“But I'd still vote Brexit again as I believe in the principle of it”

[@bob23301]

The only people who have benefited from brexit has been EU members who now no longer have to deal with people like this caller.

[@caballoloco100]

Just when they go on holidays to the EU

[@John-yi1mk]

Jacob Rees Mog done alright out of it.

[@RealMash]

@@caballoloco100 We need to improve the containment- how about an IQ test, and questions about the EU? If they fail they need to stay in Britain.

[@MichaelMcCann-b8v]

Brexit is an absolute car crash not just economically, but socially, environmentally and educationally. It has turned Great Britain into Little Britain. And all.of us ,who knew this would be the outcome of that " advisory " vote, have no intention of shutting up about it, until this country comes to its senses.

[@Rejoin_2023]

​@@RealMash Or better still should not have been eligible to vote in the referendum without knowing wtf they were voting for.

[@markgriffiths6540]

Brexit - MAGA - same mindset - or rather mindless-set

[@randyvalantino6850]

Construction workers are far better off for years they have had to compete with eastern European workers , most voted leave and would do again .

[@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim]

@@randyvalantino6850 They were upset that they had to compete with fair decent tradespeople, instead of being able to rip people off. Here's an example. A couple of months ago, I had a small electrical job which needed to be done as I had no power in the kitchen. 2 British blokes came round, quoted between £350 and £400 to do the job and said that it'd take a few weeks because they had bigger jobs they wanted to do first. (basically, we're only interested in the more lucrative jobs so an old woman on a pension can get to the back of the queue). Then I contacted a Polish electrician who came over, took a look, said I reminded him of his grandmother back in Poland who wore a similar flowery dress and also had a little dog like mine and he would do the job then and there and it'd be £80. Construction workers and Tax evading Tory politicians wanted us out for their own personal gain and stuff everyone else. On *principle* if I need something doing, I will find a non British person to do it. When I go grocery shopping, I will buy an EU product over a UK product on the basis that I don't want to give a penny to the selfish gits who for their own greed, were happy to throw everyone else under the bus. Luckily, there are enough EU citizens with settled status, for me to give work to.Not just the lovely Polish 'Sparky' but I had to have a survey done recently and found a nice German chap to do it.

[@Galworld761]

@@randyvalantino6850there is no construction going on in UK at the moment. You are still in austerity. You could not complete a 3mile rail.

[@JesusMagicPanties]

@@Galworld761 To him, the principle is: he can starve to death as an unemployed construction worker - but there is no competition from East Europeans. I know it's illogical - but for them logic is a sinister leftist challenge.

[@occamraiser]

No, not the same. Similar types of people are drawn to them but the MAGAts are horrendous, the Brexiteers are merely sad Little Englanders, and wrong.

[@chriswoolley6250]

This fastest growing economy nonsense is so frustrating. The uk economy is only the fastest growing because our economy shrunk the most during covid and has not recovered like Germany has If I have £1 and my Colleague has £10 if we both make an extra £1 my wealth has grown more but is still far less. Brexiters will never try or want to understand this

[@lizwebstersbf]

How do we explain it to people lost to cognitive dissonance?

[@minischembri9893]

Thank you Chris. Your very good example saved me from explaining that myself. Greetings from Germany. :)

[@neilgodwin6531]

Germany is doing spectacularly well, if you take into account her over dependence on Russian oil and gas at the time of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, and the fact that the German government has performed a minor miracle turning that situation around. If it were the UK government, we would still be waiting for the result of an enquiry, which would then be argued about in the Commons, before going to the Lords......

[@tumblefatboy]

@@lizwebstersbf The problem is the media keep saying the same lie - so until the clarity is made its impossible. If you got the PM and do a speech were the sound bites are challenged ( You know all the ones that are constantly called upon like the one above) with facts that cant be argued. And its fact checked on BBC Cannel 4 and the GB are forced to admit the sound bite is a lie every time its re-used by them too. That would be a start.

[@aleph8888]

The German economy was the worst performing major economy last year, with gross domestic product contracting.

[@MartinFinnigan]

This guy is the epitome of english exceptionalism, basically "I'm English, I voted for Brexit but because I'm English, empire, king and country, tea and crumpets I deserve to do what I want when I want and everyone else has to accommodate me regardless of my own idiotic choices"

[@naseeha101]

👏👏👏

[@KristinaLopezWrites]

They are the ultimate entitled who also caused the very immigration issues they’re now complaining about. No one asked their ancestors to colonize the rest of us. They could’ve stayed where they were and been fine, but nooooo…and they’re still miserable. 🙄🤦🏾‍♀️

[@exosproudmamabear558]

Thats just democracy

[@anaramos2802]

So true...

[@andrewgrime8389]

I still can't believe there are Brits who are defending Brexit. They now understand how catastrophic it's been for the UK, yet they still would vote for it again. I hope you recover from this mess someday. Greetings from Poland.

[@HelenaMikas]

They walk amongst us and rant as they go ...

[@obi-ron]

@@andrewgrime8389 as a Brit who didn't vote for Brexit, and told as many as I could why it was bad, I can only agree with what you say. Even though what I predicted was bound to happen did, I didn't expect the government that had engineered a leave vote to let things collapse the way they have because of quite so much ineptitude and greed.

[@Miles-sy9cf]

I was granted Italian citizenship a week ago. I can now travel freely around Europe (the Schengen area) without even a passport. I would never have requested it had it not been for Brexit. The most stupid decision of all time. And there are no boarded up shops in Italy and the supermarkets are so well stocked. It’s so sad that Brexit is destroying the U.K. And btw Italy is a sovereign country, despite being in the EU.

[@gillianpope9039]

Same here in Spain!

[@dplouro]

You can travel anywhere in the EU with your Italian ID even outside Schengen countries and Switzerland that also belongs to Schengen area. And even to some no EU countries for a day visit like Marocco if you take a ferry in Spain near Gibraltar.

[@astree214]

From the 28 EU countries before brexit, only one has lost its sovereignty after brexit. Guess who ...

[@maureengoller3213]

@@dplouro, yes, we Germans can travel with our ID card to countries like Rep. Ireland, which is outside the Shengen area.

[@dplouro]

@@maureengoller3213 it’s the thing that I like the most. I’m portuguese and I remember before we joined the EU. On a trip to Switzerland when I was young I was detained 5 hours in the spanish-french border and 3 hours in Basel. They said I didn’t had enough money to travel. I was making my Interrail voyage across Europe and stayed with friends and family. All that nonsense gone.

[@dfuher968]

If he doesnt regret voting for Brexit, then he should stop whining about the consequences of his own actions. He chose to be "rest of the world". Deal with it, mate!

[@lacdirk]

I think it's hysterically funny that they used to constantly say that "the EU is not Europe", and now it's "I know it says EU, but I'm European too".

[@michaelmckelvey5122]

You say that we are 'the rest of the world' but historically who ran up the beaches of Normandy in 1944 to free Europe, it was the British, Americans, and Canadians, all 'third countries.' I wonder if they then had to form queues on the beaches and have their passports stamped with a ninety-day maximum stay?! If I were the British prime minister, I know very well what I would say to France and the Europeans!

[@ronthered138]

Why TF did he call in to complain? He chose to be outside the EU. So, be outside. Stop whining. What is wrong with these people? Is it just Dunning-Kruger?

[@bobleitch3610]

No, you deal with and respect a democratic vote. You bloody Rejoiners should know about "whining", you never stop!

[@gerardmackay8909]

@@bobleitch3610 a campaign based on a demonstrable pack of lies is not ‘democracy in action’ nor is it democratic that 37% voted for some form of Brexit and 62% didn’t vote for ANY form of Brexit.

[@djsmithe]

I want all the benefits of the EU but none of the responsibilities.

[@gloin10]

Brixit, condensed!

[@elipa3]

This.

[@mreese8764]

I don't know. Brexit benefits the upper class. They get cheaper labor, can buy the land and houses from impoverished Brits, can still invest and travel internationally, and will have the island for themselves after the collapsing food supply and medical system reduced the poor population dramatically. Quite a nifty deal. Every rich guy get a manor with land to the horizon and no one to bother them.

[@markperrin8098]

​@@mreese8764They get cheaper labour? Wtf are you on about?

[@TheCloudhopper]

People like him make me so incredibly happy that the UK are not part of the EU anymore. Lets keep it like that. The EU is a better and more functional place without the UK.

[@steelcom5976]

I asked my friend in Galicia what he thought of Brexit, and he said "FINALLY! Spain is sick of the British leaving their poor climate of a country to retire here, enjoying the comforts of our climate and low cost of living while disparaging the local people. Couldn't've been a better result for us."

[@nl5828]

britain no longer has an empire but the empire has not left the mentality of many people in britain! in 2024! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@ignatius7106]

That's why they desperately try very hard to attach themselves to their master the US, expecting and hoping that , by association that power will trickle down..

[@nox8730]

@@ignatius7106 It is pretty ironical that the colony is now ruling the colonizer so clearly. France vetoed the entry of the UK in the EU until the 70's for this very reason. It is telling that while claiming sovereignty, the submissive behaviour of the UK towards the USA has gotten so much worse since then. Even worse than when they attacked Irak in 2004 for its oil, arrogantly looking down on the UN with the same condescending sense of being above the law. All the while relying on the CIA to forge the documents. The UK has been acting lame for a long time, and i am relieved they finally left the EU.

[@taxidude]

And that same mentality exists in Berlin where they believe they should control the rest of us. It was Angela Merkle and Germany who threw the EU borders open and not the EU parliament. It was Germany who made a killing out of the introduction of the Euro and then lent money to the likes of Ireland and Greece and then demanded unsecured gamblers be repaid as they changed the laws in their favour.

[@reginaldigweike4002]

Agree we need to do things differently as we no longer have an empire, but the commonwealth should suffice and we need to take back our borders and judicial system.

[@robertschriek1353]

He won and needs to get over it.

[@jasonkingshott2971]

Nah, democracy won, time to get over it.

[@John-yi1mk]

Brilliant

[@Chillednfunked]

You won the UK being poorer well done

[@jasonkingshott2971]

Nah, democracy won, get over it.

[@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim]

😂😂😂

[@JohnTGibson59]

This is a deluded individual who voted to exit the EU and still wants all the benefits.

[@cyberkraut5139]

You just have a bit of understanding ans empathy for the old chap: We all are so keen on perks costing nothing, aren’t we?

[@olubankai7]

Wanted all the benefits, but let his hate for immigrants lead him to vote against his best interests

[@mabel9701]

@@olubankai7🎯🎯🎯

[@rubikscubeking8398]

arrogance + ignorance = brexit

[@johnregan2443]

Still a sore point-?

[@venusfooltrap7371]

@@johnregan2443 'Sore point' doesn't do it justice. It's like the stupidest and most disruptive kids in class on the first day of primary school being allowed to choose the curriculum for the entire class for the next fifteen years.

[@thepoliticalhousethatjackbuilt]

@@johnregan2443 Yes....very.

[@norawright807]

Marry me instantly. 😂.

[@adrianbriggs7028]

​@@johnregan2443and will remain a sore point for the UK for 40 years to come......

[@samanthaabreu782]

Brexit is one of the rarest cases where people who won complain about what they wanted to win.

[@kokliangchew3609]

Two years ago, my daughter, who is Malaysian flew in to Lisbon on transit from London. On reaching immigration, she naturally went to the "Rest of the World" queue. Surprisingly, a large number of British citizens, joined the "EU" queue. And when they were told to join the right queue, they protested quite loudly saying that they were Europeans! They were not very happy when the immigration officers told them they were in the wrong queue! Even as a Malaysian, my daughter knew that after Brexit, the British are no longer EU citizens, and should be using the Rest of the World queue.

[@kurtgodel5236]

There is no "Euopean" lane in Lisbon, but there is a lane for "passaportes (cidadaos) EU, EEA, CH. Surely, even the dullest of dull Brits knows that none of these descriptions applies to them or their passports anymore.

[@ginawww]

Yes, they are a country in Europe, they're just not members of the European Union.

[@thekidd7]

@@kurtgodel5236this. They managed to wake up, dress themselves and make it to the airport, but can’t tell the difference between EU and ‘European’

[@nox8730]

This is symptomatic of the british mentality so many people hate.

[@PhilipWester]

​@@kurtgodel5236They think EU standa for EUrope.

[@dougposkitt1690]

The essential question is "What is the principle of Brexit?" We haven't got an increase in sovereignty, we haven't got control of our borders, we aren't economically better off (the reverse in fact), we haven't curbed immigration as the Leave voters were promised. As for saving the £15 billion EU contribution, we have lost a staggering amount of billions in trade and taxation, which far outweighs the former. We have given away all our best cards and have, in effect, got a hand full of Jokers.

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

In 2022, the UK lost 100 billion pounds due to Brexit. in 2023, the UK lost 140 billion pounds due to Brexit. Source: 2022 Bloomberg Research (England) + 2023 Cambridge econometrics (England) I have calculated a Brexit loss of 200 billion pounds for the year 2024. * * retired Lecturer for national and international economics This leads to the mentioned 40 billion tax loss for 2022 alone and just under 60 billion for 2023. Think of it as a small snowball that rolls down a 1000 metre long mountain and becomes an avalanche. As a reminder, the UK's contribution to the EU was between 10 and 18 billion pounds (fluctuates annually).

[@caballoloco100]

Critical thinking at its best. 👌👍👏

[@derekmab7734]

That is a perfect answer indeed. 100% right.

[@RealMash]

@@Michael_from_EU_Germany Right, was. If they are allowed back, I guess they will pay a fair bit more. No rebates, no exceptions ;-)

[@korolev-musictodriveby6583]

@@RealMashAnd it will still be worth every Pfennig 👍

[@jeezy8360]

The entitlement of these brexiters

[@ab-ym3bf]

Entitlement and sheer stupidity. "we are still European". Dear lord, British education has a lot to answer for.

[@neilgodwin6531]

The living embodiment of "I'm All Right Jack". He's probably got a hedge fund going

[@rp6523]

It beats the foot stamping "I didn't get my way" remain cobblers 😂

[@martin4787]

The entitlement of Remoaners to undermine the democratic will of the people more like.

[@korolev-musictodriveby6583]

@@rp6523We Remainers didn't treasonously vote to wreck our own economy .

[@thomasalbrecht5914]

Proof that xenophobia and idiocy are Siamese twins.

[@Jon-xw9om]

Conjoined.

[@gloin10]

“You can’t have one, You can’t have one, You can’t have one without the other!”

[@cyberkraut5139]

We have to be careful Thomas. We have the same type of idiots among us in G.

[@robhughes645]

@@Jon-xw9om 😅

[@OO-nb2kt]

The irony is that foreigners are still poring into UK 🤡

[@juliad368]

I feel terrible for all the Brits who voted to remain.

[@calivalley9056]

As an island nation how could anyone have thought this was a good idea? UK has diminished itself through pride and ignorance.

[@geordiegeorge9041]

That man is living in cloud cuckoo land. I am an Englishman who lives in Germany , and believe me Germany does not have the problems that the UK has.

[@HelenaMikas]

@geordiegeorge9041 Hello George and snap .I'm British & in Berlin . Never have there been empty shelves or food that was too expensive. Eating out is cheap as well ..The system works ...

[@UserDefaultEurope]

Congratulation on the upgrade to Germany! Please respect all laws!

[@zxcvin123]

I live in Spain ,we moved 2019 just before brexit ment brexit. It was expensive to become resident then, but now I don't know why people want to become resident It has gone through the roof you have to have tens of thousands in the bank year one more year two and not work here or UK.But we don't have the problems UK is having.

[@marksaxby607]

It has a right wing political rise problem though, like Britain...

[@marleneMS]

​@@marksaxby607 not nearly as much as Britain!

[@JRattheranch]

How pathetic! 😡 He wants to save 15 billion to loose 100 billion! Sad!

[@Woodsman24]

Makes you wonder....eh?

[@John-yi1mk]

And he's in business WTF.?

[@RealMash]

@@John-yi1mk Heard about the failing businesses in the Uk? well.. anyway..

[@John-yi1mk]

@RealMash I love cryptic texts. OK I'll play along, is that why Mog moved his business out of Britain and into Ireland? Here's a cryptic one for you, Heard about self harmers ? Well anyway.

[@aphextwin5712]

People often put too much emphasis on things that are easy to see and quantify. The (net) EU budget contribution feels more tangible than any economic losses, as those are much harder to determine and experts can disagree on their amount.

[@hansweissmann_xviii6754]

The EU may not be perfect, but bundle our strength together is always better than going alone, I would say……

[@Esemptius]

Can you name me a few international organisations that are perfect? And what would a perfect EU look like, an EU that all 450m of its citizens would consider perfect?

[@hansweissmann_xviii6754]

@@Esemptius English is your second language? You can’t grasp the point in my comment? Or are you just this confrontational? Trying to get into a fight everywhere? Bit sad, no?!

[@lesleyrobertson5465]

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 never wanted to leave the EU but wanted to leave the UK

[@nox8730]

Result, you voted to remain in the UK, and the UK left the EU. Does it make sense? Too many scots are looking for a scapegoat. Only when you have properly left the UK can you say such things. Not while you vote to be part of the UK. It is not "i am british" when it is convenient and "i am scot" when it's not. I understand that some scots may be frustrated, but facts are: Scots voted to be british, and follow whatever fate is awaiting for the UK. Sme brexiteers want a new vote. I am sure some scots want a new vote too. But this is not how life works. There are not yearly votes for those who change opinions. THis is the very reason why carefully looking for information and using one's brain is important before voting. The brits say "they lied to us". The truth is: the lies were so stupid that anyone should have seen through if they had actually thought about it before voting. I only wish people can learn from this.

[@denisek7]

I hope they'll be independent very soon and join the EU again - it may not be perfect, but it has its benefits :) saor alba 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 we're waiting for your return~

[@greattobeadub]

I landed in Düsseldorf recently. The rest of the world queue was huge. Happily I went through the EU queue, being Irish.

[@gloin10]

“The Irish are getting preferential treatment!” Daily Mail headline, obviously

[@caballoloco100]

👌👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@greattobeadub]

@@gloin10 😉 don’t tell them we’re still in the EU!

[@RealMash]

Welcome, Friend! You are sort of family, as well, you know. Just don't drink alt, just go where Kölsch or Pils is served;-)

[@greattobeadub]

@@RealMash no way, I’m Altbier all the way. Dat leckere Dröpke.

[@shiroamakusa8075]

"I left the Tennis club and now they won't let me play tennis there anymore, the cheek!"

[@Red-lg9hv]

And what of the other side..still wanting our membership fees, even though we're no longer members lol

[@coenogo]

@@Red-lg9hvWhat do you mean?

[@Red-lg9hv]

@@coenogo what I mean is that Brussels continuously tries to find new ways to gain British taxpayers cash...first it was "pay to trade" Then it was "tariffs on sausages"... Now it's "pay to holiday" ..None of this is helping the bloc as Brits have other places to turn commercially and on holiday...this despite having Starmer onside

[@coenogo]

@@Red-lg9hv Are you talking about the new VISA regulations? The ones that the UK helped propose and voted in favour of when it was still in the EU? All the things you mentioned are just the results of not being an EU member. The UK was involved in the implementation of all these regulations that it is now subject to. As far as the EU is concerned, the UK is now in the same position as any other country, which is exactly what the UK demanded, right?

[@Red-lg9hv]

@@coenogo well the visa regulation in particular as is most recent. From a balanced perspective, it is disproportionate, when the UK is unlikely to introduce reciprocal regulations.. and yet the EU is giving special exemptions to China and Armenia ...it makes no sense unless you're in the richest 1 percent bracket frankly...and wanting to impose tariffs on british tourists which are among the most likely to visit Europe in their droves

[@matthewcook9404]

Sweet Jesus ….. they walk among us. 😖

[@neilgodwin6531]

.....dragging their knuckles

[@tompearce3610]

Walk among us and they can vote!

[@gloin10]

“Sweet Jesus…..they walk among us!”? Not the walking dead. Just the brain dead!

[@RealMash]

@@gloin10 Liz truss is save. They eat brains, and she aint got any ;-)

[@heidelbergaren5054]

And vote

[@clintireland389]

it’s brought a united Ireland forward by 20 years! thanks brexit 👍

[@bannol1]

From the moment the English joined the EU they began to whinge, until they whinged themselves out of the EU. Talk about entitlement and an overinflated sense of exceptionalism.

[@sarderim]

The biggest problem of the english (yes english not british) is, they never got over the fact that they built the biggest empire in history and are now back to that little country they started with. Nobody gives them the respect they were used to and a lot (of course not all) can't handle that! Just look at the football fans at the Euro this year. The scottish are fun and loved everywhere. The english fans are not wanted at all because of their arrogance.

[@milesblue638]

​@sarderim Exactly! Little England wants its empire back.

[@stefanjepp6612]

​@@sarderimexactly!

[@damian1690]

@@milesblue638Well, good luck to them. There is no way UK can be treated equally to EU on an international stage. It’s a simple mathematic, EU has a GDP similar to China, and UK? UK can compete with a single country from EU like Germany, France or soon Poland, whereas EU can be almost an equal partner for USA…

[@GoonGumpas]

Funny how it was Labour that whinged about joining the EU in the 70s and 80s. In 1975 the party voted to withdraw. Even Corbyn a few years before the referendum was still vocal against them, while UKIP were on the rise. Edit: I’m not a Tory or Brexit voter btw

[@derekmab7734]

I am actually so shocked at how thick and ignorant these people are! What principles is he talking about? Is he talking about English exceptionalism that doesnt pay his bills? Doesn't he understand that those who pushed for Brexit have hugely benefited from it by making millions and making him poorer? They basically laughed at him. Sad people.

[@colinstickland3130]

Agreed big time. How much did that mogg geezer make

[@theundone777]

The principle of “never admit when you are wrong”

[@lebojay]

The principle of keeping out people who look and talk differently than him.

[@zxcvin123]

That Mogg geezer😂😂 I Don't think he has ever been called a geezer in his pathetic life. He is nowhere to be seen off spending all his ill gotten gains the bastard.

[@zxcvin123]

Just call him what he is, he is a snivelling piece of crappppp. Off spending the millions he has cheated us out of.

[@saydvoncripps]

I read a couple of books on the EU because, before the referendum, I realised I didn't know enough to make a decission.. I explained it all to people I knew, -people who swore they didn't trust politicians, but they didn't trust me more. I voted remain, they voted to leave. They are not part of my life any more and good riddance. One actually went to live in Spain. You can't fix stupid.

[@lydiefleurent6809]

Well done to you for your research on the EU ...It makes such of difference to be informed

[@zxcvin123]

Exactly fixing stupid is impossible..

[@Someperson-]

You may not know 'enough' about the EU, but you are a wise person.

[@kianistan]

Comment of the month!! ‘You can’t fix stupid’!!!! Hahahaha. Such wisdom! And i mean it.

[@xanmontes8715]

Spain is nice! I live there :)

[@BobWitlox]

It's such a stark difference in outcome of Brexit between the EU and the UK. Here in the Netherlands, Brexit is long gone and never talked about anymore. It seems ages ago. But seeing these videos, you realise how much it is still an issue in the UK. The first time I saw it, it was eye-opening, like "wow, they're still debating Brexit. It is still a thing over there"

[@ab-ym3bf]

It does make sense, every day they are confronted with the consequences of their failed national IQ test in 2016. What is amazing is that 8 years later they still haven't gone beyond fingerpointing, blaming, explaining that it was only 37% of 80% of 10% of the public that voted brexit, and a myriad of non existing ways to get back in the cherry picked parts of the EU. In other words, in typical English style they dwell in the past and get stuck there.

[@sanderdeboer6034]

I feel every Dutch border agent should say ‘welcome to Brexit’ every time such fools come into our country. And thank you for Brexit because it made the EU stronger, more popular and lose a difficult member.

[@wookie2222]

There should be a seperate third row at any european air port and border entrance for people who voted leave and working that row will only a 60 year old german bureaucrat who can't figure out how computers work and a frenchman who will not speak a single word of English.

[@Jo-yp8wy]

Hoi, it's not my fault I have a british passport. I've lived in Germany for most of my life, close to the dutch border.

[@nox8730]

Yeah. The UK was really a hindrance while in the EU. Anytime i was looking at the news, i saw: "The UK votes against the reform". "Negociations with the UK are at a standstill. The british insist the UK should have special treatment". "The UK leaves the negociation table in anger. The project is interred." And so on, and so forth. The one thing worse than a pest is a pest given power.

[@richardayres2949]

The longer time goes on, the more annoyed I get about Brexit. Having been lucky enough to reach retirement, I spent11 weeks in Scandinavia earlier in the year and now find myself in effected banned from Europe until October. I really do object to having my freedom of movement removed!

[@johnsnow5264]

Just bought an technical item from the Uk. What a pain to get it to the EU. Never again. Sorry. Will look for a supplier here on the continent.

[@Mercury88-b7k]

Yes sadly the idiots in the uk caused this and many more problems. Scotland has been ripped out of the union against its will. The sooner Scotland can have her independence the better.

[@judd442009]

The sense of entitlement of these Brexiteers is ludicrous.

[@cyclingmaniac6343]

Thick as mince We are not doing better than Germany complete fallacy just look at Germanys GDP and balance of payments compared to ours!!! What a clown

[@MRW515]

Germany GDP forecast for 2025 is 1.1% UK GDP forecast for 2025 is 1.9% (remarkable considering New Labour are back in government) 1.9% is better than 1.1%

[@gerryclarke9795]

@@MRW515 Meaningless 1.9% of 100 is not the same as 1.9% of 1000, try harder!

[@martinradcliffe4798]

@@MRW515 Yeah cause the Tories were so fiscally prudent..

[@MRW515]

@@gerryclarke9795 which GDP is higher, 1.1% or 1.9%?

[@IgorRockt]

@@MRW515 Germany's GDP is still higher - and still will be! GDP per capita 2023: Germany: $53,415 UK: $49,791 If the projected forecast is 1.1% for Germany, that's $586.56 (which would bring it up to $54002), and for the UK with your 1.9%, it's $946.03 (which sounds like more, but it just brings the UK one up to $50737, which is just less than 94% of the German GDP per capita...). PS: it gets even worse in absolute numbers: German GDP in 2023: $4,457,216M UK GDP in 2023: $3,340,032M

[@robertvermaat2124]

Two lines in the airport: "Europe and the rest of the wolrd. Well I'm European and now I'm mad". No sir, get new glasses, it says 'EU' and 'rest of the world'. So sad that people cannot read and get mad as a result. ;)

[@benwu7980]

One of the 'funniest' things about Brexit was the number of ex-pats that voted for it, then learned what ETIAS meant for them, and then accused the EU or it being a retaliatory punishment. The UK was heavily involved in the framing of ETIAS, from long before the Brexit vote. "Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters." - Abraham Lincoln

[@anthonyparker4334]

dear me the very definition of madness

[@RealMash]

Doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different outcome?

[@korolev-musictodriveby6583]

@@RealMashYes . It's also Einstein's definition of a moron . 😈

[@garryferrington811]

He got what he wanted. Now he should shut his face.

[@jamaicantillidie6626]

He is both Arrogant and Ignorant

[@glimt1808]

Ironically those two often go hand in hand.

[@swanvictor887]

Classic English exceptionalism.....never changes.

[@andreadalcortivo747]

Im happy they are now FREE to solve their own problems without our help.

[@georgew8586]

Last couple of years we have gone to Europe, initially I was looking at flying direct from the west coast of the US to London and making use of the flights from London to various cities in Europe. But we realized, we would be required to go through customs in England and again in whatever city we went to in Europe. So we flew instead to Frankfurt one time and Amsterdam the next. Yes your hardcore britex, folks and our hard line trump folks suffer from a similar ailment. The assumption being if we isolate ourselves we will be much better off, but history since WW II, has shown us the opposite is more like to have better results.

[@korolev-musictodriveby6583]

Many are now espousing what their grandparents died to prevent .

[@Esemptius]

The UK, out of hatred for its closest neighbours, decided to become the third country in Europe that would not accept national ID cards from EU citizens. The only two other countries that do that are Russia and Belarus. But somehow we have to be kind to the haughty English and let them queue along with EU citizens. Quite frankly, the borders should be closed to such people arriving.

[@garyherd4939]

I think it’s an EU lane not a European lane

[@Esemptius]

To be more precise it usually says EU/EEA/CH

[@vanesag.9863]

It's a EU lane and Schengen treaties lane. Includes the countries of the Economic European Area or EEA (that aren't inside EU club) and Switzerland (CH). UK didn't want to adhere to any of those treaties and now their citizens have to queue at all passports/rest of the world lane.

[@chrishewitson7135]

What would Isabel Oakshott's 'Brexit done properly' look like? It's nonsense

[@ziploc2000]

They thought they could retain all the benefits of EU membership but bear none of the responsibilities. The world doesn't work like that, and now they're finding out, but still unwilling to admit they made a mistake that cannot be fixed in their lifetimes.

[@PaulForeman-indievisuals]

Who the F is she???

[@user-uy3bj9ue5c]

An island on its own - Luke North Korea with more coastline.

[@Edibloke]

​@@user-uy3bj9ue5c Isabel Oakshott wrecked few happy marriages before ruining the fortunes of Great Britain.

[@pjslon9219]

The UK economy was 86% of the German economy before Brexit and is 73% now. Some months we may be "growing faster", but the overall growth is massively negative.

[@jdmmg4904]

We in the EU don't miss this guy

[@isoldedoyle3483]

But why don’t interviewers ask Nigel Farage and others of that ilk - what would he have done differently to deliver Brexit ‘properly’ - it is maddening how these guys get away with sprouting hot air and inanities and are never asked to be specific.

[@neilgodwin6531]

Farage made the grave mistake of being interviewed by James Ó Brien. A mistake he never repeated and I reckon he left LBC to avoid running into him 😊

[@brettonsmith8534]

Because we’ll get a Unicorn answer…as we did before Brexit. Not tangible actual real solutions to complex issues.

[@JWRogersPS]

From an outsiders viewpoint (I'm in the US) it sounds to me that they wanted to retain all the economic ties and privileges of being in the EU, while being able to kick all the "foreigners" out and not follow EU laws.

[@nox8730]

@@JWRogersPS And this is why we are relieved they left the EU. This bad behavior is how they behaved while in the EU, too. We, in France, first created what would become the EU in order to build a neutral block during the Cold War. We still fight for it. But the UK is a handicap for everyone. Always whinning, complaining, demanding special treatment, blocking anything that didn't make them, personally, or their oligarchs, enough money. You are right: they just wanted money for themselves without considering any other aspect of the EU, whether diplomatic, social or political (these a**hol*s did invade Irak in 2004 with the USA, arrogantly going against the UN for the sake of stealing oil from them. This, in itself, should have been all it took to ban the UK from the EU, forever. We don't need a criminal rogue state in our ranks). They never acknowledged that they needed to participate in common efforts. France vetoed the UK's entry in the EU for 2 decades. I lamented that Pompidou relented on that in 1972. And now, things are finally back to where they should have stayed. It is a relief.

[@GeirRssaak]

What has happened to British papers and journalists? Why did so many support Brexit and idiots like Boris, Truss etc.?

[@phil2854]

He's quite right when he says we are still in Europe - we can't leave Europe as that's a geographical place, not a political one, but the queues at the border are not Europe and non-Europe, they are EU and non-EU. As he voted to leave the EU, he should know very well that he can't go in the EU queue.

[@umbertocolapicchioni2467]

imagine mexicans trying to enter the US border saying “I’m north american”…

[@alfonsoherguetagomez1821]

He seems to think that "European" means "white"...

[@catherineb3841]

@@alfonsoherguetagomez1821no this was not at all mentioned.

[@Terry-uo8gs]

He is an absolute gobshite.

[@12OZK12]

He should but he doesn't. This kind of stuff should never be up for popular vote. These dumbasses still don't have a clue what they voted for.

[@BurnCKC]

The country is falling apart and he thinks we're in a better position...what a clown. I'm also sick of hearing how "Brexit hasn't been done properly".... we're not going to get a better deal with EU, we got what we could.

[@RealMash]

Which might be revoked due to contract breaching from UK side with not fulfilling your end of the deal....

[@jungbolosse3034]

Can’t diferentiate between Europe and European Union. ’Nough said.

[@peterzapp2091]

The caller voted to kick off EU citizens from UK's queues, but then he tried to join the EU's queue.

[@mobbkopf]

Pretty sure he is talking bs. As far as I can remember, I have never seen lanes divided into „Europe“ and „rest of the world“ at Schiphol, but only „EU passports“ and „all passports“ - just like at literally every other EU airport I flew from or to in the past. Now as someone who claims to run a trading business with the EU, one would expect this guy to at least know the difference between Europe and the EU, but apparently he even lacks this kind of very basic knowledge.

[@sandgroper1970]

He supposedly does business in Europe and yet he voted for Brexit, did he think Britain could leave the EU yet still have the benefits of being in the EU ? it does not work like that,

[@Vulcanerd]

If the guy is feeling the squeeze from Brexit a business owner, imagine what his employees must be feeling? And everyone else who's in the middle class and below.

[@happyundertaker6255]

The dumbest part of Brexit was that Brits living in the EU could not vote on it. So I’m a German now. It’s so much better here.

[@ProfessorOfCookies]

Even worse with the number of of brits living in EU was over 3 million, 3 million votes denied and a winning majority of 1 million. They did it intentionally to stop the no vote winning. Therefore I have rejected my British passport and adopted the Irish passport.

[@nox8730]

@@ProfessorOfCookies Finally one who makes sense.

[@tonywilson8681]

@@ProfessorOfCookies I'm not sure that makes sense. Cameron, disastrously and unnecessarily, called the referendum and he wanted to remain, as did the majority of his cabinet. Surely as the PM and the guy in power he wouldve had a say on the conditions of that referendum. Its also not true that all UK citizens living in the EU wanted to remain, including my step dad who was living in Spain at the time, incredibly. He did get to vote. Still they got their blue/black whatever colour the passport is now so thats all fine.

[@mihangelap-williams9871]

I laughed at my mate who voted to leave, he said "I don't want to fund the EU project" then I asked him, where do you want to go on holiday this year, he said Spain, I said, won't that be funding the EU project? He couldn't put one and one together 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Darklightflash-z8j]

We call them " MAGA head" in Florida.

[@markperrin8098]

@@mihangelap-williams9871 Glad to see you admit EU members are not sovereign.

[@mihangelap-williams9871]

@@markperrin8098 how are they not sovereign? In your imagination why shouldn't Wales take back it's sovereignty? We never asked to join the UK did we

[@markperrin8098]

@@mihangelap-williams9871 In the 1960s, the European Court of Justice established the principle of the ‘primacy of community law’ meaning that community law has the ability to override and replace national law. Then, treaty-by-treaty, the union deepened and broadened its powers to cover more areas. Furthermore, several areas e.g. “Internal Market” that are within the EU’s jurisdiction, are so broadly defined that they can be used as a pretext for issuing legislation on pretty much anything. Veto powers held by the member states were steadily removed and now, almost all EU legislation is subject to qualified majority voting. And hey presto, we have what we have today: a political union that’s basically an uncomfortable halfway house between a normal regional bloc and a unitary state. (Except one where voters have no say over the constitution of its executive government). Today, the EU can legislate on pretty much anything, including areas of policy that are normally considered the domain of national policy. Very little lies outside the EU’s executive reach.

[@markperrin8098]

@@mihangelap-williams9871 I never said Wales was sovereign. The UK is sovereign. EU members are not. How is visiting Spain "funding the EU project?"

[@asinglemaleinuk]

Many farmers voted for Brexit, they pushed for it for decades- now they are getting there comeuppance

[@neilgodwin6531]

This makes me angry. Germany is suffering because they were over dependent on Russian oil and gas. This caller knows that, but is spreading misinformation. Yet the presenter sits there like a lemon and doesn't point out that simple fact. Nor does he point out that we received, directly and indirectly as much, or more than we paid in. The benefit of EU membership to the economy cannot be calculated, because it included the trade from the EU which we only won because of the Single Market. Many businesses have gone bust since Brexit as a direct result of the loss of the Single Market. James Ó Brien would never have let these falsehoods go unchallenged, which is why he's got the biggest ratings. Ben Kentish and others need to up their game

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

... cannot be calculated ... ??? In 2022, the UK lost 100 billion pounds due to Brexit; in 2023, the UK lost 140 billion pounds due to Brexit. Source: Bloomberg Research (England) + Cambridge econometrics (England)

[@Cider4144]

About 4% of GDP annually. Or, if you prefer, about double the amount UK spends on defence annually, approx £60bn.

[@neilgodwin6531]

​@@Michael_from_EU_GermanyYes, Micheal, we have official figures, which understated the situation, in my opinion, but I was referring to those businesses that have lost trade or folded completely because their customers or suppliers decided it was too much hassle to deal with a non EU country. Then there is the scientific and medical research disrupted or ended by Brexit. The grants to the arts and media, particularly the movie industry, very important to the UK. The loss of NHS professionals. All the damage that can't be quantified because it is an indirect rather than easily identifiable effect of Brexit

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

@@neilgodwin6531 We agree on that 100%!

[@RealMash]

We have built the necessary infrastructure (5 LNG Terminals existing, three more built) and the EU gas tanks and caverns are filled to the brim already. Germany _solves_ problems, and does not complain about them. Quite a different approach to the Brits... How many has the UK built, or are you still pumping carbo-hydrates from Russian tankers to neutral tankers on the seas? How much did you increase the 155mm Grenade production? Rheinmetall alone went from 350 00 to 700 000 and will go to 1,5 million ones next year. You have to earn envy, pity is given without any effort.

[@mattwho81]

Brexit is like watching your local library being burned down by people who can’t read.

[@reginaldigweike4002]

If you were born in the 80s or 90s, I'm sorry you have no clue, go read about the history of Britain after ww2 up to point they joined the EU in the first place, and by the way this wasn't taught in schools because of the shame the empire misgivings brought. Just read about the economy, industrialisation, farming, research etc.

[@danm94]

EU for a British person and anyone else means "European Union", not a continental mark or Europe. That is literally the meaning of those letters when you see them and you, may good lad, choose not to be part of it, is it?

[@georgek3398]

The uk never fully committed to the idea of the EU, always bitching and complaining when they were in

[@RealMash]

They are still bitching, but only on plague Island. Their excrement comes to EU shores however, and we are not talking about their sewage yet...

[@venusfooltrap7371]

georgek3398, Most of the population were perfectly happy as EU members. Don't confuse a few loud voices with the nation as a whole.

[@nlbergsma]

I remember the public mood in my (EU) country after the referendum: "good riddance!"

[@keithhutchins8966]

"Most of the population were perfectly happy as EU members" 51% of those who voted in 2016 demonstrated how "perfectly happy they were as EU members", when shown the door to a possible escape tunnel. The Establishment did not expect them to open that door and certainly wished that they hadn't "They didn't know what they were voting for" is another frequently heard claim from those that claim to be educated and critical thinkers. Maybe the 51% could see something that the critical thinking 49% couldn't. Everyone had their own rationale for their vote. Maybe, just maybe, it was more important for them to escape the clutches of the EU for reasons, unconnected to the purely Financial aspects of EU membership. Is critical thinking reflected by the majority of posts on this channel ? Again, we all have our own views, and should express them but not in the form of personal, hateful attacks on individual personalities or are these attacks prime examples of critical thinking ?

[@M0R7_7]

@@venusfooltrap7371if most of the population was happy then we wouldn’t have left.

[@andylucas1175]

When it comes to Brexit voters you can't fix the mindset of dunderheads.

[@lloydbelle3406]

I had that lesson only yesterday. I am currently doing electoral work. I met a constituent who was angry at Starmer. I just said it's a few weeks, he deserves to given a chance. Then I quipped Brexit has ruined the economy and no one wants to pay for it. That got him so enraged about the EU. Seeing it face to face I was shocked that someone could be so angry about the EU and harbour such EU hatred. Everything he said was lies and mistruths, and I couldn't get a corrective word in edgeways... so - yes his mindset will NEVER be fixed! Here are some of the things he claimed: He claimed everyone who voted Remain is NOT English! The UK was still paying EU contributions. The UK pay more contributions that any other member When the UK stops paing contributions, the EU will collapse! Mrs Thatcher got us into the EU to sell UK railways, and utility companies to the EU to get rid of union control. British Steel was closed down by the EU, to give China the market.

[@kevinshanahan6064]

@@lloydbelle3406Jeez, my bog brush has more brains than that guy.

[@andylucas1175]

@@lloydbelle3406 They walk and sadly vote amongst us: "Dunderheadedness" is a chronic symptom that will warn you that you are in the presence of a Brexit voter; unfortunately there is no cure and they will forever be lost to their folly.

[@norawright807]

The Mindset of Dunderheads is the name of my local pub. Just saying. 🎉.

[@andylucas1175]

@@norawright807 Great name for the pub.

[@abumstead1219]

Did he name a single tangible benefit? Oh the £15b which is not true so no he didn’t actually name any real benefits because there are none! What an idiot.

[@mobbkopf]

He said „it’s not that bad“ (for him personally). So, if that’s not a clear benefit, I don’t know what is.

[@abumstead1219]

@@mobbkopf A clear benefit? What?

[@randyvalantino6850]

Construction workers are better off for years they have had to compete with eastern European workers .

[@korolev-musictodriveby6583]

@@randyvalantino6850It's the boss who hires and pays . The workers take what they're given , or we can go somewhere else .

[@Ooze-cl5tx]

@@korolev-musictodriveby6583 and the minimum wage is set and was set by the UK government

[@floraposteschild4184]

It's just weird that some people expected all the benefits of membership. Why on earth should the EU bend over backwards for countries that exit?

[@tiborsipos1174]

"Were growing faster than Germany, so its a win" Germany went from a 100 to 102 Uk went from 100 to 85 then back to 88 and now he pops the champagne because 3>2 :D

[@obtuse1291]

He doesn't quite get that the EU gets to define the EU borders, and guess what, UK is no longer INSIDE the EU. 😂😂

[@bokhans]

Why did he call in. He won, start enjoying your victory son! 🧐

[@georgenewlands9760]

The brexiteers are right about one thing, Brexit hasn’t been done properly. Britain hasn’t properly implemented the deal we signed up to (the TCA). Once it is fully implemented (if it is ever implemented) we will see longer queues at ports and airports, greater delays in getting imports of fresh produce into the country etc. Obviously they will claim that the wicked EU is punishing Britain for having the temerity to leave the union.🤷‍♂️

[@caterthun4853]

The EU has already said they will not discuss any slight changes until England completes the Boris agreement

[@TheCloudhopper]

The UK are an unreliable and dishonest partner. They can't uphold the treaties they have signed, why should anyone want to negotiate any changes with them?

[@gawkthimm6030]

and the Eu wont enter into further negotiations with the UK until it has implemented everything it has signed unto

[@wookie2222]

As a German and European I somehow feel very sorry for you over there, when I think about agriculture in special. I mean, waiting in a line is as far as I heard nearly an olympic sport in the UK and might cause some inconvenience, but in the end, one can plan to be XYZ hours earlier at the airport to get the flight. But agriculture is another thing. The UK was member in a club where one of the club activities was 'Subsidising your own agricultural producers excessively and destroy any nearby market with cheap subsidised european food'. Just take a look at northern or western Africa, where you might find european products everywhere and to cheaper prices than locally produced food. The UK has build up this system, has benefited from it and now has just left the club and joyned the other side...

[@linenjacket]

Not to mention medicine shortages.

[@Edam-Channel]

The only way Brexit really effected us Aussies is London used to be the obvious starting point for a tour of Europe. These days Paris or Rome make more sense.

[@mmarsh1972]

Pure entitlement. “I got in the Europe queue because it said Europe” First of all, I’ve been in those queues it specifically says “for holders of EU passports”. This guy thinks he’s entitled to be treated as special because he once belonged to the EU. It abit like claiming I get to use the gym at my club because I used to be a member.

[@sean65xjrurwin61]

It's not easy to have to admit that you've been lied to and conned. He's in denial... or spectacularly thick.

[@JohnHollyoak-vx6pn]

Probably the latter.

[@RealMash]

He is unable to admit how much of a dolt he is. Even a modicum of critical thinking would hae been enough to see that the diametral assumed targets for Brexit could never been reached without some being left out. every fool could have seen it-if you did not, you are worse: Willful ignorant. And the blame is on you, nobody else.

[@christopherodonoghue3858]

Meanwhile applications for Irish passports is absolutely skyrocketing.

[@gloin10]

Heading for over a MILLION Irish passports issued in 2024.

[@ab-ym3bf]

Time to close that backdoor.

[@evalee6708]

This should be stopped!

[@clarecrawford9677]

That’s another income stream that the government has lost.

[@jackthebassman1]

Oakshot, Farage, and their likes tell us tell us that brexit "wasn't done properly". Ok then, brexiteers, what should have been "done properly". Please explain for our edification, thank you.

[@r.5841]

Apparently he does Business with EU Companies. Does his Business do better than before the Brexit?

[@andrewsteele4952]

As a Brit, I couldn't believe the result of the Referendum, How dumb were people, at lest the 52% that voted to leave the EU. I live in Denmark, since 1995, and could have told everyone that imports will be more expensive due to Customs and agents fees. Most supermarkets her have given up selling any British products because of those fees. I used to buy on Amazon UK, but the fees added to my purchases made it stupid do that, so now I use Amazon in Germany as I don,t have to pay anything extra. I think small businsses in the UK have lost a lot of custom due to the fees having to be paid before our items are delivered from the UK. The £350 billion plastered on the side of the bus was a lie, yes it was what the UK paid, but doesn't allow for the subsidies that the EU gave to research, industry and development in the UK! I think that if there is another referendum, voters should be tested for their intelligence and if they didn't meet the average they should be excluded from voting. In Denmark there was a movement to leave the EU, but after they saw the mess the UK is in that soon disappeared! Also, as a holder of a Permanent Resident card, I don't get my Passport stamped when leaving or entering the EU, I can move to any EU country I wish and automatically get a Resident Permit for that country, I don't need an EU Visa either and am not limited to 180 days stay in the EU!

[@RDCFemmes]

Since the lockdown there's been a food shortage, there are more and more empty shelves in supermarkets

[@Bizz55]

Our local Asda has never been the same since Brexit. The variety has deceased and shelves are often empty. Initially we thought it was Covid but it was Brexit.

[@flitsertheo]

@@Bizz55 Even Covid didn't cause empty shelves in continental supermarkets. If anything supermarkets weren't so busy because of the lockdowns, making shopping more relaxed. And as an "essential" I wasn't much bothered by the lockdowns either.

[@Randleray]

Brexiteers wanted to be individually special and not part of a greater good (the EU). But Brexiteers forgot, that about 99% of all the other countries in the world mostly aim for the very same goal. Within the EU Britain actually had a much more special position compared to most other members - now, they are literally any other country but the 27 states. Brexiteers are so massively arrogant and ignorant, it is really incomprehensible.

[@RealMash]

The Uk has he fourth most powerful passport, while Italy, Austria and Germany seem to have the strongest passport. In some ranking we are on second or third rank, after Japan for example, but the UK is never ranked above the core EU members ;-) Enjoy your Brexit and the queues Sir or Madam.

[@sean65xjrurwin61]

I remember one little example of the lies during the referendum campaign. It was said that mobile phone companies would re-introduce roaming charges when British citizens visited Europe. They strongly denied that this would happen and guess what !! ... We've been conned and Britain is worse off for leaving.

[@keithhutchins8966]

Do you think that re- joining is the answer, then ? Will all our previous privileges, special rates, subsidies, and concessions be restored ? Will we, as a Nation, be welcomed back into the heart of the EU. with open arms? Posts from some of our "continental cousins" suggest not. Are YOU prepared to pay exorbitant extra fees for the unnecessary, extravagant, profligate and therefore very expensive administrative burden of the gravy train that is the EU parliament at a time when many are going to suffer hardships in our own land? I certainly can't afford it and not much encourages me to think that our grand children will be able to carry that ongoing debt, either or the extra layers which could be superimposed by the unelected. "YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY" (Written on a public toilet wall in Doncaster. Sorry again Doncaster) The capitalised sentence seems to working OK though.

[@vanesag.9863]

@@keithhutchins8966 When you were an EU member you had privileges that the rest of the countries didn't had, like mantaining your own currency and veto votes. You were one of the strongest members of the EU and had a lot of weight on all the decissions inside the EU parliament. If you apply to rejoin, you would have to enter with the same premises and rules that your goverment argued (and demanded) the applicant countries have to have to be able to enter the EU club. Some of the problems you now face were laws that UK not only voted but were it's own idea. Probably this is what the "continental cousins" were suggesting: you are facing your own trade rules ideas.

[@keithhutchins8966]

@@vanesag.9863 The term "Continental cousins" highlights the fact that I regard all working folks on the continent of Europe as family and they just happen to live on the mainland of Europe and under a different governance system. Your system of governance is one, to which I would not wish to be subjected. If you are happy with it then I am happy for you. This channel is dedicated to re-joining your happy band. They don't seem to realise/recognise the privileges, subsidies and other perquisites that were there, will NOT be available or indeed there may be some extra conditions applied before re-joining is permitted by the Commission and other member states. I know it is not our choice. We have already made a choice and have to live with it. Please don't confuse me with the blind hive minds that speak so loudly on this channel. It is this very attitude that prompted me to contribute in the way that I choose. I may need to bite my tongue if we, as the UK, are successful with the current government membership renegotiation, if that is what it is.

[@keithhutchins8966]

@@vanesag.9863 Please read more widely my comments on this and other channels. Indeed please re-read the very comment to which you responded. You will discover that I do not subscribe to the mainstream views of other subscribers. It is the very reason that I write on here.

[@keithhutchins8966]

@@vanesag.9863 Please re-read the post to which you responded. You will see that I am asking the same questions as you, highlighting and querying the hive mind of the majority of subscribers to this channel. Please re-read. Thank you.

[@Ashoerchen]

Amsterdam has no "Europe" lane. There is only a EU lane. If that difference is too much for you, leaving the EU certainly is the best answer.

[@garynorcott6409]

In fact our "donation" each year was typically £9bn p.a. after our refunds, subsidies etc, not to mention that we had more vetos than ALL the other Member States put together. That £9bn entitled us to frictionless free trade with 27 countries, no barriers whatsoever, which fades into insignificance when compared to the reduction in GDP of £100bn according to the OBR - plus of course the knock-on loss in tax revenues.

[@korolev-musictodriveby6583]

That "...special place in Hell" shouldn't await the brExiters , they should be sent...

[@RealMash]

Don't forget all the work the EU did for the UK, medication checking, plane checking, trade deals set up...the UK will have to invest 90bn to replicate all that-which they have to at least partially due to their beloved WTO Rules. Happy paying, Sir, Brexit means Brexit!

[@gloin10]

It seems that wilful ignorance, British exceptionalism and a towering sense of entitlement are STILL the Default Mode in the UK. The return to objective reality is going to be a longer process than anyone anticipated! Ah well, not my problem! If nothing else, the ongoing Brixit debacle has completely justified Irish independence!

[@ecaeas4439]

I didn't know Irish independence needed justifying

[@RealMash]

Well, lack of Food and cold winters might speed the process a bit up. Funny thing: with lower food quality obesity does rise. Am I wrong assuming the UK has the most overweight in Europe?

[@ecaeas4439]

@@RealMash That's just a disgusting and insensitive comment to make. If there is less food, it will hit the hardest in society the worst. But when you're privileged, you don't care. Even more so to the point, you're quote on quote EUorpean, so that's become an excuse to dangle dangerous prospects like increases in food poverty in the UK (due to the bemusement of brexit) without a care in the world of the real-world impacts. It's shameful and it's a disgusting thing to have in political discussion, regardless of the core reason you may think this way.

[@drjordan5706]

@@RealMash If it doesn't have them now, it will in the future for sure. A small consequence of Pepsi, Pringles and Kinder Chocolate being the only food you can afford without becoming homeless

It's like they say. Be careful what you wish for. You Brits wanted to leave. Then also accept the consequences of it.

[@nataliescott2261]

He’s the sort that hates people from other countries coming here but demands or thinks he’s entitled to the rights when going abroad. Actions have consequences

[@Alvio64]

I think we can openly call these people delusional at this point

[@davidthomson4102]

Welcome to the unintended consequences of voting to leave….. I voted to stay in Europe but hey, I still have to queue….

[@ArcanisUrriah]

The reason brexit has failed to be the brexit they voted for is because the brexit they were sold and voted for was and still is impossible. And we told them this. Repeatedly.

[@dombrandon3018]

Staggering that so many people can be so easily duped but mindblowing that they'll still believe the shit they were sold, now we're a few years down the line. I don't like calling people thick but you have to wonder.

[@RealMash]

Keeping up the aperances, otherwise they would need to admit what a tool they are/were.

[@patrickporter1864]

It is easier to fool people than to get people to accept they have been fooled.

[@korolev-musictodriveby6583]

No you don't !

[@Birchingtonuk]

The man must have known that "Europe" referred to the EU. To go to that gate was hugely arrogant and shows an attitude of entitlement.

[@putrikamachey9351]

You ask for it. You got it. No remorse in voting for Brexit, then all Brexiteers should stop whining about the consequences of his own actions. Enjoy Brexit for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

[@cmmbac]

u never gonna change these people's mind - very much like the red hats in Murikkka

[@roderickmain9697]

Brexit wasnt done properly. What does that mean? They never cite examples of what wasnt done correctly (from their POV). So they say it and expect people to believe it but its just so much hot air. Like brexit, its nebulous reasoning. But because people acted on hot air, they still got consequences. "I shot myself in the foot but Id do it again because it was the right thing to do". These people need help.

[@Cider4144]

He got exactly what he voted for.... twice. 2016 EU yes or no? We have left EU. 2019 the Tory manifesto promises relating to Brexit were all fulfilled exactly as stated. Anyone can check this by just reading the document. "Not what I voted for" is a straw man argument. He can't say what he expected or what he was promised.

[@caballoloco100]

👏👏👏👏👍👏 yeah l psychologist would diagnose "cognitive dissonance"

[@ClemensKatzer]

"Brexit wasn't implemented properly" = "We want to keep all the benefits of being in the EU but not have to follow any of the decisions in Brussels that make the EU even possible".

[@RealMash]

@@ClemensKatzer ​ ... AND DON'T PAY FOR IT. The UK put a gun on its head and threatened the EU to pull the trigger if the EU don't get what the UK wanted, delivered by unicorn mail. Eu: "Fire at will!" The UK blew its brains out, and tries now to blame the EU for it. What a pity. Anyway...

[@MrDiamondFlyer]

Not being able to use a EU passport lane is just a small downgrade for him. The EU citizens never felt very welcome when travelling to UK BEFORE the Brexit. UK was never within Schengen space so we had to pass border control every time we entered/exited UK and used the same airport terminals as for flying to Africa/US/Asia. Even for Switzerland (which is not a EU member) we didn't have this inconvenience.

[@pathiggins3482]

Does he know why the UK joined in the first place of its own free will...for economic prosperity which was achieved but with son conditions like freedom of movement for both UK citizens and Europeans..benefits fare outweighed the negatives...people did not know what they voted to Leave for! When will people understand this???

[@KrzysztofBob]

On those gates it doesn’t say “European passports”. It says EU/EEA/CH passports. Do they even know what they left.

[@mcsnapshot1]

The best thing about Brexit is that it proves just how sh1t of an idea it was in the first place.

[@ab-ym3bf]

And how desperate the UK needs a better education system.

[@clarecrawford9677]

@@ab-ym3bfThe English and Scottish educational systems are not the same. The Scottish system includes Modern Studies, and Scotland voted to remain in the EU. I’ve just remembered that Isabel Oakeshott was educated in Scotland but that was in private schools, many of which adopt the English system.

[@Kamonohashiii]

​@@clarecrawford9677 Poor Scotland... (；´_ゝ`)

[@stuartanderson1835]

You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it …. think 😊