Brexit: Freedom or Folly? | Conflict Zone

[@francolupi4838]

Not having Farage the Clown in the EU parlament any more is well worth losing England.

[@clancywiggam]

Well, Diane was wrong. Tactics haven't changed though, the leave side's whole plan is hope for the best. Great work guys.

[@bokhans]

She left the European Parliament and the average intelligence in the building jumped up quite a lot.

[@Abraham_Tsfaye]

Truth is that in 2020 the UK is as relevant as the Czech Republic. In europe on Germany matters.

[@Abraham_Tsfaye]

fluffymufti Your economy makes nothing and you have no natural resources. Germany is the worlds second biggest exporter it has a current account surplus of $400bn every year!! No cares about your little crappy little island.

[@ashtart1744]

@fluffymufti Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will join this group soon

[@christianjanssen2946]

as long as Britain pays more in tariffs than it payed in membership fees and has no more say in EU decisions it will be ok.

[@wakey87]

Meh, we are going undercut the EU and ship everything through N. Ireland to avoid tariffs =)

[@SoundTourist]

@@wakey87 As long as Northern Ireland still part of the UK. One year, two, three?

[@christianjanssen2946]

@Ford Prefect yes i am for free trade with GB , i understand the immigration part and blâme mutti merkel partialy for opening the floodgates.always liked you guys sad see you leave... to bad your prèss demonized the EU for décades while your économy profited imensely.airbus ... your car industry rejuvinated... the common market... 70 years of peace...stranger together in a globalised world... but noooo you think you are better of alone ... pure hubris. Well go ahead good luck

[@christianjanssen2946]

@fluffymufti good for you... just in case your worse of than before dont blâme the EU anymore ... it's getting lame

[@peabase]

@fluffymufti Squeezing a pimple on our nose is a better analogy. The UK is far more exposed to trade disruptions than any individual EU member. As a case in point, if bilateral trade were to grind to a complete halt, our exports would be down 4.4%. Yours, 45%. That's what I call a crippling blow.

[@mrchainanimal3637]

Why do we still have to talk about this? The Brits want to leave? Ok, go. Future relationship? We have Canada, Norway and WTO on the menue. Make your choice... now. And please, let Europe work on stuff that really matters.

[@SoundTourist]

Exactly. The EU has many good measures in the drawer, which was vetoed by the Brits.

[@SoundTourist]

@fluffymufti Not exists and also not planned.

[@ashtart1744]

@fluffymufti Given that the sum of the European armies already form an army. If the Europeans decided to have an army with a common coordination who can prevent them from obtaining it if not citizens with a democratic decision ?

[@mrchainanimal3637]

@@MaxArturo I wish you had

[@peabase]

@@MaxArturo You're still a hang-around member. For the rest of the year, you're in pay-but-no-say limbo. That may very well be your ultimate fate, too.

[@brianjennings4450]

Stunning. That was the best Brexit agregate iv seen, and now Tim Sebastion hits my AllStar List. I'd buy him a beer.

[@posterboyuk1]

DW English and France 24 is a bit like watching Twitter. An extreme position presented as mainstream. By all means criticise Brexit if you want, but include discussion on national sovereignty and the shortcomings and moral corruption of the EU.

[@guitounours]

Moral corruption of the EU? Strong words coming from people having won the Brexit vote on lies as big as they can get. Remember the totally bogus "350 million pounds a week" claim? Give us a break, will you.

[@cobbler40]

After the banking crash in 2008 money that should have been invested in the economy was diverted to preventing a depression by pumping billions into the financial sector. This prevented assets owned by the wealthy falling in value. This has caused wages to flat line so they are less than in 2008. Brexit allows the workers to blame foreigners rather than the real culprits who will make money from Brexit.

[@MichaelPetersFenwicks]

Brexit is a puzzle to me now - thought we would have the best regulations for business yet so far concerned from what I see!!!!

[@rabbibacongrease88]

It hardly seems like it even matters anymore now that the country's already been destroyed

[@SoundTourist]

At least good to know how & why.

[@malikalamgirian]

He does NOT let anyone complete their one sentence!

[@monikamiliczka6104]

Wasif Altaf yes! So rude!!

[@dracovirals7705]

After Brexit......Britain is now naked!

[@achillesfury]

Who in their right mind hired this old guy?Somebody check this old guy’s blood pressure before he leans in and interrupt every person

[@SoundTourist]

He don't need to allow fairytales when it is about serious issues. He makes it perfectly.

[@ionutunroman7525]

I don't think "divide and conquer" still works in 2020. Any sane person with a little knowledge of history knows that. "All for one and one for all"💪 🇪🇺

[@VaucluseVanguard]

To be fair to Daniel Hannan he was clear that there should still be freedom of movement throughout the referendum. He, along with a couple of other leading Brexiteers stood out from the rest in saying this.

[@hauskalainen]

Daniel Hannon wanted a Norway style deal..... we have not got that. Farage said "what's wrong with being like Norway or Switzerland? They're rich!" Problem is Nige that we won't be like them! Out in the cold.

[@JostSchwider]

_Freedom or Folly?_ That's an easy one. => *Folly.*

[@afzal6455]

Dw can you hire me?

[@petermarley1644]

Congratulations on a wonderfully balanced example of top quality journalism, allowing the guests to make their points without talking over them to is so refreshing so much so, that i'm left wondering which side of the debate DW is on, good job!

[@arostwocents]

Lmao

[@mrpeel3239]

Great overview of the UK unnecessarily heading towards the No-Deal cliff!

[@eddiel7635]

Brexit isn’t about economics...

[@eddiel7635]

Diarmaid O'Riordan id rather pay for it and be free

[@eddiel7635]

Diarmaid O'Riordan get over it mate and take the chip of your shoulder, you might enjoy life more.

[@eddiel7635]

Diarmaid O'Riordan and you’re a bigot as well 🤷🏻‍♂️ 😘

@@eddiel7635 do you remember the telephone No. of police to call when a KFC runs out of chicken lol

[@johnnohobear8634]

Like so many nowadays, this interviewer is obnoxious, constantly interrupting the interviewee. Civil, calm, rational discourse is apparently old fashioned. Rudeness and bullying seems to be the order of the day. If this clown interviewed me in this fashion, I would tell him next time he interrupts me, the interview is terminated.

[@arostwocents]

Every single interviewee uses the phrase "if I can finish my sentence please"

[@brigold3352]

There is no need to hold an interview if the interviewee can carry on talking BS, any honorable interviewer will stop such BS and get back to the point the question was about. He did well if you cannot cope with fact based interviews go back to your BBC, they used to do this kind of interviews but somehow stopped 5 years ago.

[@arostwocents]

@@brigold3352 The BBC only does this kind of interview with constant interruptions and gotcha attempts. It's idiotic.

[@arostwocents]

@@brigold3352 are you vole or something?

[@Jamie_Johnson]

Freeeeeeedooooommm

[@snezdimi6695]

Freedom for Brexiteers to privatise NHS and let the american corporations benefit from UK national tresure.

[@Jamie_Johnson]

@@snezdimi6695 Yawn! Your fearmongering is getting a bit old and repetitive.

[@earthman6700]

Folly. Irresponsible government.

[@kukulroukul4698]

Its ALL ABOUT predisposition/willingness IS NOT about wrong or wright. Either way its a loss...one country of 28 was too lazy too sluggish :( ITS A NET LOSS. EU should conceptualize that and take new points of refference coz the right wings will find another ''rotten'' country to blame for...what knows what. Its a LOSS period

[@earthman6700]

Diane and the Unicorns.

[@freebox1248]

Amazing times for Great Britain and may the rest follow you. The EU is almost done just a few more years and it's over for them.

[@IDontWantAHandle101]

@Diarmaid O'Riordan over 1400 European financial organisations have recently applied to the UK regulators to have registered offices in UK. It's not all about the Financial industry but that's a good pointer. Also Nissan told the EU to give the UK a good deal or they will cease production in France and Slovakia. Times are changing :)

[@IDontWantAHandle101]

@Diarmaid O'Riordan Looks like nobody tells you anything. Sad really if you can't substantiate your response by reading first. Nissan issued a statement better for you. I'm not from the UK but Im looking forward to doing more business there. Good luck in the future. The reality of international business passes most people by. Business do business, not politicians. Thank God.

[@IDontWantAHandle101]

@Diarmaid O'Riordan Ha ha, Yep, not long till the EU goes pop. That what you mean ;))

[@John-gm5mf]

Hi from Canada. 😂🙄😂

[@peabase]

Don't get too comfortable. The moment the Brits realise they can't get a Canada-style free trade agreement, to say nothing of the Canada+++ FTA they think they're entitled to, they'll do a reverse spin-off where they'll become a Canadian province.

[@actionyuri7628]

Hi back from Italy!

[@peabase]

@phil mill I guess that in your clumsy and confused way (the EU-27 actually enjoy a trade surplus), you're trying to say that the UK has a £80 billion trade deficit with the EU and that that puts the EU at a disadvantage in a possible tariff war. All things being equal, that would be the case, but things are far from equal. The UK has a much smaller economy compared to that of the EU-27. It's like a welterweight challenging a super-heavyweight. A better apples-to-apples comparison is that if trade between the UK and the EU were to grind to a complete halt on Jan 1st 2021, UK exports would be cut by 44%, while only 8% would be shaved off the EU's exports. That's because you'd be losing 27 trade partners; we, just the one.

[@traptown7783]

DW News

[@davidnierzwick2775]

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[@allancrotch2953]

A big thank you Tim you and your type made this hard brexit a reality without you Bercow Corbin and so many more we might have had a Mrs May deal please keep up the good work

[@Francisco_CS]

that's what you take from this video...? not at least a little apprehensive?

[@arostwocents]

He's correct. Trying to cancel the result made hard brexit a certainty.