinehondo9447]

Why would we want to eat second rate Australian beef in the UK. We never bought prime European beef when in the EU….let the Aussies laugh as the Chinese are slowly taking over a lot of their businesses

[@mrbearbear83]

As an Irish man, I say "take all you get Australia, give nothing back"

[@peterfunfstuck8094]

@SUPE SUPE You might want to re-negotiate this one ...

[@jonsimmons4150]

@SUPE SUPE you'll take all the equipment , machinery and products that oz dont have. As as oz is 30- 40 yrs behind, its alot!

[@schlauspieler1991]

​@SUPE SUPE they don t got any

[@schlauspieler1991]

@SUPE SUPE as fuel maybe.

[@Sotsufferer]

Who’s got the 6 counties?

[@coldandugly9251]

As a Scottish/ Australian I endorse this 😂 bring on independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

[@christinefiedor3518]

Same here. But Scotland has BIG problems now, just as bad as the rest of the uk so independence won’t be happening anytime soon!

[@coldandugly9251]

@@christinefiedor3518 Nothing insurmountable, continuing to be joined at the hip with English nationalist with little to no regard for Scottish interests is certainly not the way to go. I believe Scotland could do great things given an opportunity and re entry into Europe.

[@christinefiedor3518]

@@coldandugly9251 get a grip!

[@coldandugly9251]

@@christinefiedor3518 I will right after you form an argument Christine, I could be waiting awhile

[@roverboat2503]

@@coldandugly9251 Clearly the SNP has no regard for Scottish interests either.

[@markaxworthy2508]

What is uncomfortable about the Aussies taking the piss out of us? It is one of the more appealing characteristics they inherited from the UK

[@jessiewellington9377]

this was so f*cking funny

[@waynemansfield1527]

when the UK joined the EU they dropped Australia and NZ like hot rocks, talk about the last laugh.

[@jellyd4889]

Let us not forget we were poor in those days. The neighbor had money, those foreign far away countries were poor too. Then.

[@maphezdlin]

As an American this saddens me. Can the UK get a good trade deal from your former colonies (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand)? Of course, but we aren't your main trading partners. We are oceans away. You had a free trade deal with your closest trading partners, Brexit destroyed it. Your former colonies will try to help but your not in our neck of the woods. The UK needs back in the EU.

[@doreenhollywood7459]

I have to agree with them. We in SCOTLAND did not vote for brexit

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

And?

[@doreenhollywood7459]

@@mancuniangamecat8288 We are now in a financial MESS because england did

[@davidty2006]

majority of us zoomers didn't vote for this. Because we couldn't.

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

@@doreenhollywood7459 and the SNP couldn't even run their party finances, image what would have happened to the county. The SNP ruined the economy by offering freebies like free universities and prescriptions as a bribe for independence.

[@alzo1sgood]

​@@supesupe3668I think the majority of people in scotland voted to remain in the uk to keep the status quo. However brexit threw everything right out the window. Hopefully we can force another vote one day.

[@PercivalBlakeney]

The real question is … who ISN'T laughing at us? 😔

[@BewareOfTheKraut]

Russia.

[@davidty2006]

@@BewareOfTheKraut yeah they are little pissed at a few missiles we sent ukraine. And despite them constantly threataining to kill the government and nuke us they don't realise WE WANT THAT.

[@PercivalBlakeney]

@@BewareOfTheKraut I'd like to believe that, but there's strong evidence to support the notion that it was Russian Billionaires that bankrolled that "Big Red Bus". 😔

[@elwray3506]

@@BewareOfTheKraut I wouldn´t bet on that. After all we still do not know, what Mr. Johnson had to discuss a number of times aside protokoll with his Russian mates.

[@Peter_S_]

@@BewareOfTheKraut ruSSia is laughing the LOUDEST as this was their construction.

[@SpencerHHO]

There are cattle stations literally bigger than England and wales. The land is only productive agriculturally for grazing these stations produce tens of thousands of head of cattle a year. Uk farmers don't have a chance to compete with these farms. The Uk can't export seafood to us Australia has a small population but huge fisheries and a massive aquaculture industry. It's somewhat Ironic because Australia used to be dependent upon exporting to the uk and when the UK joined the European trading block it really hurt Australian agriculture. That was more than 50 years ago now though and things have changed. Part of the deal includes allowing brittish citizens to get work and study visas more easily. I've met so many 'expats' cough immigrants from the UK. Australia has high wages and even though cost of living is also very high it's not really any worse than the UK. Med students like doctors and nurses can continue their study and work in aus hospitals and earn more than twice as much. It's little wonder so many of them end up staying here...

[@Luther835]

The convicts won in the end.

[@robertgalloway3771]

It is a pity the ABORIGINES are not better respected! The people in the Americas!?

[@barliechoy]

Wow, that hurts.

[@cameronstrauss1818]

As an Aussie, I'm very happy with it!😃

[@Xabia18]

The government should be done for treason.

[@ineverglid]

I agree. Our government has wilfully betrayed its people.

[@GaryOzbourne-mp7yv]

I AM FROM WALES IN THE UK AND I AM NOT ENGLISH AND SCOTLAND IS NOT ENGLISH...we want are independents from the ENGLISH so don't blame WALES OR SCOTLAND OR IRELAND AUSTRALIA as got no right to put WALES Or SCOTLAND OR IRELAND DOWN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@jonsimmons4150]

yes, for treason in 1994 signing away sovereignty in the treaty of maastrict

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@jerryorange6983 if our vote dont count, neither will theirs..

[@ineverglid]

@@jerryorange6983 I wonder if they'd want it now.

[@spacelemur7955]

I got an M.A. in Geography in 1983, with economic geography as my concentration. In the 40 years since then, it still costs much more to ship goods halfway around the world compared to neighbouring countries. Why would Oz not look to the closer Asian companies for their trade, especially as the products are well made and cheaper? Brexit has always ignored economic fundamentals in favor of nostalgia. Greetings from Sweden.

[@tim211292]

you have highlighted exactly whats going on, Australia produces so much food that we are always looking for new markets but we dont need british products as like you said have access to asian markets for those things.

[@simonweel7971]

The British got their Brexit over two years ago. And it's not the Brexit they want. Well duh. Just about every economist told before hand it would be a disaster for Britain. So stop nagging and start clear up the mess you made.

[@mandycouchbean]

Not just Australia!

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

It comes in my mind the following clip, where a British women claims "how can the Australian prime minister say 'the treaty is good', when it is bad for UK?!". Not understanding (because of exceptionalism or commonwealth delusion) that the Australian pm supports Australia and don't cares about UK.