Britons are regretting Brexit. Here's why. | This World

3 years after UK left the EU, many Britons are already regretting Brexit. Inflation has hit a 40-year-high, many Britons are being forced to shoplift in order to cope with the cost-of-living crisis.
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[@DarkVader-jj4dt]

I don't think the E.U would want them back.

[@garrywynne1218]

Good

[@maxharbig1167]

J'm sure it doesn't.

[@karylhogan5758]

Correct

[@garrywynne1218]

@@Buckets1000 - “ desecrated” . You have to be a country for that🤷🏻

[@garrywynne1218]

@@Buckets1000 - no Michael . It is not illegal to burn the EU flag in the U.K. . You are talking Euroloon bollox

[@moonbtc3875]

Brexit was a stupid idea.

[@DT-ro6cc]

It was a good idea. We are happy you left us

[@adalix3954]

Remember, the Brits had the best deal in EU. If they come back, they'll pay the price and it'll higher than previously. I never understood why Great Britain left. Still getting back to EU is the best thing to do

[@TheRandCrews]

Maybe they got jealous with their colonies and their adversaries having a republic or Independence Day. Maybe they want to be independent from EU 😂

[@adalix3954]

@@TheRandCrews Hi Love! they certainly don't want a republic! (don't want to look like France for instance)

[@larryc1616]

Nobody wants the entitled UK spoiled child

[@larryc1616]

Because dumb laypeople love racism

[@rascha7869]

I don't think the EU would want them back again !

[@ant318]

The UK is in a managed decline. Cheered on by meek population.

[@bernardedwards8461]

In badly managed decline. Yet we keep voting for the very politicians who are dragging us down! Perhaps we deserve what we get.

[@Arltratlo]

@@bernardedwards8461 you voted for it, so you deserve every ounce of suffering from it!

[@ATHLDN]

unmanaged

[@adamlea6339]

This is what happens when a population can be programmed by populist garbage instead of choosing to fact check and analyse objectively. Things like this will keep happening in the future until people learn to override primitive instincts that incite irrational decision making.

[@verfugbarkite]

David Cameron was such a fool

[@maxharbig1167]

Can the UK undo Brexit? Well not on its own it can't. It takes two to tango. Unfortunately, for the UK the EU has learned to live without the UK and some EU countries have and will continue to gain from the UK's absence. For example, prior to Brexit there were complaints from some EU countries like France that the City, in a non Eurozone country, shouldn't be handlng Euro clearing and other Euro based transactions. The ECJ ruled that depriving the UK of this would be discrimination against an EU member country, which the UK was at that time. That caveat no longer exists. Euro clearing is not manpower intensive but it does amount to around 100 trillion euros per annum. Amsterdam has surpassed London in stock trading volumes and it seems that London is also losing some listings to EU financial centres. The EU appears to be content with the TCA as it stands and it has to be remembered that, currently, each of the 27 has a veto versus new membership and/or closer alignment and, in spite of pious declarations of friendship and public statements regarding closer ties, for those EU member states that have gained from Brexit I'm pretty sure charity begins at home.

[@mattjames88]

There will be no second referendum. The UK left the EU.

[@jfrancobelge]

Actually strengthening the EU is the main benefit of Brexit.

[@terryfinnie2146]

They have lost 2 trillion pounds in tax, from eu clearing services, what a shower of simpletons.

[@aleph8888]

The EU lost 15% of its GDP with Brexit. Now, 1. Germany in recession. 2. Eurozone in recession. 3. The Republic of Ireland in recession. 4. But the UK including NI isn’t in recession. 5. US-UK deal giving UK companies domestic producer status in the US so making them eligible for US subsidies under the Inflation Reduction Act. The EU hasn’t got those preferences. 6. Nicola Sturgeon arrested over SNP finances. SNP implosion. 7. 😂

[@terryfinnie2146]

@@aleph8888 since when is ROI in recession? Stop your bullshit facts.

[@brownnomad6805]

Canada has favoured trade agreements with EU union. It is better business that way, who care about UK now.

[@terrykinross1]

People were lied to. The benefits are still waited for.

[@Kerygmame]

yes they all lied, they all said the economy would collapse .. it didn't.

[@bernardedwards8461]

We cant have all the benefits until we have real brexit, and we probably need to stamp out corrupt and incompetent government as well.

[@Arltratlo]

to be lied to and knowing it and dont care about is a Brexshit benefit... you got what you voted for!

[@Arltratlo]

@@Gary-bz1rf i am in the EU, you can move your island to the Pacific Ocean, now... i will not stop you, bye bye, dont mess up the Suez canal...

[@MrOliver1444]

On the other hand, it is the people's responsibility to do research on this matter.

[@supernova82]

I am not sure what did they acheive from Brexit because they still have to follow EU rules if they want to trade with them, but they surely took the choice from Brits of moving to any EU country.

[@Arltratlo]

i would call both great Brexshit benefits....you dont have a say and you are not leech off other countries anymore... same as the immigrants do in the UK... i think you know how it feels to support people who dont want to work or assimilate into their guest country!

[@vishnupriya6567]

I reckon the concern was that too many people from the EU were coming into Britain..

[@Arltratlo]

@@vishnupriya6567 but now they try to avoid everything British, like to travel to the UK! but its funny the Brits complain about others, while they are not capable to follow simple rules in foreign countries!

[@noelfleming3567]

The E U didn't take anything your government made all the rules on leaving

[@harrydebastardeharris987]

What the Tory’s achieved was Division.It’s one of those things they do better than any other Party.Division of the country they are supposed to Unite.They love having Ordinary Citizens fighting among themselves. And if they have to close down all the High Sts,Small Business and make life insufferable for Ordinary People so they and their Corporate Pimps can Rule and make disgusting Profits,So Be It.Well Done Tory Voters and Brain Donor Brexiteers.

[@NoName-jq7tj]

Most people in places like Clacton on Sea voted to leave the EU because Britain beat Germany in a war a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away & wanted to go back to the old days. That’s nostalgia for you. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@andre-qe5yr]

We don't want any more immigrants especially Indians.

[@danielwatson3273]

Most people aren't arrogant enough to believe they can read people's minds, how long have you had this incredible gift??

[@karylhogan5758]

They had much help from Soviet Union and America🙄

[@Carehuea]

@@karylhogan5758 ESPECIALLY from the Russians, who did MOST of the actual fighting…

[@LeonFelixRusso]

@@Carehuea With American arms. Don't skew the history.

[@Carehuea]

“Immigration has increased. Not from Europe but from people from SouthAsia and Africa…” Oh… the irony…

[@antoanetaanastasova3946]

During Brexit were the Romanians and the Bulgarians,next will be the Indians and the Africans taking British jobs .Who is next I wonder?

[@Carehuea]

@@antoanetaanastasova3946 The whole “they’re coming over here and taking our jobs” BS has been debunked a thousand times. Go on, don’t be wilfully bra…in… washed. Kick that confirmation bias where it hurts. Find the actual facts. I believe in you… 👍🏼

[@michaelairley2015]

Yes, very sad. Sweden is now the rape capital of Europe.

[@teoleno4019]

All the racist Anglo Saxons who were attacking Polish people, yall can now choke on your brown and yellow immigrants!

[@rrrado1]

UK is now like a girl who dumped pretty decent guy to make him feel sorry, but he turned out to be fine without her and she is mad as hell.

[@mikeg4586]

Wrong way round

[@stiofain88]

​@@mikeg4586 Nah, you're definitely the ones getting ridden these days.

[@MrBell-iq3sm]

@@mikeg4586 Was the UK kicked out, or did they leave?

[@tw8464]

Lol so true

[@alanpreston2129]

Brexit showed how valuable the European Union is to its members. An important discovery, financed by the British (who are still paying for this).

[@RazorMouth]

Financed "partly" by the British. The Germans and French have always invested more into the EU

[@verttikoo2052]

UK has always dodged fully financing the EU. Doesn’t matter. We do perfectly fine without the UK. Good riddance 🥳

[@tobiwan001]

Britain was basically bankrupt before it joined the EU. It was the EU that kept Britain alive.

[@johnwilson5637]

Utter garbage. The EU has never been valuable to the UK.

[@TwoWheelsGood-ym3st]

@@RazorMouth Good Now w it's Ireland's turn to pay up And they will

[@Detector1977]

Basically sheer arrogance or british exceptionalism that caused it. And a big dose of ignorance too....

[@garrywynne1218]

Utter rubbish.

[@karylhogan5758]

Just your average Brit 🙄🇮🇪

[@garrywynne1218]

We never voted to join the EU in the first place so I don’t see the controversy of when we finally got a vote it was inevitable.

[@Detector1977]

@@garrywynne1218 Sigh. Go read the damn documents of the European community from 1957 which the UK voted to JOIN. It clealry states EVER CLOSER UNION. The fact that the UK chooses to ignore that part says everything! IT WAS ALWAYS THERE! It is only cause of the greed and selfishness, (which was the only reason the UK joined in the forst place), that the UK arbitrarily decides it was only every about trade. Which is a huge LIE!

[@Carehuea]

@@garrywynne1218What are you talking about…? There was a referendum in 1975 to join the EU and Britain overwhelmingly voted to JOIN….

[@rakeshbu7574]

When people think they are supreme...this happens...the neighbouring countries are pissed of the attitude...

[@Arltratlo]

but Brits are really special, nobody knows for what and how, but they feel that way!

[@rakeshbu7574]

@@Arltratlo 😂🤣

[@karylhogan5758]

Correct.

[@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337]

It takes two to tango indeed! Just what I was going to say! I don’t think the EU wants to have such a difficult member for at least another generation, when most of the Little Englanders die out. Of course Scotland may break away and rejoin the EU before then, and Europe will welcome it.

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

And Ireland is REUNITED

[@jeffsmith3392]

You'll have to eat your words.

[@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337]

Jeff Smith, Why are you talking nonsense?

[@jeffsmith3392]

@@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337 if you have any issues with Brexit you really need to speak to a Dr. There's probably a mental health issue. Brexit was 7 years ago.

[@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337]

I think you as a genius brexiter don’t seem to even begin to comprehend that brexit was not just a singukar event that took place 7 years ago, but an ongoing destruction of the tolerance, the economy, the standard and cost of living and the culture of GB! You’re doomed, mate!

[@robertbones326]

Right after the referendum result Professor Richard Dawkins said "Of course I regret leaving the European Union as almost every educated person does. It's a calamity and a tragedy" Educated people knew the outcome of Brexit long before the referendum was even held. Sorry if this sounds condescending but many Brexit supporters are school drop outs that watch football every weekend. I know this because my dad voted Brexit and he dropped out of school, he makes foolish decisions all the time and stubbornly refuses to believe he's wrong. Dismissing experts is their way of promoting their own self esteem.

[@chriscooper761]

Also some highly intelligent people voted Leave. Like Prof Tim Wilson and a guy with an I.Q of 159 who said " I would love to vote remain but I can't"

[@Arltratlo]

taken that the UK government is run for 13 years by idiots.... and you wonder it kills your country, but i am sure, you can immigrate to the USA... they know how to treat illegal immigrants like you! because they will not let you in, one of 50 million Brits who will run away in the next decades, dont expect German car makes to help you!

[@tomwalsh2244]

Brexit was carried by racist chavs and coffin dodgers. Sorry to be harsh but there it is!

[@Lov17213]

So very well said.

[@sumomaster5585]

I mean watching football isn't a sign of intelligence...nor having a degree...I know cuz I made stupid decisions despite being "educated"

[@Leo-bl5ix]

Never in GB history has a political party so spectacularly blown the feet off a nation and claimed it as victory !

[@DeirdreCatherineDoyle]

YEP ...

[@alexandercrichton7091]

You also have to remember there are many young people who were below the age of 18 at the time of the vote who can now vote and want there voice heard as it affects their lives far more than the older voters who voted to leave.

[@possumyx]

How?

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

British people have no say over rejoining the Eu. No one in the EU wants the uk back

[@BasedSaxon]

What difference would it make, Europe like the UK is finished.

[@FufucaCacildis]

Not EU problem anymore. Get over it and move on. Thank you for leaving.

[@ukchatman4920]

@@BasedSaxon Nope Europe is doing better...

[@grafplaten]

Why were the ignorant masses allowed to vote on this matter in the first place?

[@dantownsend4246]

One should never have a referendum on serious issues. Serious issues should be widely debated in parliament and House of Lords. Having the general public voting emotionally with little knowledge never ends well

[@garrywynne1218]

Because we are a democracy and no one voted FOR the EU. Sales to it as a proportion of exports in total had declined from 54% in 2006 to 41.7% in 2022. It was a declining market .

[@Carehuea]

@@garrywynne1218 Dude, you’re spreading misinformation. Britain did overwhelmingly vote to join the European market (as the EU was now and then). After getting that wrong, all your other bogus figures can simply not be taken seriously

[@garrywynne1218]

@@Carehuea - if you can’t get your basic facts rights then I,dkeep quiet if I were you ? “ Better to keep quiet-and be thought a fool , than open and remove all doubt” 🤷🏻🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@garrywynne1218]

@@Carehuea - the “ disinformation “ as call it comes straight from the House of Commons Research Library if you’d care to look. When you do try not to let the facts slap you in the bum on your way out 🤷🏻🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jarednovel]

The British more often than not make their voting decisions based on emotions and blind nationalism. The Conservative Party has learned to harness this trend to acquire and retain power. The Tories have been inciting the British people against Migrants and also Europe without caring about the impacts these on the economy....

[@PelicanGuy]

Just like the Republicunts in the States.

[@TwoWheelsGood-ym3st]

What's wrong with emotions and blind nationalism? It was the democratic vote that call for Brexit Are you a fan of dictatorship?

[@charlyvanbuuren2947]

​@@TwoWheelsGood-ym3stI guess the word 'blind'? 😂

[@TwoWheelsGood-ym3st]

@@charlyvanbuuren2947 Keep guessing

[@TwoWheelsGood-ym3st]

We can see what immigrants are capable of, just look at Sweden, France, Spain, Belgium...

[@rchatte100]

Crap, we're not!

[@Featherface01]

I voted to remain but unfortunately the people have spoken. Those who voted to leave have made our bed of nails and now we have to lay on it. It's not as simple as saying "sorry we made a mistake" and going back to the good old days. Thanks Tories!

[@robertbones326]

Building a successful business doesn't happen over night. Achieving body building goals don't happen over night. But the best time to start working towards it is now and that's the point. We don't need to end result to happen immediately.

[@oneshothunter9877]

Thank the little poisoner.

[@Featherface01]

@Robert Bones Your optimism is admirable. I hope it's not misplaced.

[@docrex1678]

At least Brexiteers said sorry, British Empire is yet to apologize for their atrocities in the name of King, Queen and Colonialism!

[@MrAndyblue52]

​@@docrex1678 🔔 end you

[@deannilvalli6579]

As most here have noted, but most Brits have not, the UK has no power to vote itself into a club that it is not a member of. They still think they are in charge of everything, and they don't get that it is not up to them, but up ot the EU to determine if they are worthy of joining. And the answer is no, they are not. They are not even capable of keeping their word on the treaty they most recently signed with us. They still have not met the requirements and conditions of the TCA. So how can we let them into a club when we know they do not follow the rules? And that is only the begingn of the many, meany, many reasons why they can never be allowed to rejoin.

[@christopherhedi5156]

As the economy Crisis keeps rising, one needs to have different streams of income, as well as secure a profitable investment future. detailed diversified investment portfolio in the financial market is needed to survive

[@maxharbig1167]

And fairly frequent rebalancing of the portfolio contents.

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[@Abmotsad]

English Oligarchs: We're going to leave the EU and greatly complicate international trade. Poorly Educated Brits: Uhm..., that doesn't seem like a good thing for the average citizen. EO: Oh, it's not. You're going to get fucked. HARD. PEB: Then why should we do it? EO: Well, only we will benefit financially, but at least you might see fewer brown faces around you. PEB: OK. Whenever you see poor people voting against their own best interests, it is always - ALWAYS - about bigotry.

[@bernardedwards8461]

They lied, we didnt fully leave!

[@Abmotsad]

@@bernardedwards8461 What would count to you as "fully leaving"? Tying a tow rope to the Tower Bridge and pulling the island out to sea?

[@maxharbig1167]

@@bernardedwards8461 Didn't fully leave? What bit are you still in? Not the CU or the SM. Possibly you're thinking about having to meet EU standards if you want to trade with it but that goes for selling anywhere. Unless you've got something totally unique that people cannot do without it's a buyer's market, both regulatory and standardswise. Besides, the EU is seven times the size of the UK both economically and as a market. That's why, for example, everything that US companies sell in the EU, including US food products, meets EU not US standards.

[@swingro2011]

@@bernardedwards8461 A russian bot is not fully brit.

[@smokeango]

I'll explain it to you pro European dullards. If the UK still retains thousands of EU laws that the government were too, pro EU to remove, then we haven't really left. We still have the ECHR legislation which means we can't remove any illegal migrants to rewanda. We still pay France multiple millions per year to police their own beaches. The lowering of corporation tax and implementation of tariffs All this because the Tory surrender monkeys won't make the big decisions.

[@GerbsCE]

They cannot undo this. It already damaged their reputation. They should just improve their policies.

[@geoffreyhughes9979]

Time to apply to rejoin the EU.

[@sharknado623]

Don't expect us to welcome you back.

[@tomdoodey4136]

Hell no!!

[@geoffreyhughes9979]

@@tomdoodey4136 Thanks for your comment.

[@geoffreyhughes9979]

@@Buckets1000 Thanks for your comment.

[@Harry-tb8yo]

No. You made your bed, now sleep in it. The EU does not exist to help you out of the mess you created on your own.

[@Nick-pc9tf]

My UK expat boss fired me cause I was indifferent about Brexit and he was pro-Brexit. I didn't even say much cause these are sensitive work topics. Just that 'Im not sure of the positive effects'.

[@docrex1678]

UK 'expat'...... Oh yes. Forgot. White folks going to other countries are 'expats', not immigrants 😂

[@Ohaechesi]

Sorry to hear that, but that's your bosses loss in the end. Brexit was dumb and should have never happened. I never understood the benefits.

[@apb2081]

Brexiteers do not understand about economics, trust me it is good that do not work anymore for that person

[@Carehuea]

You mean, your “UK immigrant boss”…?

[@rosshilton]

Sorry to call you out on that but is there more to this story? You cannot discriminate that way as I am sure you knew. So what reason did he give?

[@shunichikinoe5081]

The people voted to leave. The British should move on. It would be really stupid for the EU if it accept the UK again. Who else got the piece of £350m?

[@bruceritchie5240]

Isn't what people WANT the opposite of what a sustainable future on our earth NEEDS ? I know this is true in USA ! LESS petty trade over distance, and more regional trade, and simpler living generally!

[@playnochat]

Unfortunately Tories doesn't care about enviroment either. But in general you are right. Globalization means finding the lowest ladder in polluting.

[@mauricetucker8754]

We are European with shared history and standard with energy food financial markets next door

[@xzaratulx]

I bet the UK would have made it had they actually prepared better. Instead they went through how many PM and in the end they were surprised not to be the common-wealth anymore. But 3 years after UK is the only one still reporting about it .. that answers everything

[@give-peace-a-chance]

Out is out, as Jean-Claude Juncker said, there‘s nothin to add, isn‘t it?! Welcome to real life folks!

[@Nygaard2]

There's no "jury" when it comes to Brexit. It was a huge own goal.

[@yamyam3905]

They hate losing our money, they still keep having a dig at us .

[@kborak]

This is called a blatant lie.

[@robinpillay8462]

Dont think the country expected to leave.

[@bonito34]

One thing for sure. Raisin picking is over!

[@rascha7869]

YES... the party is over now !

[@MesmerAloofly]

Racism is expensive

[@peg9459]

Why rejoin if it is to leave again afterwatds or try to slowdown the european project because it doesn't suit your strategic and economic plans.

[@jimlyon7276]

I've always thought Brexit was a BIG mistake intended to benefit the English middle class, @ others expense (as usual!) It would have been FAR better to stay in the EU & to greatly improve the REAL democracy of both the EU & UK ! - SAOR ALBA GU BRATH!

[@sjdyt]

Still makes me feel angry today! False promises and sucker voters. I remember when I first heard the result and I was gobsmacked that the result was leave!

[@KarthikSoun]

Britian economy whould spiral down to a realistic size close to Sri Lanka.

[@user-cv2of4ve4u]

The American currency will stay a float due to the 2 dollar bill which can be divided into ruble or yuan with the American dollar meaning the more 2 dollar bills being spent the more debt and inflation drops leading the gains not debt.....

[@robertbones326]

Rejoin the single market 🇪🇺 and legalise weed! 🤩 🔶LIB DEM🔶 🔶LIB DEM🔶 🔶LIB DEM🔶

[@MrOliver1444]

Single-market access does only come with EU membership.

[@Harry-tb8yo]

Or by EFTA membership. Both is not on the table and will for a very long time not be on the table.

[@ebubechiibegbula5968]

My own take on Brexit is , the citizens of a country should refrain from acting on emotion especially when they feel betrayed by their leaders...

[@garrywynne1218]

They had 45 years to prove their case and failed .

[@williamvorkosigan5151]

Are you suggesting that the US should be forced to follow laws set by people that they didn't elect? Indeed the EU was Taxation without Representation. I think the US had something to say about that. Misinformation is very high from the Media which was and remains extremely biased towards the EU (an unelected elite imposing rules on people against the wishes of the people). Therefore I don't blame you. Perhaps either you should refrain from commenting on something you clearly know very little about or go out of your way to listen to those who advocated for Brexit on what they hoped to achieve. Baroness Hoey. Brendan O'Neil. Nigel Farage. Not what people say about them but what they say.

[@williamvorkosigan5151]

Tell me. Did house prices fall by a third as claimed by the Head of the Bank of England? Was he laughed out of the room? Did he become unemployable? No, Mark Carney the internationalist has had no trouble moving into another high profile internationalist job. Everyone in the media and the pro Remain government nodded and agreed while not behaving like people who thought it was possible that they would lose a third of the value of their house(s). They knew it was a "noble lie". Most remain arguments were lies, and if you have to lie to persuade people of something, you know it isn't good. They even lied and continue to lie that "the slogan on the side of a bus was a lie", even though it was imperially true.

[@ebubechiibegbula5968]

@@williamvorkosigan5151 the " elite" are everywhere , the "elite" championed the Brexit campaign... So what will you rather have , a situation where more working class people are carried along due to decisions taken by the so called "elite" who are bounded by certain rules meant to favour everyone regardless of socio economic class, or an "elite" who want to be free of certain oversight restrictions so they can run amok....

[@williamvorkosigan5151]

@@ebubechiibegbula5968 The largest damage done to the UK in the past 30 years is Hyper Immigration. Having "Taken Back Control" Internationalist Boris, who only saw Brexit as a path to power for himself. Blew up the gates. The EU doesn't care about the people, if it did, it would control the boarders of the EU. That is just one thing. The EU is for corporate business, undemocratic, and tries to bully it's members (or would be leavers) into line. I am not a socialist but actual socialists like Tony Ben and Barbra Castle knew this. As Tony Ben said: “What power have you got?” “Where did you get it from?” “In whose interests do you use it?” “To whom are you accountable?” “How do we get rid of you?” The EU president and the entire commission are unelected bureaucrats.

[@chriskost7291]

👏👏

[@plerpplerp5599]

"If we fail and the British people vote ‘No’ to the European Community, they will read how there was a defeat for co-operation between nations, and how there was a victory for the tribunes of the Left. They will read how extremism won over commonsense. For it is purely common sense to belong to a community working together in peace on economic and political issues that concern us all. It is purely commonsense to have access to secure sources of food supplies, when as a nation we have to import half our food. It is surely commonsense to belong to the Community that is the largest trading and aiding unit in the world, and play our part in that Community. It is surely commonsense for Britain to continue to play a part in the Council of Europe. It is purely commonsense that we should now listen also to the Commonwealth-those Nations who twice this century, have come to Britain's aid to defend democracy in Europe. Not one of them now want us to leave. The Commonwealth wants us to stay in. Britain has made a vital contribution to the past. She has a contribution to make to the future. It will be bigger in Europe than alone." Margaret Thatcher Speech to Conservative Group for Europe (opening Conservative referendum campaign) April 1975

[@JN-om6rw]

No chance - not a chance in a million that brexit can be reversed - the Brits can have all the referendums they like but it will change nothing - the damage has been done - the EU 27 have had enough of the little englanders insults / Farage Widdecombe Hannan IDS Rees mogg Francois Boris Gove and thd rest

[@lightningtwostrikes4317]

Brexit is a massive success.. we just need to focus on the positives and wait about 50 years 🎉

[@solemndivinity8235]

Im German and Indian and the UK should make Brexit a proper exit and not part-EU and part not in the EU at the same time. If Switzerland can be independant from the EU and Norway and Ireland put their laws first and EU's second, then Britain can do the same thing.

[@chazordave]

Correct.

[@luciamacakova7516]

Problem is that Switzerland, Norway or Ireland do not want to be independent on EU for their own prosperity. Your idea is, they should do stupid decision to cut own business or hurting own interests to hurt EU. But you are Indian...Someone fall, your rise.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

No, they can't. Britain benefitted immensely from membership in the EU, now all those benefits are lost. Norway and Switzerland are different economies for one thing; for another, they were never part of the EU to begin with.

[@sidneypedroso3415]

Switzerland and norway, they have trade deal with EU, about 60 to 70 percent , so before you talk make search.

[@solemndivinity8235]

@@sidneypedroso3415 The UK can also have that. I am talking about being outside the EU and still having good relations. Maybe you should read before you start trying to sound so smart.

[@rppacademic]

UK ... what is that? Something like San Marino or Liechtenstein?

[@ECoriolan]

Ask yourself that question instead : How UK can be useful for the construction of Europa ?

[@jonathananderson3990]

Let's go back in, but we won't get the deal we had before. If I remember Maggie thatcher got our payments way down

[@MrBell-iq3sm]

I don't think the EU will let the UK back in.

[@tonybroadley]

No we are not, thanks 🙄

[@michinmr3104]

Nobody regretting Brexit, specially not the EU

[@juliestone9196]

Erm, no we are not

[@pbysome]

No they aren't.

[@forestranger312]

Britains who voted leave are certainly not regretting brexit. You’re talking crap.

[@JohnDuffy-bq8wg]

Quite happy with brexit thanks, just disappointed with our politicians who refuse to encourage new growth outside the EU

[@BobTheBob647]

I think Brexit was good in concept. But one issue is the lockdowns in 2020. It made each region more isolationist and protectionist. Suddenly the free trade, endless growth mindset was gone.

[@TripsandFeasts1]

SOME Britons, etc, is a more appropriate title.

[@GV-xx7vh]

Perfidious Albion

[@rosshilton]

Germany was one of the best performing economies in the aftermath of the financial crisis but has stagnated since about 2018 despite a tight labor market. It was the industrial powerhouse of the EU, but in the last 5 years it has underperformed the Euro area economic growth. The big factor contributing to the slowdown is stagnating industrial production, and more specifically, the massive decline in car production over the last few years. According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany in 2022 Germanys main export product was motor vehicles and parts, at 15.6%. Machinery came second at 13.3% and and chemical products at 10.4% ranked third. Global car production peaked in 2018 and is now more than 10% lower than just a few years ago. Sales of new combustion engine vehicles peaked in 2017 and are now down by 20%. Advanced economies are relatively saturated and the registration and sales of new vehicles has been stagnating for more than decade. This, together with the growth slowdown in emerging markets, has led to lower global demand. But car production in Germany peaked even earlier, at around six million in 2012, and has been on a downward trend ever since. Car production fell to just over four million in 2019 and plunged to just three million in 2021. German car production is now at its lowest in more than three decades, and more than 1.5 million cars lower than just a few years ago. Cars and car parts exports represented more than 19% of German GDP in 2016 but declined to less than 16% more recently. While the total value of exports has now recovered, this is mostly a price effect (higher prices for a smaller number of sales) and not a volume effect. Germany exported only 2.6 million cars in 2022 (the same as in 1990), whereas car exports consistently exceeded four million from 2007 through to 2017. By value, in 2022 the three main markets for those cars was China at 14.5%, USA at 10%, and the UK at 8.3%. All three of those markets are showing a disinclination to buy cars from Germany. Chim an and the USA want to dominate the emerging EV market, and the UK is subject to restrictions due to Brexit (and absolute own goal by Germany, damaging the third largest market for its largest export). This decline of the car industry is really hurting Germany. Compared to the Anglo-Saxon economies, a larger share of workers in Germany are employed in manufacturing, with it employing 12% of Germans compared to 8% in the UK and USA. There are more than 700,000 people directly employed in the car industry in Germany, down from more than 830,000 a few years ago. Together with all the suppliers and attached industries, more than three million people in Germany are employed by the automobile industry. This represents some 7% of the total workforce, according to a study from IW Cologne. Manufacturing also represents a much higher percentage of German GDP, 19% compared to 12% in the USA and less than 10% in the UK, Even worse, traditional petrol drive on vehicles are being replaced by EVs. The E.U. is going to ban the sale of combustion engines as early as 2035. The typical car model has a lifecycle of about 10 years, three to four years development plus five to six years of sale, meaning that the current generation of conventional cars will probably be the last. Meanwhile China plans to sell more than a million electric cars in Europe by 2030. China is a big danger to the German car industry because it had an early start, it leads the world in battery technology and has a price advantage of about 20%. The entire EU car industry is now in jeopardy because EU lawmakers mandated early electric car adoption for its citizens without realising its own manufacturers lagged well behind China's. Meanwhile over the Atlantic the U.S. President Joe Biden has used a vast package of government subsidies under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to tempt many big European industrial players - like VW and battery supplier Northvolt - into considering a move to the U.S. and big business is cashing in on Europe’s fears of industrial decline. The EU fightback against Biden’s reforms involves allowing member countries to pour more state aid into their economies and targets for greater self-sufficiency. With China already dominating green tech supply chains, it’s becoming a global subsidies arms race, and it’s one that the EU is going to lose.

[@williamvorkosigan5151]

Strange how focus groups don't reflect what this man is saying.

[@leelarani6345]

Pl remove music

[@kieransavage100]

The Commonwealth????

[@mutesah]

not true never

[@leemyring97]

No they aren’t

[@dextermorganbloodspattersp6382]

Sunak 🚁 Transportation Imran Khan Transportation 🚲

[@conpanidis3574]

Brexit is a great idea for us Greeks. When they wake up request to rejoin , definitely the Parthenon marbles to be returned. No long term loan bullshit , return to us. Veto on every vote until the marbles return home.

[@craiglakin-ck5ow]

No thank you

[@91tempus]

Sorry, just having trouble understanding that accent no offense.

[@user-tl9qh8tm5j]

No thanks good lot of people can't see what the EU for what it is

[@whiskers1776]

When the uk joined the eec as it was then it would still be in it because it was merely a trading block but over the years it has developed into a country with its own parliament and president which by the way ordinary citizens don't vote for and can't get rid of its own currency and national anthem I wonder if india would be subservient to that I think not so why should the uk

[@Harry-tb8yo]

The EU and its predecessor, the EEC, have always been more than just a trade bloc. Look up the treaty of Rome which states purpose and goals of the EEC very clearly. The transition into the EU with a more pronounced emphasis on political integration also hasn't been made by a mysterious foreign entity. The UK government has been depply involved in this transition. It is not the EUs fault if people from the UK are too stupid to understand that. It just proves that the UK always has been and still is unfit for being a member of the EU. Many people here in the EU are glad they are out. It is just a simple thing. If you are in a club you adhere to its rules. If you don't like the rules you are free to leave by your own decision, that's what the UK did. But you cannot expect to have access to the club's facilities and benefits anymore. And if you still want to do business with the club you still have to follow its rules.

[@emaarredondo-librarian]

Did you google anything before commenting? Citizens of the EU do vote to elect their authorities. The UK kept the pound as its currency all the time it was a member of the EU, and currently there are 8 countries that have done the same. Not a single country in the EU has been forced to get rid of its national anthem!! Do you really believe that the British couldn't sing "God Save the Queen" from 1973 until 2020?? Or that the French are forbidden from singing La Marsellaise?? They would make another revolution! Really, whoever told you those tales, either was joking or deceiving you. And you believed it.

[@Cray-wilder]

why would they ask such a question since it is irreversible. when its done, its done!

[@ToothbrushMan]

It's not irreversible.

[@leemyring97]

That’s about as arrogant and misguided as a British reporter going to India and telling the world India is regretting independence,,,,,,,

[@adrianaspalinky1986]

People I know voted to get rid of David Cameron, and in doing so The Conservatives (I don't agree with their thinking)

[@selestianphilip9929]

❤

[@ericowensnyc]

OMG who placed them in front of the graffiti on the wall behind them?????? Must notice ANYTHING that can be distracting from the story before filming!!!!! 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔

[@Geraldine-uk9jo]

This information is untrue ....left the EU no regrets and everyone i no that voted to leave have no regrets. ....

[@Arumflower]

Mououahahahahahaha !😆🤣

[@DeirdreCatherineDoyle]

ALL ABOUT A PIECE OF COD! BORIS WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIS POLITICAL WRITER. POLICE TURNED UP REGARDING THE SCREAMING AND SHOUTING AT HIS LOVER'S FLAT. TOTAL TOSSERS.

[@DeirdreCatherineDoyle]

PEED OFF MYSELF AS NEVER INTERESTED IN POLITICS. MUCH TO MUM'S HORROR NEVER VOTED. 2 COMPLICATED IN CHELSEA FOR A START. FUNNY THE 'IRONY' WORDS IS USED ...

[@andrewthacker114]

I’d like to see UK rejoin the EU.

[@rascha7869]

Sorry, but Brexit is Brexit and that means... the party is over 😀

[@marjoriestirk703]

This is the biggest load of rubbish i have heard in a while. We will never know if Brexit is a success until we get Brexit. This has not happened yet

[@barunkumar1047]

Even in this economic crises. UK tax payer money is going to Ukraine... guess what should happen to UK economy? 😏😏😏

[@swingro2011]

Nothing . Compared to 100 billion a year lost because of Brexit, what UK sends to Ukraine is not even a rounding error.

[@adrianaspalinky1986]

Labour have never been pro immigration.

[@normanedwards7220]

So euro parts sponsored this , ....I will remember that ,

[@turnerm87]

This is the most incorrect, bias report I have ever seen.

[@marctamtonthat]

Let's get over it. Brexit is done.

[@harlyslamm2888]

I voted Brexit because Boris promised me a huge pay rise, well I got the pay rise, but all the cost increased too. Now I am worse off than before.....If I only I didn't fall for his BS and took the time to understand how universal trade works

[@elzulo9485]

Where's 350 millions for NHS every week? 🤣

[@warrenbooth2103]

Eu is not for the benefit of the people it is for the benefit of the Eurocrats!

[@edwardmurphy7792]

The answer is no .. to re enter the e.u . 27 AT the moment countries would have to agree, and at any one time some or more of these will be mad at the english, and it will take many years after the english apply before any vote could be taken and by that time the u.k. economy will have weakened considerably.. the u.k. must return to a good trading position with europe, but europe does not need the u.k. sad but we tolled you so.. SUPPORT UKRAINE FREE AND AT PEACE

[@felixfynn-prah9932]

If you go back the pound will be gone forever and Brussels will take the piss , GB was great b4 joining the EU and I believe after leaving GB will be great again

[@user-cv2of4ve4u]

It is impossible for one reason that is inflaton ,if Eurooe respected borders and nations rights within the EU it will learn that being spread out as in european nations adopting new currencies and solutions it has a chance of eliminating debt...

[@alanbstard4]

Brexit best thing to happen. Politicians hace always get in the way of Brexit

[@MrStoneyburke]

So true, us in The EU are well rid of you lot a Bunch of Disruptive , Self Destruct, Deluded Fools.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

Britons do NOT regret Brexit. Stop spreading lies.

[@raymondwebb4179]

Brexiteers won we all lost,