Brits ENRAGED By The EU Controlling Its Borders

[@David-cb1ct]

Get over yourself "Brexit Voters" in Britain. The EU isn't sending a message, the EU isn't punishing you. This isn't about YOU! Its about Non-Eu countries. Guess what? You decided to be a Non-Eu Country.

[@Kitiwake]

😭

[@paulwaite2219]

Totally agree.

[@erosgritti5171]

Irony? It was the UK, when it was still in the EU, that demanded these laws for all non-EU countries

[@Daniel-nh3qr]

Did you mean to say "Get over yourself some British people?". Just over 50% of people voted to leave the EU, many now regret it. I voted to stay in the EU and the detrimental effects were blindingly obvious from the start.

[@dmoneciro]

The lack of self awareness

[@j.rileyindependentproductions]

Correction to the headline - "After leaving EU, British citizens upset that the EU no longer accepts them as EU citizens"

[@vsego17]

"After leaving the EU, British citizens upset that the EU respects their decision"

[@Babesinthewood97]

Exactly. How hard can it be to understand for these people

[@XepptizZ]

It's amazing when one of the show hosts in one of the clips was having trouble to formulate a sentence that wasn't that of a whiney bitch. Because that's what she was being. She said something in the lines of "How dare they not give us any special treatment at all?!"

[@mildlyderanged]

^ worth clarifying, far from all Brits, just the tedious tory-voting lot who think the sun never set on the Empire and that pulling up the drawbridge and going entirely inward looking is an option in an increasingly globalised world. They're a dying breed, literally, and their cheerleaders aren't in power anymore.

[@mjbset93]

@@Babesinthewood97Many Americans have inherited this narcissistic colonialism stupidity from the UK. At least with the UK nativism of English/Scottish is at least somewhat logical. Everyone in America not without 100% tribal DNA with nativism sentiment is a factual hypocrite.

[@EuroScot]

The EU isn't sending any messages, it's doing it with all Non EU countries, it's not punishment for the UK

[@olivierdk2]

you will have more chance of convincing a wall to fall than of convincing in brexshiter about that simple, factual truth.

[@terryj50]

@@EuroScot yet the Brits will make eu citizens pay 10 pounds to enter the uk I think the Brits are getting off cheaper The ETA scheme is broadly for visitors who do not need a visa for short stays to the UK, or who do not already have a UK immigration status prior to travelling. The scheme is open for nationals of Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, who need an ETA to travel to the UK. Other nationalities cannot and do not need to apply yet. An ETA costs £10, permits multiple journeys and is valid for two years or until the holder’s passport expires - whichever is sooner.​​ The ETA scheme will be introduced worldwide for visitors to the UK who do not currently need a visa for short stays, including European nationals. We will confirm the timings in due course for when remaining eligible nationalities will need an ETA, and we will ensure they have sufficient time to prepare. How much does an ETA cost? An ETA costs £10. This cost is competitive and comparable with similar international schemes by international partners. As with all our fees, we will keep the cost of an ETA under review.

[@NLJeffEU]

But the brits are exeptional... 😂😂

[@gluteusmaximus1657]

Exactly.

[@Mar-enfrance]

It's all about ME ME ME! The world doesn't turn around the Brits and most don't give a so and so.

[@xzaratulx]

UK still behaving like a spoiled child. Don't blame the EU for your decisions, grow up and learn what you did

[@Kate-lk6tw]

England. This is NOT Cymru or Scotland or NI

[@xavermooshammer4816]

And do not expect all the special treatment you enjoyed in the oulde days after a (not so) early return...

[@ElguirideCalafell-sb1yz]

As a European: the entertainment level of Brexit is a gift that keeps giving.

[@dj_dazzy]

It is also entertainment here in the UK but it has made every working class person poorer as a result.

[@ElguirideCalafell-sb1yz]

@@dj_dazzy I know and I genuinely feel sorry for those amongst them who voted against. I've got friends in the UK, all of them voted against, and I feel sorry for them as well. But in general, seen from the outside, the UK comes of as quite a pricky country, so do indulge in "schadenfreude".

[@brendanroberts4866]

@@dj_dazzy Im glad it has actually

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

Where are you?

[@brendanroberts4866]

@@AnotherPointOfView944 asking 4 ppl

[@peteratkin3788]

Brexiteers: We want to be a sovereign nation with full control of our borders! Also Brexiteers: How DARE foreign countries be in full control of THEIR borders?!

[@Oceansta]

well put

[@trueriver1950]

Bring back the Empire! Brits want to be in charge of every other country.

[@Mark-kh1ny]

No one cares…….. honestly….

[@zealman79]

Farage logic

[@fabioartoscassone9305]

@@zealman79 farage locic is made of russian bullsh1t

[@w-james9277]

Brexitiers have no reason to be angry. Those of us who voted to stay in the EU have every right to be angry.

[@LeonLShaw]

The problem was having the referendum decide on a simple majority. It should have been mandated that a leave option required at least 65% of the votes cast.

[@hyramhackenbacker3953]

Stop talking Bollocks. Remoaners I shit them.

[@stephenchapman2939]

@@LeonLShaw No it shouldn't. That is not remotely fair. Why should the status quo get a benefit? 50/50 was the way to go as everyone realised at the time

[@Smok32049]

Yes well, look how well thats going for them...​@stephenchapman2939

[@castheeuwes1085]

@@stephenchapman2939 Your whole Parliamentary elections are far from 50/50 fair. A parliament should "represent" the people. But if a party gets an amazing 49% in each county, they might very well have zero seats in Parliament, so no voice, no influence, no power.

[@ronlussier8570]

People in the US wanted to abolish Obamacare and then, when told they would lose their medical care they were outraged......

[@steakinbacon8593]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[@dbclass4075]

And that wasn't even the official term. It was the Affordable Care Act. Its other name, "Obamacare" came a few years later.

[@briangrieco6287]

Exactly this. And now, a bunch of women and Latinos have voted for Trump... Looking forward to their outrage when shut goes awry

[@nimh168]

Sadder still a recent poll of 2000 americans revealed that 35% of them didn't know obamacare and ACA is the same thing. "Obamacare" existed during the 2008 campaign and weaponized by Republicans to deride the Obama administration's health care plan

[@Hotspur37]

@@dbclass4075 obamacare is what Republicans called it because they knew it would enrage the rascist and ignorant elements of their voters, while they tried about 70 times to repeal it without a viable alternative option.

[@Soldrakenn]

As a European, we stoped talking about brexit years ago...

[@Freedmoon44]

Except when making funs of the disastrous situation of brits

[@annyjayableful]

Meghan Markle left years ago and they’re still going on about her. Brits don’t seem to know how to let things go.

[@Freedmoon44]

@@annyjayableful tbf probably british politicians blaming everything on another scapegoats, what cant be blamed on the EU or select countries gets blamed on someone else openly disastrous

[@annbeth6730]

@@annyjayableful The English just keep on keeping on . The media just constantly churn up conspiracy and controversy.

[@nanakonadu-]

In the beginning I was hurt, they left but now I can't stop smiling when I see these stories

[@battles423]

The Uk is like an ex wife who got a divorce but still expects her ex husband to fix things around her house and give her money to pay her bills

[@0bsmith0]

And that is really common. Enough simp fools that enable it.

[@handelsimperium3506]

Well, to be perfectly honest, the second part of your sentence is sad reality for most divorced men anyone, isn't it? ;-)

[@victorvanvolt8425]

@@handelsimperium3506 When you say "most" do you mean 10% of divorced men? Because that's the stat.

[@johnjackson8783]

The UK was a net contributor to the EU... UK's exit was devastating for EU coffers. There are no winners in a divorce

[@kayleekayt3306]

There were so many carve outs to cater to British exceptionalism... it's also a relief to not have to deal with you anymore. The max 10bn put you at 4 place or so of contributors - Germany is spending 2 times what you have - look it's fine we will make a Europe with what we have.

[@raylightzzz]

Before: Let's leave the EU and take control of our borders. After: EU, why are you controlling your borders?

[@annikaz.1100]

🎯

[@Ben-xe8ps]

The idea of take control of our borders was a myth. The UK never participated in the Schengen agreement and therefore always did maintain full control of it's borders in respect of non-EU/EEA nationals. So we have only taken back control of our borders in respect of EU/EEA nationals. 'Freedom of movement' was talked about as if it was freedom of movement from the whole world as opposed to just from the EU/EEA and the uninformed believed it.

[@morenitomoreno1282]

These people are just deeply racist. They think because they’re white, they’re entitled to freedom of movement and they shouldn’t have to put up with any inconvenience. Only non white people should have a hard time travelling

[@clivecosta-correa2102]

Long live English Exceptionalism 🤣🤣

[@Abmotsad]

Before: Let's leave the EU and do away with all this red tape! After: Why is there so much red tape!

[@Anthony_Soleri]

Funny for me as a German. We wanted you to stay. But no, they wanted to do their own thing. And now people are upset that they are being treated like any other non-EU member.

[@iamwonka]

As an American, all I can do is laugh at Brexiters. 😂

[@thacrypt223]

@@iamwonka You guys just voted in Trump. Bexiters and MAGA have a lot in common.

[@ionlyfearphobophobia]

The only ones complaining are those that voted to remain, and those in the EU such as yourself that are bitter over the rejection.

[@valarcon9132]

@@ionlyfearphobophobiathe ones crying ate ignorant brexiteers that thought they could stop paying their fair share to the union while keep the benefits of being part of it 😂

[@ionlyfearphobophobia]

@valarcon9132 No, pretty much every leave voters I've talked with have no regrets. The only people unhappy here are people like you who've been whinying for nearly a decade straight now

[@hubertbreidenbach]

Brexiters will portray this as revenge, punishment, anything except a direct consequence of their own choice.

[@DavidHubball-x2q]

wasnt it Gove who said we dont have time for experts?

[@mickwall8]

@@DavidHubball-x2q Apparently we also have no time for exports.....

[@thegolem797]

@@mickwall8very well put 👍

[@nobreshit.9694]

A stupid idea put forward by british meps...

[@boxsterman77]

Of course. Never admit; always blame.

[@wimschoenmakers5463]

What's the problem? I used to visit the UK with only showing a European Identity Card at the border. Now this card is useless and I need to get a expensive passport. YOU voted for this nonsense, not us !

[@potholer54]

Correction: Half the country voted for this nonsense. The other half were sensible enough to vote to remain. But look on the bright side. Before Brexit, there was a lot of support in other countries for leaving. After Brexit, they looked at the shit-show Britain has become, and they changed their minds. On top of that, the EU has integrated much more smoothly without Britain whining and complaining. Now it's just Hungary.

[@arghjayem]

@@potholer54further correction: half of those that did vote or were able to vote, voted to leave in 2016. The actual number of leave votes being 17,410,742 when the U.K. population at the time was 65.61 million. So technically only 26.5% of the country voted to leave.

[@Esemptius]

There are three countries in Europe that do not accept our ID cards: Russia, Belarus and the UK. Says it all about what company the haughty English find themselves in. I have a passport but I refuse to ever set foot in the UK again. I know I'm not welcome. In fact, I'm in favour of abandoning the visa waiver programme for Brits and just requiring them to apply for a visa through the embassies. Why should we do them any favours given the way they treat us?

[@lizwebstersbf]

It was merely 27% of the population who voted yes and likely around 4 million of them have since passed away and many new pro EU voters want to rejoin.

[@Esemptius]

@@potholer54 There was never "a lot of support in other countries for leaving". But indeed there is even less now.

[@chrisashton9218]

Stop blaming the EU for the UK’s incompetence and decisions

[@hughjohns9110]

Gullible.

[@timhall3575]

​@@hughjohns9110 = Brexit supporter who had no clue what he was voting for and projects his feeling of inadequacy by calling other people gullible... hilarious. Hugh Johns? Hugh Jass more like...

[@hughjohns9110]

@@timhall3575 only in your very simple, defensive and ignorant mind. It doesn’t get more gullible than ppl believing what they hear in videos like this then all adding comments to an echo chamber.

[@timhall3575]

@@hughjohns9110 yet you're here - defensively responding. Emasculated - much? Jesus man - your avatar? That's a joke right? Has to be satire? What were you thinking?

[@hughjohns9110]

@@timhall3575 jeez…..grow up.

[@Jomster777]

This is like when a 7 year old tells their parents they’re running away from home and after a couple of hours on the streets hungry, come crying back home to complain to their parents why they were even allowed to do so

[@hmsmile1225]

👍👍👍

[@Kate-lk6tw]

It’s funny! But it’s also so cruel to innocent ppl.

[@RobinGooskens]

Please change it to a 18 year old. Because children cannot be blamed fully for their own actions, uk citizens can

[@edmaximum]

This was decided before Brexit, and the UK agreed to it. It was always intended to apply to countries outside the EU. Now, the UK is outside the EU, not because it was kicked out, but because it chose to leave. Why should the Brits receive special treatment?

[@shadowfox009x]

They are used to it and expect it. While they were in the EU they constantly received special treatment that pissed off other EU countries. Yet still complained.

[@IRACEMABABU]

UK didn't agreed to it, UK actively worked to build and enforce this rule while in EU.... ! British humor at ist finest ! LOL

[@jasminsuljic7557]

Exactly

[@sabin97]

"Why should the Brits receive special treatment?" the anglosphere ALWAYS operates under the idea of "rules for thee but not for me".

[@pontiuspilatus7900]

Because...!!! That's reason enough!

[@tnickknight]

I'm always amazed at the similarities between MAGA and Brexiters

[@TheGrandy123]

Totally agree. Always crying. Always other people fault. They want everything without making effort nor sharing. Toxic relationship...

[@rpm6391]

Those similarities start with ignorance and xenophobia.

[@loveyesmarriageno123]

@@TheGrandy123 I am a Brit, been in America for 10 years. You and the other comments so far in this section are 100% correct. At least you guys don't have Trump to deal with :)

[@Ergo8152]

Same do what they want then blame everyone when goes south😅

[@BartmanMi]

Trump was a big supporter of brexit and promoted it. He wants to see a weak EU and make deals with weak individual countries instead of a strong EU bloc.

[@johannbrandstatter7419]

Yes, blame the EU for your own decisions.... Poor Brits, they are always being punished !

[@bereal6590]

All people who voted to stay, do not think like brexiteers, nor do they moan. But, Remainers have to suffer the same consequences. Have a heart.

[@encoreunefois1X]

Denken Sie noch einmal genauer über Ihre Worte nach. Den Brexiter kann man das vorwerfen, den Brexit-Gegner jedoch nicht. Das ist Unsinn. Das ist als würde man das Geschwister Scholl für die Sünden der Nazis verantwortlich machen wollen bloß weil sie auch Deutsche waren..

[@eh1702]

Scotland and NI voted emphatically to stay. So did London, for that matter.

[@chriswade7470]

All this was expected by those of us who believed in the EU.

[@agarasudhindra1687]

Nigel Farage conned people into voting for BREXIT! So did Boris. The aftermath, and pain of BREXIT was delayed by COVID_19 now it is coming home to roost. What did the people who voted for BREXIT expect? You can’t say we want the benefits of being in EU to continue, but we don’t want to be in the EU! Act in haste, and repent in leisure! BREXIT doesn’t affect Nigel or Boris - only the poor suckers who voted for it!

[@Flottenadmiral99]

I have bad news for you, Britain. The EU doesn´t want you back. Politics was always such a pain, since you always wanted extra treatment. With you gone, we finally getting stuff done. Why would we want your whiny politicians back, who want all the benefits but none of the responsibilities? If we ever should accept you back it a) needs some time AND b) you won´t get any special treatments anymore. And somehow i believe the Brits are to proud to accept these terms.

[@lawrencejohnson3259]

As an American, with problems of our own, I’m really perplexed to understand why anybody would vote to leave the European Union in the first place. Just like any EU member you had access to markets, freedom of travel, easy , and simplified of business between member states… Why in the world, after years of success, would you just cut yourself off and isolate yourself!? What did they think would happen when they broke their ties with the EU? It seems at times that the western hemisphere, including the United States has lost its collective mind!

[@kwoylee5617]

For the same reasons half of America still wants to vote for Trump: nationalism, identity politics, racism and general ignorance about how politics and the law works.

[@steveburke7675]

I'm a Brit/Yank (dual citizen)...anecdotally, among my acquaintances, Americans were quite perplexed by BREXIT. Brits and Yanks have a lot in common, but we've always depended upon our brethren across the pond to make common sense decisions. WTF happened?!

[@haga2519]

I guess the Brexiters wanted to make Britain Great again. 🙂

[@nox8730]

Because the british (the english in particular, to be honest) have an extremely high opinion of themselves, to the point of utter arrogance. This is all there is to it. They couldn't be associated with us, mainland peasants. The UK has been a pain in the neck while in the EU. They were barred entry into the EU for more than 20 years by France. For very good reasons. It is a relief they left by themselves.

[@sirhoopalot1]

Because they have many Make Britain Great Again idiots just like we have millions of MAGAts.

[@GazTU1]

While still a member of the EU, the sovereign nation of the UK supported and voted in favour of introducing ETIAS.

[@CatholicSatan]

And with countries like Hungary smiling benevolently upon the likes of Russia and Belarus, easing _their_ citizens entry to the EU (sucking up to Putler in effect) via the lax "national card", the EU will be strengthening ETIAS and possibly kicking Hungary out of Schengen. (IMHO, Hungary should be kicked out of the EU, full stop).

[@brunobrauer6301]

Farage, Mummery and Habib voted YES to this measure, so it must be a Brexiteer's dream.

[@verttikoo2052]

Exactly

[@toxictony4230]

They did, but not only that, the UK Government thought the bill was too weak and lobbied to make it much strickter, which is what they got. Oh how the table turns. Ironic, really.

[@raymondwebb4179]

@@brunobrauer6301 yes the deadly trio,

[@CobisTaba]

The EU is not retaliating, it’s not specific for the UK, it’s the UK asking to be treated as a different country and we granted that right…

[@WastingTime1878]

A short glance at their history would suggest this is them being very polite about it.

[@frankh9600]

They enjoy the privilege of not being in the EU 😂

[@ffqm]

The UK actually lobbied for this legislation before they left. 😂

[@MathiasJonsson-r4j]

That lady around 2:20 - 2:30 😂 " whYyy do weE (very special people from the UK) have to pay?..?"😂

[@Phiyedough]

I'm British but living in Croatia. Because of Brexit I had to re-apply for residency. Because of that I had to start again on the temporary residency whereas by now I could have been a permanent resident. I didn't vote for it but it has adversely affected me in multiple ways. It seems only fair that the British public as a whole should experience some of the negative consequences of this racism fuelled referendum result.

[@luisgpr1]

I am sorry for your situation but you are 100% correct.

[@brendanroberts4866]

I agree - Im very well off so it isnt an issue, but I hope price grow more and more to teach the poor ones a proper lesson

[@appstratum9747]

Likewise. I'm British and living in Portugal. Same thing here. Residence permit, driving licence and a whole bunch of other things. As a non-EU citizen, doing simple things like changing your address at the tax office have become ten times as hard and fraught with paperwork and expense. I actually need to get a face-to-face interview and present documentation to tell the people issuing residence permits that I really have changed address in order that they will issue yet another new residence permit with that updated address. Because only then can I change the address at the tax office. Which in turn is required for a whole bunch of other things (like bank accounts, mortgage/loan applications, company-related matters and so on). But the first step - getting a new residence permit (to update/replace the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement residence permit from a couple of years ago and that will have the new address on it) - underpins everything else. It costs a helluva more than seven quid. Loads of phone calls are required just to get an appointment at the immigration service. And last time involved a 200 mile round trip for the face-to-face interview and biometric scans. And the loss of an entire day's pay. And hell, let's not even start with the loss of the right to vote in local or European elections where we live and pay taxes. We used to pay tax here and have some say in how that tax was spent locally. And now we still pay tax but have no say at all. All because of Brexit. All because British people (who don't even live here) took those basic rights away. And another basic right they took away was the right to move BACK to the UK with a European husband or wife - in my case somebody who I married in the UK over 25 years ago and who paid tax and NI in the UK for 15 years - unless the British person receives income of pretty damn close to 40 grand a year. Which if you're retired - for most people - is pretty unlikely. Because that's way more than the vast majority of Brits receive in retirement. So not being able to return to the UK with my wife of 25 years who I actually married in the UK (while she still had the full right to live and work there as and EU citizen) is something that I resent intensely. It's a profound betrayal of British citizens by the UK. And, quite frankly, a betrayal of them by their fellow British citizens. These idiots in British TV studios WHINING incessantly about what little inconvenience that THEY have to put with as a result of Brexit (that many of them actually voted for) is pathetic. If I had my way they'd been paying as much as I've had to pay because of what they voted for. Not seven quid. But (at least) a couple of thousand quid. And then maybe .... just maybe.... they'd REALLY start to understand the consequences of what they voted for to other British people: that live in the EU and therefore have to suffer the most significant consequences of their self-entitled ignorance, pettiness and stupidity. They are complete and utter morons. Honestly. The people who we see whining here? Screw 'em. Screw em all. To hell with the lot of 'em. I hope they pay through the nose and enjoy their 15 hour wait at Dover. Because as far as I'm concerned that doesn't go anywhere near far enough to drive home the consequences of what they voted for. And let's not forget that for mixed nationality families - particularly those European families with children in the UK - there is a whole raft of uncertainty and potentially very serious consequences yet to come. Brexit leaves them at very real risk of being victims of another Windrush scandal. They may well pay the price of this 30 or 40 years from now. And who knows how many British kids will be similarly affected in different European countries. So to hear these short-sighted cretins complaining about the most minor inconvenience of having to pay a measly seven quid for the right to enter Schengen countries - a mere EIGHT PENCE per country per year - is utterly, mind-bogglingly shameful. The United States charges 21 US dollars for 2 years, which works out to be £7.95 per country per year. Or in other words ONE HUNDRED times as much as the European Schengen zone when measured like that. Yet not a whimper from the Brits about the American ESTA charges or complaints about how "petty" the Americans are being by applying it. And here's the next brain-dead part of their whining: the Schengen zone includes countries that aren't even part of the EU. While other EU countries aren't part of Schengen (like Ireland). And yet these idiots - because ignorance and stupidity is something that the British appear to excel at and never miss an opportunity to demonstrate this loudly in glorious full public view - don't understand that and whine about EU pettiness yet again. It's a wonder these cretins can tie their own shoelaces without screwing it up. They shouldn't be on TV. They should be in a zoo. They certainly seem to like being in a circus. And Kwasi Kwarteng - featured in this video - is certainly one helluva clown.

[@jonnor6883]

@@appstratum9747 well look at the good side. Brits involved in serious crimes will not be allowed to enter EU/Schengen. I guess that was part of the idea UK had in the first place when they wanted this for EU. Another thing is that this is not a visa, but a travel authorisation system to into the EU and Schengen countries

[@appstratum9747]

@@jonnor6883 I've got no problem at all with ETIAS. As a Portuguese resident, of course, it doesn't actually affect me (other than making everybody in Schengen a little bit safer). 🙂 And to be honest, on my Portuguese wife's first visit to the US (a day before the Portuguese passport was valid for the US Visa Waiver system, which meant that she was almost put on a flight back to the UK the same evening). That unpleasant experience would've been avoided with the current US ETSA system, which is similar in concept to ETIAS. So, looking back on that experience, I think that ETIAS will avoid quite a bit of inconvenience for some who are boarding a flight or a ferry from the UK but would otherwise get detained in an EU ferry port or airport (or at the Channel Tunnel French border controls at Folkstone). Those people may not be British at all but are perhaps resident in the UK or might be travelling with a British partner or parent and may be unaware that their passport or visa won't be valid for entry into the EU. ETIAS should help to pick this up before they waste time and money crossing the Channel.

[@ricardoamendoeira3800]

Brexiters: "Why does the EU hate us and is punishing us so much?!" EU: "I don't think about you at all..."

[@paulmariu]

We European citizens were very sorry about Brexit. Then we were dismayed because the UK wanted a hard Brexit. Now we want to thank you instead. You have made the EU stronger because everyone has seen the enormous damage of Brexit. Now if the UK wants to come back, it will have to give up the absurd sweetheart deals Thatcher extorted from the EU. Now if UK wants to come in it will have the same terms as everyone else. Pay its fair share, adopt the euro and all that. Thank you, England!

[@claudiosolomon1324]

Adopting the euro is not really mandatory. Also, it's not like the EU forces you to do something. It's just that EU got standards, and will not compromise on those

[@trident6547]

@@claudiosolomon1324 Yes it is for candidate countries that have applied to join and will be for UK too. It is one of the Copenhagen Criteria UK needs to comply with and include adopting Euro and joining Schengen. Times have changed since UK joined last time. Now it will have all the same rules for joining no opt outs no rebates.

[@TheIndianalain]

And please, drive on the right side of the road like normal people! ;-)

[@julianphillips1010]

@@TheIndianalain Found the American!

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

@@TheIndianalain Though Ireland also does it! During a meeting with an Irish Ambassador to Denmark I asked her why they didn't change driving side? As an added benefit it would piss off Britain and give more Tourists, able to drive around! Finn. Denmark

[@Von-v1g]

Do not care about Brits. Maybe raise the price for visa for 2 weeks to €150 and maximum stay of 2 weeks

[@patrickryan5570]

Brexit is like watching your favourite library being burnt down by people who cannot read.

[@paultaylor7082]

Brexit, the Fahrenheit 451 of politics.

[@iskrajackal9049]

🤣🤣 ROFL. Fantastic analogy.

[@TindoTuckshop-lo8zf]

Here here, well put.

[@f.d.6667]

Brexit is like grown-ups taking responsibility for what type of literature of your favourite library is spending its budget on. The problem is that those grown-ups have been brain-washed into believing that the zeitgeist-y sensibilities made up by The Guardian and the BBC are real issues while in fact those sensibilities are only a trendy pastime of a self-declared urban elite.

[@markd1516]

... and then the arsonists blame the books.

[@deckard1970]

The best part of this sh*t show is, no one gives a f**k here in EU any longer... Since a while actually.

[@nonchablunt]

just like advanced European countries do not give a shit about the failing EU. at least y'all get more opportunities to learn about muslim and North African cultures and learn arabic.

[@mho...]

@@nonchablunt can you leave your blind & undereducated, racist bias out of the comments for once?!

[@ettoreatalan8303]

@@nonchablunt The EU is failing so badly that other countries would like to join the EU.

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

@nonchablunt Since when learning languages is bad? It's a great excercise for your brain and it allows you to see the world from a slightly different perspective. I don't have to agree with the perspective but if I want to fight against certain ideas then it's a good idea to learn where they come from

[@mho...]

most comments here get deleted....truly shameful the censorship these days 😮‍💨

[@VictorFox250]

"Why do we have to pay for visa's?" Answer: "We are not in the EU." Jesus, it's so simple...

[@ad_astra468]

You don’t, the UK is still in list of countries that don’t need a visa to enter. Getting a visa is much harder and more expensive.

[@stephanweinberger]

This is a visa WAIVER. You pay 7€ to _not_ have to apply for a visa for the next 3 years.

[@pharoah-ahmose6075]

The black dude went straight to the point 😂😂😂

[@ElisabethClarke-Hasters]

I can't believe how entitled some of these British people are.

[@nathanlonghair]

“I want to leave this house NOW - I don’t want to pay rent here anymore!” “Alright just hand over your key and we’re all set.” “WHAT!? but then I can’t get in whenever I want! That’s unfair! All the people that still live here have keys!” “…yes? Because they live here and pay rent?”

[@Michael_Franke]

The whole thing shows very nicely the classic British attitude for decades, even while still in the EU: "Hand over the benefits, but don't bother us with obligations: we are exceptional". Please, don't reenter.

[@elisaa9981]

I agree with everything except the part about re-entering. In my opinion, they're welcome back, but not with that ridiculous rebate that Thatcher managed to squeeze in. They get it, they pay their share.

[@frankrault3190]

@@elisaa9981 Nono, never back again! Britain isn't even Europe. At least that's what the majority of Brits believe.

[@Maria-js9ou]

@@elisaa9981 Do you believe that UK will want to return under equal conditions to everyone else, and give up its "specificity"?😉

[@elisaa9981]

@@Maria-js9ou Probably not. At least not for now. Too many years of Tory leadership has done too much harm to the political conversation.

[@roccociccone597]

If they wanted to enter the EU again they’d have to accept everything from the Schengen Area to the Euro. They’d not get the special treatment they got last time.

[@annbeth6730]

49%of Brits knew that we would be sorry.That’s why we voted remain.

[@fex144]

The rest were just the lunatic fringe + the idiots + the stupid + the dumb.

[@cyberhopser4231]

Actually even more knew this, but many thought that Brexit wouldn't get trough anyways and therefore either didn't go vote or voted leave against their beliefs to "teach the government a lesson"

[@klausvoor]

Actually it was just 37.5 % of Brits who voted to leave the EU.. 34.6% voted to remain and 27.9% didn't vote at all. This means that those who voted to leave were actually in the MINORITY as a percentage of the adult population. Also, since the 2016 Brexit referendum over three and a half million adults have died, and the same number of young people have become eligible to vote. Kind regards & thank you for you comments.

[@nonchablunt]

you voted remain so your wages would stay forever low and your violent crime numbers and rent prices would continue to increase? you think advanced European countries like Iceland, Norway and Switzerland are giving up their freedom anytime soon?

[@stevenredpath9332]

The Welsh, Scottish and northern Irish voted against Brexit. Brexit was pushed through by the English.

[@andreab2114]

She feels so entitled... The idea that by leaving the EU she might lose freedom of movement in the EU never crossed her mind.

[@IRACEMABABU]

Does she have one ?....

[@josephinenilsson1541]

I’m Swedish. My grandmother lived in London in the 60’s. My mother lived there in the 80’s. My grandmother’s sister married in London and lived there until she died in the 90’s and she is buried there. We were very close. So, despite not actually being from the UK I have always felt a strong connection to the UK and l have always dreamt of actually moving to London myself. Having said all that, I say this with love: UK, go lie in the freaking bed you’ve made. You did this. It was immensely stupid. Brexit is a prime example of what happens when voters are not educated and don’t understand what they are voting for. Most pro-Brexit-voters voted out of emotion and populism and possessed no deeper understanding of the broader picture or the consequences of their vote. If ONLY this could make people learn the valuable lesson that democracy is always fragile, and it only works when people are educated. “Educated” does not mean that they have googled the issue and read some notes on some questionable sites, it means possessing general knowledge of how society functions. Economics, history, politics, judicial system, financial institutions, trade, international relations, culture. General knowledge of how society functions, of how it has functioned in the past, and of how other countries function, everyone just needs to posses, otherwise you are doomed to be exploited by your politicians instead of having them work for you, and you are also failing your neighbors. I would argue that being generally educated is a responsibility every citizen should have towards their country in upholding democracy.

[@nox8730]

Couldn't agree more. I personally consider that voting is a responsability, not a right. Framing it as a right undermines the responsability it is. And it implies that irresponsible morons can do whatever they fancy, even when not knowing what they are doing, or not caring to know. Giving the right to vote to everyone is a mistake. There should be an examination first to assess whether the person makes sense. Stupidity and wilful ignorance are the two sins that father all sins. Hi from France.

[@markbriten6999]

​@@nox8730no I disagree voting is a right. What isn't a right id the media being allowed to lie, manipulate the facts. I would make it a criminal offence for any politician, media source etc to down right lie. If they are wrong and admit it ok. I'd also ban all polls for a minimum of two months before any vote. I'm convinced, but I may be wrong, that many more remainders would have voted if the polls hadn't shown a big majority for remain

[@nox8730]

@@markbriten6999 "I would make it a criminal offence for any politician, media source etc to down right lie. " It already is a crime in many places. Not in the USA though. Reagan abroged every law protecting the citizens in the USA. Most of them at least. He made it so that medias didn't need to tell the truth anymore. They can now tell whatever earns them money. The direct, result of that can been seen in the Capitole attack. Fox, despite being called "Fox NEWS", doesnt relay news. But lies. Legally. Because this is what makes them most money. They said "it is ok, we are an entertainment channel" to those starting to ask questions there. And since the UK is pretty much the USA at this point, it is possible that it is somewhat the same there? After all, Tatcher was Reagan's best buddy in making sure money ruled everything. At least, i know that corruption is legal in the UK, or at least tolerated, as it is in the USA. Boris got caught red handed but apparently, that wasn't illegal. Shocking. So maybe there is more. I didn't care to look further into it yet.

[@nox8730]

@@markbriten6999 "I would make it a criminal offence for any politician, media source etc to down right lie. " It already is a crime in many places. Not in the USA though. Reagan abroged every law protecting the citizens in the USA. Most of them at least. He made it so that medias didn't need to tell the truth anymore. They can now tell whatever earns them money. The direct result of that can been seen in the Capitole attack. Fox, despite being called "Fox NEWS", doesnt relay news. But lies. Legally. Because this is what makes them most money. They said "it is ok, we are an entertainment channel" to those starting to ask questions there. And since the UK is pretty much the USA at this point, it is possible that it is somewhat the same there? After all, Tatcher was Reagan's best buddy in making sure money ruled everything. At least, i know that corruption is legal in the UK, or at least tolerated, as it is in the USA. Boris got caught red handed but apparently, that wasn't illegal. Shocking. So maybe there is more. I didn't care to look further into it yet.

[@mollymeyer]

Education, or the lack thereof, applies to the "American Peoples" 🎉

[@budyen]

Weird complaints. Brits who voted for Brexit wanted to stop the free entry of goods and people from other EU countries and now they are upset that the EU is having to do the same as a result of their decision? Do these people have a brain?

[@IRACEMABABU]

The answer is no

[@margaretmcguire8952]

NO

[@markdonovan1540]

Yes, they do have A brain, it's Bojo's Brain, and they have to share it between the lot of them. Bojo, we all knew he was balmy, but then the muppets believed him, then they voted him as PM - after his own party didn't when he was in a leadership campaign after "S*¡t sandwhich Cameron" scuttled off.

[@ionlyfearphobophobia]

The leave voters aren't the ones complaining about this. This would be the remainers, that haven't stopped whinnying and refusing to accept the result for nearly 10 years now.

[@markdonovan1540]

@ionlyfearphobophobia It's not a question of leavers or remainers, you're all citizens of the UK who have become the laughing stock of the world through the decisions and policies of successive governments over decades. The EU in/out referendum was just one of several political, economical and social games played by UK government on its woefully misinformed population. Results of referendums or elections are accepted, but that doesn't mean that they are the best decisions for the country. It's politics, and the real needs of the people continue to be ignored while politicians only care about themselves, their careers, their properties and investments.

[@ChelleLlewes]

As I see it, the EU is not doing a damned thing to the UK's borders. The EU is simply protecting its OWN borders -- as it has every right to do!!! Brexiters brought this on. Blame them, not the EU.

[@nilov71]

I find it amazing that we outside UK had better knowledge of the consequences than the British people... And we tried to warn you...

[@CROM-on1bz]

You would like to return to the EU? But who in Europe wants that? You have demanded discounts, special clauses, refunds, have often slowed down legislative progress, demanded to keep the Pound, and so on. You were in the tennis club but demanded the best court but with a discount and free balls. Thanks but no thanks.

[@TheLRider]

I think you're absolutely right, the right in the UK fought a 40 year war of misinformation to get us out. Only the English ruling class have the right to Govern England, and by default the rest of the UK regardless. That was the only mission that mattered to them , the consequences for the rest of us were/are unimportant.

[@LeonLShaw]

Yes but a lot of EU legislation was from and modelled on UK laws and a lot of EU legislation was written by the UK.

[@anne13river]

@@LeonLShaw Yes but then the EEC wanted to bring in financial regulation and the tories led the people up the garden path to avoid that. That was the real reason for Brexit.

[@CROM-on1bz]

@@LeonLShaw No, no European law comes from any member country, apart from perhaps the legal system which largely takes up the bases of the Napoleonic code, but like the whole of Europe in the end. Yet another piece of information distorted by your politicians. The only purely British laws were amendments requesting refunds or tax exemptions, the square wheel of the European coach.

[@joemerican5781]

@@LeonLShawAnd your point is?

[@garyarnold3141]

Kwarteng acting as if the EU are punishing us and that it has nothing to do with him. Brexiteers voted for this.

[@lacommission.-sitcom696]

00"18": Kwateng bemoaning "We're not gonna revisit that debate!". You bet he doesn't want to! However, people are paying a heavy price EVERY DAY for his costly mistake. So yeah: It's gonna be revisited AGAIN and AGAIN, AND AGAIN!

[@kevinshanahan6064]

@@lacommission.-sitcom696ha ha! It sounded pathetic to me. I don’t want to talk about the howler we inflicted upon you all.

[@Ed-tx4zf]

Kwarteng is an obvious misfit in this debate. He knows he f**ked up miserably, together with his bunch of highway robbers. Kwarteng should have his passport revoked and be put on the first flight to Rwanda. The misery the Tories have instilled on the british economy and possibilities to travel throughout Europe will last a long time and have deep consequences. He knows it and will avoid the discussion, deny the lying about the issue that has been going on and dodge his reponsibility for this.

[@Ed-tx4zf]

@@lacommission.-sitcom696 The debate is revisited every time someone travels to the continent. You'll be confronted by long lines and endless questioning. Blame the Tories and the pulp press.

[@anggasurbakti8269]

Why is he still allowed to voice his opinion? With his track records, nobody should listen to him but he is there in Good Morning Britain. Totally absurd

[@sbor2020]

The ETIAS system was propsed in April 2016, obviously before the referendum, so any claims of "revenge for Brexit" would indicate that they _didn't know what they were voting for_ .

[@Esemptius]

The UK voted in favour of ETIAS.

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

@@Esemptius ... and is implementing its own version of it, charging £10 for the pleasure of an ETA.

[@terryj50]

@@Esemptius the uk is doing the same and charging 10 pounds so eu citizens will pay more.

[@Esemptius]

@@terryj50 The UK isn't charging EU citizens, but keep lying.

[@Esemptius]

@@terryj50 It's hilarious how dumbo's like you think this is all about money, as if 7 euro pp is gonna make the EU rich.

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

How are you going to play victim when you're the ones that chose to leave and you're allowed to leave? If you want to know what it looks like to be punished for trying to leave a union, ask Tennessee, ask Alabama, ask Georgia, ask Florida, ask Mississippi, those guys know what it's like to be punished for trying to leave a union. The UK just got what it wanted.

[@petermoate5412]

You Brits voted for this. Don’t complain now !

[@lacommission.-sitcom696]

49% voted to remain, which is quite frankly MIRACULOUS considering the DECADES of gaslighting by the right-wing press and politicians!

[@chrisppancake1464]

a slim majority please, almost 50% are living with the consequences of the decision of these idiots

[@paultaylor7082]

Sorry. Us Brits are special, it's all the EU's fault. LOL.

[@robertmcturk4682]

@@petermoate5412 don't believe what the MSM put out most of us are ok with it ,in fact we should be doing this same.

[@tonyb9735]

Hang on a moment, just stop right there! You need us more than we need you, remember?

[@judekalyesubula8646]

Brexiteer entitlement knows no bounds. Every choice has consequences, grow up.

[@welshjim22]

Remoaner stupidity knows no bounds!! This is no big deal, the US has had a better system for years and doesn't put Brits off. We have our own which is already rolling out. It is NOT a Visa. Very easy and very simple to sort.

[@hughjohns9110]

Gullible.

[@Mark-kh1ny]

French fishing rights was a full lesson in entitlement…….

[@hughjohns9110]

@@judekalyesubula8646 and remainer entitlement to free movement, what would you spin that as?

[@hectorpascal]

The enormous sense of entitlement of some British people has ALWAYS been their biggest failing: "Respect other nations cultural values?" No need, they are all just ignorant peasants. "Learn a European language?" No need, just shout loud enough and Johnny Foreigner will obey your every order. "They can't keep us out - we had the biggest empire/and won two world wars... etc etc etc. Such an inflated view of their own importance is almost laughable.

[@tassie7830]

2016: we need to leave the EU to take control of our country, our border. 2024:why do the EU take control of their borders.

[@ivanzed]

The EU is not controlling ypur borders. It is controlling THEIR borders 🤦🤦😂😂

[@potholer54]

What a surprise! People who voted for Brexit wanted to be outside the EU and have none of the privileges of membership -- and they got exactly what they asked for. Well done! Time to wave the flags and show how proud we are, having to pay for visas, just as we do when we want to visit the USA.

[@ziploc2000]

The Brexshiteers got the sovereignty they voted for...

[@petewright4640]

I've long held the view that people who voted leave are more likely to be climate change deniers and conversely remainers are more likely to 'get' climate change - they just have a better grip in reality. BTW Potholer has an excellent KZbin channel on debunking climate change disinformation.

[@petretepner8027]

@@lucasmucas2807 Every single British person I know who is entitled to Irish citizenship has (very wisely) obtained it since Brexit, if they did not have it before.

[@frankstollar8492]

What a pleasant surprise to see you comment here. Love your channel!

[@ericpierce3660]

Pots! Fancy meeting you here. Love your work.

[@PASwiftUTube]

I’m a Brit, Brexit was the most stupid decision the UK made ever made. Don’t blame the E U at all.

[@Neelinmact]

Didn’t they read what brexit was going to do ? And now I see a lot of complaining on why we have to do this or that ,

[@PASwiftUTube]

@@Neelinmact At the time some people voted for Brexit as a “protest vote” thinking that it would never happen. It backfired and has proved to be a a stupid decision.

[@ffqm]

​@@Neelinmactin the rest of the EU we all know all these things were going to happen. The UK media and politicians have been incredibly non transparant about the whole thing it seems.

[@mickluff]

sorry wrong!!!! the worst mistake UK made was joining EU, just another layer of political control. if UK government had been removed as well as German and French and all other national governments then there would have been some benefit, but we already have too many layers of parasitical political masters, need less government not more.

[@1705louloutte]

I remember talking to a guy who probably voted Brexit. He asked me why I didn't apply for a British passport. I told him it would be better for my husband to get a french passport, it was far more powerful, the British passport didn't open as many doors . I loved the look on his face...

[@akumayoxiruma]

"Oh look, it's the consequences of your own actions."

[@heavycritic9554]

The self-entitlement is staggering. They really thought that they would get preferential treatment if the UK left the EU. If you're out, you're out. If you're out, you're a non-EU country and will be treated no different than any other non-EU country. "Remain" told you. The rest of the EU told you. So, so, *_SO_* many times.

[@matogrosso555]

Where are the 700 million pounds a month for the NHS? Oh! Another lie of course.

[@encoreunefois1X]

Actually Brexiters were banging on about £350 million per WEEK, around £1.4 Billion per month, which of course was an exaggeration.

[@matogrosso555]

@@encoreunefois1X It was an outright lie. We've got to start saying it as it is.

[@melisasmythe]

Who in their right minds would believe Brexit would result in 300-700 million pounds per month?

[@encoreunefois1X]

@melisasmythe The advertised sum was more like £1.4 Billion . You can't have forgotten the £350M per week saving claimed on the side of the campaign bus. People didn't care to seek the truth, only to confirm their preexisting bias.

[@Xia-hu]

@@melisasmythe the idiots who voted brexit. and somehow they are not banging the doors of the brexit leaders who claimed these outragous lies, but they are blaming the EU for not giving the UK preferential treatment after exiting.... Sometimes I wonder if humankind is already doomed. millions of incredibly stupid people everywhere

[@chavbristol2793]

BREXIT was not the EU's idea. And nobody in the EU wanted it. It was the British who wanted to leave the EU - and left. And they didn't know what they were doing. Stupidity was punished.

[@YourXavier]

EU: "Please don't punch yourself in the face, UK." UK: "I have the right to punch myself if I want to." *SMACK* UK: "Ow, that hurt. How dare you? It's all _your_ fault!" EU: *sighs*

[@wainerollins2587]

There is no punishment. The EU is controlling its borders, just like we do. We wanted to leave and left, any issues that arise are purely down to us.

[@Ria-sd2ex]

Brexit voters: How dare I have to face the consequences of my actions 😩!!!! *Cries in xenophobe*

[@ionlyfearphobophobia]

Can you point me to these brexit voters that are complaining about this? Because the only Brits I see complaining about this are the remoaners that still can't accept this even nearly 10 years on.

[@london_architect]

Liz....I'm soooo fed up listening to Brexiteers moaning that the EU is 'punishing' the UK, and that ' this isn't what we voted for...' I'm neither a geo-political expert nor an expert on imigration legislation, but....my wooooord....a simple bit of critical thinking on behalf of the many Brexiteers would have shown that there would be multiple disadvantages to being outside 'the club'...with our saddened faces pressed up against the window, trying to take a peek inside at the comfortable club we excluded ourselves from....wanton act of self-harm...we deserve what we get...

[@lizwebstersbf]

They just love moaning and groaning and blaming anyone not in their tribe and falsely associated Farage as one of them. It’s maddening!

[@hybridvigga]

@@lizwebstersbf Don't know about falsely, A LOT of people who voted for brexit did so out of racism, Farage definitely is one of them.

[@LeonLShaw]

Not entirely fair, those who did raise concerns were assured that there would be no problems and all would be friction free. In addition, a major cause of the referendum result was the awful campaign run by Remain. The whole thing was predicated on what became known as project fear, which was not believed by most people. Had Remain campaigned on the benefits that the UK gained by EU member ship-Erasmus and ERDF to name but two, the result may well have been vastly different.

[@RealMash]

@@LeonLShaw So you blame the smart ones they could not convince the dumb ones? Exceptional British it is. You can not make people more intelligent-you can educate them if they want to listen. You can explain it to them, not understand it for them.

[@MrJudge51]

Its a plain racist thing. You need a victim for your misrable conditions. Its "works" all the time in history. But It is rather strange, that an ex- Colonionaliser feels " colonialinazed.?" ..

[@kevonslims7269]

Brexiteers who didn’t understand brexit and its consequences.

[@kenmay1572]

Fooled by Johnson & Gove porkies?

[@fablewalls]

Just wait till the rioters of the last few weeks try going on their Spanish holidays. The new rules will block them.

[@barryspencer7911]

@@kenmay1572 Fooled by their own bigotry

[@allytank-itykitty7417]

I mean its easy to trick people if they refuse to even look past their own fence really xD

[@frishter]

Maybe if you had better arguments than "muh racism" people would have listened. Oh well.

[@arctic_haze]

This EU plan has been accepted before the Brexit vote and (you guessed it), the UK government supported it.

[@2adamast]

Isn't it a Shengen thing

[@stonehengemaca]

It's what the brexiteers voted for.

[@lacommission.-sitcom696]

brexiters Daniel Hannan and Nigel Farage have been well-paid MEPs for 20 YEARS. Why didn't they WARN the Great British public? 🤔

[@Ed-tx4zf]

@@2adamast Nope, it's an EU thing. The UK was even involved in drafting the proposal, voted for it and was involved in working on the realisation.

[@jarls5890]

@@2adamast It is a Schengen thing. As a Norwegian (not in EU, but in Schengen) these new rules do not apply to me - can travel freely within all of EU/Schengen, no need for an application. Best of both worlds!

[@marky4x429]

I well remember had to go through passport control when travelling to UK even when it still was the raisin picking EU member. It was the only EU member country where other EU citizens had to line up for passport controls. Because ofc UK ever refused to join the Schengen agreement. Stop bloody whining, Brits, and stay on your drowning island.

[@rsh793]

They spent 40 years moaning and now they are still moaning 🙄

[@malanalan1]

lol

[@keithwhitehead4897]

Its the old joke : How can you tell if the plane is full of poms ?, the whine keeps going even after the engines have stopped.

[@sandpiperr]

@@keithwhitehead4897 I'm an American-British dual citizen by birth, and that is SO accurate! When you're born a dual citizen you're always kind of culturally caught in between the two, so in some ways around Americans I feel too British, but then when I'm around British people one of the things that gets annoying and makes me feel very not British is the constant complaining!

[@WLatu-kz7se]

Thank you Brexiteers for showing us the value of the unification we are enjoying in the EU! 😃

[@CountScarlioni]

Yea, I'm glad Brexit has at least served as a reason why European hegemony is so much better than petty nationalism, but don't make out Europe is one big happy family right now. France is boiling over. Germany is only a few percentage points from economic and political chaos. Italy is run by scary fascists. Hungary is a fifth column of the New Russian Empire with Slovakia sliding the same way. If this is a situation you "enjoy" F knows what situations you don't.

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

When Denmark joined The EU in 1972, I was one of those, near half, that voted against it, and for many years we had a Group: "Against the EU" in the EU Parliament! Today I accept that the EU also has good sides in protecting minor Nations against the larger ones! And Free Trade is a benefit for all of the EU!

[@robinwhitebeam4386]

@@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188 NATO is the organisation that is protecting all of the European Nations , not the EU. The EU has failed to stop two European Wars and has no idea what to do with millions of Muslim immigrants.

[@svr5423]

Which value? Europe's top performers, Switzerland and Norway, are not EU members. Who could have forseen that the British government is such an underachiever?

[@walter3433]

The English wanted to leave the club now they're angry they're not allowed in

[@Trevor_Austin]

No I’m not. Now let’s get Brexit done.

[@walter3433]

@@Trevor_Austin Already done and England is f-ed

[@Harry-tb8yo]

@@Trevor_Austin No UK MEP's anymore, no more EU comissioners from the UK, for five years no UK PM has attended an EU summit and there is also no UK flag at the EU in Brussels anymore. Looks like Brexit is done.

[@07Flash11MRC]

"Now let's get Brexit done."? What else is there left to do? Aren't you out already? xD

[@chichi3701]

They left the club, now they want to be able to enjoy club benefits for free. 😂

[@desalines]

They thought they were special . It’s a brand of exceptionalism that allows them to leave the club and still retain the club benefits. It’s like spoiled children who’ve never heard the word ‘no’ growing up and heard it for the first time in their adulthood

[@1cpascal]

It's always amazing how many Brexiteers can't wrap their heads around the fact that Brexit makes it more difficult to travel to the EU. They seem to think that the Etias system is somehow specifically directed at Brits, when the UK is only one of 30 countries whose citizens will need the Etias registration. Some of the others include the US, Canada and Australia. The fact that Brexit means that Brits no longer have the advantages of EU citizenship is incomprehensible to a lot of these Brexiteers, like it's an idea from another planet.

[@LeonLShaw]

The problem stems from the fact that whenm questions such as these were posed on the run-up to the referendum we were told that no problems would exist and trade and everything else would be friction free. You could say that this was, perhaps, a niaive view but 99% of the population did not have the expertise to challenge what was being told to them.

[@paulbird3235]

Well they wanted their country back, so I guess if they love it so much they will just have to holiday here wont they.

[@albertopiergiorgi5980]

@@LeonLShaw This is called cherry-picking.

[@Hedgewisekat]

@@LeonLShaw if a person believes what a pro-Brexit campaigner says without checking with other sources... that's not naivety that's self-inflicted ignorance. And I'm sorry but almost half the voters seem to have understood and voted remain.

[@jjaus]

@@LeonLShaw I disagree. Remainers put out information and warnings. Brexiteers just didn't want to listen and dismissed it as scaremongering. Including farmers and fishermen. Now they regret it. Too late.

[@paulrutten6419]

They are forgetting that ETIAS was announced in 2016, and the UK was still in the EU at that time. Strange thing if you agree that all non EU countries need to be required to follow that scheme but now complain.

[@CZpersi]

How dare you destroy a completely fine conspiracy theory with your lousy facts.😂

[@Esemptius]

Never forget: The British government was one of the “biggest supporters” of EU plans to require non-EU nationals to obtain authorisation and pay a fee to enter the bloc’s passport-free travel zone, the Guardian has learned. David Cameron’s government backed the idea when it was floated by the European Commission in April 2016, three months before the EU referendum, when few foresaw the €7 (£5.95) fee would one day hit British travellers.

[@tihomirrasperic]

The UK lobbied for a €7 visa fee because 40 million people visit the UK annually and if only half is non-EU 20 million x 7 euros = 140 million euros for the UK government

[@Esemptius]

@@tihomirrasperic 1/ This would not have applied to the UK as the UK is not in Schengen. 2/ The visa waiver is for the whole EU, it's not that the money goes to one country. 3/ It's not about making money. This system is costly and the fee is a contribution towards running that system.

[@tihomirrasperic]

@@Esemptius at the time when that law was passed, the UK was one of the 3 strongest members EU and pushed and lobbied for the law to be even stricter No one in the British government thought that Brexit could succeed in the referendum, and even the Brexit politicians expected a small defeat of a couple of %, because they counted that they would get more power. *** and that money from Visa goes to the local budget, and then the state pays a percentage (agreement with the EU) into the EU budget, but most of the money stays in the local state

[@Kokuswolf]

Really? That is the irony of history.

[@sma3037]

Imagine leaving the EU and then being surprised when they enforce their borders and you lose your privileges! Now you want to ask to go back? How embarrassing!

[@markbowers4241]

We Aussies will have to get one as well. You mob aren't special. Never have been.

[@ronventy798]

Exactly we are Australians also.

[@NLJeffEU]

That's it! The whole problem comes from bri'ish exeptionalism. They don't understand why they have worst rules than others and think it shouldnt happen on the bases they are bri'ish 😂😂

[@nitsujism]

Well, we were kinda 'special' as part of the EU by way of freedom of movement.

[@gaspode505]

Funny how UK citizens describe Europe as foreign distant continent 😂

[@smftrsddvjiou6443]

The UK calls everything overseas. Europe or US.

[@carolinef.7118]

Yes I agree ... they forget that they are our neighbours ..

[@07Flash11MRC]

I mean... It's not even that distant. Technically you could swim there without even needing a break.

[@anushkasekkingstad1300]

The EU is controlling its own borders, not UK borders.

[@anushkasekkingstad1300]

Thanks Liz.

[@mikedutch6113]

Well actually NI.. 😂 just saying

[@anushkasekkingstad1300]

@@mikedutch6113 You're wrong ~ just stating the fact of the matter. The EU rightfully has jurisdiction over the Irish side of the border while the UK is too scared of terrorists to properly control its side of the border.

[@alexanderpopov3587]

The irony… Borders work both ways, you know? Leaving EU has its consequences.

[@lours6993]

A couple of generations of living as a 3rd country might help the British understand that they are not special.

[@eh1702]

Specfically, English exceptionalism and jingoism is the problem. Please don’t encourage is by calling England “Britain”.

[@elisaa9981]

​@@rfort7978Well, you could have voted for independence and remained in the EU. Scotland has around 5.5 million inhabitants. That's about the same as many EU members. Slovenia has 2.1 million inhabitants. The Baltic states are even smaller.

[@brendanroberts4866]

says in their language

[@Maria-js9ou]

@@elisaa9981 Scotland voted remain a member of the UK, and CONSEQUENTLY remain in the EU (2014)

[@07Flash11MRC]

Maybe Brits will even start to understand how their country has harmed other countries, especially the imperial colonies.

[@SeArCh4DrEaMz]

Freedom of movement is part of the perks of being an EU member, very few countries such as Norway or Switzerland benefit from a special regime that the EU previously stated many times it wont replicate ever again, due in part, to the complexity of the agreements. To rejoin the EU a set of criteria called the "copenhagen criteria" have the be respected, and an application to the council of the EU should be filed. The EU members will expect you to assume the same levels of responsibility as any other memberstate by the way. That means ; no special treatment, no opt-outs, no rebaits of any kind, the concessions that your former prime ministers have extorted from the EU have been foolishly squandered by your brexit. The UK would have to adopt the € and join the shengen area. And should the UK rejoin the EU in the future, I hope that this time, the british public will fully embrace the EU, its values, the political project and not just join in for the goodies and block EU integration at every turn. Greetings from a very much EU loving Belgium.

[@lellyparker]

*"Norway or Switzerland benefit from a special regime that the EU previously stated many times it wont replicate ever again"* - I do not believe the EU has ever said this.

[@ChristiaanHW]

@@lellyparker high level EU officials have said that. those special deals take a lot of negotiations and every time either the EU or one of those nations wants to change a law that touches upon the cooperation they need to invest a lot of time and money to get it all figured out. and other nations keep bothering the EU to get their own special deals (like the UK keeps doing). so the EU is done doing special deals. now there are 3 options remaining: - being a non-EU country, like Canada, Egypt or the UK - being a full on EU member, meaning that you except Schengen, the € and everything else. - being one of the nations that got a special deal, but that club is closed. and the EU would like those nations to eventually choose between the other two options, to get rid of all those special deals. but that's up to those nation.

[@lellyparker]

@@ChristiaanHW *"high level EU officials have said that"* - Can you provide a quote, or maybe a name?

[@ChristiaanHW]

@@lellyparker not right now, it would take some looking up and i don't like to do that at this time. (it's getting late) i might post it later but if you're really interested i'm sure with a little effort you're able to find it using one of the available search engines. just use terms like: - EU done with special deals. - no more Switzerland deals, EU. i'm sure those will lead to the articles about it and Eu officials being quoted.

[@turidoreilly9078]

@@lellyparker Norway had to make concessions and a financial contribution to get their EU deal

[@cirugo7042]

One of the few good things about Brexit is that it has shown that Americans aren't the only ones who will punch themselves in the face and then wonder what happened.

[@silverlizz]

you got that right bro. Kinda like Trumps desire for tariffs. Amazing how citizens in capitalist countrues don't understand economics.

[@mightymouse473]

USA is doing just fine UK is sinking

[@kbspark]

Borders have two sides ....... Who knew......?

[@nickduncan8788]

Those convicted in the Farage riots will have a shock when the computer says no to travelling in the EU.

[@clickrick]

Please let this be real!

[@redboyjan]

Another brexit benefit for everyone but the shameful uk

[@elisaa9981]

​@@clickrickYes, please. We don't want any hate criminals here.

[@brendanroberts4866]

@@elisaa9981 please take all our muslims - thnx

[@elisaa9981]

@brendanroberts4866 LOL, why would we cater to your bigot, antidemocratic, and ridiculous ideas of forced mass deportations??? If you've got problems with _all_ the Muslims, it's probably *you* who are the problem.

[@j.vanderson6239]

As a Dutch guy I recently visited Riga, Latvia. Flying home I had to wait at the gate. And under a sign “UK”, in the corner of that hallway I saw a small custom desk in front of a shielded door with a line of people to get a stamp before disappearing. A French guy next to me also saw it, looked at me and we exchanged a smile …

[@tomclifton1607]

I don't understand why it would say "UK" as opposed to non-EU/EEA.

[@christianfournier6862]

@@tomclifton1607= when I was seven - in 1951 - the non-UK line in Southampton for entry into the UK was labeled “Aliens”.

[@tomclifton1607]

@@christianfournier6862 the word used to have a more neutral meaning in the past.

[@christianfournier6862]

@@tomclifton1607= "Alien” effectively had a more neutral meaning in 1951, but not so neutral: I was so taken aback at being labeled an "Alien” that I remember it to this day!... So I have some sympathy for those poor souls who - as Britishers - are parted from the flock at the gates.

[@Miles-sy9cf]

I was granted Italian citizenship yesterday. I have lived in Italy for 30 years and never had any need or desire to request citizenship. Brexit changed all that. People queuing in passport control queues have no idea how good it is to travel around Europe (at least the Schengen area) without even needing a passport. And for those Brits that hate the idea of the identity card, they have no idea how useful it is. They’re the same people that moan about “illegal” immigration. Identity cards definitely help in that regard.

[@Belgianbanshee]

Congrats on the citizenship. Is Miles now becoming Miletti?😅

[@lucys.4695]

Hope you at least learned Basic Italian. I find British and American people direspectful when they come to your country to live, call themselves "expats" and require everybody to speak english. Lazy bums

[@vgnlda]

From a fellow italian: benvenuto amico.

[@Guanda70]

LOL. There's no message. The UK was part of the club, and it's not anymore. As simple as that.

[@deannilvalli6579]

Whomp whomp! Brits voted to be a third country and not in the EU in 2016. This is a simple consequence. Live with your choices, Brits. Live with your choices. But sorry, you cannot simply "get back in the Single Market and Customs Union". The EU is not a bus you can jump on and off of when you feel like. The Single Market and Customs Union are for members of the EU or EFTA. Both are not possible for the UK. Not now, not ever. That is simply the way it is. Brits made their choice and they have to live with it.

[@LeonLShaw]

Only 26.5% of the UK population voted to leave the EU. Are you going to punish almost 75% of the population simply because of the actions of a few?

[@dugooddougan3574]

Spot on .The sunny uplands of Brexit. Members Only.

[@deannilvalli6579]

@@dugooddougan3574 Indeed. I understand the anger and bitterness and false hopes of those who voted to remain, and I have sympathy for them. But sadly the reality is that it will most likely never be possible for the UK to rejoin the EU, nor the Single Market or Customs Union, as these are incumbent upon membership of EFTA or EU. But I think it is best for those people to stop having false hopes and instead to focus on other things. And the idea that the UK can simply rejoin when it feels like it, as if that is not up to the EU rather than the UK, and as if there are no rules or standards for admission, and as if there are no consequences of the UK's actions over the last 7 years, all of these show how arrogant and ignorant so many Brits are.

[@wkgurr]

never say never

[@snag1508]

@@deannilvalli6579 I agree. It's well past that stage.

[@blahdblah0007]

As an American, this is hilarious. What did people expect?

[@TheGrandy123]

As a european living in the EU, i dont know what the brexiters thought... THEY voted to leave. No one forced them. Now they cry because they are treated as a non member... They need to go to therapy...actions have consequences...

[@MTTT1234]

They wanted all the benefits with none of the obligations, you know, like during the good old times of the Empire. At least that is the sentiment some older folks on the island seem to give me.

[@CountScarlioni]

@@TheGrandy123 Your mistake is in assuming Brexiteers "thought". That would have been too difficult for them. Even now they're only barely beginning to realise it might have been a mistake. It's us Remainers who need the therapy for PTSD. We've had to watch our nation self-harming itself for the dumbest of reasons these past 8 years.

[@haleyf149]

The expected the same kind of reality Trump voters do.

[@jackmellor5536]

Unless you voted remain in 2016 or have switched from being a leaver to rejoiner, you shouldn't complain. If you still support Brexit you voted for this you supported this suck it up!

[@jovi1078]

It's disturbing to me how they are completely unappreciative of the fact that the EU put a visa-system in place that is insanely reasonable priced. It's 7€. Who even dares to complain about these peanuts. If we wanted to take revenge, we would make it 70€ for every crossing of the border.

[@Mar-enfrance]

If one doesn't have 7 euros to spare, better stay home.

[@viquiben4919]

Every three years 😂

[@andgo1400]

plus the cost of passport

[@jackgreene5663]

When will they realise that we have made ourselves legally into a foreign country?

[@ab-ym3bf]

Never, it seems.

[@Ed-tx4zf]

It takes more than the average IQ of half of the British voters it seems.

[@Trevor_Austin]

That is what I voted for. To be a foreign county.

[@sebastianstoica578]

The funniest bit is that the UK has voted for this when it was still part of the EU.

[@verttikoo2052]

Priceless 🎉

[@IRACEMABABU]

British humor at it's finest

[@Tommiejeffs]

Oh, no! We are suffering the consequences we were warned about!!

[@afri-dancer9967]

What a bunch of cry babies.As an African who has lived in Europe for over 30 Years I have to pay over £150 for a 6 month Visa to visit Britain.

[@alan2007-x8x]

There will have to come a day when the Brits stop living in the days of the Empire, WW2, and the '66 World Cup, and move into the 21st century. Reality tells us we're a small island that no longer struts on the world stage. This will be a painful awakening, but will allow us to adjust to a world where we have to earn a place, earn a living, and earn respect. The sooner the better.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

lol... WC '66... Do you Tommies know what used to be printed on German banknotes, back in the days? "Anyone who counterfeits banknotes, or who obtains counterfeit banknotes and puts them into circulation, will be punished with imprisonment for at least two years." The football god is considerably harsher: "Anyone who counterfeits goals, or uses 2nds to counterfeit goals in finals, will be punished with defeats in all important tournaments against the cheated team, for at least 50 years."

[@mr_movieguru]

Brits always where jealous at other country's succes. Starting 4 wars against the Dutch, because we where doing better then you in the 17th century. That says it all

[@WastingTime1878]

Canadians from a certain generation and political affiliation have a similar complex. Its just laughable because Canada was never anything to anybody, just more acreage for the United States under the guise of a country to the north. People think immigration is the problem when their own "real" canadians are the ones doing drugs and dropping out of schools.

[@barrythomson899]

Scot here. We have never been “ living in the days of …….the ‘66 World Cup”. Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU.

[@capitalb5889]

Both my parents voted for Brexit. My dad is now dead and my mum is probably nearing the end. Brexit had no impact on their lives, but they chose to vote for the generations who came after them. A d now my daughter, who didn't get to vote as being too young, will always be bound by their vote.

[@user-MMUK]

That's the sad thing, isn't it? My two kids are gutted, they were unable to vote on it as they were too young at the time. But a lot of the people who voted for Brexit have now either died or are so old it makes little difference to them. I think elderly people voting on brexit was monumentally selfish.

[@capitalb5889]

@@user-MMUK most of the people who voted for Brexit were elderly in the first place

[@silverlizz]

so sorry for your daughter.

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

Hopefully at a time, the UK is coming to it senses again?

[@TB-vm9yr]

The ignorance of Brexiters is astounding

[@raymondwebb4179]

Brexiteers won we all lost,

[@jasonkingshott2971]

Democracy won as it always should, never be afraid of it.

[@raymondwebb4179]

@@jasonkingshott2971 correct, brexiteers won they must get over it,

[@stephanguitar9778]

However, all they won is a pissing competition, with no prize to be won.

[@fablewalls]

@@jasonkingshott2971 What you are saying doesn't negate the post you commented on.

[@bryangeake5826]

@@jasonkingshott2971 It was anything but democratic, all referenda are advisory and non-binding on government! That marginal poll result that in law no one can 'win' or 'lose' was undemocratically elevated above representative parliamentary democracy by the Tories and rammed through! It was the manipulation of representative parlaimentary democracy for party political imperatives! A disgrace! And Kwarteng knows it so he wants to avoid talking about it, more Party before Country Tory behaviour!

[@peterrear2864]

Why should the eu not do it its up to them...we dont have a god given right to anything

[@annikaz.1100]

It's done to other non-EU countries too. Farage and all the other populists could have thought about it

[@SlowfingerJC]

British flag wavers don't want to be European.

[@jjaus]

British hubris, pure and simple.

[@Bueddenwarder-Aggerschnagger]

​@@annikaz.1100Yes. But first of all voters could have thought about it ...

[@raymondpenn1066]

It's not a visa, It's a visa waiver. €7 for three years rather than €90 for a full 2 year visa. Both systems have a 90 limit in the Schengen area. It's only needed for the Schengen Area. Ireland and Cyprus are outside the Schengen Area so neither the ETIAS nor Visa are needed by UK passport holders. The cost of a 2 year visa for EU citizens costs £400. Sounds like we're actually getting a good deal.

[@Ai-yahUdingus]

That lady at 2:58 is insanely entitled. Her mindset's still stuck in colonial times of she thinks Britain should be allowed into every single country willy nilly meanwhile the reciprocal is not allowed. I bet her stance on immigration is just as hypocritical.

[@pcset12]

Brits are now foreigners and the EU is quite entitled to check and charge for entry...

[@Freiya2011]

You wanted to leave EU. You wanted to celebrate "splendid isolation" once more! Now you got what you wanted! The EU not being fair? No. You got what you asked for!

[@obi-ron]

Not all of us wanted to leave. Some of us tried to explain how much it would cost us but too many were brainwashed by the arrogant BS merchants who stood to gain from pulling out of Europe. It's the arrogant BS merchants who are now claiming this is a revenge tactic because they can't face up to the fact that nothing has worked out the way they thought it was going to, and they didn't get to cash in before the remainers were proved right.

[@DavoInMelbourne]

You had a referendum, you voted to leave, you left, the end.

[@nilov71]

This is exactly what you voted on, NOT being a part of EU. You should be happy! You got what you wished for.