How's Brexit Going (2 Months Later): Success Stories & Troubles at the Border - TLDR News

With Brexit now 'done' we thought it was a good opportunity to look back and see what's happened so far. So in this video, we unpick government-sponsored articles to try and find the truth about how Brexit's going. Are businesses thriving in the post-Brexit world or are they drowning in red tape and regulation?
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[@johnhobbes2268]

In Germany it is actually illegal to print advertising that looks like articles.

[@kanedNunable]

i assume if the gov breaks the law in germany they are held accountable too?

[@cravingtuna1561]

@@kanedNunable that's how the rule of law works

[@falling_vega1257]

Annoyingly, in the UK there are similar laws for tv. It’s illegal to have a show/movie or advert that presents itself like the news. They should also carry that over to newspapers

[@falling_vega1257]

To clarify, I mean it’s annoying that they don’t have these rules for newspapers.

[@garyt123]

@@kanedNunable I imaging that it not necessary to hold the German Government accountable for breaking the law, a Government should never break their own laws, no? That's how it used to be in the UK...last 10-20 years has been a very slippery downward slide for UK politics. The country is run by crooks and idiots.

[@ovidiuradu1695]

You missed one BIG problem here: it’s not only the exporters in UK who have to fill up papers, but also the importers in EU. A lot of importers have stopped all the orders from UK and switched to other suppliers who don’t require the paperwork. Play this out, Boris.

[@bartholomewdan]

Somehow I've never thought about that, but it makes sense.

[@johntowers1213]

Exports were back to normal in February...what happened there then ?..the Europeans changed there mind about dealing with other suppliers who don’t require the paperwork?

[@Mugdorna]

And keep in mind that the current border checks are for entry into the UK. The UK checks on inbound goods won’t start until 3-4 months from now.

[@dogs04]

@@johntowers1213 do you have figures for February?

[@maxnoerenberg6370]

my point here...I have an online shop in Germany and now have to pay customs fees and fill out those custom declaration form on each shipment by mail

[@goodlookingcorpse]

Those aren't success stories. Those are stories of how people were able to avoid failure with a great deal of work. That''s the best the government has.

[@Hellwyck]

Avoided failure? no they didn't as they've failed.

[@precision2190]

@@Hellwyck that’s why he said they avoided it

[@peterdavidson3268]

I've bookmarked this KZbin video - I'll be revisiting it a year from now and taking a close look at the company results filed by the "success stories" referenced in the first section of this report - I wonder if the handful of companies mentioned really are making a big success of Brexit? Meanwhile back in the real world, it is an irony not lost on this individual that the so called hard Brexiteers are a group of ideologically driven individuals who constantly trumpet the benefits of deregulation and lower levels of govt bureaucracy as mechanisms to foster private entrepreneur driven economic growth - hence the concept of "Free Ports" as examples of such laissez-faire thinking. Of course Free Ports WERE NOT banned by the EU but they were not exactly encouraged either. Yet, here we are in a post-transition Brexit environment where businesses up and down the UK involved in EU import and export trade are bogged down by a veritable tsunami of new bureaucratic customs forms and regulation required to engage in such trade - not exactly the glowing advert for unleashing the massive potential of "Global Britain" envisaged by Johnson et al - which might explain why they are desperately spending OUR taxpayer funds sponsoring propaganda, sorry news stories, extolling the trade related benefits of Brexit?

[@PadyEos]

I totally agree with this. As someone living in the EU in January and February export formalities from the UK went horribly, for both personal orders and medical orders that I needed. And its worse than people in the UK realise, it creates a second customs hurdle in the destination county that relies on paperwork in the UK. It took 7 weeks for a personal package to get the proper paperwork from the UK to get it into my hands in the EU compared to 3-5 work days before. Even a medical order was delayed 3 weeks. I don't have a choice about the medical orders but I won't be ordering anything personal from the UK anymore. It currently takes 10-20x longer than from EU countries.

[@peterdavidson3268]

@Yesindeed126 Wilful ignorance alert!!!!

[@Zych.Grzegorz]

"I reject your reality and substitute my own." - The UK Government

[@BigJProductions]

Adam Savage! What a guy.

[@merkvandermeulen3978]

Kellyan Conway springs to mind...Alternative facts.

[@leslieseymour9571]

​@David McCallum How does that square with the UK signing for the vaccine in 2020 while in the transition period and thus following Brussels "dictatorship"? and Hungary, for example, making its own orders for the Russian product...and health care being a devolved responsibility of the member states according to the treaties ? "see 17.1 The EU Treaties make clear that Member States have responsibility for their own health and education systems, and limit what the EU can do.113" - in 'Rights and obligations of European Union membership' publication by UK government.

[@leslieseymour9571]

@David McCallum How does that square with the UK signing for the vaccine in 2020 while in the transition period and thus following Brussels "dictatorship"? and Hungary, for example, making its own orders for the Russian product...

[@florianbunaci7041]

@David McCallum people vacined from Aztec from Eu straying too ded🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@petersondheim9241]

As an importer of British goods in Germany we have seen most things stop. We have new suppliers in Ireland.

[@yvonnerout7319]

oh dear me let me give you some real news we have forged new free trading deals across the globe. We have seen Sterling rise against the euro and the dollar. We have found new routes to ship our goods out without going near any European country. We have see over 1000 businesses from Europe registering to operate within the UK. We are slowly coming out of lock down due to the exceptional roll out of the vaccine programme. We have been a great friend to the EU we have purchased your goods and helped you to grow very successful car and tourism industries Can I also remind you we have paid more into the federalist European union than many other European countries. We may take hits at present but guess what we are making our country less reliant on the EU and forging new deals and new friends who want us. Many people in the UK have stopped buying goods exported from the European union. I think you will see a fall in your car and tourism industry in the very near future it's already taken hits. Just have good grace and stop calling us we are happy to be a third country because we are now free from the clutches of the EU. and let me tell you our industry will grow why because we work best when we pull together and we are doing that

[@Bomberuscool]

@@yvonnerout7319 "free from the clutches of the EU", lol xD That is not how the EU works, also you seem to forget all the special rights UK had compared to other member states. So on this note good for us that the brexit went through ;)

[@heyho4770]

@@yvonnerout7319 weird way to describe a massive disruption to your economy but ok. Also tourism and car industry will be fine. Most british car manufacturers were bought by foreign manufacturers (mostly germans). And nobody will stop going to Spain or France for Holiday because in the UK Summer is way to inconsistent and non EU nations are quite das away.

[@ShadowebEB]

@@yvonnerout7319 Free from the customers in the EU! I guess your friends fishermen's are celebrating independency from the evil clutches and customers of the EU!

[@markv1974]

@@yvonnerout7319 found new routes? Like a new panama canal or sinai canal? Yo its the 21st century, the whole world is mapped. Lol. And uhmmmm newsflash, people dont buy british cars. Laughs in japanese

[@saahiliyer11]

Did anyone else notice that a weirdly large portion of the sponsored articles were in Scottish papers? Papers circulating in areas that voted to remain in the EU?

[@fabiansaerve]

They try to catch some of them by spreading propaganda

[@Errafri]

@David McCallum You are pathetic mate... They clearly had a vast majority for staying in the EU. You succeeded in ruining your own country and now you can't face reality because of missplaced pride... Furthermore, the tories have reinvented "democraty" by going against rach and everyone of their promesses during the referendum campaign... So until you have facts to come with. Shut up, and educate yourself.

[@DonFlufflesPrime]

@David McCallum Actually, Scotland did vote to remain in the EU. If I remember correctly, only about 38% of the Scottish population wanted to leave the EU, with the *entirety* of Scotland voting majority to stay. You're spreading misinformation and doing everyone a disservice.

[@Errafri]

@David McCallum In the EU, you are mostly free to opt out of mist rules. (Cf. Euro, schengen, the metric system, snus... just to name a few) Now the UK is not only subservient to the EU rules. (Yes, how ever you put it you have no real choise in the matter if you want to sell anything in europe) but you can't say anything when these rules are discussed are you are a proud and third party. You are fucked vis a vis the USA, as they have no intrest in being kind to a desperate country that is saying it doesn t care about ireland. Finally, now that you may understand that you are MORE subserviant to the EU, and that you have no chance to negociate a good deal woth anyone important... what have you gain by leaving?

[@DonFlufflesPrime]

@David McCallum I'm referring to Scotland as a region, not an independent Scotland. You aren't making sense. The *region*/country of Scotland as a *region*/country voted to remain in the EU. Also what do you mean "Recently"? Yes of course it was recent, we're talking about Brexit here.

[@JamesRoyceDawson]

This is some dystopian government manipulation of the private press. Holy shit. Edit- yes I'm aware this isn't a new thing or rare for governments to do. It's still messed up and needs calling out

[@chudchadanstud]

Congratulations, youve discovered newspapers copy and paste from each other. You think NYT, The Gaurdian, AP are different?

[@kadencollins]

You are lying to yourself if you think this isn’t common practice world wide. Every government since the beginning of print journalism has done this.

[@kasper7203]

@@chudchadanstud they cover the same stories yes but typically they are not government sponsored.

[@Boreasos]

Manipulation how? It's a sponsored article, clearly labelled as such (with some exceptions it seems, but that's the fault of the newspapers). You see hundreds of sponsored posts, tweets, articles and more every day from all manner of sources. At least this is from the government as opposed to some shady business or pac.

[@j.e.g.9513]

@@thelightsilent Nothing you said sounds remotely convincing. What strength has the UK even gained? You are literally comparing the vaccination rate of an island to a continent... really... Well whatever, just don't get your knickers in a knot when this "verge of collapse" doesn't happen. You will just keep making excuses that it will happen a "little later, oh just a little later, just you see" when literally everything will collapse with time.

[@ABowlofWeetabix]

When you have to PAY for good news... it's probably not a good sign

[@thewingedhussar4188]

Not to mention their are loyalist groups in Northern Ireland that withdrew from the Friday agreement. No one is sure, not even the groups, know what to do. Also British ex pats are now looking to northern Ireland to supply British food. Not the UK.

[@norawright807]

But it is not good news. It's calcified and beyond recognition. The good old UK taxpayer is there to foot the bill. Oh, and not to forget the truly evil Home Secretary from hell, Priti Patel, who unmercifully bullied her staff in each of the 3 departments of which she was in charge. She's cost the UK taxpayer a mere £3400,000 to pay off the top civil servant in the home office when he took her to court because of her relentless bullying of those people of lesser stature and power. A shining star in the firmament of this monstrous excuse for a government.

[@calumbishop7082]

@@norawright807 And you know what the saddest thing is. Due to our pathetic excuse of an electoral system and Labour's refusal to work with the third parties. In all likelihood the Tories will remain in government post 2024. There is a very real possibility that we will be stuck with this government until 2029.

[@peterebel7899]

When you have to pay for a good sign .... it's probably no good news.

[@peterebel7899]

@@calumbishop7082 This will turn out to be the last of UK's governments.

[@AnGelo-nv1hx]

Funny that those supporting brexit the most, the fishermen, are also those suffering the most. A comical tragedy. Dante would be embarrassed. 🙈

[@trungnuhwen]

"When you believe a lie for too long, the truth doesn't set you free. It tears you apart." ~ Takeshi Kovac, Altered Carbon

[@knutpohl339]

An Altered Carbon quote under a TLDR News video. The world's gone bonkers. And I love it!

[@StephenButlerOne]

A lie said enough, that turns into a believed fact, is known as a factoid. People miss use that word to mean a fun fact. So the irony is the term factoid has become a factoid.

[@koalasquare2145]

I love that the government is trying to blame businesses for their own failure.

[@grahamguest142]

Worth delving a little further to see if the company's mentioned having support/membership links to the Tories

[@tejashdasgupta1840]

When does the government not to do that.

[@HansVonMannschaft]

Just like how they blame poor people for being poor

[@tejashdasgupta1840]

@@HansVonMannschaft That's also true.

[@charliecrome207]

That is very much a Tory movie lol

[@FurieMan]

People also seem to miss actually reading some of these articles. The metro story isn't so much a success story but a story about how one company managed to only suffer some losses by getting a-lot of help by the government.

[@swanky_yuropean7514]

The issue is that the government shouldn't be involved in writing those articles. We used to call that "propaganda" in the olden days.

[@ruud9761]

@@swanky_yuropean7514 We still call it propaganda xD.

[@swanky_yuropean7514]

@@ruud9761 Do we? Looks like its called state-sponsored advertising now.

[@ruud9761]

@@swanky_yuropean7514 State-sponsored advertising can still be considered propaganda depending on the advertisement and purpose of the advertisement. They often aren't mutually exclusive.

[@bonumdalek7107]

@@swanky_yuropean7514 I thought the Gov. was against EU protectionism! Why should the tax payer be maintaining companies, which are destined to disappear. It's double standards and unfair to other hard working entrepreneurs

[@SirisLayer]

Friend of mine works in a mainland European country at an online shop. Their boss decided to just quit delivery to the UK because the extra paperwork is not worth it. So now they just don't export to the UK anymore and I wouldn't be surprised if this is not the only business doing this

[@GorgeDawes]

Mainland Europe-dweller here. Pretty much everything I used to order online from the U.K. is now either unavailable or significantly more expensive than it was pre-January. Everyone I know who has received a package from the UK has had to wait at least a month for it and in some cases much longer.

[@clearlake3492]

@@GorgeDawes I'm a Brit living in the EU and now won't buy anything from the UK unless it is in a shop or supermarket. Customs duties and delays have killed it for me.

[@VPhantom-rf3qo]

Good

[@VPhantom-rf3qo]

@@clearlake3492 good

[@clearlake3492]

@@VPhantom-rf3qo What's good about it?

[@RealAnonymousse]

The tongue-in-cheek joke of picking a company named Control Techniques as an example in a planted news piece :'D

[@yanish00]

Things are going swimmingly, which is good cause the ship has already sunk...

[@manuelfg2902]

Hahahahahahaha

[@samikiddir2749]

Hhhhhhhhh

[@theredditshow8951]

But at least you still have fish!

[@Rhyas9]

Swimming along with them Happy Fish...

[@svenweihusen57]

Johnson and Farage, the guys which sank the ship, are happily floating on top. So yes, thing are working swimmingly....for certain people.

[@nivolord]

It's like a ceiling collapsed, and the few people who happened to stand in the right place to not get hit hold up their thumbs and say: "See? I'm all right. What's the big deal?"

[@djoakeydoakey1076]

Survivorship bias at its grandest

[@idw9159]

that was called forward planning

[@mogznwaz]

Exaggerate much?

[@bartholomewdan]

@@idw9159 If you have to forward plan for something to minimise damage then that should be a telltale sign that that thing is not very good.

[@NLJeffEU]

Brexit in 2016: Take back control!! 350mil per week to the nhs!! Fish and passport!! Brexit in 2021: best i can do is war in ireland

[@NLJeffEU]

@@urbanspaceman7183 same doesnt count for you i guess

[@NLJeffEU]

@@urbanspaceman7183 no, you are more sneaky than that. I understand

[@NLJeffEU]

@@urbanspaceman7183 as you see, i first placed my home country. GL on plague island

[@viquiben4919]

UK 2031 = England and Wales. EU 2031= Scotland as a member and Ireland reunited. Both leading the anglosphere bussineses between the EU and the rest of the world. For us europeans a pretty good deal.

[@ANO-.-NYM]

@@urbanspaceman7183 Someone looks butthurt.

[@FortyTwoification]

"We do not recognise the figure", how surprising from a Government that employs the guy who said "I think the people of this country have had enough of experts" ... this country is broken

[@laurenceT141]

As the great Adam Savage once said "I reject your reality, and substitute my own!" -- should be Goves personal motto

[@TheExplorder]

The trend of braindrain in government is very worrying and shocking. The UK is walking the same path as the USA. During the next elections, get Boris Johnson out of London and dump him somewhere random. Essex would be fine for instance, he couldn't do any more damage there, I hope...

[@tdb922f]

The Westminster Regime is broken. Most of the rest of the country is (relatively) ok.

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

"We've had enough of experts" is probably the most depressing thing I've heard. I just don't see how this will work with most people becoming ever more specialized. I am so lucky to have a bunch of good friends across multiple fields that I can ask about anything and get a reasonably well thought out response...

[@OuroborosAlchemist]

Just remember though, that the experts are just as bought and paid for like these media sources. They tell what they're told to tell you, not what's true

[@someopinion2846]

Re: map - Latvia and Estonia are also EU members.

[@linusstrand2468]

@@KaptnKork And the Jūrmala beach is so great and beautiful... I wish I could travel again to Latvia soon. Last time I went to Jūrmala was probably my greatest vacation ever. But I can't believe they did not make the EU map correctly. Also you don't even see a part of Finland in these maps.

[@lordbanana8449]

@H U I never understood why a little rain would soil someones holyday.... I mean, normal people would come prepared for the weather when traveling to the country of choice. So when you tell us, that you wasted your days in the rain, then maybe you just weren't prepared for a rainy country. So if sunny weather is so important to you, why would you travel to a rainy country in the first place. I am not a brexit fan, but your poor choice and taste has nothing to do with britain. Kind regards.

[@curlyjoh9055]

Is all going swimmingly apart from: Shellfish Parcels and packages Nth Ireland Supply Chains Musicians and students Financial Services Fish and landfill Cruise liner crews 10% of GDP out the window Companies moving to the continent. Amsterdam's equity market. Up to 50,000 new Customs officers. All the Brexit benefits are crossing to the EU. Well done David Frost with friends like you who needs enemies.

[@germanogirardelli]

Would be really interested in an estimate of the loss in GDP due to financial services fleeing the country. If anyone has numbers please post em below!

[@AnimeReference]

Customs jobs is a benefit, you should strike that one.

[@bokhans]

@@AnimeReference 50 000 civil servants doing today and in the future a job that wasn’t needed 3 months ago is not a benefit. If it was you could employ 150 000 people doing absolutely nothing and see that as a benefit because they got a job after Brexit.

[@AnimeReference]

@@bokhans That's like saying unemployment or pension benefits have no value because they didn't exist in the past. Your actual complaint is that the cost of running customs went up, not that you have more jobs.

[@williebogaerts3970]

@@germanogirardelli If the European Derivatives leave London City- and that's becoming highly probable now- we're talking about up to 80 Trillion pounds. No country can survive such a loss.

[@marcelgiller2528]

The amount of passive-sarcasm is astonishing.

[@HungTran-gz5em]

I would love it if they keep this up

[@danieldickson1617]

dont forget he's "iMpArTiAl"

[@mathiassven]

@@danieldickson1617 I think we call all agree that it is pretty shady what happened, regardless of politics.

[@Xii371]

I love it. Needs to be done. Brexit is an absolute disaster!

[@Pak-sac]

I’m honestly listening to these guys less because of this. I’m straight up a socialist living in Europe so I agree mostly with his personal stances but I despise dishonesty in news. This channel is mostly fine but I hate that they insist that they are impartial and unbiased. They are starting to be more bold with their passive aggressiveness. If they go down that route, that’s fine, just stop insisting it’s unbiased

[@tim01263]

If you haven't done well, it's your own fault. Core tory principle right there.

[@kimwit1307]

Except when it comes to their own blunders, of course. The it is the EU's fault.

[@oMaGicKsv]

As their handing out 80% capped wages to the masses in support of a virus that wasn't their or our fault? But they haven't blamed anyone... they just tried to ease the strain on everyone's lifes? Why do some people only see the negative in everything, pathetic tbh.

[@EvenWaysMusic]

I bet you're enjoying your furlough and vaccine programme which is 5x faster than the EU though. Core free loader principle right there.

[@EvenWaysMusic]

@@oMaGicKsv Some people in this country just have an irrational hate towards conservatives and in this case, people who don't think as they do either. Conservatives can do anything and they'll never be happy and will always hate them because these kind of people have a sense that they are levitating above others.

[@kimwit1307]

@@EvenWaysMusic I'd say that the same can be said of many conservatives.

[@susanpalmer4705]

Propaganda in the face of reality.

[@llifonlewis3092]

You would think that would be illegal wouldn't you

[@31ll087]

@@llifonlewis3092 I thought it was.

[@llifonlewis3092]

@@31ll087 It probably is, but the government doesn't give a shit about the laws they wrote

[@ernestuz]

Exactly, plain old, bold and unashamed propaganda.

[@MK-je7kz]

I finished reading The Animal Farm yesterday and pigs in that used very similar methods.

[@parametr]

The Tories screw my competitiviness up for their sake, make me pay for the gifts they give to their friends, and they also make me pay for the cover-up. Time to take my taxes elsewhere.

[@jamiejones8508]

That is an excellent point.

[@PORRRIDGE_GUN]

Time to stop voting for them could work too. Or is that too difficult?

[@PORRRIDGE_GUN]

@@user-dk2ol7pq6r Museum of Grey M&S Underpants. Not open bank holidays, weekends or September to March.

[@Miningfox]

3:14 Are they focussing on Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to make the people there stay in the union? Sure looks like it on the map...

[@podolanko7]

@@Miningfox Love it. You struck a jackpot with that comment.

[@c4lumm4c]

Yes

[@Yeosprings]

Really interesting. I didn't realise the government was paying to post positive articles. I will have to keep a look out in future.

[@bernardjugnet447]

Waste of money from the government when the Daily Express or the Telegraph spreads their propaganda for free!!!

[@dicerevo]

@@bernardjugnet447 oh it’s not free... these tax loopholes don’t stay open on their own

[@Yeosprings]

@@philipcrossley1279 True 🤣

[@gerbenvanessen]

with money paid for by your taxes reporting on businesses who needed specialised help paid for by your taxes to navigate the extra bureaucracy paid for by your taxes to hide that less things being sold means there is less to be taxed from the economic activity of other companies.

[@pouyabaniasadi6014]

Thank you for being an independent journalist exposing shenanigans! your work is amazing, and I am so grateful that you do this very important work. Thank you TLDR News!

[@mogznwaz]

Independent? Are you having a laugh? Independent doesn't equal objective. It is quite obvious what TLDRs views are, which automatically means it is not independent or objective

[@jacobarcher1097]

@@mogznwaz independent just means self funded, which they are, also there very good at letting you know what's there opinion and what's data there presenting. Everything is biased it's just how you disclose that bias

[@bartholomewdan]

@@mogznwaz Regardless of what your political opinion is, the government paying for ads disguised as articles to paint a picture they want the public to see is pretty shady.

[@writeordie5452]

Boris, is that you?

[@SaorAlba1970]

it's the end of the UK ... Scotland will be leaving later this year our place is in the EU

[@michaeljf6472]

"Uh, we had slight economy malfunction, but uh everything's perfectly alright now, we're fine, we're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?"

[@ssm2879]

Shoots Brexit console, " Boring conversation anyway."

[@sterlingarcher4989]

May the farce be with us.

[@jimjiminyjaroo300]

Whose the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?

[@QT5656]

"Boring conversation anyway" 😂

[@theemperororsomethingidont6897]

@@sterlingarcher4989 because you are definitely gonna need it

[@PyckledNyk]

It’s interesting the papers were primarily published near Wales and Scotland. I wonder if England is worried its neighbors will leave it.

[@grahamleiper1538]

@David McCallum you actually believe that? Just do a quick Google for the recently deleted LSE blog. Also if you do a Google for HMRC regional trade statistics, literally the only parts of the UK which have a trade surplus are Scotland and Northern Ireland.

[@grahamleiper1538]

@David McCallum or the oil revenues. Look at Norway, look at Scotland. The difference is Westminster.

[@msaone]

Finally a new episode of my favorite show, BREXIT.

[@murphy8513]

"Control Techniques Group is owned by Nidec Corporation of Japan." It's great to see British business seizing the opportunities of Brexit.

[@berth2647]

A real brexitear drives a Japanese car they hate European cars Japan say's thank you UK..

[@SaorAlba1970]

it's the end of the UK ... Scotland will be leaving later this year our place is in the EU

[@erichoberg3502]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ryadhasanahmed5443]

@@berth2647 tbf I prefer Japanese cars over European junk anyway 🤷‍♂️ especially given how awful British, French, and Italian cars are for long term reliability, German cars are only good to own within their warranty period otherwise dump them when it runs out to avoid large bills

[@tatianatub]

looks like those companies are doing great in spite of rather than because of brexit

[@swanky_yuropean7514]

Sure some might be winning but that doesn't show us an objective picture of how things really are. And secondly, the government shouldn't be involved in writing the news.

[@johannescuellar9021]

Lol

[@PeterAuto1]

they found 5 companies that are doing well. which isn't really representative

[@nickbraam5605]

Brexit has benefits?

[@guidosalescalvano9862]

They aren't doing good. The beginning part of the video is about how the UK government paid off newspapers to publish stories that businesses are doing good. The remainder of the video details how export has pretty much collapsed.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Just closing my window so I can hear you above the wailing of the seafood industry.

[@GorgeDawes]

Shouldn’t that be the whaling of the seafood industry?

[@davidhoran7116]

@@GorgeDawes top comment great, second comment amazing

[@prion42]

I actually googled "how's brexit going then lads" and this video came up number 3

[@ConnorKD1876]

A free independant Scotland is coming in the eu or not the union is over 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@JamesRoyceDawson]

Nice of the government to let us know about those three stories of people doing well because of Brexit and not the mountainous shitload of stories of businesses doing worse because of it

[@dariusgunter5344]

Hey just wait long enough and if covid and brexit work together they may kill all the bad story's, because you know only the ones that had luck and made more profits bad not less are still standing (you just need to sweep the dead companies under the ruck of scottish independence or something like that)

[@squngy0]

Even for those 3, are they doing well because of brexit or in spite of it?

[@boldiegoldie]

Brexit is still going crap here in NI, most things like Amazon still barely ship here

[@garrenwright256]

Convince RoI to leave the EU

[@connororeilly2921]

@@garrenwright256 why would they leave the EU??

[@kimwit1307]

It was obvious from the start that brexit would knacker the GFA in one way or another.

[@stefg211]

It's not different anywhere else

[@gadgetpotato1975]

I think if we ever got that tunnel built, it’d be a new chapter for NI trade

[@natel9388]

I have realised that after Brexit the quality and longevity of our fruit and veg has gone down

[@danieldickson1617]

tastes bitter in your mouth does it

[@Hellwyck]

our vegetables are now running the country.

[@TadeuszCantwell]

There is an interesting pattern to the local papers the "articles" appeared in. Mostly in Scotland where there is a certain consistancy in polling for indepenadnce. Then down in the South which is the Brexit Heartland.

[@SaorAlba1970]

it's the end of the UK ... Scotland will be leaving later this year our place is in the EU

[@regret9423]

@@SaorAlba1970 hopefully

[@4vesta255]

The South of England wasn’t really a Brexit heartland, it voted 52% remain. But I agree that the geographic placement of these stories is interesting: Scotland and the South were both pretty remain-y regions.

[@לעזאזלעםגוביידן]

you are third country now because your brexit vote and now complain being treated like 3rd country smh

[@simonrodgers2375]

Don't see many Brexiteers complaining just rejoiners claiming that Brexiteers are complaining.

[@לעזאזלעםגוביידן]

@@simonrodgers2375 just go to BBC or Sky News

[@conorcrowley6256]

Thought this was going to be a video on the UK about to mess with Northern Ireland and potentially being taken to court by the EU. Hopefully get one soon.

[@EvenWaysMusic]

Hasn't it been the EU messing about with NI and the border?

[@neodym5809]

@@EvenWaysMusic No, it hasnt. The EU is following the NI protocol, which was agreed by the UK, voted on by the UK parliament and signed by the Queen.

[@EvenWaysMusic]

@@neodym5809 So the EU trying to strong arm the UK by saying they were going to use Article 16 to create a hard border to stop trade going into NI and into GB, wasn't messing with NI? Sinn Fein, DUP, RoI Gov and UK Gov all seem to think it was and so much so, it some how brought them all together on an issue... But you know better lol

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

@@EvenWaysMusic Both sides are trying that tactic. First the UK, then the EU, now the UK again. Pot calling the kettle black either way. We'll see if/when one of the idiots decides to stop bluffing and actually do it.

[@sidneypedroso3415]

@@EvenWaysMusic EU is not playing, your prime minister SIGNED this deal, and said its was good.

[@TheWildmanden]

This is some very solid journalism, lads. Well done TLDR

[@Bushflare]

... are you high? This is as deceptively framed as the Metro articles. Nowhere in this video does the writer make comment on the role the EU played in frustrating the negotiations, nor the years our own parliament spent trying to overturn the vote. “People didn’t have enough time with the deal.” Shocking, really, who’d have thought Brexit would land rough when all the political forces who benefit from it landing rough spent years making it as difficult as possible. Not worth mentioning in the news though, right? Very solid journalism. As white as our government is the EU and our opposition have as much blame to share for this mess as everyone else.

[@Chrissy717]

@@Bushflare I disagree with what was being sad in this video, therefore this is bad journalism. Oh god, how far have we come now?

[@Boreasos]

@@Chrissy717 It's poor journalism because it kicks off by poisoning the well, not because the editorial opinions are disagreeable.

[@Munkenba]

@@Bushflare No the framing makes sense. The government is currently run by the big names of the leave campaign, exactly the people who sold the story that this would all be a breeze. The fact that those same people are mounting a pr campaign to pretend it's going swimmingly is the latest piece in this 5 year deception. What the eu did to muddle the negotiation efforts is a different story entirely. Personally though, I think if you spend 5 years telling everyone what a monster your negotiating partner is, cranking up public vitriol on such an epic scale, it's hard to then sit across from them and ask "pretty please will you be nice to us".

[@Bushflare]

@@Chrissy717 “I agree with what was being sad in this video, therefore this is good journalism. Oh god, how far have we come now?”

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

Living in Dublin i have stopped shopping online from U K and have unsubscibed to 4 online shops for alerts. There must be hundreds if not thousands like me.

[@HungTran-gz5em]

What changed, if you dont mind my asking?

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

@@HungTran-gz5em V A T and collection fees for same.

[@HungTran-gz5em]

@@williampatrickfagan7590 Thanks

[@j.jwhitty5861]

Living in the ROI also and it is actually cheaper to buy goods from france and germany than the UK.

[@lockydude007]

Me too. It's amazing how many UK websites I used and didn't really noticed I used to buy from. Now I all the business i have has goes to German websites.

[@connormerritt9519]

WOW IT'S ALMOST LIKE LEAVING THE EU WAS A BAD IDEA

[@simonrodgers2375]

Not for us patriots that don't hide under tables and piss ourselves. We're loving Brexit but more importantly we're loving the salty tears of the bitter, bitter rejoiner lot.

[@TheMammucaro]

@@simonrodgers2375 Well you just choose to hide into your idealistic bubble where the idea of being a patriot makes you feel proud and strong despite the reality of things. You also anchor yourself to an ancient concept of patriotism, which simply does not live up to our current interconnected world. I suppose you are just better off watching some movies about ww2 and tell yourself how cool you are because you are British.

[@hiya2793]

Turns out not for us europeans. Now the the UK is finally gone, they can't VETO on everything to suck up to the americans - and stop us from getting things done. So we're getting trade deals done, and building the first steps into an european military force.

[@pandora8478]

@@simonrodgers2375 a patriot would want the best for the country. No one has ever left a trading block. The reason’s that it’s bad for trade.

[@simonrodgers2375]

@@pandora8478 leaving the EU was best for the country. Yeah we've been hit economically (of which I'm sure we'll recover from) but we've left a block that's fast becoming the United States Of Europe. For instance did you know that they're planning on destroying national sovereignty huh. Patriots don't hide under tables, we knew that there'd be struggles yet voted for it because it was the right thing to do. Brexiteers are patriots, remainers piss their pants and hide under tables.

[@vienna_1756]

I've been living in the EU since I was 22 (18 years ago) and I wasn't allowed to vote since 'you've been too long outside the UK to vote'. Right, well that sounds fair. So abandoned by my country and abandoned by the EU. Thanks guys.

[@G_Okr]

It's also interesting that the majority of the newspapers seem to be in Scotland. I wonder why...

[@AlwaysAC]

Oh don’t worry the unionist propaganda machine if fully up and running now

[@simonrodgers2375]

Pushing an Indyref2 for the chance to sponge off of the EU instead of the UK.

[@osotota8417]

I love how the government thinks it can get away from it...

[@Bushflare]

The conservatives are just eating votes from Labour in the polling so it seems to be working. Maybe if we had a competent opposition?

[@osotota8417]

@@BushflareOh I don't think the second/first (delete as applicable) coming of christ is due for another few years yet...

[@leahliddle324]

Britain may not have voter suppression on the level of America, but the fact that the Conservative Party is a great networking environment for getting senior jobs in business and media, and vice versa, means that they constantly have the high ground in the battle for voter approval. It's not even strictly speaking censorship or state media, it's just that if you're going to influence public opinion in Britain you have to be pretty powerful, and the places were powerful people hang out in the UK are places where you find yourself splitting pints with Tories. They can get away with murder.

[@Bushflare]

@@osotota8417 Wake me up when the rapture comes. I’m going to hell but at least it’s not run by Westminster.

[@cindermoth3421]

I mean, it sure appears to be the case for now. Will probably take a while longer before the brexit media will truly be unable to cover the problems up anymore. What happens then is anyone's guess.

[@jetwaffle1116]

There are also loyalist paramilitaries in East Belfast who are thinking of dropping peace because of the Northern Ireland Protocol, so that bit’s still going well...

[@c12onnor]

It's almost comical at this point though, you'd think they'd give up being loyalist when the UK government is literally shitting on them every single day.

[@liamd01]

Gee, who could have foreseen that one coming?....... oh wait, everyone!

[@tomblack4634]

That’s not the governments fault that once again is the EU and ultimately they could just not be violent.

[@jetwaffle1116]

@@tomblack4634 would you trust the UVF?

[@tomblack4634]

@@jetwaffle1116 terorist organisations shouldn’t even exist in the UK. Throw them all into prison or fly them over to Syria. If they want to blow shit up.

[@seanpatrick1243]

“Working with Europe” = Tearing up Good Friday Agreement

[@SaorAlba1970]

it's the end of the UK ... Scotland will be leaving later this year our place is in the EU

[@seanpatrick1243]

@@SaorAlba1970 I'd be surprised if it happens so soon, but yes, I agree that it is almost inevitable at this point. Irish reunification as well. Engales is what I am calling what will remain of the UK . . . Assuming Wales doesn't splinter off too.

[@SeanGHOB]

I do support for Sage accounting software here in Ireland. I've had customers asking me what changes to make in their accounting procedures for Brexit since last September. The update for the software didn't appear until the middle of January, even though the new VAT rules took effect on Jan 1st. I can't blame Sage for that. They had no lead-time due to the fact that the deal only happened at the 11th hour. You can't write software to implement rules you haven't been told. Several of my customers have told me that, "it's a nightmare" and that they can sell into the UK with some difficulty but buying from the UK is next to impossible.

[@cindermoth3421]

Aye that problem probably screwed over a lot of people and companies. If only the UK government would have stopped playing chicken with EU regarding the agreement this could've been prevented.

[@mees9704]

the EU is currently taking the UK to international court. So it isn't going that great.

[@HungTran-gz5em]

Oh my, take the UK to court about what?

[@rettenthetetlen8759]

@@HungTran-gz5em Breaking international law maybe? Have you been asleep in a last 6 months???

[@GorgeDawes]

The UK’s decision to infringe international law by choosing to renege on signed agreements vis-a-vis Northern Ireland. In a stroke of tactical genius, the U.K. is doing this right at the moment that they are trying to get the EU to agree to special provisions to protect the UK financial industry from the consequences of Brexit. That’s some real joined-up thinking there lads.

[@mees9704]

@@HungTran-gz5em The EU will take “infringement proceedings” against the U.K. for its decision to unilaterally extend grace periods on post-Brexit customs checks at Northern Ireland’s ports.

[@HungTran-gz5em]

@@GorgeDawes Thanks!

[@joseluissileboriaco7603]

My like came automatically when fish was mentioned.

[@Bushflare]

respec fishe

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

After 5 years of searching I have failed to find a single benefit to BRexit, apart from those to the financial speculators and Tax Avoiders. However, my list of negatives grows longer every day. "Sovereignty" is a some what abstract thing, not a simple concept at all. On this one topic I have looked at many aspects of this nebulous subject and have, again, failed to find a gain.

[@Vaderi300]

The racists love it.

[@iMacEagle1]

My words. If it gets worse and EU will grow then time to leave this sinking brexit Ship.

[@gerbenvanessen]

man up in a tree has lots of sovereignty, but the man at the foot with an axe has the power.

[@godlovesyou1995]

More fishing waters, stronger democarcy, more power to settle our own affairs, EU looking more and more like an empire run by Germany, France partonising the UK constantly to appeal to their own people.

[@gerbenvanessen]

@@godlovesyou1995 how is that kool-aid? wouldn't drink it if I were you.

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

So, this "is already paying off because 50% of trucks are being retained for less than 1h" but weren't they not being retained at all before Brexit?

[@rmsgrey]

And there are only 40% of the old number of trucks going at all, so only 20% of trucks are being retained for less than an hour, 20% for more than an hour, and 60% have just plain been cancelled...

[@TheGeorge980]

I had to pay 125 pounds fees on a 500 pounds item I bought from Italy... I’ll not buy again from EU and people from EU most likely will not buy from UK.

[@TheMammucaro]

@Will Savage Yes trade has continued, but it's less, there is no way of denying this. A lot of stuff gets more expensive, and some products are simply not worth anymore to export/import after tariffs. It's simple economics.

[@hiya2793]

@Will Savage Procedures won't be established if one party is breaking international law. Switzerland has always been a good trading partner, doing exactly what we expected of them and playing by our rules. Britain is showing resistance, so we'll just find someone else to buy our goods from. It's not like people aren't lining up to do trade with the most powerful economic entity on the planet...

[@ANO-.-NYM]

@Will Savage Looks like someone's got Stockholm syndrome for Brexit...

[@GorgeDawes]

HMG is dropping sponsored “everything is fine” pieces in The Independent too.

[@gfrewqpoiu]

Any links?

[@kanedNunable]

well its owner does donate to boris

[@davedogge2280]

Well I'm in Spain and some UK exporters to Spain are not even exporting to Spain anymore because of the hassle. Also for many products coming into Spain from large UK companies that have traditionally been routed via the German hub (say via UPS) there are up to 1.5 month in delays for non-essential luxury goods and toys due to German customs having a massive backlog. Not only that, also if you are in Spain YOU DO have to PAY VAT on the Spanish side for UK imported products (I think if they are more than 20 euros in value and Spanish customs nabs you when you come to collect but they prefer that you pay upfront - and often there are admin costs added) so there is that problem BUT you also have to pay VAT on the UK side to buy the original item in the first place and I dunno if you can reclaim or how to go about reclaiming VAT - paying VAT twice is double taxation and doesn't sound right to me. All that last minute deal talk about 'free trade' in that 1000 page deal that was signed for and agreed was a load of old bullocks, it's created major problems and more costs to the consumer at the end of the day.

[@Croz89]

You shouldn't pay VAT twice, products for export should be sold without VAT. Problem is it can be complicated, there are often significant fees charged by couriers, and the onus is on the supplier or customer, not the government, to claim any VAT refund. Plus very small businesses are often VAT exempt, but when you import from such business overseas, there is no exemption, VAT is applicable on _all_ goods over a small value.

[@davedogge2280]

@@Croz89 I'm pretty sure that say for example you buy some Warhammer Hammer miniatures from UK based Element Games or Wayland Games, they charge you UK VAT on the transaction (almost sure of this), then you specify that you ship it to Spain direct via courier. I am certain that if customs in Spain examine it and see that it's from a UK retailer and there's a high value on the product (say £300) then they're going to charge you Spanish VAT (IVA) plus some admin fees. The question is how do you go about reclaiming the UK side VAT as a customer. Some Spanish guy in Belgium who ordered stuff from the UK got charged VAT twice and he managed to reclaim the UK side VAT but I dunno how he went about it, so I do know this happens.

[@simoncaine9515]

This is the first time I've felt the full force of your passive aggression. And I'm digging it. As much as you like being impartial, this I loved how sassy you were in this.

[@Bushflare]

I don’t think framing this as an issue of Johnson’s government and not of the past 5 years of failures on behalf of the EU and the U.K. & our opposition to just work together to not screw over the British people is impartial framing but hey, what else is new?

[@simoncaine9515]

@@Bushflare personally, I feel the left / opposition has let down everyone and it has left me without a party to vote for. I mean, I vote green, but that's basically a wasted vote. The bit that annoyed me is the current government buying sponsored ads in local / national press. A while back they rebranded their twitter as a fact checking service. It's horrible. I'm not anti-Tory. In fact I massively rate Rishi and the way he's handled his job in all this (even if I don't agree with all of his choices). But it is crazy that they'll buy ads in newspapers because it says 1 of 2 things - 1) they're willing to put propaganda out there OR 2) there are businesses who are doing well and our failing news media won't cover them as it'll be a change to their narrative and who can be bother with that when negative news gets clicks...

[@Bushflare]

@@simoncaine9515 I’ll take obvious government propaganda I can get mad about and factor into my vote over obvious partisan ragebait propaganda that I can’t actually do anything about and have to waste time struggling to verify any day of the week. If the media’s going to lie to me anyway I’d at least appreciate them not wasting my time when they do it. 21st century news, the truth need not apply. Fucking dystopia, man...

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@simoncaine9515 A vote for a viable party you don’t really support is just as wasted as a vote for a party that roughly agrees with you, but holds no promise.

[@simoncaine9515]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 absolutely agree with you. I just wish there were more "main parties" or less support for two big ones, which both don't represent me. 😀

[@jamiejones8508]

I don’t find this “simple”, I find it bloody sinister. I wonder how much it cost the UK tax payer to try to persuade voters that Brexit has been going well?

[@wolfgangpreier9160]

Currently about 200 millions. In 2021. The total numbers are not in because the government has decided to break their own law and not publicise all contracts. There are still over 100 contracts from 2019 not published. But i guess thats not a suprprise.

[@MajinMunga]

@@wolfgangpreier9160 so basically your gvrmnt is the same bullshit as mine in PL. They were suppose to be transparent servants of people, and they are the very thing they are not suppose to. Wich is "operate in shadows, show nothing, it's OUR money and interests" :D

[@wolfgangpreier9160]

@@MajinMunga it was. Yes . Then they stumbled over a fake sellout of the country to the niece of a oligarch. 😂🤣🥸

[@SaorAlba1970]

it's the end of the UK ... Scotland will be leaving later this year our place is in the EU

[@wolfgangpreier9160]

@@SaorAlba1970 No its not. Its also not our "place". But its a nice cozy warm feeling to be protected by the overbearing and ptrotectionist institution called "the EU". Its just no "place" to be. Ok its name suggests its European, but thats all.

[@mururoa7024]

Sounds like buyers remorse is turning into a Stockholm syndrome.

[@PaulLemars01]

@David McCallum Wow, the death penalty for expressing an alternative opinion. Nice democracy you've got there sunshine.

[@MrMusicalgenius121]

@David McCallum what an absolute weirdo you are

[@faustusTVR]

@David McCallum What was the comment you deleted? _death penalty?

[@augustus331]

We used to look up to the UK. Man, how things have changed.

[@angelamarreiros2919]

I've never looked up to the UK..

[@augustus331]

@@angelamarreiros2919 You were ahead of your time, then.

[@brandon3872]

While this is true, it's pointless comparing exports in Jan 2020 to Jan 2021 as we weren't in lockdown in Jan 2020.

[@redfallout7650]

Why would exports become slower now that were in lockdown?

[@awesomelyshorticles]

@@redfallout7650 theres a lot less consumption right now, and therefore less shipping. People arent buying things as much. Its the same story across the world: chinas exports are down, US exports are down, EU exports are down.

[@redfallout7650]

@@awesomelyshorticles can you show me proof that exports are down? Also anyone could see that this is wrong, people are eating more and gaining weight in lockdown, shops are shut so people have to buy online off of Amazon from other countries.

[@redfallout7650]

@@awesomelyshorticles show proof that exports are down in those countries and tell me how I’m wrong instead of consuming bias news!!

[@M0UAW_IO83]

Except there is, you can adjust figures for the impact of COVID lockdowns because they will have affected almost all countries to roughly the same extent. Now work out why the UK's figures are *so* different even with an adjustment for COVID lockdown and have a think about what else happened on December 31st.

[@MolloyPolloy]

The ignorance, treatment and indifference by the Tories towards Northern Ireland and Ireland as a whole is staggering. Why can't the DUP see they're just being used time and time again by the Tories.

[@hamzahasif533]

The ignorance, treatment and indifference by the Eu towards ROIreland . Why can't the Irish Gov see they're just being used time and time again by the Eu.

[@JamesHussey404]

@@hamzahasif533 You mean the same EU who actually went out of there way to learn about the greivences we here in Ireland had with Brexit and a land border which would break the GFA. The same EU that has treated Ireland as an equal and given it an opportunity to grow socially and economically. Yeah nice try but Uno reverse doesn't work here.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

They abandoned N. Ireland to its demographic fate with the Good Friday agreement. The betrayal just took a while to reveal itself, but the snare is already tripped. Any Unionist fervor now is a death rattle, whether they realize it or not. If the Unionist paras return to arms, they lose. If they stay committed to the peace-process, they lose quieter. I don’t know how this wasn’t foreseen years ago. It must have been.

[@hamzahasif533]

@@JamesHussey404 the mean the same eu who almost implemented a hard border during the vaccine battle breaking the gfa, the same eu who used Ireland the undermine the uk and brexit to gain more favourable terms

[@JamesHussey404]

@@hamzahasif533 Brexit was a disadvantage for Britain in general the world told you all you needed to know but you and the rest of the Brexiteers said fear mongering and remoaners and the EU as I've said went out and educated themselves about Ireland's worries meanwhile the drum beating Brexiteers didn't and the EU never implementes Article 16 only suggested it without Ireland and others attending and wasn't Bojo and crew the first to threaten the EU with article 16 and then did it again after the EU where's your criticism of Bojo and the British Government oh that's right you're a brexiteer. Yeah nice try how's your trade deals going oh yeah that's right it's copy paste from when you where still in the EU with concessions to your New trade partners get with reality.

[@danieledallolio1126]

It is only a matter of time and then those who voted for brexit will understand the huge mistake. Returning to the glories of the past without EU will be very difficult.

[@viccie211]

Oooh snarky TL;DR News, something I didn't know I needed badly in my life!

[@grahamguest142]

They can only tell everyone that brexit is only having a few "teething troubles" for so long, baby's (voters) bite when they find they have big teeth.

[@clearlake3492]

graham guest Not convinced you are right. The Toris are now 13% ahead in the polls at a time when it is already obvious that Brexit is proving a disaster.

[@Munkenba]

Shame the next general election isn't until 2024. People have short memories and Newscorp doesn't need anywhere near that amount of time to learn how to spin this into something the people "want". Christ it will have been nearly eight years of this by then...

[@grahamguest142]

Early days, lot's of nasty stuff/news headlines coming up this year and onwards expect real jobless numbers to be in eight figs by GE24 the love affair will be truly over.

[@MrBizteck]

Im surprised they havent blamed Covid next.

[@VPhantom-rf3qo]

@@Munkenba Imagine thinking newscorp is as powerful as broadcast media

[@edmusto9622]

My own experience: i cant send my Christmas presents to my mum and my dog in France without spending £100 in shipping. The cost of my EU imported medicine has tripled and i cant use my phone’s data when i go and visit. Yeaaaaah really beneficial. Smh

[@Xii371]

It's so frustrating that all this has been forced on the British public due to a completely incompetent government

[@immoloism]

Which phone company is charging you to roam in the EU?

[@SA-vk9qt]

you wanna switch carrier then lol mine and most ive seen don't charge :) Also what do you mean by EU imported medicine?

[@playcryptx2238]

@@immoloismall of them xD it's only free because the EU made it free, UK is not in the EU so a UK number will have to pay.

[@davidhargrave7223]

@@immoloism he’s just making it all up

[@daraboyd]

Jesus lads, you want to be careful saying 'Troubles at the Border'!

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

The indoctrinates are making it a self fulfilling prophecy at the behest of their Masters in Brussels.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@thegrandmuftiofwakanda The Unionists shoot themselves in the foot with every provocation. Choke on your fairy tales, hard realities are at play in Northern Ireland - and if blood is spilled there will be only one actor that shoulders the blame this time - a catch 22, nothing to do with Brussels, misdirect elsewhere.

[@prophetsnake]

I've had five failed transactions with UK suppliers in just over two months. All small beer, but add all of that beer up, and...

[@elmo319]

Sadly it’s not one way traffic. Try selling to UK customers now thanks to extra EU paperwork.

[@prophetsnake]

@@elmo319 I don't envy you. The worst of it seems to be traffic from the UK. Irish UK trade is down about a third I believe, whereas UK-IRL is closer to two thirds. No comfort at all if you are one of the traders who can't peddle your goods.

[@hughreed621]

Would be interesting to know the real story behind these companies - how real are the companies? and how accurate is this reported success?

[@jetwaffle1116]

I love the throwing shade, it’s new and I’m all here for it

[@francoisviljoen4002]

Brexit was about keeping the UK a tax haven, for the rich, and avoiding pesky EU laws.

[@blueslsd]

Been banging that drum for 4 years .

[@grmancool]

Ordered a jumper on Topman to Germany for my birthday Took a month to arrive

[@random_channel7376]

big ooff I ordered a chair and it was supposed to arrive 2 weeks ago lol

[@aaaaa4697]

Live in the Netherlands, still getting Christmas gifts from Ireland to this day, think to improve efficiency they'll have to cut England out at this point. I just feel bad for their kids, they will be stuck on their island while the rest of us share and benefit from new encounters and cultures. Irish privilege a the hand of poor British management is fascinatingly poetic.

[@theancientsancients1769]

Covid since last year delayed most parcels and brexit adjustments will take some time too ✌️

[@simpleasliam657]

The company I work for struggled to adapt because the exact export rules for us weren't made clear until the final days before brexit... we have managed so far but the paperwork is ridiculous and customs rules are a tragedy

[@craftyfox1]

We have always bought a certain product, at a cost of £400, from Poland. Delivered for £28. This month, the same product cost us the £28 delivery charge plus £116 import duty. So what happened to "No Tariffs"? So we no longer supply this product and we do not export because the paperwork and time spent is not worth the trouble.

[@paulrichardallen8953]

So I would like to see how our nation has improved with its new “sovereignty” 🤣 Are we now greener, happier and healthier since the heavy boot of the EU has been lifted from our throats...? Or has our government used the freedom from basic standards for citizens, workers, the environment and animal welfare previously implemented by the EU to lower standards across the board and to line their pockets with cash from big businesses? I wonder 💭

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

As it turns out, one cannot prepare sovereignty for dinner.

[@paulrichardallen8953]

@David McCallum so not paying for membership IS worth billions of pounds loss in trade, and the loss of perks and protection that the EU offer to not just the uk as a whole but to us as individuals within the uk. You are sure that that makes to you?

[@paulrichardallen8953]

@David McCallum but a larger deficit and loosing everything you did get out of it and gaining nothing.. is a benefit... glad you don’t do my finances 🤣

[@paulrichardallen8953]

@David McCallum what do you mean my a trade deficit? Because I’m sure we have our wires crossed here.

[@paulrichardallen8953]

@David McCallum 🤣🤣🤣 okay, you clearly don’t understand how global trade works and it’s far too big a subject to get into on a message stream. Please, please, please educate yourself on this subject if you are going to oppose people’s comments. It’s important that you understand what you are saying otherwise you will give people misleading information as well as misunderstand the subject itself.

[@krisrudecki9477]

Holy hell I didn’t expect UK to fall this low ... I wonder how low it can go now 🤔

[@rettenthetetlen8759]

If you want to see where UK is heading, take a glance at Hungary. Just add a bit of time and it will become a mess what Orban created. Almost same symptoms Hungary had before became what it is today.

[@0w784g]

I assume you're referring the first half of the video. I think it's a reprehensible practice, but you must be aware the opposition does it, companies do it, the EU does it. Mix that with the adversarial nature of the British press and you don't get an unbiased view. The thing is, that has *never* been thus in the UK. If you thought otherwise, then you are, in my humble opinion, probably some combination of young and naïve. Treat news sources with scepticism.

[@krisrudecki9477]

@@0w784g UK media is one of the worst I’ve seen in any country. On par with what’s currently happening in Poland which is abhorrent. If you think this is ok, then it’s your opinion. I think it’s horrible and not how it should be. Media should be accountable and there should be laws enforcing at least some level of transparency. In UK it’s a cesspit of bias and lies 80% of the time.

[@rettenthetetlen8759]

@@0w784g I'm middle aged person and I think I do make efforts not to believe just one side of the whole shebang. I'm hungarian and I saw my country ruined by the same forces that emerged in the UK. I have zero tolerance towards radical acting and facistoid mechanisms. As I said if you want to see the way the uk seemingly choosed, take a look at Hungary.

[@EvenWaysMusic]

There are loads of really good outcomes so far. Such as Nissan say Brexit has helped them become more competitve and how they are investing more into car production in the UK, as well as moving their entire electric car battery production to the UK too. And then there's all the new trades deals, CPTPP, the agreement with the US yesterday to remove some tariffs. I could go on. But this guy didn't say anything but negative stuff. But I expect nothing less from TLDR to be honest. They are quite anti UK.

[@Fonsmail]

To some people in the UK brexit is a return to being this great world playing kingdom. The problem there is that your own perception of yourself is not what makes the UK this great kingdom, its the perception of the countries around you...

[@bartholomewdan]

Yeah, the UK is a laughing stock at this point, just like the US.

[@LOCOMOTIONNUMBER1]

What happened to the Brexit dividend and all the money promised to the NHS. All I know so far is that importers of EU goods have suffered higher costs from additional paperwork and checks and British imports to the EU have fallen because of the additional importation costs and they can buy the same goods cheaper from other EU countries. So far it’s been a lose lose situation.

[@oj3774]

Maybe if they'd put as much effort into getting a deal as making propaganda, we'd be doing better.

[@bikkiikun]

So that's the new meaning of "success"... just barely averting disaster.

[@ampest444]

Damn the media is supposed to hold the goverment accountable not be their pets

[@commandantcousteau6874]

-TLDR:"Courier". -My ears:"Korea".

[@bigeddiespaghetti5618]

**Korean war PTSD flashback**

[@Munkenba]

Yeah lol Koreas having trouble at the border isn't exactly news amirite?

[@NJ-xp4eb]

I did research on Brexit with businesses and many companies were just left fending on their own.

[@joseluki]

Is hilarious that a country that was adamant setting the rules and regulations that countries must follow to import inside the EU (when the UK was part of it) does not have a clue to support their businesses about the paperwork they need to fill to export following the rules they contributed to create, more considering the British government had more than 4 years to be prepared for this. The level of lack of will and incompetence at the public workers and the British government is astonishing.

[@odysseasbratos5628]

I really disliked Brexit but I hope everything goes alright.

[@Bushflare]

Coolbeans, my dude. (^_^)b

[@sirgaymeerkat1994]

i hope for the brexit supporters it doesn't!

[@Bushflare]

@@sirgaymeerkat1994 These beans are very uncool. (-_-)p

[@m.d.9277]

ah my favourite site to see how brexit is going, I think to be fair to Britain some mention of the vaccine rollout is worthwhile because it does show a real effect of being able to run things more nimbly and locally, that being said the vaccines are a single success in what seems like an ocean of failure

[@Bushflare]

You’d think it’d also be worth mentioning that businesses only had a few weeks to adapt out of five odd years of Brexit because the EU and our own Parliament spent most of that time frustrating any and all attempts at making progress on a deal that wouldn’t ream the UK’s asshole wide open but naw it was all Johnson’s Government’s fault even though the floppy toff only got power at the tail end of it. And tl;dr had the nerve to open with a criticism of ‘deceptive framing’. Bloody cheek of it.

[@rettenthetetlen8759]

One "seemingly" succeeded act, and a loads of steaming mess what not being communicated in the media. Wonder why. 😂

[@kimwit1307]

@@Bushflare And who was to blame for the deal to take so long? The UK was directionless in the first half and obstructionist in the second half of that period by demanding all sorts of things they bloody wel l knew the EU would never give them since that would give the UK the cake and let them eat it too. And that is not how it works. BoJo was foreign minsiter for most of the first period as well, in case you forgot. It was the UK's choice to go for a goods only deal with no tariffs. They could have done more, bit chose not to because of politics. The UK got it done in the way they wanted it, or how they thought they wanted it. Now they have to accept the consequences.

[@Bushflare]

@@kimwit1307 So why was the U.K. directionless for the first 3 years? Because the ruling party was led by a remainer and the opposition party was led by a remainer and every other party in government was led by a remainer. And why were they obstructionist in the year Boris had in charge? Because the EU was demanding all sorts of things they bloody well knew the U.K. would never give them since that would leave the U.K. without a cake and starving for the trouble. Almost like the entire Brexit period was an absolute clowncar fiesta where neither government was willing to do the right thing and think of the people because shockingly both the EU and the U.K. are run almost exclusively by retards. But yeah, not worth mentioning the bullshit when the EU does it. Tribalism is a hell of a drug, fam.

[@kimwit1307]

@@Bushflare Why? Mostly because the UK couldn't agree on what kind of brexit they wanted. Or even what it meant. But one thing was clear: the brexiteers had told the people that they could get out of the EU while still remain a part of the single market. Guess what, you can't. Not without giving some of that precious sovereignity. The EY made it very clear from the start that you can't have one without the other, but the UK refused to listen. There is a deal now but from the UK perspective it is a meagere one. The EU has preseverd its single market and that was its main goal. The UK is a thrid country now and is treated as such by the EU. Don't like it? Blame brexit.

[@VictorECaplon]

I see Finland, Latvia and Estonia are not in the EU on the map, just saying for next time ;)

[@fabulouscat3911]

Yeah kinda weird

[@ogribiker8535]

Or Greece, Cyprus and Malta !

[@AntrozLPs]

Why are the maps always wrong? It takes just a quick google search to find a real map of the EU or Schengen. What's causing these problems?

[@ukmaxi]

@@AntrozLPs Speed... Because they operate as a news channel that has to be current and only having very few (probably tired) people running it/them they often make many little mistakes in the graphics due to little time available to check them.

[@cacojo15]

@@ogribiker8535 Are you talking about the map in the video? because Greece is colored correctly and, Cyprus and Malta are not even in the frame.

[@wermagst]

The shipping department of my company is facing problems in finding forwarders who would transport goods to the UK, since on the way back their trucks would be empty.

[@connorm-j6038]

This crossed from TLDR to serious journalism! Well done!

[@itseamuscallan7004]

not hit the bottom yet , everything will be right as rain in 10 years ,only thing is most small traders will be destroyed , but the Eton school boys that caused it will be fine ,

[@lionkinggamer9458]

Brexit was the worst decision ever and its going to show this year. I hope we rejoin

[@TheRealUSArmy]

We have a pandemic sir

[@peterebel7899]

Will happen - next century.

[@killertortoise1]

Still can't believe we left the EU, will be the single greatest mistake for a generation I bet. Truely a shame.

[@Chrissy717]

Luckily for many in this world, things are now changing rather fast than slow. I don't want to Sound like an idiot, but I am pretty sure Britain will be back in the EU in a few decades. Small nations these days just get irrelevant when the big countries start to clash. In a world where the US and China are battleing for dominancr across the globe, a small English speaking island just simply doesn't do much expect obey and listen. Your people will probably realise their mistakes and correct them in the future. It's a question about 'when', not 'if'.

[@hedgie9823]

@@Chrissy717 Hopefully we'll rejoin, when you look at some of the statistics i think it was around 98% of children wanted to stay in the EU though whether that'll stay with them until they get older it's hard to tell. I think it'll be longer than a few decades though, i think people will acknowledge the problems of brexit and that it was bad fairly soon, but not rejoin

[@tarqinquentinsson-obviousl957]

Government: "If everyone had prepared properly for Brexit, they would be as successful as these guys" Everyone: "It was the government's responsibility to make sure everyone prepared" Government:

[@BalooSJ]

I used to buy about €50-100 worth of miniatures, paints, and accessories every month from Reaper Miniatures' UK warehouse, but now I've stopped because of the extra delays and import fees. We'll see if it picks up again once the portal allowing them to ship stuff with taxes pre-paid goes up.

[@RichardNDoper]

1:29 Even Jack can't keep a straight face while saying the sentence out loud, probably secretly laughing at how ridiculous the claim is

[@9111logic]

The benefits will take time to come - same as everything else when done with careful planning - independency always comes with a price

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Careful planning? Like how you had... 0 plans for all this?

[@timypp2894]

...Comes with a price.. Yep off a cliff.

[@rmsgrey]

Like the carefully planned deal that's been broken twice in a year because it wasn't fit for purpose?

[@Hellwyck]

hush up child, your UKIP flag's flying a little low.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Hear that, Scotland and N. Ireland? Independence always comes with a price, and so does sunk-cost fallacy. You decide when the former is a better deal than the latter.

[@mlittlej101]

FYI: The pronunciation of "Mhari" is closer to "Va-ri" than "M-hari".

[@robwhythe793]

Also “ninety” is not spelled “ninty”... 🥴

[@markc7955]

I heard that too.

[@fburton8]

And Oban is pronounced Oh-b'n not Or-ban.

[@markc7955]

@@fburton8 I was listening to a podcast yesterday about a bridge in Dumbarton where dogs jump to their death. They (Americans) argued for a couple of minutes about how it can’t possible be pronounced dumb-Barton. They ended up going with dumber-ton.

[@fburton8]

@@markc7955 And that's one of the easy ones! (Anyone for Milngavie?)

[@T0M_X]

People in the eu have no say if brexit is good, the british public will decide

[@ikke12345]

Those with the shellfish will never be able to sell their live shellfish to the EU. There is that one rule which the UK also voted for while they were in the EU, that forbid import of unprocessed shellfish in the EU.