The Truth About Brexit: Britain BETRAYED | ULTIMATE DOCUMENTARY 2023

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[@smoosview6103]

Brexit was about just one thing, Sovereignity. All else loops back to Sovereignity: ECJ, immigration, trade and EU contributions. Add to that the potential of Turkey joining and the EU army and you have the perfect storm for Remain who's only argument was it would be financialy bad to leave. In the end it hasn't been as bad as predicted, the drop in GDP to date has only been 2.3% and not expected to be any more. UK now has new exciting trade options whilst exports to the EU are at all time highs, new bespoke trade deals that do not protect EU interests and yes immigration is high due to Hong Kong and Ukraine but it is now controlled and would have been worse had the UK remained. This is why only the SNP is the only major party campaigning to rejoin and why the Rejoin EU party is polling less than UKIP and in fact cannot even get anywhere near 1%. This video is purely for Remain voters to feel good about their decision, that they were right after all and the Leave voters were deceived when in fact it was they who have been betrayed, betrayed by the EU taking away their democratic power, betrayed by the Elites on both the left and the right that believed they knew better how to run things.

[@jep1912]

The whole of the UK needs to see this.

[@VaucluseVanguard]

What chaos? You are completely deluded.

[@garethturner4811]

@@VaucluseVanguard open your eyes

[@smoosview6103]

@@OptimisticHominid At least 20 years at the earliest by most experts unless the EU radically changes direction

[@paris-panda]

The guy at 28:15 - After describing how brexit has harmed his business, when asked about his brexit vote he says "I voted as a business man. I voted Brexit. If i could vote again as a person I'd vote to remain". Surely he's got them the wrong way around. He acted on greed without understanding his own business. Astonishing :|

[@reiw5802]

I thought the exact same thing. Lol

[@TheMontyfire]

I couldn’t agree more ,surely anyone with one brain cell would know that in the hospitality sector that revolves around European workers making it harder for them to travel will have a massive effect on your business. He actually voted as a person and maybe his bigoted view won over. But our hatred should still be at the salesmen and not the conned

[@Paul-eb4jp]

So many succesful businessmen lack intelligence they just have that one area of knowledge.

[@reiw5802]

@@Paul-eb4jp I disagree, there's a myth that it takes intelligence to run a business TODAY, it really doesn't. Two US examples are Majorie Green and Lauren Bobert. Both ran businesses, both as dumb as a rock. innovation is few and far between, and now it's more about jumping on an existing bandwagon and undercutting competitors.

[@annenunney9907]

I do not suppose for one minute he thought Johnson was lying so badly

[@Cas-Se78.97]

The BALLS to put Alan Turing in an ad about how amazing Britain is on its own. The British government killed that man. Disgusting.

[@rickb3650]

This is a really good example of the real problem. These fools still believe that they won WWII when in fact their greatest accomplishment was to not be completely wiped out at Dunkirk. Russia is the main reason they even exist as a nation and Franklin Roosevelt is the reason they didn't starve to death. It's the 21st century and at least half of them haven't yet figured out that simply being born is no qualification for anything.

[@markgrehan3726]

It's worse than that it was the whole British society not just the Government.

[@la-gl4uh]

Totally disgusting! And now they're blaming Prince Harry and his beautiful wife for everything they can, when all they wanted to do was cut back on some of the "Royal" duties. Totally disgusting!

[@j.dunlop8295]

😮Brexit was about banks and corporations keeping more, with less regulations, from EU, they corporate suits stoked the elderly conservatives with nationalism, and who votes the most? Cilodynamics, study of how civilizations collapse, disparity between the rich and poor, leads to collapse, along with too many entitled elites, and resources collapse! Prof. Peter Turchin! ( Past history England ship the poor off to Amy, Australia, new Zealand or Canada! Relieving social stress!

[@j.dunlop8295]

Brexit was about banks and corporations keeping more, with less regulations, from EU, they corporate suits stoked the elderly conservatives with nationalism, and who votes the most? Cilodynamics, study of how civilizations collapse, disparity between the rich and poor, leads to collapse, along with too many entitled elites, and resources collapse! Prof. Peter Turchin! (Definitely going to get worse and worse, wage disparity!) Rich vs. poor! 3,000 year's of patterns, 400 civilizations! ↘️⬇️ Look at the military, not paid enough to matter?

[@sunnysunshine6271]

If you're a vendor trading with the EU, how did you think that leaving the EU would better your business? That thought process puzzles me!

[@theother1281]

They understood their part of the supply chain while remaining ignorant of the rest of the supply chain.

[@jeanmyers1787]

I’m sure Boris would have explained it to him.

[@grahamariss2111]

I agree, but when I was challenging Brexiters they were denying there would be any impact, the famous " leaving the EU does not mean we need to leave the Single Market". Now I knew enough to know that they could not deliver the Brexit many were advocating while staying in the single market, but I was engaged in the debate, if you were not you no doubt could be easily duped.

[@1gerard47]

​@@jeanmyers1787boris couldn't explain the seven dwarfs story to a five year old,the five year old could explain it to him and probably read better.

[@verttikoo2052]

and they still don’t get it 🙄

[@johnedwards1968]

"I voted as a business man" - Yeah, an incompetent business man

[@majuli8420]

I'm a viewer from Germany, I've always had great admiration for Britain's cultural achievements and history. Having said that, from an outsiders' perspective, the ruling class of Britain seems uniquely degenerate. I do not understand how and why the British citizenry puts up with it.

[@NimLeeGuy]

Nor do I And I'm English

[@tricoolaz7188]

They brain wash them in school I’ve seen it myself questioning the uk government is like unthinkable to most they are told to get a low paying job for 60 years get old and die that’s all people should expect out of life at least that’s the message I got told many times they don’t teach anything useful to progress in life only things that will keep you poor and ignorant British education should be a human rights violation at least the public schools

[@lauriemayne7436]

Because they're equally degenerate. They lost their gravy train colonies but kept spending as though there was no tomorrow. The chickens have all come home.

[@VONCEIL1]

It's for the children & gullible tourists...they spend alota dosh

[@ankeunruh7364]

Same here, from Germany. I feel reminded of Banksy's "Devolved Parliament" - and Cream's "We're doing wrong". How can it be, that the City of London still has it's own law? How can it be, that the people of the land of the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, the people who are so close to the mining history of Wales, the sad border called "peace line" in Belfast, followed the liar Farage? But more I ask myself, why my European Union did not better, seeing it coming in the years of Cameron...

[@simonharris4873]

I work in IT. If I were to suggest a major infrastructure change, with questionable benefits, that had never been tried before, costs/impact that were impossible to determine, and was virtually impossible to roll back, I'm pretty sure I'd be fired.

[@rickb3650]

Please consider your cell phone. I worked in IT as computers were first coming into the consciousness of average people. The people who developed every single thing we think of as tech today was invented 40 or more years ago and the people who invented it all warned us of the things we must do, and the things we must never do, to avoid disaster once the power of digital data was loosed upon the world. I've spent the last 20 years watching everything we were warned about being done.

[@simonharris4873]

@@rickb3650 Not sure how that relates to my comment.

[@rickb3650]

@@simonharris4873 It relates to your assertion that "If (you) were to suggest a major infrastructure change... I'm pretty sure I'd be fired." The electronic surveillance devices that have been forced on the entire first-world population, and that literally determine our individual fates, are exactly what you said you'd be fired for proposing. We all now live in a world that has reduced all of us, along with virtually every other living thing on earth, to nothing more than commodities that exist solely for the potential to exploit. Think about it. You didn't say what it is that you do in IT, but whatever it is, nothing that you do will improve the world or the lives of others because the potential of technology has been captured by those who have no interest in improving anything.

[@davidarchibald50]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@moccamixer]

@@simonharris4873me neither🤣

[@georgeedgeworth915]

The irony of farmers and fisherman voting for a right wing government and then complaining they can’t get subsidies 😢😅

[@mutusdumbas]

😂

[@Smulenify]

Honestly it's kinda horrifying how little the average person actually knows about politics and what the right and left actually wants.

[@CYCHIATRIC]

It's ignorance that the right has to foster. They have to or the leaders and policy makers would be held to account.@@Smulenify

[@justinpigaga4462]

As well as exhausting the living hell out of the environment, poluting sea and rivers, overfishing to extreme, destroying entire ecosystem. It's like burning all the chairs in the house to keep warm and blaming a carpenter that there is nowhere to sit anymore. Older generations destroyed everything in their path, took everything to their own benefit, and now are furious that they can't destroy as freely as they used to and gatekeping all accumulated wealth.

[@stemill1569]

@@Smulenify They know it and they knew it. One person in this docu talked about how well done the leave campaign was. It was an emotional campaign. If you can get the hearts of the people you can trick their minds. Or even better. They knew what they voted for was bad for them but they did it anyways. Out of spite, pride, hate, racism, fascism and patriotism. The campaign ticked nearly every box that is important. The result was that those who told the truth...didn't even wanted to believe it themselves. The anti Brexit campaigns had also issues with being ineffective and lazy. It doesn't matter what someone knows. All what matter is what you make them want to know.

[@antaresmaelstrom5365]

27:00 "I can't get enough staff" - "I voted as a business owner - EXIT" - "Now as a person I'd vote remain." ... The mental disconnect that seems to be happening there.

[@JohnRadley-dk5bk]

That comment was completely bonkers wasn't it. As a businessman I'm an idiot. As a person I'm not.

[@AnakinRyan]

Britain is Europes America and these people are like Trump voters. It’s very difficult but I think important to have sympathy for them rather than resentment as they are victims of class warfare and an awful education system. Having said that what an absolute cognitively dissonant moron! 😂

[@TheBezaleel]

The EU wanted to clamp down on tax evasion, Londongrad couldn't let that happen

[@sidensvans67]

Precisely .

[@ScotisticDad]

Conveniently ignoring how a large section of the establishment supporting Remain.

[@ScotisticDad]

Conveniently ignoring how a large section of the establishment supporting Remain.

[@eveb.6568]

indeed

[@lours6993]

@@ScotisticDad Yes, those in the establishment who did real business with the EU were among Remainers, as opposed to those who benefited (and continue to) from offshore Dark Money in UK territories. Try again.

[@jep1912]

The whole of the UK needs to see this.

[@Sifiqueen]

As a german I am not in the position to say "they should have known". But we can learn that lies are often more comfortable to believe....

[@PersonyPerson]

As a Brit who actively has to live through the consequences of the dishonest and malicious actions of the Brexiteers. Brexiteers who complain should have known better. The problem is a lot of Remainers/Rejoiners constantly pretend that these people are rational and that Brexiteers "knew what they were voting for". Imagine if Young Earth Creationists managed to take over the US. The equivalent of that is what has happened to the UK and we're all paying the price for it. We've never truly treated them for the danger that they represent and acted accordingly.

[@kenoliver8913]

The underlying problem of democracy. Humans love those who tell them comforting lies and hate those who tell them unpleasant truths so you can't get people to vote for you unless you tell comforting lies. And boy did the Brexiters tell lies!

[@MikeyJJJ]

As a Singaporean let me say it for you: the brits are idiots 😂

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Thankfully voters in Germany and Holland ARE getting tired of the lies. Rather late but still... German economy in Recession and riots in Dublin ?? er....aren't they members of EU ? We DID tell you so.....

[@Luggaster]

@@PersonyPerson do you now? they are still in government

[@Accountshare-q1i]

Me and some friends are part of a club. We pay a fee to be part of it but then we have certain advantages. Once in a while we go there and we all eat together for free amongst other things. One of our friends who didn’t go there too many times, started feeling annoyed that had to pay to go there. Started saying that wasn’t taking much advantage for himself, and then even started saying some nonsense and tried to guilt trip us. Like he was paying for us to enjoy that club exclusive advantages. The rest of us didn’t really get it. But one day that one friend said he wanted out. He didn’t want to pay our club fees and said he was going better things with that money. Well we really didn’t get it, it seemed like it was just throwing a tantrum but we were all like “ok mate. Do you. Fuck off then.” We haven’t heard from him for a while, but after some time we met at the Club restaurant and he was super upset and frustrated he had to pay for his meal while we all had it for “free”. Go figure. We known him for so long but lately been acting crazy.

[@malcolmrowe5031]

Since when is paying for something free? Most restaurants are free to go in and you just pay for what you eat, I've never heard of a restaurant you pay to be a member of and you just go and eat once every month?

[@Accountshare-q1i]

@@malcolmrowe5031 well while I was just making a joke / analogy of what being part of EU is like, and how UK started complaining, at some point, regarding their feeling of how their contributions were more than what they felt they were getting back, in fact there are certain “exclusive” sort of clubs. That may come in as a membership only sort of deal, or only locals sort of deal, or whatever may be. Restaurant + golf + parking + gym + whatever may be, there are a lot of these type of situations where you pay a fee for a membership right ? And how often you use those services / facilities is up to you right ? And if you go to a gym, let’s say, 4 times a month and your buddy goes 20 times a month, but yall pay the same. Then you decide instead paying a monthly fee, you pay for each time you go coz you think it’s not worth it. Then you realize it’s more expensive for you than it is for all your other buddies. And then you start crying it’s not fair. That’s called Brexit. Anyways, the fact you don’t understand this concept and you don’t know these sort of things, “clubs”, exist everywhere; it’s not your fault. It’s not ignorance. It just means you broke AF.

[@abstractdrumz]

I have no sympathy for these people. There were lots of experts warning them about the damage brexit was going to do to the economy but they chose to ignore them and believe the Tories. The worst thing about all this is the fact that they'll never learn.

[@rayc9539]

Most people have learnt and admitted it was a mistake. Nigel Farage has even publicly admitted that brexit has failed. That is amazing coming from him - the forefather of the leave campaign...

[@soyolophie]

​@@rayc9539it's a funny thing to say that Brexit "failed" because there was never a way for it to go well. It's a bad thing by definition:D

[@rayc9539]

@Sophie-hm7yz Technically, there were many ways for Brexit to be delivered. We could have been EEA members, alternatively to EU members. Brexit was only about EU membership. Nothing else. EEA membership would have secured our place in the single market. Moreover, EEA membership was also proposed to Theresa May during negotiations, but she and her government rejected it. EEA membership would not make the ECJ have jurisdiction over us, pay less to the EU budget, and have better control over our fishery and agricultural legislation. As an island nation, control over our fishery could be a plus? Essentially, EEA would satisfy the economic benefits of the EU. The EU is a political union with a peace project and an ever closer union. The EEA is purely economic and would not require us to participate in the EU project. I am not advocating for Brexit (in terms of not being an EU member), but I am stating that Brexit could have been implemented in numerous ways. Instead, Boris Johnson (the clown) blessed us with a hard Brexit (abandoning the single market, customs union, and Eurasmus exchange programme), without a single thought for how it would affect businesses or our daily lives. People had their own expectations of Brexit. Mind you, I believe the majority of brexiters were delusional in their aspirations of Brexit. The campaign was fraught with deceit and fabrication. As a 26 year old man, I see tremendous advantage of being an EU member. Fortunately, pro-EU supporters are now a majority in the population, and political parties will have to respond. Unfortunately, Kier Starmer (the presumed prime minister in waiting) is uninspiring and inconsistent with his Brexit stance (along with many other factors).

[@ERG173]

The problem is you have to listen to people like Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson you cannot question them because they just lie. Also you hope their peers understand ...... so you trust and you get deceived.

[@NeuroEverything]

I'm just sick and tired of everyone absolving the general public from responsibility over the Brexit vote, trying to justify why people voted for Brexit... The fact of the matter is that the Brexit vote was driven by a UK general public who are anti-immigrant, racist, and completely deluded about the UK's place in the world. It is absolutely not worth anyone's time to make excuses for people who are like that. The best thing about Brexit is that it finally revealed how small and irrelevant the UK actually is. Now... we can all sit back and watch the trainwreck that is the United Kingdom of "Great" Britain, as it runs itself to the ground.

[@milesblue638]

Exactly. Absolving Brexit voters of their responsibility as citizens just encourages more magical thinking. When will Brexit voters ever be expected to think and act like adults?

[@DH-nq1mu]

Though I largely agree, some people were absolutely manipulated and lied to. This does not absolve them of blame. Part of reaching adulthood is being able to think critically and identify an obvious lie when presented. But i can sympathise with those who see the errors of their ways. I hope they have learned something. And i hope they pass that on.

[@jakebaba2149]

WELL SAID. ANY CAMPAIGN WHICH SEEMS TO GO AGAINST FOREIGN NATIONS AND FOREIGNERS WILL SUCCEED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE OBVIOUS REASON OF BIAS AGAINST ANYTHING FOREIGN.

[@tommccanlis]

An obvious lie like unproven claims of Russian interference...?

[@guru47pi]

To understand why they voted for Brexit is not to absolve of responsibility. People were desperate for a change, and in the end it just made it worse. We liberals can say "I told you so, idiot", or take the time to understand their core problems and work to provide a solution that will actually work for them. We have economics and reality on our side, now is the opportunity and responsibility is on Lib Dems and Labor to come up with something that will work. They were presented with two options: everything stays the same, or try something else. They chose try something else, even they shouldn't have believed in it. People are now more desperate than ever for change, but Lib Dems and Labor haven't offered any real alternative.

[@dimitri502]

Those fishermen should have read the "funded by the EU fisheries fund" plaque outside Grimsby fish market before voting.

[@starcrib]

🐟 He can read ? 🇬🇧 🦖 ☄️

[@renebosselaar2198]

Like the farmers had to think of all the funds they received from the EU before voting.

[@davescott7680]

I'm just baffled by the club owner. Spends 5 minutes detailing how leavings fucked his business. "I voted as a business man to leave. I'd vote as a general person to stay" 🤨

[@olavwilhelm6843]

they don't strike me like the big readers !! They are exactly the clientele Boris Johnson needed..... Show up for a few hours in Grimsby ..impress the commoners on the Fishmarket and cash in a few 1000 easy votes :-))) Its almost to easy lol

​@@davescott7680it looks like a businessman is not a person so it would be OK to dehumanize them and refer to them as rats.

[@blasphemertheseventh]

It’s remarkable how impoverished Britain felt after a recent visit compared to just 10 years ago. I left the island with complete sadness. However a self inflicted wound is the most painful of all.

[@nannersguyaners2745]

I agree with you. I lived in London about 10 yrs ago and hadn’t been back until recently. London felt somehow ‘diminished’ to me … sad

[@Czeslaw_cn4tv]

I'm going on a London trip next year, haven't been there since 2006. I am looking forward to the visit but this comment makes me wonder what I'll find.

[@magicray5088]

self inflicted yes, but from the top leaders down to the people....

[@FlowDeFlowDrainage]

Mate this has been going on for decades. When John Cleese left he said it wasn't like home any more and it is a lot worse now. It is of course all engineered for the benefit of a few. Immigrants = Cheap Labour + Social disintigration IF you think staying in the EU would have made a difference you should take a look at what has happened to British Agriculture. As for the state of the country 2008 Bailout, Lockdown furlough bonanza, end of North sea oil, general deindustrialization this train wreck has been building a long time.

[@track1949]

​@@Czeslaw_cn4tvl

[@robertpaik]

Britain was so awful to Alan Turing that Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the government for "the appalling way [Turing] was treated". Queen Elizabeth II granted a posthumous pardon in 2013. Kind of odd to talk about the greatness of Britain with such a dark sad part of it.

[@martinburn]

As a working class man I find really baffling how other working class people who are supposed to be street wise fall for Eaton educated self serving toffs, the damage done this time though is I believe irreversible,hope I'm wrong,the brexit pushers though are making fortunes post brexit, let's face it this was their goal, and these voters were their sacrificial lambs.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Austerity measures were blamed on the EU. In fact in wales we had extra Eu funding because of the underfunding.

[@maxflair3946]

Sesame Street wise

[@Morning404]

lol@@maxflair3946

[@theother1281]

Street wise means you understand the street, not international trade and economics.

[@martinburn]

@@theother1281 streetwise means you can also see through a con

[@HistoryonYouTube]

What I don't understand about the fishing community is why did they expect that putting up trade barriers to their best markets would help them sell more fish?

[@renebosselaar2198]

Because they simply did not uderstand their own business. They only thought of being able to catch more fish if they expelled non British fishermen from UK waters. Ignoring the fact that so much British fishing rights were sold by their neighbour to EU fishermen. Not understanding that even if they could catch more, they simply could not sell it being cut off from their biggest market, the EU.

[@elainekerslake6865]

Because of border delays to outbound fresh fish deliveries, losses are far higher to our exporters. Mass stupidity or gullibility.

[@pabloguevara5438]

Fishermen are not famous for being highly educated people...

[@MeiinUK]

@@renebosselaar2198 : Well.. also.. nobody told them of the mega "big farms" that were already also signed too.. Lots of large farms.. signed to the large supermarkets etc. So then, they sell to the local businesses. They do exist. So.. but they need to find it fast, and build up their businesses slowly. IMHO. A lot of small businesses, are quite multi-functinal? Some even sell their items abroad too. In a smaller quantity.. in many different countries. So for example.. they can now sell to Japan. Or to sell to South Korea... and also into the USA ? A lot, a lot of options. They need to be in touch with the Dept of Trade or other. Cos they were advertising themselves on FB.

[@banagan4604]

Idiots

[@TonyZoster]

One can't even pity a country where the majority knowingly shot the country in both feet. There is no defence against stupidity. A quote from a world renown philosopher.

[@simonwhite3786]

The British are indeed unique. The only nation in the history of human existence who voted for sanctions upon ourselves.

[@davidpryle3935]

That’s like saying a business which refuses to pay protection money to Racketeers, is imposing sanctions on themselves.

[@tonygange7636]

​@@davidpryle3935 Spot on, EU dopes are clueless

[@davidpryle3935]

@@JM-os1oj Maybe it is a “poor analogy”. But the initial premise of saying Britain voted economic sanctions on itself, without giving any context, is entirely misleading.

[@Cofarl]

And are also actively trying to scrap their own human rights... A ship of fools.

[@pifflepockle]

*English

[@robertyoung7280]

Still have trouble understanding why a longtime fish exporter exporting the majority of fish to the eu was unable to see the obvious looming problem and voted leave

[@mariapilarme]

Nationalists and racism arguments are never beneficial to the general population. As it happens in Germany before the war and now in England.

[@benwherlock9869]

IQ of around 90 or less I should imagine. It's the reason for most foolishness.

[@BurnCKC]

Education. Your average school doesn't promote critical thinking. Most people have to be told how to think.

[@kwameoluwasomi]

There are VERY stupid people living very well in the UK.

[@NPP20XX]

People hardly ask their politician "Why" and "How". They hear things like "better jobs and better standard of living", and their eyes light up.

[@exohumer3486]

I am German. I believe the issues of the fishermen and others that complain and voted for Brexit were missled in believing that their problem were because of Brussles and that is the mistake. Their problems are homemade and they can be overcome only by changing local politics. Re-Joining will not help at all. Look, in Germany, over a decade we lost 40.000 local farms which all got bankrupt. I could als screem for GREXIT, but I know the issue is not because of Brussles, it is because our own parties in Germany just don't care about small and mid size companies. Their focus is driven by Lobbists from large Industries and large Banks. Same as in UK. As long as you don't find a party that is focusing on the small and mid size companies, which basically holds 80% of the working people, there will be no way out of missery.

[@wonderfulgood2010]

I am American. (My grandparents are from Huddlesfield in Yorkshire UK, County Donegal in Ireland and München in Bavaria.) I think it's all in understanding the compromises involved. We were the first to have large markets and low prices. But we gave up the sense of ourselves as being Pennsylvanians or Marylanders or New Yorkers. Instead, we're all just "Americans" to you. So we're wealthier and vastly more powerful, but we've given to the federal state much of what was initially held by the former states of Pennsylvania and the other 49 that came together to become "America"? We've lost the local control that you maintain. Initially, we did it as a confederation of states, which the EU is really quite similar to. Very quickly, we realized that a confederation provided for only a measure of the economies of scale that a full federal system might allow, so we switched to a federal system. We were willing to give up the past, to obtain a greater future together. Brexit was really more of a sense that local control was being lost...and that it might be regained without losing economically. Obviously, that lesson has been understood that local control may again be had, but at a massive economic cost. Now, poverty is making that choice to regain local control seem rather dubious. I personally, find it fascinating that Europeans cannot simply realize that they'd be so much wealthier and more powerful if they'd just become one federal country? But again. What you do have as Germans or Swiss or Dutch or Norwegians...is a sense of yourselves as being different. It's a sense purchased at a great price, as you lose massive economies of scale that you could have had with one federal state, but that has been your choice. My family chose to no longer be German or British or Irish. In a sense, America was the ultimate statement of being European, as all the immigrants mixed. And now it's the ultimate statement of simply being human. I married a girl whose family were from Germany, Norway and Sweden. Our son is engaged to a girl whose parents are from China and Denmark. One world. One family. As to local business, my knowledge of local needs as an individual is ever so much greater than a corporation's understanding from 200 km away. So I can always out-compete a large corp in terms of local service. Can I outcompete them on producing an auto? Of course not. But you as an individual can always outcompete a corporation on something. It's just a matter of carefully understanding your local market. That's your advantage, and always will be. I wish you Peace.

[@exohumer3486]

​@@wonderfulgood2010 Good point, and are you happy with how your local economy is being ruled by the federal state?

[@wonderfulgood2010]

Honestly, that’s not a question I’ve ever heard here. I don’t perceive that the federal govt exerts any particular control over our local economy. Generally, large corps can undercut local producers on price if they wish to. Locals can outcompete on quality/service or on meeting the desire for a niche item. It’s generally “the market” that determines which businesses survive or fail here, rather than governmental policy.

[@andrewdenby8239]

So we have a German who thinks the UK can sort itself out without free trade with it's closest markets (resuming ASAP please) and an American who clearly doesn't quite understand the difference between EU membership and the Federal US...I think that a thousand years of history has somehow slipped past both of them. The UK electorate need a wake-up call, but not just them... When you have billionaires petulantly demanding $55 billion salaries whilst there are food banks, homelessness, poverty and deprivation all around...just when did we all buy into this cult of greed, just how is it that at every election the people vote for a party that hasn't represented their interests in over 40 years. And that is true the world over... unless you live in Norway... they're doing a great job...just check out the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund...then go and look at their history and understand why they are so different...and it isn't about their resources either...

[@johngrass5888]

You really take the biscuit. You have absolutely no idea that you lost your farms because corupt penpushers saw a way to make it even harder for farmers to survive & when they went broke nicked the farm for a low price & took the land for themselves. You just don't get what the eu has become & I remember living in Germany where many German folk kept on saying to me the eu is okay but they are top heavy with corrupt bureaucrats who are destroying it's intent & here you are writing about farmers. Lojk whats happening to Dutch farmers lately & French Farmers too & did you see that footage the other day of german farmers on tractors in Germany being blocked by the police on the road so they just went round them by way of the field. What you mentioned is still happening. The corrupt ones want land, to stake their claim on.

[@MetalDEmpire]

You mean “How Tories Broke Britain for their own financial gain”

[@bobbygoestoabyss6624]

Face the truth! Brexiteers f'd up big time...

[@mikeb7379]

Yep, that's just about it in a nutshell?

[@graxxor]

This is separate from Brexit. But yes.

[@SASMADBRUV7]

Don't underestimate the amount of working class labour voters who supported Brexit because they wanted less immigrants

[@TrottersPad]

​@@SASMADBRUV7 you don't know the true demographics of who voted leave or remain, quite an assumption

[@peterzapp2091]

Musketeers: "all for one, one for all" Brexiteers: "all for us, nothing for them"

[@stephengraham1153]

That should have been an anti-brexit slogan before the referendum.😂

[@johnmurray5573]

A crap slogan but I agree better than the one that actually was used and failed

[@manuelatreide]

Musketeers (mousquetaires) were French. The Brexit mentality is typically English. That kind of mentality only can work as long as the people who believe in it are on the dominant side of the world. England stopped being dominant a long time ago. Now is the time for bitterness and hatred. Hopefully, it won’t last. After all, british people are still the « keep calm and carry on » people that we, in continental Europe, looked up to.

[@peterzapp2091]

@@manuelatreide Mouseketeers are American, i.e. Disney Club

[@johnmurray5573]

​​​@@manuelatreidethe only bitterness and hatred is from those who are too callow to know losers consent is the necessary component of a democratic system. Some of them will grow up. Others will be sour octogenarians like Michael Heseltine forevermore

[@kaisahfx1246]

I'm starting to believe that allowing the wealth not only of a nation but of the entire western world/civilisation accumulate in the hands of a very few is not good idea for the masses😅

[@archiebald4717]

That is why the EU is despised.

[@Mucknuggle]

hence the french revolution ...

[@helloim3j]

Yeah, that's why Brexit and nationalism, in general, is idiotic. Whenever you shrink markets or concentrate power, the powerful (rich) always win.

[@wile123456]

Your great great grandfather figured that out in the 1880's too when he went to socialist protests, but the cops beat him with a stick and have done so ever since

[@wile123456]

The EU is capitalist, but atleast there is freedom of movement and the European court. There is also balancing of inequality with poorer countries getting more support. Far better alternative than insane capitalistic nationalists that dominate the far right euroscptic wing. If socialist parties gain a majority in the EU parlament, it will be far easier to create a worker rights union compared to each country doing it on their own.

[@Ramschat]

"it doesn't matter how we vote", the man said, after his country voted the same party into power over and over again.

[@catriona_drummond]

Denial of responsibilty. People like that are not citizens, they do not deserve democracy. Being a citizen is a responsibility, not just a passport.

[@NotUnymous]

​@@catriona_drummonddemocracy is about equality. If you want to rob the right to vote from people you personaly think are unfitt you dont have a democracy at all afterwards.

[@zxy78267]

As an American, I see some parallels in the extreme division in our country. I don't know enough about brexit, so I'm going to watch the whole thing, but so far, I see a situation like ours where people on either side can barely speak to each other, or cannot understand. I'm in the position of wondering how anyone can look at trump and what he's done, and how anyone can still support him, especially after the crimes he's committed. So, hello from your neighbor across the pond, who is also embroiled in division in our country.

[@stephengraham1153]

Quote from Statista "the cumulative wealth of the top ten billionaires in the UK has grown from £47.77 billion in 2009 to £182 billion in 2022 - an increase of 281 percent. The cumulative wealth of the top ten billionaires in the UK has grown from £47.77 billion in 2009 to £182 billion in 2022 - an increase of 281 percent...... UK's billionaires have seen a steady, and fairly steep, incline in their wealth." Brexit benefitted some in the country, but not for the overwhelming majority of people who voted for it.

[@ScotisticDad]

Is that not a worldwide secular trend?

[@EcoSailor]

It's obscene.

[@ERG173]

The financial pie is a fixed size. when some get more the rest get less.

[@nonnarocks6312]

Brexit has caused a great deal of distress to my English/italian family. I started watching this video then I had to stop as the anxiety ,the stress the ruining of the last 3 years I had with my terminally ill husband. All you people talk about is economics NOT the human cost to families like mine. I had to bring my dying husband back to Italy and I now live here at 75 alone with my elderly dog because it’s so complicated to go back. I feel so much resentment to the people who have done this to me for greed. So the rich might have their practise of stashing their cash off shore. You politicians are vile, selfish, lazy and corrupt. Yes corrupt. Just check out the Covid enquiry.

[@VikingNewt]

im a norwegian born and raised in the uk (norwegian parents) brexit may hgave stolen my rights and contributions. but i'd already left, because the UK was fucking VILE before too.

[@jamiejones8508]

I always think of the human cost - but you’re so right, it really isn’t spoken of enough :-( and I’m so sorry you’ve been so badly affected too :-(

[@upp.social2490]

Yup :( Bon chance mon Ami.

[@zedtrek]

​@@upp.social2490I'm so sorry for what happened to you. I hope we can just forget what happened, carry on and trying to fix the mess asap, before is too late.

[@spacemonkey200]

You can still come to the UK and use our free NHS healthcare whenever you like. Just like everyone else. 🤷‍♂️

[@MrDesmondPot]

How naive and uninformed do you have to be to think a politician turning up at your place of work with a full media team is there to help you? It is upsetting how thick some people are.

[@theother1281]

Well, half the population is below average intelligence.

[@joegreen235]

Brexit weakened British Imperialism, EU Imperialism and US Imperialism. Reducing their power to bully other countries and reduces super exploitation from abroad by restricting cooperation between Imperialist powers. Brexit is just a step to end the cycle of Capitalist Imperialisms cycle of crisis, war, regime change and exploitation.

[@theother1281]

@@OO-DownUnder Lots of Brits say that, particularly in the North. The politicians don't just turn up; these situations are planned and heavily controlled to make sure they get a friendly reception.

[@liliabird3160]

⁠Longitudinal psychology study proved that only 14% of adult population have critical thinking that’s why Brexit happened😢😢

[@theother1281]

@@liliabird3160 Do you have a reference for that study?

[@augustoluna5577]

"Hi. I'm a farmer that exports 70% of my production to UE. And I really depend on my great majority of immigrant cheap labor to work my land. I'll vote for BREXIT no matter what. "

[@godsonjohnson6257]

You are dumb 😂😂😂😂

[@alanbarker2279]

There are two main reasons behind the mega wealthy and the right wing press fully supporting Brexit, when all of the indicators were that it would be harmful to the British economy and the British folk as a whole. The first is the protection of secrecy jurisdictions in the Offshore Banking Industrty, thus enabling them to continue to avoid paying their rightful share of tax. The second reason was to erode standards. Standards in workers right, standards in the food industry. Any standard in place to protect everyday life was targetted. It was never about taking back control, or improving the lot of the common man - in fact it was the complete reverse...

[@davidpryle3935]

The big banks, the big corporations, the big employers, the CBI, all campaigned strongly for remaining in the European Union. This attempt at rewriting such recent history, is laughable.

[@alanbarker2279]

@@davidpryle3935 Is the owner of the Daily Mail a major patron of the Offshore Banking Industry? Are Russian Oligarchs ( including Putin). Major Patrons of the Offshore Banking Industry. Is Aaron Banks a major patron of the offshore banking industry? Here's an interesting timeline for you: 2013 David Cameron asks the EU not to include UK offshore trusts in the EU wide crackdown on tax avoidance , the EU says “NO” . 2014 October Arron Banks donates £1 million to UKIP . 2015 October Vote leave “let's take back control” formed . 2016 January 2019 EU anti-tax avoidance proposals published . 2016 Febuary David Cameron announces a referendum to leave the EU . 2016 June proposed 2019 EU anti-tax avoidance laws accepted by the EU . YOU WERE CONNED!!!

[@NimLeeGuy]

​@@davidpryle3935except that isn't what he says

[@MrTimg12]

Absolutely spot on . For the owners of capital the EU was a constant thorn in their wealth creation. EU law was a cost to their businesses - now it's gone there's a race to the bottom on all business regulation from workers' rights to the environment and everything in between. Of course the Tory party is their political mouthpiece and puppet.

[@MeiinUK]

If you understood the world.. then you would understand why such moves.. etc etc etc..... Frankly. And it was never fair to begin with. Either. Because if it was fair.. then Germany wouldn't have used "subsidies" in China.. and not in the UK.. or in Europe themselves !!! We would have been able to actually.... build better. If those earlier subsidies were done this way. But instead of that, it was sent abroad instead.. and now, here we are... I came across a very sad FB post about a HK chinese man in London, who have passed over.. and the Greek guy knew him... and was his Sifu. That drew some tears to my eyes. Cos I had not known that some people cared so much. As opposed to some Europeans too... cos they were shielded away from the media before. That guy is from my hometown too... and yet, when I saw the Czech guy ? Or was he Polish? Anyway, he was confused... When I saw him rioted in HK.. I blew my top ! lol.... I had to pretend not to see it. Sorry.... And now the banks are exiting out of HK... lol..... WELL.... If they do. Then I am going to go back and move back then. Permanently.

[@anavrogers5132]

I can't not believe a brit who lives in Italy voted for Brexit. This is insane

[@davidperezmedina1886]

An inmigrant (colonialist) complaining about inmigrants.

[@guylancaster2055]

Why? I imagine he is in Italy lawfully…

[@davidperezmedina1886]

@@guylancaster2055 like they are in England, it's about racism, nothing to do with the law...

[@guylancaster2055]

@@davidperezmedina1886 wrong… ehcr tells Britain who to admit…

[@davidperezmedina1886]

@guylancaster2055 ehcr tells italy who to admit... English out of italy.... simple as your racist empty argument.

[@sensationalfailure]

It's truly disappointing to see how many Brexit voters fell for the deceitful tactics of the leave campaign. They were spoon-fed lies and misinformation, yet failed to do their due diligence and verify the facts. The truth was readily available for those willing to seek it out, but their complacency led them down a path of regret and suffering. While they may now realize their mistake, they must bear the consequences of their uninformed decision. It serves as a stark reminder of the importance of critical thinking and informed voting in any democratic society.

[@kevinsysyn4487]

Best example of stupid people thinking they're smart.

[@Necrotic99]

Nah, they can just blame someone else...

[@johnofmalta]

Nah we humans just like to blame others. Not complicated really.

[@kevinathans4191]

This is the exact same thing that happened in the US and it gave us Trump. The people of Britain do deserve a little credit tho...They seem to realize they messed up. Here in the US, those people still haven't figured out they were duped, and continue to become even more radical...

[@Whatreally123]

If adults of a society can't understand the details of such a monumental move and make decisions by emotions, then accept the consequences. It's ridiculous to say they didnt know what will happen.

[@RHM5763]

As a Dutchman , having lived in the UK long time ago I can not understand people voting for Farage again, He is one of the politicians that lied to them about Brexit, as bad as Boris Johnson.

[@vista2019]

I'm always puzzled by this! How stupid are those people?!

[@MargaretHillsdeZ]

I wonder the same...baffled!

[@debbiedion5731]

Well after the revelation from elon musk today just know this.we brits are not fools we knew better but it's to late for you guys ya caught in the trap 😂😂

[@thomasbos7534]

No clue Debby? We were in the UK last month. Several cities bankrupt, roads severely damaged and badly maintained. And a huge gap between wealth and poverty. It seems some people do not want te see that the UK is almost a 3rd world country

[@debbiedion5731]

@thomasbos7534 all the bankrupt cities are run by muslim officials 🤷‍♀️

[@WillaLamour]

As a very wise woman once pointed out - “We once had a United Kingdom to be proud of. We had a tolerant and welcoming society. We had peace in Northern Ireland. We had relative security and prosperity within the EU. We had freedom of movement. We abided by the rule of law. Then we had Brexit, Boris Johnson. Now we have chaos, financial collapse, rampant hate and bigotry, a culture war, a failing infrastructure ... The UK is dying and likely to break up." An imagined “British exceptionalism”, bigotry, petty grievances and a petulant yearning for the “good ol’ days” was all it took. Combine that with the exploitative nature of conservatives and presto - the EU was blamed for it. But ther fact is, it's the Tories. It’s always the Tories.

[@Rumpelstyltskin]

The bigotry was always there. With Brexit, it just became more pronounced.

[@jewulo]

Breaking up the UK was one of the major goals of Brexit. Turning England into a pure free market state that the Scots nor the Welsh would have accepted for GB is part of the plan. Scotland will leave the UK at the next independence referendum. The protestants in Northern Ireland will soon lose their majority and we will get a United Ireland. The English have never cared about Northern Ireland; if the Ulster men had any sense they will dump their English overlords and join with Ireland purely on Economic grounds. It is the Welsh you have to pity in this. They have got a sizeable retired English pensioner population in their mist that will keep them straddled to England and its incoming free market capitalist state. Maybe that retired English pensioner population will not be as powerful of a force in the near future and allow the native Welsh to do the sensible thing and leave the English alone in their incoming capitalist free market utopia and rejoin the EU. Who knows.

[@pifflepockle]

*English exceptionalism

[@helenaville5939]

When was the UK ever a tolerant and welcoming society? Which century as you referring to? Or which decade.... or year..... or even month? Be specific. It's nothing more than a fallacy that Britons have been brainwashed to believe.

[@dutchuncle3310]

The tragedy is, Brexit isn’t done yet ( 7 years later) so conditions are unlikely to improve, there is no way back ( certainly not in the timeframe Britain needs) especially since the EU as a whole has problems of its own. The EU is hit hard by the war in Ukraine and the increasing tensions in the world causing a downturn in world trade. Germany ( Europe’s leading economy especially) there is no way the EU will take on the additional problems admitting Britain back into the union will bring.

[@SeithonJetter]

I have utterly run out for sympathy for these people. Led down one garden path after another while putting their fingers in their ears and screaming project fear to drown out everyone saying reasonable things, and then once it's all said and done their response is to shrug and say either "Oh I won't vote again." or "Oh well they're as bad as one another.". They got exactly what they deserved.

[@jakemf1]

Exactly

[@wreckim]

Don't you wish it only affected those that voted to leave though? It affects all. Unfortunately.

[@teacherella1338]

Well, the voter turnout was too low. More people should have voted back then and then Brexit wouldn’t have happened.

[@friendlyninja5048]

Like most things at the time, and even now, there was this willful unseeing of the consequences. People were convinced that they were right and didn't want to listen. The world collectively covered its ears and shut its eyes. Still does to an extent. In fact, I'd argue some places (like my home country of the USA) have gotten even worse

[@kkmardigrce]

Man, I'd agree - but people were deceived. Lied to by leaders they were taught to trust. I wouldn't blame the voters.

[@thomasley4006]

Yes, it is heartbreaking. And you are inclined to feel sorry for these people. But then you remember that they WERE warned. That people pointed out to them what would happen. I even remember people acknowledging what might happen after Brexit and STILL voting for it. And why? Because they wanted to stick it to the other Europeans, and to foreigners in their own country. To the people who do the work they don’t want to do. „We were promised, we were promised..“ - no, you were warned. But you didn’t want to listen.

[@BreezyE-d3n]

I think the truth is no one thought the vote would go that way. People wanted to make a point but it got out of hand. The next day probrexit voters were expressing shock and regret. It was a fucking stupid idea to hold it. And the average person didnt understand the ramifications. A total shitshow basically. As a Brit living abroad I can probably never go back.

[@shyft09]

Yep I agree, claiming you were lied to is a cop out. Plenty of people were smart enough to recognise the lies. Others just bought the Daily Mail and gleefully joined the pile on

[@donotreplydumbpeople3866]

The most important thing “ppl that do the jobs that you dont want to do”… British entitlement is on a whole different level

[@jacobprice2579]

Yup. The number of people who I KNOW emphatically voted to leave and are now moaning like it’s the end of days is shocking. I just want to grab them by the shoulders and scream I FUCKING WARNED YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN. ALL OF IT! As cathartic as that would feel, it’s not the way we should move forwards. We need to be campaigning to rejoin. There’s enough public support to get it through.

[@englishsteve1465]

I think what made the difference in the Brexit referendum, was the technology which organisations such as Cambridge Analytica were allowed to employ. Never before was it possible to bring such forensic, microscopic levels of research data detail to bear. Peoples thoughts and opinions, gleaned from Facebook and other social media engagement made the _targeting_ of the lies and propaganda so effective. I very much fear what AI will do to future campaigns. Sigh.

[@natnewscot1409]

This needs to be on Netflix. Excellent documentary. This really drives it home how much Brexit has damaged the UK.

[@chrisohanlon69]

Brexit derangement syndrome.

[@SuperCharlesmc]

“Get Brexit DONE” will surely go down in history along with Neville Chamberlain’s “ Peace FOR our time,” piece of paper returning from Munich as the most catastrophic lie ever told to British people.

[@Bran9]

Excellent 👌

[@jimmiller5600]

I disagree. Chamberlain had massively increased military spending, as did France and the US. He knew that every month Britain would get stronger and, with the allies, Germany would get comparatively weaker.

[@duckbizniz663]

You made an excellent point in regards to Neville Chamberlain and other people who were trying avoid war in the 1930s. Many English and American historians blame English, French, and other governments who wanted peace for starting WWII. Of course, that means it was the conciliatory English and French who started WWII. Adolf Hilter, Benito Mussolini, and Emperor Hirohito were just innocent bystanders who were tricked into attacking, killing, and taking other people's land. I am afraid you have taken a tiny "sound bite" and used it to explain a very large phenomenon. Do you work for one of the major television news agencies in England or the United States?

[@ulfosterberg9116]

​@@jimmiller5600only that is not right. A war starting 1938 would have been von in a couple of months by France and the empire.

[@jimmiller5600]

@@ulfosterberg9116 Nope. The French and British people absolutely abhorred the idea of another bloodbath. Only the Germans, loving their "victimization & glory" were ready to have Big Mistake 2.

[@Derestricted1]

Great documentary! The other group who got betrayed who are not mentioned, of which I am one, are the approximately 784,900 British citizens who were living in the European Union in 2017 who suddenly found themselves hung out to dry by the country of their birth. After so much confusion about what it meant, our worst fears turned out to be true; as brits we no longer had the right to live or work in the EU without a visa! An absolute disaster.

[@heldertorres4296]

At what part did you think that was a decision of the British government? UK has left the EU and that is a decision of each country to decide . The UK has no word for European law anymore.. That was not rocket science

[@PersonyPerson]

@@heldertorres4296 When the UK government decided to trigger article 50 and remove freedom of movement. Don't bother attempting to put the blame on the EU, when it demonstrably was not their fault. You'll not succeed.

[@kenoliver8913]

@@heldertorres4296 Isn't that irrelevant? What was not rocket science was that if EU citizens were stopped from moving intto the UK (remember "take back control"?) then British citizens would be stopped from moving to the EU. "Free movement" must cut both ways. Brexiters seemed to think that the EU would just say "of course you can have your cake and eat it too", all while they insulted and lied about the EU in the worst possible way.

[@heldertorres4296]

@@kenoliver8913 what is irrelevant ?

[@MrCrosby.s_lunch]

​@@heldertorres4296your brain is irrelevant, how can you not understand the simple concept he explained

[@bernl178]

I remember here in Canada, while all this Brexit talk was going about saying to myself what a major mistake. Well, history is proven me right. When you let billionaires run a country, don’t think they have your best interest at heart.

[@HepatitisBChannelHepatitisB]

The eu is run by billionaires without national or police interference

[@snoopy_peanuts_77]

I don;t know how many times I have to tell working people that billionaires are not your friends....think of them the way you think of hoarders with a mental problem

[@alfonso1501]

@@snoopy_peanuts_77 They think some day they will become rich and they will be part of the elite I call it the 'future millionaire syndrome’ so common here in the states were everybody is sure they will get rich in the near future, that’s why they are oppose to taxing the billionaires or universal healthcare they don’t want pay future taxes, is extremely idiotic.

[@banana1618]

newsflash: billionaires run most countries....

[@BeeBee10]

It's not a major mistake, it's is just what these people think. The EU is heading for federalism, it's not in the UK's interest to be in it.

[@BeFree2BeGrotesque]

Problem was and still is UK trying to be the Captain when its supposed to be a member^^

[@nickwatson8557]

Love how this whole film comes down to ‘I can’t believe the Punch me in Balls Party punched ME in balls!’

[@graxxor]

Eat-my-face Leopards ate my face.

[@TomJakobW]

xD

[@jintarokensei3308]

"I voted like a business, so I voted Exit" Ok mate, if that's how much understanding you have about your business then you absolutely deserve to go bankrupt.

[@agk8361]

Exactly. Such a horrible businessman.

[@milesblue638]

The beginning of the video trots out the same face-saving excuses for millions of Britons voting Brexit: Austerity and political alienation. The real motivating factors were imperial nostalgia, British exceptionalism, classism, and racism. Tory voters were fine with austerity so long as it hurt those they deemed inferior. Rather than fighting against the billionaire class, they worshipped them. We are all victims of neoliberalism and the curtailment of democracy. Yet, they chose to vote Tory over and over. Time to stop coddling Brexit voters.

[@Soraviel]

It was a mix of all you said the others as well. It was a bag of toxic pills in my opinion and those that voted for Brexit will be forgotten by the exact same people that they voted for (E.g. Miriam Cates, Kruger, IDS, Cameron, Sunak, Sajid, Patel, Suella literally all of the tories that are MPs and ministers do not care) and if they act like they do (then they're lying, every time a Tory continues to talk, to me.that is clear indication Tories have a evil agenda planned and are lyi g again and again about they will plan to do (usually it means they're all in it for themselves.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

I think it's a bit of both. I'm a foreigner, but I've been watching the Brexit drama for years and I remember watching Leave campaign ads and what stood out to me was how little was actually about the EU and how many of the images were debates in Commons. And I remember talking to some Brexit supporters and one of them told me that he was against the woke stuff in universities and on BBC... again, I was wondering what did any of that have to do with the EU? In fact, the only EU politician the ads showed was Guy Verhofstadt. So, a lot of the reasoning included internal discontent. I mean, a lot of the stuff were images of David Cameron and I was thinking... that's YOUR politician. But I definitely agree with not coddling Brexit voters. I know they're often treated as victims, but I see them as co-conspirators who ended up tricked by their own leaders. They all talk about their own pockets, but I've never seen one say: we were wrong about Europeans OR what about Remainer pockets? No. It's just me, me, me. These are people who, if they would have personally benefitted from Brexit wouldn't have cared if anyone around them was starving. But like those character is heist films, who ends up being the scapegoat betrayed by the leaders of his own gang... they got the short end of the Brexit stick. Still... that character did join a gang with the intent to rob a bank or something. Same thing here: Brexit voters did intend to claw their way up the ladder while stepping over the corpses of their fellow countrymen.

[@smoozerish]

Yes, racism had a lot to do with it. I agree. Nostalgia for a racist empire when the British treated everyone else as inferior.

[@danieloliver4558]

The forces that drove Brexit are the same which drove the anti colonial movement. It was all sovereignty and self determination.

[@normanchristie4524]

Lets sum it up 'political ignorance' led by a bunch of lying grifters.

[@ranjitwijesinha1342]

rwsinha, Some Brits think they still have an empire, so, decided to leave the EU.

[@menow7903]

"We can't get minimum wage staff from Europe". "I voted as a businessman for Brexit" . Wow, just wow. This is why this country is going to pot. It's these people who never wanted to see the minimum wage introduced in the first place.

[@rudyardganuelas6254]

It’s amazing how someone with a profoundly incorrect understanding of business managed to run a business.

[@barakbarkan7172]

Minimum wage is a economy stagnator. It makes employers not want to hire because they are limited by the salary. If employers can negotiate freely compared to productivity and experience unemployment will go down.

[@ifeoluwaadeoye6557]

@@barakbarkan7172 lmao, what rubbish. Employers would rather not pay anything, you think workers are going to take a job that pays less than it cost them to do the job? Well now that they've chased away the only set of people willing to work at the already ridiculously low wage, I guess the economy is flowing smoothly now? Clown

[@brunsheimmasterbaitwilfrie2811]

@@barakbarkan7172 No. You buy a service or product either if you have to, or if you can afford it for leissure. For the latter you need to earn enough yourself. The lesser people earn enough to spend it that way, the more buisnesses become unprofitable. Besides: If a job doesn't pay your bills but others do, why would you work there?

[@brunsheimmasterbaitwilfrie2811]

@@barakbarkan7172 Bluntly: If you can choose between having a job that doesn't pay for a living, or not having a job with benefits that don't pay for a living: What is the bloody difference? For answers look at the birth rate for the last 40 years.

[@somecuriosities]

Great to see Byline back - it's been too long! Hope everyone in the studio is well.

[@annenunney9907]

Same here

[@user-PuppyDan]

I'm disabled and all of my medical equipent as in things I need to stay alive are all made in germany. Prior to us leaving my district nurses had no issues obtaining the things i needed. However since leaving they keep running into supply issues to the point we were advised to start sterilising the equipment we had incse I needed to reuse them. These things are meant to be single use only. Thats how bad it's got. All thanks to the people who had no cluer that the laws the EU run by were created by the UK and put into use with the EU. People who were blinded by their hatred of people not like them who wanted to "Take back their boarders." (Something we now have less control over due to the fact we no longer work with the EU). I have had to laugh at the brits living Europe are now being told unless they have the appropriate paperwork they will have to sell up and leave. Lets not forget the welsh farmers who all voted to leave then were shocked when Europe were no longer going to help pay fior their farms. Something the British government were not willing to do but scary EU did. It's like leaving kicking your house mate out but still expecting them to pay their share of the rent.

[@therealrobertbirchall]

I think you'll find that it was English immigrants in Nort Wales who swung the vote for leave.

[@RobbieMeadows-oz4cx]

​@@therealrobertbirchall😂

[@therealrobertbirchall]

@@RobbieMeadows-oz4cx proof Google Professor Danny Dorling.

[@SN-sz7kw]

Pretty sure expats in the EU were solidly remain. What a tragedy - complete upheaval for many of them.

[@Eind_hoven]

No matter: It wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference: The English are the root cause of it all. As always, Scotland got an even harder deal: They actually were deceived by English politicians when the voted in favour of staying in the UK. Guess what, during the 2015 vote Scotland to stay in the EU.

[@durstigerhugo1312]

And now it looks like Britain is falling for Nigel Farage again, it's almost comical to watch.

[@rezarfar]

It's just lack of education and the country descending deeper into poverty as forecasted by the remains camp, this has caused the uneducated leave voters (which is 90% of those who voted leave) to lash out in xenophobic anger at everything around them as the other side was right all along, but rather than admit to that, they'd rather descend deeper into their hatred.

[@rayc9539]

I was thinking the same thing. Even Farage has admitted brexit has failed. Now he wants to us out the ECHR. It amazes me that so many people still support this arrogant individual.

[@stephenijiola6606]

Yeah, it's incredible. Immediately they mentioned Nigel Farage and his contribution to Brexit, I went to check where he is now and I am surprised that he has just been voted for. Insane.

[@rayc9539]

@@stephenijiola6606 His supporters aren't usually the brightest;)

[@rezarfar]

@@rayc9539 usually? Have you spoken to any? Mouth breathers who dropped out of school at 15 years old, half can't even read or write full sentences. Unfortunately there's a lot of them in the country because the conservatives made higher education unobtainable for a large portion of those disadvantaged families.

[@njaalsturlasson2351]

I have a few reflections: - Why was there such a distrust of experts? An absolute majority of the economists, the trade experts were clear that Brexit would hurt the UK, and still the UK population chose to distrust those experts. - The safeguards around how to run a referendums clearly failed. So many people didn’t understand what they were voting for or against, which the post-Brexit chaos of trying to figure out what the vote actually meant illustrate. How could the UK allow itself to vote on something that was so poorly defined? - The media and journalism clearly failed in its responsibility vs its audience. How could the media get away with spouting nonsense for such a long time before the referendum with impunity?

[@crayontom9687]

Because centrism / liberal democracy / grown up politics has failed. Anyone connected to the establishment is a liability. The genius of people like Farage and Boris is that they paint themselves as ‘outsiders’ standing up for the little man, which couldn’t be further from the truth

[@scottmorris8585]

"Why was there such a distrust of experts?" Clearly, because it suited the Brexit agenda to not bring into play the considered opinions of those who were truly independent of Brexit! That would have detracted from the Leave message, and would have been respected by the electorate. So, best to ignore experts altogether - except for Gove to be pushed into claiming that no-one believes in experts - (a supposedly "truthful" comment from a still-believed government) and continue the Leave programme uninterrupted! All part of the con process!

[@TonyFisherPuzzles]

We voted because we think every nation should control itself through the Govt it's people elects. It's really not rocket science. Why on earth would you choose to have foreigners in foreign lands making decisions for your nation?

[@RobBCactive]

The financial crisis where apparently highly profitable banks turned out to have played games on paper speculation and many were insolvent, caused anger and distrust. What experts say is technical and requires rational thinking, Brexit was sold with simplistic slogans and disinformation, like the one 🤡 Bojo 🤡 says in the film diverting "£365mi/week to the NHS instead", ignoring the negligible amount percentage wise, plus the significant losses caused by if economic harm occurred. Safeguards? Brexit was obviously crazy and EU membership was broadly popular, what could possibly go wrong? Turmoil in the middle east, lead to ugly scenes of mass refugee in Europe. A lot of the media were spouting the nonsense of politicians, newspaper barons want influence and crony politicians they can control, inflaming people with populist rubbish and sensationalist lies sells.

[@TesterAnimal1]

The BBC PUMPED THE FUCK OUT OF BREXIT! They were its biggest fucking cheerleader.

[@TheGeekiestOne]

still can't believe how people thought voting to leave was a good thing. and more than 10% of those people who voted to leave aren't even alive any more.

[@ivantan5690]

YOLO vote... cause they won't need to face the consequences anyway.

[@MrJimiJK]

It was a great thing. We can't believe how thick people are they actually voted against democracy and self determination, just so they could have some cheap labor and their wages surpressed. Really demonstrated the control the Remainstream media have. No coincidence you're all the same dullards that thought locking down the economy was a good idea.

[@catherinecarter8987]

I am working class and worked all my life. I am English white, born and bred. All I seemed to hear at the time from the other employees in my job (do not like to call them colleagues) was they were voting out because of the refugees. Now the shoe is going on the other foot and we too are heading towards ill health, poverty, homelessness...... Glad I am not one who voted out on those reasons anyway. What goes around comes around 😢 Racism stinks doesn't it

[@Plutoniummatt]

Why is it hard to believe? the average IQ is 100, and 50% of the population have less than that.

[@jonkayl9416]

Wise words, makes you think doesnt it.

[@sidensvans67]

Never before has so much been taken from so many by so few .

[@eveb.6568]

so true

[@annenunney9907]

Well said

[@theother1281]

1066

[@davidpryle3935]

17.4 million …. “so few” 🤔

[@davidpryle3935]

@@JM-os1oj What about the politicians and ideologues who pushed the idea of joining the EEC/EU onto the “average joe” to begin with.

[@petergriffiths4584]

Thank you for making this programme. I was a UK Civil Servant working in Brussels at the time and it was obvious that this would be a mess. I stood as MEP for Scotland during the last days of the EU to tell this story. The story needs telling and decisions made on how to correct the errors. I cannot say if rejoining would be a good thing, its now so damaged it may not. But for sure the lies and deceit of our politicians must be front and centre of not only how we govern this country but how we partner with Europe. Thank you.

[@wonderfulgood2010]

How can one possibly write "I cannot say if rejoining would be a good thing"? Of course rejoining is a good thing and as soon as is possible. The longer you're out, the worse it will be for you when you either rejoin or just are simply overtaken economically as a vassal state. What was ever so much worse than the actual decision to initiate Brexit was the utter mousy willingness of those who knew better than to simply go along with it. We in America couldn't understand the vote for Brexit. That was a shot in your foot. But continuing along with that fatalistic process as the UK politicians did...was a shot in the thigh and then a shot in the gut and may soon be a shot rather higher up? We're looking at the UK now like an older uncle who just discovered meth...knows it'll kill him if he continues, but doesn't want the publicity of committing himself to treatment. The last thing we thought we could learn from the UK was "better judgment" than what we had in the States. We have been disabused of that last notion too, I'm afraid. Good luck to you to turn this around. But you'd better be quick about it.

[@petergriffiths4584]

@@wonderfulgood2010 Great to hear from you and a good question. That's quite simple to answer. If it was a straight reversal of the conditions at exit getting back everything we gave up then I am pretty sure everyone would welcome reversing the decision and support rejoining. But the unanswered question is would the EC give us back the opt outs. So the question I cannot answer, and all EU rejoiners will need to address at some stage, is the issue of Schengen, the euro, and id cards. As all of these are conditions of EU entry and have been core red lines for UK policy since we became a member. Schegnen we opted out of as it did not fit our border security policies under Margaret Thatcher, and with that comes ID cards to obtain EC services. I had an ID card while I lived and worked in the EC and this gave me access to all services and facilitated travel between states. We do it by stealth using YOTI and other systems to do what the State won't. The euro is obvious do we give up the pound. It was last rejected by Gordon Brown when he was chancellor. So when I see polling data on these core EU issues I can answer your challenge. But based on what I know from working at EC, and UK Govt, it could still be a show stopper. If it was me I would rejoin yesterday as despite all of the EC's failings, and it had loads I dealt with some every day, it is still better than the alternative as we now all know. Thanks for replying.

[@wonderfulgood2010]

@@petergriffiths4584 Thanks ever so much for the specifics as to the challenges of rejoining. I do appreciate the difficulties of the situation ahead. However, one family phrase we've used to describe our own national situation has been "Don't ever waste a catastrophe", as there is always an opportunity for unusual action lying within. It does seem that there is a public reticence to stating the obvious: First that Britain is on the wrong path and Second that everyone on the Continent has been and is already entirely aware of the first statement? Does Fortuna continue to favor that bold politician? I think she does. Whichever party embraces the obvious first may do well in the next subsequent election.

[@AmarRamudhin]

I was there during Brexit. I was in the north of England. And the main reasons for Brexit was this dream of getting rid of immigrants and the promise of a shiny Britain. These politicians should be held accountable.

[@peterpain6625]

Most people don't get that Britain doesn't work without those "immigrants" though. The far right pied pipers lied to everybody about who's responsible for what and led the whole country into the sea while lining their own pockets. I don't get how Farage, Rees-Mogg and Teflon Boris aren't in jail yet. But heyho... Keep stabbing yourself in the gut and blame "immigrants" for everything.

[@Epicurus0]

@@peterpain6625 I feel sorry for somebody such as yourself, as if you understood a modicum of economics you'd know how damaging immigration has been on the UK as a whole. Separate from the complete lack of an attempt to culturally integrate, every immigrant requires £150,000+ a year that the british taxpayer has to provide, while most only providing less than £50k a year into the system. It's a losing game from the fucking ground up and we're now having to pay the consequences of pathetic, illogical liberal policies forced on us by Tories and Labour alike. Scream facist and throw a temper tantrum as much as you want but a new right wing party is required to wipe the slate clean of corruption in the UK.

[@wonderfulgood2010]

I heard the same thing from my relatives in Huddlesfield (West Yorkshire). Everybody just wanted to get rid of the Poles. And they did leave after Brexit. And now try getting your plumbing fixed or a wall straightened? It was simple bigotry and lies (by the politicians and by the people to themselves) that caused Brexit. Happens all over the world. Americans are dealing with Trump lying to them and dealing with Americans lying to themselves about Trump. So none of us are immune from stupidity. It's a human feature, not a British one. But the British will pay dearly for this stupidity for quite a while.

[@moritze.2449]

Nah nah nah WHO would think about the accountability of politicians

[@malcolmrowe5031]

What tosh, I voted Brexit to stop wasting money on another layer of wasteful unelected beaurecracy, the wasteful practices of the common market, (had the common market been all it was I'd have voted stay) discrimination to the rest of the world and snouts in the trough eu beurocrats

[@briangraham1024]

52% is too shallow a majority for such a serious referendum. The threshold should have been set at 60%.

[@anhe9127]

It also crazy that it is allowed in Britain to hold such an important vote on a week day, when a lot of working people cannot make it in time to the poll pr don’t bother going because every day responsibilities are of more importance in that moment.

[@RTSFirebatYT]

@@anhe9127 It was all part of the plan.

[@RTSFirebatYT]

This always confused me. only 52% and it wasn't even legally binding, we could have re-done the vote or ignored the result all together. The government know it was going to ruin Britain but did so anyway. @briangraham1024

[@paulhick4042]

So by setting the threshold to 60 percent you give power to 40 percent of misguided population. People who complain about high food prices should shop in the EU and see how much extra you pay.

[@sauermaischeyahoo7834]

The problem the "leave" campaigners faced was not the vote of the "remainers", it was the votes of those who backed the status quo. This was the vote of those who thought that things weren't so bad at present, and that any change might make things worse for them. This was most prominent in Northern Ireland, where there was peace at last, and many people reckoned that it there were political change, evil persons of evil purpose would cause trouble (a prediction that has been proven to have been spot on). Therefore, we know that 52% of the electorate wanted those who ruled over them to be answerable to the public, what we don't know is how many of the 48% thought that authoritarianism was a good idea, and how many just thought that they didn't want any change.

[@manuelatreide]

As a French citizen, I can’t help but feeling sadness and a deep sense of loss over that Brexit thing. Our two countries have a long and tumultuous history but at the same time, we are very close neighbors, friends and even family. I am accustomed to populism, to a political class full of liars and deceivers. French politicians are not particularly honest. But we had this kind of beacon of democracy right across La Manche to look at and we could say (or shout) to our politicians that they should be « more like the Brits ». Brexit has changed that. We have seen an entire country fall for outrageous lies, the kind of which we would never fall for here. Maybe we are more passionate about politics than the British people but lies are often met with popular counter-reactions. It seems to me that British people were caught in the open, completely vulnerable to the lies because they didn’t know how to react. The country that immensely contributed to the liberation of Europe has fallen for the same old tricks that led so many European countries to surrender to monstruous regimes. As a boy, I was taught to pay my respect to English soldiers, whose graves are in the small village of Normandy where two of my grand parents lived, back in the days. I know what the British people of this time did for us. I know that we could have built the European project upon which peace and prosperity is based without the UK. The UK from this past. I also know that if we want to protect and even go on building the European project, the UK cannot be allowed to come again unless conditions are met, strictly. The first and most important one is that the British people finally learn about the EU, get convinced, deeply convinced that they have their place within the project, not only because it will benefit the country, but also because of what they will bring into the project. The second one is the mandatory rebuilding of trust. It has been shattered by years of insults, slurs and utter despicable behavior towards the EU countries and people. These two essential tasks will take time. Brexit was a supernova indeed. The black hole can be avoided. But the « British star » will never be the same. I am not sure British people are ready to face this truth. However, I will never stop hoping.

[@d.a.t.7723]

I couldn't say better my friend,👍🏻

[@bindon4]

Well said. I'm so utterly saddened by Brexit. It was needless and stupid. I'm so proud of my country's contribution to the Eu over the past 40ish years and also proud of our stand against nazism in the 40's that it pains me to see how low we've sunk. PLEASE don't give up on us - we WILL be back in the EU eventually - we never really meant to leave.

[@stuberry1875]

I totally agree. Your point about education about the EU is so important. Too many are totally ignorant. That has to change. Thanks for your comment.

[@thegoodpimps]

The European Project has always been a French Project. From Napoleon to Degaulle, all the way back to Charlesmagne. The French are wonderful, but the English are different, and if we were part of the European project we wouldn't be ourselves and you wouldn't have the opposition to benefit from.

[@billfromgermany]

Sorry, but your comment moved me to tears. Thank you for writing it. I now have German nationality but was born a Brit. You can imagine how sad I am for what has been lost, for me, for my children, for my grandchildren.

[@marcoplumari5356]

Lets not forget that it was what the people wanted and voted for with gleeful, religious, hatred.

[@stephanguitar9778]

It is about time that Starmer took note of this. He is a full 2 years behind public sentiment, never mind not being on the side of what is morally, politically and economically right.

[@NimLeeGuy]

It's bloody painful

[@cliveadams7629]

There's no politician worth voting for in the UK but the tories are 100% worth voting against.

[@Tyronepeader]

Starmer will lead the next UK government if he keeps up his present rate of intensive lying but it will all go nowhere with a shrinking economy in irreversible decline. 🤔🙄😒

[@domhuckle]

​@@Deadlus-p3mdon't believe that - that's the lie of the right wing. Google his policies

[@erikzoe1]

Starmer became Labour's leader on a pledge to work toward getting back our freedom of movement, and as soon as he became leader, he immediately reneged on that. It has me questioning whether he is actually any better than Johnson.

[@Warentester]

Thank you for making this documentary.

[@Warentester]

We need a critical look at ourselves, at the circumstances that lead to the vote and the way it has been handled by the government.

[@PEdulis]

What a staggering comment by the bar keeper: "Due to Brexit, I can no longer get the staff I need or order the beer I want to sell. How did I vote? I voted as a business man to leave. If I had to vote again, I would vote as a private person to remain." Obviously, he STILL cannot make the connection between his vote and hurting his business. What more needs to happen to open up his eyes?

[@cormackeenan8175]

What a mor😅n

[@ab-ym3bf]

His eyes were and are wide open. It's just that big fat piece of wood in front of his eyes that make him not see what is ahead

[@jamiejones8508]

It’s either cognitive dissonance or he just isn’t very bright.

[@billmartins5545]

There's hundreds of thousands if not more on the dole, why aren't they working in this man's bar?

[@PEdulis]

@@billmartins5545 Most of them will live 100 or more miles away from it and cannot even dream of being able to afford moving there. Most of them are not able to work even if you may claim to know them all personally and to know better than they do if they can work or not. Stop allowing this corrupt government to turn poor people like yourself against even poorer people by telling you that these people were simply lazy and abusing the system which is not true at all.

[@donmorey01]

If there is one thing corruption can count on it's the ignorant masses.

[@robbiethepict2783]

'Brexit' - How the UK voted itself out of existence.

[@annenunney9907]

@@iaincochrane8741you are right

[@annenunney9907]

Spot on

[@blue_jay31]

For sure , so sad but so true! 😢

[@malcolmrowe5031]

No, how the unelected civil service ruined a good chance, Britain was around way before the eu, my parents and grandparents lived perfectly well without being in the eu, the majority of the world survives perfectly fine outside the EU, you've just been fed bs by politicians who made millions out if being in it!

[@chrisohanlon69]

Ah shaddup, fuuul.

[@vicious12394]

The thing that annoys me when talking about foreign interference is that its always about Russia yet our tabloids and a good chunk of our media is owned by Americans and Australians, American special interest groups donated huge sums of money to farage. There absolutely was foreign interference, but most of it came from people you would rather view as your allies.

[@ulfosterberg9116]

And putin has kompromat against murdoch and the other brexiteers. If you look at the leading men in the brexit campaign they all intelligent but vile. The women are all absolutely bonkers. The women didn't go to Moscow.

[@crcurran]

The US is trying to undermine the NHS as a justification to make their own for-profit healthcare look better. I'm saying this is an American. Brexit was a means to help undermine the NHS. An American that hopes you can have another referendum soon to rejoin the EU. There is steength in unity ansd I'm uncertain my country has the morals, unity, and resolve to lead anymore.

[@TonyFisherPuzzles]

The remain campaign had Obama fly over and tell the British people to vote remain. He told lies about "back of queue". Yet you people obsess over unproven garbage?

[@olhakalinovska230]

Good observation, respect for your honesty.

[@brngvrn]

UK was the US agent in the EU. EU should put it's interests first and not align itself so closely to the US. Same goes for the UK

[@MrScotchpie]

This should be on mainstream TV.

[@Bduh2]

A lot of them didn't seem to understand the consequences of: "You're on your own now"

[@sneemkerry]

The average Leave voter may not have understood the impact of BREXIT but they knew what they did not want. They knew that they did not want immigrants. They knew they did not want to be true Europeans. They made their bed. They must lay in it.

[@sauermaischeyahoo7834]

.. and very comfortable it is too.

[@kevatnorthfield]

I actually don't care if I'm in or out. But to be honest I don't see any difference. The fishing industry was in decline. That's still the same. I still go abroad and have absolutely no problems doing so. Same old same old. Keep arguing though, that's still funny.

[@sauermaischeyahoo7834]

@@kevatnorthfieldComparing the fishing industry in Grimsby in the 1960s with it now, without explaining how the EU's Common Fisheries Policy was responsible for destroying most the industry long before Brexit, is dishonest.

[@tinakisp2815]

Even when it comes to migration, they got it wrong! I have a colleague who voted Leave, and when I asked her why, she replied "to take back control of the borders and stop all those dingies with illegals coming in". I asked, how has that worked for UK? The only immigrants you stopped are the ones like me who legally came to UK to get a job and most of whom have skills. And now every single sector in UK is in need of workers. As for the dingies... well...

[@MeiinUK]

@@tinakisp2815: Can you explain to me why... there are skilled migrants that are delivery drivers, or even actually a doctor... but has their own take aways, and doing small businesses. And yet.. they don't complain. And yet... when there are shortages in the NHS, she is not considered first as a priority first somehow? (Again, is this not discrimination ?)... And THEN... when there are shortages of nurses, instead of hiring locals first.. before any other individuals from Europe, or outside Europe...(as in accordance to immigration laws)..... They went and opened some kind of harsh workhouse slavery setup. And doing minion wages model. I want to know, WHO created such bad design, or bad business design ?? I don't get it. Cos shouldn't some businesses be privatised as such ? Cos I never knew that, some people don't know how to do proper businesses... As in, formally reporting !!!! I am horrified. AND shocked. I did not realised that, a lot of people do not know how to do European accounting, or even International Accounting... and tax exemptions or deductions etc. I really did not know that. I didn't even know that, there are SO may "sole trader" models.. ALL over Europe. What ??? It's like.. to some of the small European countries, they feel like that they want to give up their own soveignty, to swap for an actual "seat" at the EU table. They even have given up everything... but they don't realise that in other countries, this is NOT as such... and it is NOT as so ???.... I watched an actual youtube lecture by Pippa Malgrem... I did not even know... that actually... the entire Europe was as such.. cos... basically, everybody had to hold down a job, as well as a life etc.. And was not THAT... vocal.. or THAT politically aware !.... Cos we couldn't see the wood for the trees ? Who has time to deal with that ??? Her words were precisely..."why am I in this thing, if I don't get something out of it"... And she is right. Britain lost a lot of businesses into Europe... and not all Europeans 1) appreciate this fact... or 2) is careful to treat and be in kind back. And 3) realise that poverty level has increased? Since the factories moved over... "saved money" (is it really saved, when they just exchanged it from one currency into another... ).... and now that location that lost the factory, is now full of homeless individuals? Are we laughing ? No !!! I recently went into Scotland.. and saw the numerous "nice buildings" (and empty stores).... And those old Scottish labels.. and those Scottish factories. Have all gone. Bought out, and into Turkey. TURKEY ?!?!!?!?!!..... How come they just buy a business, asset strip it.. and NOT get or to trade back ?!?!?!!.... HOW is this "banking" ?!?!!?!!... I bet they bypassed the EU as well !!!!... And where did they get the money from ?!?!!... From working here? So we gave them a lot of wages. And they increased their salaries.. only to then go back to Turkey.. liquid their banks.. and then rob these factories ?! Literally liquidate Scotland? And they expect us to laugh about this ??? I don't even buy Turkish food any more. Since I know what is going on. I try and buy British goods. Local British goods.. seriously. I am not impressed ??? "Trade" means equal to equal.. in case some people did not know this or realise this. And the only reason why the world "has increased in value" was because of China. They turned into Middle Classes. And even now.. they are struggling too... cos people refuses to play fair ball.... And since UK doesn't have the time, it will or might just shrink back. (And the way the UK does business, is that, whatever is shipped here from the old Commonwealths... we translate those currencies... and reshipped something else back to them.) Equal to Equal. This is fairness. What is fair about EU ????? (And FYI... I was involved in European companies as well... and it was tough to try and make things work. Cos some people refuses to "look at the bigger picture"... ) I saw how they did the tax exemptions and whatever.. and boy... did my Dutch manager blew his top !!!!!... I still cannot believe all the companies that have been lost in the UK ?? Like, global ones as well ???... They literally just closed them down !... Thank GOD... some locals starts a new brand whenever they do that. And kept the factories on.

[@irminschembri8263]

The poorest Italian in the poorest Italian region is BETTER OFF than the poorest Brit in the poorest British region ! And still the UK calls itself a " rich" country and denies the biggest GAP between the super rich and the super poor in a European country !

[@blue_jay31]

Thank you !

[@MichelleBlessing]

I agree and I'm now living in Italy!

[@joanmariedefrance6565]

@@MichelleBlessing Italians tend to grumble about how everything is badly managed in Italy but they haven't tried worse situations. The NHS in Italy is really good. My children were born in London in 1965 and at that time the UK NHS was great, at that time . . .

[@mikaelcronholm]

I just visited the UK on holidays. I was always sure Brexit was a monumental mistake. Everyone I talked with agreed with that. It's a loss for the UK, a loss for the EU, albeit smaller. It was a huge win for Putin.

[@jeanbambois7970]

lol what is the link with putin ?! Clown world

[@callez2402]

It was the stupidity and inflexibility of EU that lead to Brexit.

[@mikaelcronholm]

@jeanbambois7970 If you don't understand that, I'll try to help. Russia and Putin want to split up the west, NATO and EU. He spent a ton of resources to influence Britain to exit. Farage probably got rich.

[@teacherella1338]

@@callez2402deflecting much? Never take responsibility for, just blame others. Well done!

[@cosmosofinfinity]

@@jeanbambois7970 Putin is trying to divide the western world's alliances so that Russia can run amok unchallenged, where have you been the past few decades?

[@1222242]

One of my relatives was born in the UK, and he moved to the USA years before Brexit. He is of minority descent. I asked him about his thoughts on Brexit. He laughed and said, "Growing up, Britains hated cultural assimilation. It didn't matter if you shared the same experiences and hardships as one another, they will find some way to prejudice you. I was bullied relentlessly for being a minority and not white British, despite my being born here. I left because America was more accepting of my culture. The British leaving the EU just to deter migrants from coming doesn't surprise me at all. They reap what they sow for their racism."

[@lindadejonge]

As an EU citizen who came to the UK in 2003, I knew that Brexit was doomed to fail! A lot of British people have trouble letting go of the past and regularly refer back to "the good ol' days".... it's almost as if the citizens are afraid of trying something new! Farmers, fishermen, and more of these crucial industries have been let down by Brexit and are now suffering. And the flow of illegal migrants has increased, because our European neighbours don't offer their support, because we are no longer part of the EU.....the only ones who've profited are the rich!

[@willgaff3183]

Lmao... We dont want to be tied under unelected fools in brussels. You dont speak for us.

[@garyb455]

Do you ever wonder why you feel poorer than you did 10 or 20 years ago ? Its all because of the failure of the EU over decades. Consider how much the EU has already declined relative to the United States. Fifteen years ago, according to the IMF, the GDP of the Eurozone was just under $14 trillion, while the U.S. economy was marginally bigger.Today, the Eurozone’s GDP is just under $15 trillion, a modest rise by any standards. But the U.S.’s GDP has roared ahead to $25 trillion, making its economy 60 per cent bigger than the Eurozone. That’s a lot of relative economic decline for the Euro area in just a decade and a half.The failure of Europe to keep pace with America has taken its toll on living standards. The average EU country is now poorer per head than every state in America bar Idaho and Mississippi. In 1990 America accounted for 25 per cent of global GDP, the EU a little above that. Today, America still accounts for 25 per cent of global GDP but the EU’s share has consistently slipped. It is now just over 14 per cent and falling. There used to be a global consensus that China would overtake America as the world’s largest economy during this decade. Goldman Sachs, which is reliably wrong on such matters, once confidently predicted that this would happen by 2026. Now it suggests 2035, if then. Other forecasters think it won’t have happened even by the middle of the century. America has outperformed the EU on every economic indicator that matters. Since 1990 the U.S. working age population has risen from 127 million to 175 million, a rise of almost 40 per cent, while Europe’s has gone from 94 million to 102 million, a rise of only 9 per cent.

[@leme5639]

@@rinkydinkmcruk it is THE FAILURE!!!

[@davidpryle3935]

How do mean Brexit has failed ? The fact that Britain has left the European Union means it hasn’t failed. We will not know whether its a success or not, for at least 20 years.

[@Bringontheasteroid]

Calm down Deirdre@@leme5639

[@bikeman9899]

The lady from Germany was particularly insightful. The class system in Britain is so much more obvious and present in Britain than in any other country in Europe. To foreigners, the British royal system, the upper class with their distinctive accents seem like a quirky amusing feature of British society. But, when you consider British politics is dominated by the upper classes, the press is heavily influenced by them and the money laundering people innthe City , there is a toxic mix of narrow special interests that are completely at odds with the broad interests of British ppl. Ordinary British ppl defer to their "betters" inna way that is not usual in other developed countries.

[@davyburns6926]

You are referring to the English class system and English people, Britain is made up of Scotland England Wales and Northern Ireland. I was in Scotland when Boris became the prime minister and the news came out, the news reader on the tv rolled their eyes and the other news readers shook their heads in disbelief !!!!

[@ProfTheWood]

Bullington Club politics. Seen only too well with Cameron vs Corbyn in the house of Commons.

[@veganbutcherhackepeter]

Just take the House of Lords. What an absolutely outdated anachronism. The whole political system in the UK dearly needs a radical overhaul.

[@therealrobertbirchall]

You say the class system in Britain is a problem. Well, it's not a British problem it's an English problem. Most Scots and Welsh people judge a man by the 'content of his character' to quote MLK, not how deep his pockets are nor which school he went to.

[@russellwillmoth9734]

⁠@@veganbutcherhackepeter You obviously think that the House of Lords are those who inherit their positions from the Middle Ages. The overwhelming majority of members of the House of Lords are people who are experts in their fields or elder statesmen. Only 10% are the old inherited titles.

[@DJ_Dopamine]

At least it stopped most of the French demanding a Frexit...

[@muhammadhafizuddin4121]

Learn by example....😂

[@rickarddiemert188]

I finally as an american, understand what happened, thank you

[@MichaelB-gi4lt]

I left the UK in 1972 with my parents. I miss the UK occasionally but this documentary is scathing. It feels like a lot of folks were duped. It’s a self-inflicted wound. It was a critical mistake to leave the EU and it’s highly unlikely that the UK will come back. But who knows, maybe it will happen.

[@darthioan]

There is exactly zero chance Uk would be allowed to ever rejoined EU. After the horribly xenophobic attitude towards a number of EU countries, it only takes one of them to veto it. People will never forget the absurd accusations that EU citizens were coming to UK to benefit from the worst social and healthcare in the whole EU, so bad in fact, that Uk citizens were the ones abusing the crap out of it by going to other countries for treatment or benefits (Spain and Sweden are good examples). Many EU countries (politicians representing their local businessmen) would be stepping over each other to never allow UK rejoin and compete with them now that they took its spot in various industries. It is mindboggling how many UK cittizens could not distinguish between internal issues (cause by their own government) and simple trade rules imposed by the EU which is merely a trade union (and is only concerned about all countries competing fairly through similar subsidy policies, similar rights, similar laws, similar justice, freedom of mobility, fair taxes, etc).

[@viperswhip]

Duped implied they were given believable info, but none of the idiot statements were believable, they were totally rebuked by facts given by more sober people. Wilful blindness and idiocy is not being duped, or lied to.

[@peterpain6625]

@@darthioan Give it a couple of decades. After "Free Scotland" joined and "United Ireland" Europe may let the rest join just out of pure pity ;)

[@ignaciozafra1223]

As a Spaniard living in the UK for a long time and lived in Britain after and before Brexit, I am amazed at the people's comments in the video. Almost everyone was dismissive and extremely racist towards Europeans during the campaign, calling us lazy, criminals and attacking people. Both sides were in favour of these comments, making jokes everywhere. Now everybody regrets their vote, saying politicians lied. Well, I disagree. You people allowed racist, rich and classists politicians to lie to you with your own ignorance! The best thing that could ever happened to Europe was Brexit, now Europe can grow and glow without Britain on it

[@schadenfreude6274]

Aren't you Spaniards also very Racist? Heck the Whole Europe are Racists towards Asian People calling them "Covid Virus People" Pot calling the Kettle Black eh? :)

[@Alby_Torino]

100% agree

[@xAce99x]

We don't need The EU

​@@xAce99xwhy don't you go and tell it to those fishermen how well they are off now with their glorious sovereignty.

[@higamato3811]

@@xAce99x So no rejoining? That's music in our ears!

[@MissR-hn8be]

In my opinion the true devastation caused by Brexit is yet to be felt... 😔

[@Bran9]

Correct 💯

[@antoanetaanastasova3946]

You are right.This is only the beginning.😮

[@2msvalkyrie529]

You mean the Mass Unemployment and drastic food shortages / troops on streets of Northern Ireland etc predicted by Remainers ? Zero correct out of three . ? But you still believe it.?

[@jacquelineloaring2438]

Bull

[@ulfosterberg9116]

After some 20 years it will start to pick up.

[@wobby1516]

I voted for Brexit and have regretted it ever since. We were lied to by those who should have known better.

[@chrisohanlon69]

Ah shaddup. No you didn't.

[@bluechipcoach]

Thank you for upholding investigative journalism

[@cormackeenan8175]

When Brexit fantasy meets the brick wall of reality. I give you Suella Braverman.

[@kurtbecker3827]

I was born in Germany, but I lived in many places around the world including the UK and the US. While there are numerous cultural aspects of the UK which I love and which are unmatched anywhere else in the world, life in the UK is only pleasant when you are rich. Even the most basic things are overpriced and underperformed. Even with a decent paycheck (like I enjoyed) you cannot afford anything but the basic things. You are surrounded by amazing things you cannot afford or the small and mediocre I hate. It seems like every political decision made in the UK opt for the smaller and more awkward version. This way no problem is ever solved. Now living in the US (Houston, Texas), at least life is cheap and I have my peace. Brexit was a knee jerk reaction to solve all the problems unique to the UK and had nothing to do with the EU. The Brits will find out that despite Brexit, all the old problems do still exist, plus a few new ones. It was a very bad decision.

[@agk8361]

Genau.

[@sid1gen]

Texas is its own hellhole, with voter suppression, legislation against women, legal protection for all sorts of weapons through the blood sacrifice of children, hidden poverty just under the surface, etc. I would not feel so "at peace" in Texas but, then again, you are most probably white and you are male, so the worst of Y'allQaeda will give you a few chances.

[@claudiapost-schultzke7216]

exactly

[@nadyadobreva9904]

As a Bulgarian I am gonna tell you why the Brits voted "Leave". It is not the fishermen, it is not the 350 mln euro that would remain in Britain. It is the free job and education movement of people from the Eastern European countries to the UK. The Englishmen detest Eastern Europeans. Not the Pakistanis, not the Indian, not the Srilankans, cause they have fleeced them a lot as former colonies of theirs, but the Eastern Europeans. The English got fed up, especially when the Romanians and Bulgarians joined the Union. It was at that time - 2007 that Farage started speaking about leaving the EU. I can guarantee you thay not a single Bulgarian is on benefits, they pay taxes. They started in the strawberry picking where there was a shortage of workforce, then the women found jobs as home cleaners, and the men- in the constructions. And they have already made money, in Bg these money- are a sum - and now have started to come back to finish their houses and purchase flats. So, there was not any need for you to get scared so much. The guy Farage used you and achieved his purpose - made personal wealth. So, please, be honest at least once, dont be hyporates, say it: "it is because of the Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants." And by the way, your NHS was already very bad when Bg and Rom joined, it was clogged. It has never been easily accessible. You call us 3rd world countries, but dentist care is not expensive, my children get examined the moment I decide to visit a doctor. And I am not talking about a general practitioner- I am talking about specialists - endocrinologist, pulmologist, cardiologist, get blood and urine tests and X rays all on the same day. So, did you really think that the EU was your problem? The EU is doing perfectly fine without Britain, but the British people find it difficult now to move to European countries and live a simpler and healthier life, because of the visa regime.

[@DJHalfbarr]

You have some weird chip on your shoulder if you think the racists gave a shit about Eastern Euros over anyone else, most of them were so dumb they can't distinguish between any of those nationalities you list - but I need to pick up up on your language: It was not 'Englishmen' - that's prejudice no different to that of the people you are criticizing - I voted to Remain, and am currently waiting for my hard working, funny AF Romanian best mate to show up so we can we go for a pint. There is more nuance than your basic take, not just to Brexit, but the whole world - but you appear cut from a similar cloth as those you critique here.

[@kwameoluwasomi]

Brits are backwards. The very day I was born there I knew I had to leave.

[@TimeforSpanish-kf4lp]

Stupid that they prefer African countries and Muslins, at least European share something more in common! some values, but with muslins? omg... they are taking control of Europe!

[@TheFeldhamster]

I remember reading about how on the day after the referendum, hate crimes against Poles in Britain were at an all-time high. Brits literally beat up Polish people (and probably Bulgarians and Romanians) in the streets because apparently "the majority thought the same" and it had become ok to live that hatred. I remember seeing documentaries about Poles returning home (for some reason, in the media I saw, it was only ever about Poles) and many saying basically "good luck to those stupid Brits finding a plumber/lorry driver/whatever now, never saw any of them wanting to work those jobs".

[@Mayaman67]

I have to say you are probably right. I have family who said such. I explained that they worked. My cousin worked as a gang leader on the land and loved Eastern Europeans because they wee grafters. Most Brits won't even "lower" themselves to do such work. They should be made to. A lot of Britain was broken already. There is a lot of focus on Grimsby, my hometown. The fishing industry was already done. There are numerous reasons for this but leaving Europe was not going to fix it. It's easy for people to say that those that voted leave were idiots. When you live in a once bustling town that's on its knees and has been for sometime, you are more open to listening to the nonsense spouted to you. You think it will get you out of your hole.

[@EdwardLindon]

I grew up brown in Britain and from the very beginning it was spelled out to me that i didn't belong. I took that message to heart and gladly left after my PhD. It's now been 20 years and every passing day just vindicates that decision. Brexit triggered a nervous breakdown 6000 miles away, but i came out of it with the understanding that i had been right all along about that country. I hadn't been "too sensitive". It was fundamentally contemptuous of my humanity and it didn't deserve me. I'm grateful to the people who were honest enough to show me who they truly were.

[@Goodman849]

Where did you move to

[@johnmason1239]

@EdwardLindon I hope we get back in Europe, Iam mixed race& disabled + have polish-ukrainian heritage. In my XP it was more a rejection of europe than anything else, my 1st experience of racism were insults vs my Eastern heritage. A million or so Poles left the UK after Brexit,hate crime vs Poles spiked massively. Poland was a Vclose British ally in WW2,Polish airmen weren't allowed to fight in the RAF& looked down on but were crucial in UKs defence vs Nazi tyranny& as Poland had more casualties than other country in WW2, to just be sacrificed to the USSR whoes leaders offered& trained+ armed Hitler under the Molotov pact, then they invaded Poland together& the USSR was happy to watch Hitler then take Western Europe knowing Vwell what he wrote in Mein Kampf about extermination& the disabled+ dissidents he had already exterminated,SO Brexit felt like another big let down to most Poles.. Many of colour& mixed race especially from the commonwealth voted Brexit, afew east europeans did too as a vote against "big government" & loss of cultural identity. The only silver lining was if UK had not been able to independently lead in sending aid Kiev may have fallen& WW3 would be far more immenent than it is mainly due to Putin& his followers with the Vslow1/2hearted reaction@1st from most european leaders.But Brexit itself was supported by Kremlin propagandists with compliments at the time going both ways between Putinists& UKIPers.

[@johnmason1239]

Vsad you feel the way you do, Brexit had a v ugly side the racism I experienced was from a avid Brexiteer. Multiculturalism has enriched the UK generally, in many ways, but in afew northern cities British culture has been squeezed out& side lined & this is Britain so Iam not surprised by Brexit voting there or in rural towns- building were Poles were happy to work vhard for a lot less. Its a reaction Iam against, but I understand it. Sadly European& general multicultural integration started to feel to some like a invasion or loss of British identity& if we go back into Europe we mustn't allow entire towns to suddenly get a 30 to50% increase on population from another country it would disturb many in any country any where.

[@edwardjames3054]

As an Irishman I am so saddened by this. We were so close , now I think we’ll never be the same again

[@kenoliver8913]

I wouldn't lose hope. Eventually commonsense will assert itself in your north and they'll all be Republicans. They'll be so much better off as part of an outward facing Eire rather than a poor, angry and inward-facing country run by old Etonian billionaires.

[@Bran9]

​@@kenoliver8913thank you very much 😊

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Yes. The people of Dublin are very happy with EU membership rules. We saw that a couple of nights ago ..( actually Dublin , Cork and many other places. Though not reported in Guardian / BBC .! )

[@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158]

​​@@2msvalkyrie529No, as an Irishman what we saw was neo liberal, WEF anger at the very ruling elite that those in the UK are being ruled over. It's not the immigrants people are angry at but the traitorous government officials who believe in open borders that simply want to drive down wages by cheap immigrant labour, coupled in Ireland (esp Dublin) a complete paucity of housing, the rents are driven by the market, as are the food, bills that are again fostered by government, EU and the oligarchs corporations, the deep state want us blaming immigrants so as to keep the working class divided, I know who the enemy is.

[@tonjamarshall4842]

​@@2msvalkyrie529Let's be honest, it's because of the lack of affordable housing.

[@equusasinus]

I campaigned against Brexit while living and working in Spain, where I retired in 2018 and now I am waiting for my Spanish citizenship. After Brexit, I no longer feel British and do not identify with a country that lies to itself.

[@OhYeah32]

The Spanish don’t like you either

[@davysawd413]

It amazes me how many British who had holiday homes or lived for awhile voted for Brexit. Total arrogance.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Will you be refusing to accept your UK pension since you hate Britain so much ??

[@zeljkomlatkovic1831]

Were the people of Spain suspicious and unfriendly of you moving to their country like most of the Brits are of anybody moving to Britain? I never could understand the Brits who thought: we have the right to enjoy our life and make it the way we want. if we want to move to any other EU country it is fine. But in the opposite direction you see it as a threat.

[@OhYeah32]

@@zeljkomlatkovic1831 its a unprecedented amount of immigration that’s the problem.sensible immigration yes but a free for all by the two political parties for their own gains are damaging to infrastructure and Greenbelt not to mention social cohesion. As the populations of immigrants grow the voices get louder to change and reparations etc. We seem to not get problems from people like the Hong Kong Chinese or Greeks or Italians or Poles as a rule. But others have a big chip on their shoulders ie the Windrush lot who complain but never went back. Same with some Muslims who move to a Christian Country but want Sharia law. Jewish people feel threatened by a large demograph of Muslims. We need to cut down these populations to halt the decline of the UK. The Caribbean lot should have been given free passage back but too late now their offspring are replacing Native Brits.

[@GSteel-rh9iu]

Another way to say this is: don't trust billionaires to solve your problems

[@Paul-eb4jp]

Imagine anyone listening to Johnson now.

[@Mr-Foad]

Listening to BJ at any point in time is idiotic.

[@tamhunter5025]

Or farage wait they still do

[@MrDesmondPot]

They still do. They are simple minded and couldn’t handle the emotional toll realising this would take.

[@monikamiliczka6104]

Why is life unbearable after brexit?! Asking that German woman at the end. A bit over reacting!!!

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

Who ????..

[@marrous4845]

At my very modest level of European citizen, with a British husband, my experience of Brexit was a permanent disaster. Although I did not suffer personally, except losing the right to freely settle back in the UK with my husband if we so wish. I do keep the videos of the miles and miles of trucks queuing on the UK side at Dover. And suggested to my children not to choose Britain to study, partly because I cringe at the idea to subsidise the UK system now and also because studying outside the EU is just too complex. I used to go to London for a weekend or to Britain on holidays, but hardly ever since Brexit. No more shopping online either from the UK. Can’t be bothered. But more importantly the trust is badly damaged and the hyper wealthy who rule Britain will not improve the situation as for them Brexit is a strategy. But I blame the Brexiteers for doing no background checks before the vote and following the Brexit marketing campaign like sheep. There were tons of very well made videos on the consequences of Brexit. They chose to ignore them obviously. The European Union has brought us individual citizens zillions of advantages.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Foreign Students are at record levels at UK universities ? . Budget airlines making record profits on flights to Europe ? 4.8 million EU Citizens got Right to Remain in UK. ?! Maybe explain again how Brexit affected you....?

[@brigold3352]

@@2msvalkyrie529 you heard it, she as well as million others lost the right to accompany their British spouses to return with them to the UK if they had planned to this. The British in EU also lost rights their work life and family income depended on like xborder work in 31 countries, now they are locked in their host country and cant return back to UK unless they divorce the other half who does not fullfil the "own income thresholds" of first 30K which is reduced now to something in the 20K. Which many woman cannot show they have as own income especially if they are the kids caretakers when coming over or wanting to retire as you might be able to imagine knowing how small UKretirement is, even an average German retirement is barely 50% of the imcome threshold. Brexit locked out 100thousands of British Citizens with EUfamily members to return and live in UK. @marrous4845 I watched the TV covering and cried when hearing ithe result. My other half when seeing the result in the morning went back to bed, crushed and livid at the same time as with 16years in EU no voting right on it. In my opinion totally undemocratic to not have given extraordinary voting rights in such an important Opinion poll. We also cannot return to UK as we often had thought to do. "when we are done here". I too stopped sourcing in UK for private and business since 2016, straight after the vote. Finding new suppliers in EU preparing for the worst while hoping for the best possible outcome, unfortunately it was worse than worse or as I germanize worsser than I could imagine. It is a pain to send presents to family or receive some and its a pain for customers in GB to have repair work done and even free warranty returns are now limited to a maximum of three years after original sales, so customers in UK cannot receive "lifetime warranty services" anymore like every other customer on the planet still can receive from us. Yes, zillions of advantages that makes life in the EU easy without ever being noticed by someone who doesnt have a clue how modern societies or economies are interwoven.

[@charlesjay8818]

We won't miss you. London the last few weeks has been absolutely packed foreign tourists shopping eating having fun. All hotels are full, getting a table at the Ritz was impossible, huge ques at Camden market tube was busy as usual. We might have left the EU but we are still standing trading selling and the arrivals hall at Heathrow is jammed with flights coming in from all over the world. Leaving the EU hasn't stopped the rest of the countries in the world visiting.... Just people like you lol

[@blitzattack567]

@@charlesjay8818the problem is that most of the tourists are too dark for the good ole brits. this country was finished as soon as they couldn’t extort other countries.

[@zeroxox777]

"There were tons of very well made videos on the consequences of Brexit. They chose to ignore them obviously. " - is blaming an uneducated and marginalized majority an intelligent explanation of Brexit or one that is emotionally convenient? Why blame the production line human beings, rather then the social system that produce them or the police and politicians and psychiatrists who farm and manage them? The people you blame are the people the rich have extracted their wealth from, before and after Brexit. Wealth is the essence of greed and laziness because it is other people's hard work that made it and through your social position you exploit it.

[@MegasSalavatis]

What I found interesting about Brexit is that every single person outside the UK I ever talked to before the vote was 100% certain that it would not happen because it was so obviously damaging for the UK and they considered that no one could be dumb enough to vote for it. It 's amazing how it got more than 50% of the population in the UK to consider it a good idea. Never realised the level of desperation of so many poor people.

[@peterhoult8710]

only about 50pc voted so only about 25 of population voted Brexit

[@daniby9894]

@MegasSalavatis Well, you didn't talk to me... 😂 Jokes aside, Britain always had one foot in the EU, and the other one out: they built the €, even talked everybody into it and pulled back from € when moment came to adopt it, so back door for easy Brexit was there all along, but they had to complicate it even more and think they could renegotiate and get a better deal... Funny thing is Brexit became a thing right after EU announced it's intentions of abolishing fiscal paradises inside EU and it did and at the time, only British isles survived thanks to Brexit.

[@wyattjohnson7650]

You sound like a trumper​@@daniby9894

[@Muswell]

You have to realise that half of the population are below-average intelligence. It order to get an "average" it obviously has to be the same above as below - that's how you get an average. For every person with an IQ of 120, there's someone with one of 80 etc. . The thing is, you will NEVER get any Brexiter to admit that they were fooled or lied to or that they realise they created a self-inflicted disaster.

[@EduardQualls]

@@daniby9894 Fiscal paradise? Is that why banks and financial companies have left (and are still leaving) London for Frankfurt, Paris or Dublin? But then, I guess trying to turn the UK into the North Sea fiscal version of the Cayman Islands (while the EU grows, gaining strength against Red China) could be called making it a "fiscal paradise."

[@cristinarocha4423]

I was an Erasmus student in Bangor, Wales back in 1990. The Erasmus scholarships were provided by the EU to promote exchange. I loved so much that experience that I moved to France to do my PhD (again with a scholarship partially paid by my country then the rest ... EU). I worked two years in France but the memory of living in England has never faded and I moved to London in the year 2000. I am an emigrant. I am very proud of being an emigrant. I arrived and because of my experience and degrees I found a job as an engineer and I started with a high salary which means I was paying lots of taxes. I saved money, bought several houses and when finally Brexit happened I sold my London house and took the money with me to Europe. They insulted me telling me that I am an immigrant but that's not true. I am an emigrant. I chose.

[@slomotionpoetry1444]

What a wonderful and insightful documentary. This is the most important and detailed piece of journalism I have seen about Brexit. I hope people watch this and know the true cost and the lies spread by corrupt politicians. Keep up the great work.

[@pierrewilliams1533]

I'm dual French British nationality so Brexit is a great sadness for me. I'm also a former tabloid reporter and make no mistake, they're the ones responsible for Brexit. Facing collapsing sales thanks to the Internet, they deliberately targeted readers' British "exceptionalism" and targeted the EU as our enemy for years. The likes of Farage and Johnson simply spotted the opportunity for their own advancement.

[@truxton1000]

So as French you (should) know that France has even more problems than UK, higher unemployment, lower GDP per capita, more social unrest, more political problems, what “broke France”? By the way France’s only hope is Le Pen, but of course, the majority of France’s population is too brainwashed to recognise even this.

[@xAce99x]

But it's our decision nobody else's, so why can't you all leave us alone

[@JaapVanderHorst]

@@xAce99x You forget that the minority dragged everybody with them, including the future generations, but also impacted other EU countries with the selfish vote. so no, just as you could not leave the decision to join the EU in former times.

[@karylhogan5758]

Correct 🧐👍🏻

[@truxton1000]

@@karylhogan5758 Wrong.

[@RichardGlazer]

Listening to Cosy (sp) and hearing that she feels and knows she has to leave the UK is just heartbreaking. It's shameful what our European family of citizens are going through.😔

[@Chillyjams]

Watching this from Singapore, having lived in the U.K. for many years I’ve always loved and admired the culture, people, humour, and dare I say even the food. But honestly this is the saddest thing I’ve seen. The self inflicted decline of the UK is one of the most baffling things to witness in my lifetime.

[@beardedgeek973]

Imagine thinking EU treats you badly and then vote Tory.

[@garyparsons8486]

Or liebour or libtards. You're welcome

[@VK6AB-]

Imagine being so stupid to think the British labour Party is of any merit whatsoever, a vile antisemitic organisation that through its former leader (Tony Blair) committed a major war crime by invading Iraq on false pretences.

[@verttikoo2052]

New level of masochism 🎉

[@VK6AB-]

Wait till you experience three day weeks and rolling blackouts under labour and where thinking becomes a crime.

[@paulhick4042]

The EU treats all the people with crass regard, only furthering their own misjudged plans for a centre left super state

[@philipstrong8220]

An intelligent, reflective documentary. Unfortunately, also quite melancholic ... especially listening to those going through deep buyers remorse. I imagine it will take a generation or more to fix. I agree with the analysis, that it wasn't just the performant charlatans that did this - it's reflects a deeper malaise in British society.

[@MrBell-iq3sm]

If the UK ever attempted to rejoin, it would have to make a convincing case for the EU that they have changed, since no one wants to go through another Brexit two or three decades after another membership. If they made an attempt now, and it was up to the EU citizens, I would vote 'No' and not because I feel any animosity towards the UK or its people.

[@markmuller7962]

It's a doc for adults

[@Gillemear]

Well, if Brexit was a supernova, Ireland was the small planet right in its path. We risked war, a devastated economy, and a complete collapse of our relationship with Britain due to Brexit, a decision made without our control or imput. Thankfully the "worst" we suffered was a severe rise in prices, but that was only thanks to trojan hard work on behalf of our politicians, business leaders and many others as well as the fantastic support of our fellow EU members. Am really sorry, but when I see those who voted for this mess without giving a toss as to the consequences, moan about the current state of affairs I feel very little sympathy. Ireland went through financial difficulties and hardships too, but we never even dreamed of leaving the EU. We went through economic hell for 50 years after leaving the UK and knew from bitter experience what disentangling from a highly integrated system was actually like but we were ridiculed, ignored and even threatened when we tried to warn you. The problem I see is that the voting system must be changed first and this archaic notion of a one party government must be wiped from the public consciousness. I hope you lot get your mess sorted out. Maybe you'll listen to your closest friends next time instead of looking down your nose at us when we warned you about what might, and has, happened.

[@kenoliver8913]

There is some consolation for Eire. Northern Ireland will vote to join Eire and the EU within a generation as the older generation of loyalists dies off. Brexit will gradually make the economic logic overwhelming. Though in the meantime expect to hear more Ulster accents in the south as the young vote with their feet.

[@Bran9]

Very well put