"I Voted For Brexit Now It Is Harming Me And My Wife!" - Retiree In Spain

Joe in Spain voted for Brexit back in 2016 for Britain "to rule itself", now that their are restrictions on UK citizens who are living or spending extended periods of time in Spain he regrets his vote.
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[@adriftonthelot4692]

He voted to stop freedom of movement, because he didn’t want immigration. As an immigrant in Spain he got what he voted for.

[@euroantifa7517]

the ignorance, stupidity and hypocrisy is staggering.

[@beepbopboop7727]

How are these people so bad at the most basic form of logic.

[@sigiriya5149]

From the British point of view he was an "expat"and might be very soon an illegal immigrant and hopefully treated as such.

[@umka7536]

@@beepbopboop7727 Exceptionalism, fears of foreigners, lack of reflection and self-critics.

[@derekmulready1523]

@@beepbopboop7727 BRITISH EXCEPTIONALISM simple 🇮🇪🇪🇺

[@ShaunieDale]

Poor little lamb. He only voted to ruin the lives of others, not himself. “Nobody told us this would happen”, yes we did, we shouted it from the rooftops but the man wasn’t listening.

[@adambebb99]

"I didnt think the face-eating leapords would eat MY face"

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

@@adambebb99 Love it!

[@gareth1974barrington]

Spot on

[@salubrious]

Exactly. And quite probably his 'clever' riposte if anyone had ever tried to bring him up to speed beforehand in terms of anything actually remotely approximating reality would have been that utterly retarded phrase "Project Fear, mate." Muppets, the lot of them.

[@hayleyanna2625]

Exactly 💯

[@PierredeCur]

Living in Spain and voted Brexit... A genius, indeed... 😂

[@Boredoutofmywits]

The overwhelming majority of Brits living in Spain voted in favour of Brexit.

[@keltiquewood]

@@Boredoutofmywits Muppets!

[@julielevinge266]

Exactly!!! Er spot the brain cell??😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jonreeves5150]

😂😂😂

[@PierredeCur]

@@Boredoutofmywits not those I know... It may be just that: the Brits migrants that I know are not Brexit hooligans because they live among us...

[@TheEmmetdocbrown]

Seeing the poor Joe suffering as an foreigner in Spain has me in tears. Because I'm laughing my ass of. Greetings from Germany.

[@tomasoionnaigh4855]

Love the Germans ,from Ireland

[@francocanuck]

same in Canada

[@pierrewilliams1533]

Sure, it's tempting to laugh. He's a fool for having believed liars. Having said that, have a bit of a think. Have Germans been always been immune from lying politicians promoting German exceptionalism? Think 1933 to 1945.....

[@denysmace3874]

As a Briton, I'm absolutely with you. You're lucky to be free of these morons.

[@bellissimo4520]

Nice that you also have the thumbnail to match your comment. 😅

[@agnetasvensson5738]

Feeling superior and being stupid is a lethal combination.

[@allisonshaw9341]

Brilliantly sums it up!

[@pilroone]

I guess thats a very frequent problem all around. Here in Spain we have catalans and basques ie.

[@allisonshaw9341]

@@pilroone How is that a problem? Both are well-known ethnic groups with a long historical presence in the land and have every right to speak their own languages, observe their own cultures, and exist independently of Spain.

[@georgielancaster1356]

Dunning-Kruger at it's finest. Self culling act. I could feel strong compassion, and want to fix things, but I feel fonder of dogs with that IQ. I'll stick with them.

[@jal051]

@@allisonshaw9341 The things you say are true, however, the catalan government has been blaming the spanish government of every local problem since 1980. It piles up and creates an anti-spanish sentiment that was only residual in the 80s. In this aspect it is a mirror to what happened in the UK government blaming EU of every problem. Making them the enemy only because it was convenient for the politicians. I don't think this applies to the basque country, btw. Only to Catalonia. Also, this doesn't happen overnight. It's something that builds up over decades of keeping the same act. Also, in Spain it's made worse by also having spanish nationalists who return the same feelings amplified.

[@SteveDorrans]

I've never seen so many people so unhappy about getting what they voted for.

[@stephengraham1153]

And they soooo deserve everything that is coming their way.

[@euglev3548]

Imagine, how much they would whine if they lost . They would be unbearable .

[@xrayfish2020]

Oh the irony Brexshit is disaster 😧🇬🇧

[@swangelok]

@G Dog And now, the EU fishermen are ramping up captures to cover the gap left by the UK fisherman and the UK fisherman are going out of business. So many years saying the EU ruined the fishing sector in the UK and finally they are right, they did once the UK was out

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Thats what happens when you include toddler temper tantrums in the democratic process.

[@suedavis3525]

I am a Brit living in France. I have a residency permit but no longer the automatic right to live here. People like him removed my right to do so. I have no sympathy for this guy and others like him.

[@chongtak]

As a French I have sympathy for you, and I sincerely hope you can sort out all the trouble caused to you by the Brexit.

[@StumpyVandal]

Why haven’t you got your French citizenship?

[@MegaCookieCrafter]

@@StumpyVandalyeah because that’s such a fast and easy process…

[@StumpyVandal]

@@MegaCookieCrafter it’s not quick I’ll grant you and it’s a bit pricey but it isn’t complicated and it’s fair. Just a lot of getting documents translated. Compared to the British system which the home office designed so no one can actually succeed it’s a walk in the park.

[@flixelgato1288]

I also know lots of British people living abroad in the EU. All of the ones I know were intelligent enough to realise how it would affect them, and incredibly angry that they couldn’t get a vote without returning to the UK.

[@richardgell9563]

If you voted for Brexit while living in Spain then you must be bonkers you threw away freedom of movement 😂

[@Boredoutofmywits]

The Brits residing in Spain voted like 85% in favour of BREXIT. Go figure...

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

@@Boredoutofmywits Oh, they figured alright. Especially the ones who missed that whole "apply for residence" deadline stuff.

[@davesteel81]

@@Boredoutofmywits Boomers.

[@JohnSmith-bb1cl]

He voted to leave the EU and now he is complaining they are asking him to leave, hilarious.

[@miriamllamas224]

Well, John. He voted for foreigners to leave the UK. Farage never said he'll have to leave Spain. Let's have some compassion here 😉😂🤣😂🤣

[@antred11]

Brexiters: "BREXIT means BREXIT!!!! Unless it's something I don't like; then it means whatever I want it to mean."

[@xxnoxx-xp5bl]

You'll be thrilled to know that I got an ad from Mr. Farage selling scam financial services after this video. Wonder who'll listen to him?

[@dpn1604]

But this is where you are wrong. He voted leave so that immigrants can leave Britain.

[@cliffordbuttle4529]

if he did not fill out the paperwork who is the jerk

[@estellapants]

He can move his caravan to Clacton-on Sea, sit out in 7 degree temperatures, read the Daily Express and tell Betty how good it is to have his sovereignty back.

[@fritzhenning1]

Heaven, for brexiteers.

[@ManeeshBharadia]

😂

[@scooby1992]

Don't be unfair , I am sure Clacton gets a couple of really hot weeks a year . It will probably be in May or June as August seems to be a wash out these days . But on the bright side in Essex he will be among plenty of like minded pro Brexit folk . Clacton was one of two seats that had UKIP MPs .

[@estellapants]

@@scooby1992 indeed I had forgotten about Carswell, that didn't end well as I now recall. Joe blows enough hot air to keep both himself and Betty warm.

[@aylafrance]

They say they have caravans but in the UK they would be classed as proper homes. Take a large caravan, add awnings, add more covered area to be out of the sun and take up what would be 2 or 3 pitches in the UK. They would be called residential dwellings in the UK and they are so close they touch each other, some sites don't even have access roads. We took our little motor home to one of these sites in Spain, lasted a week and came back over the colls of the Pyrenees home to France. We have legal residence in France and have jumped through the hoops. Why could they not do the same in Spain.

[@wZem]

Did he really just say that nobody thought about explaining to caravaning Brits that Brexit would be bad for them? His inability to think for himself for just one second is mind boggling.

[@bullet1544]

It blew my mind. Almost All of them are like that probably. I mean Brexiters. 🙃

[@heidithaw1072]

Just like Trump supporters

[@richardevans3084]

@@heidithaw1072Yeah i’m living in California an immigrant from Wales. Here you have legal & illegal immigrants Expat status does not exist as i spoke to immigration officer when i applied for Green card years ago

[@antonioochoa130]

He thought that spanish would be foreign in UK but he wouldn't be foreign in Spain. As a Spanish you can not believe how sorry I feel about his problems.

[@Darca1n]

I feel like that's a trick question and you're not feeling sorry for him at all, deservedly so I might add.

[@antonioochoa130]

@@Darca1n When we say in Spanish "¡No sabes cuánto lo siento!" (You don't know how sorry I am) sometimes we mean that we are really sorry but more often we mean that we are absolutely happy with it and you should know that.

[@miguel.a.d.6078]

​@@antonioochoa130"es que hay que explicarlo todo... 😤" 😂

[@Tugela60]

Good to hear that, you should petition your goverment to address his situation.

[@antonioochoa130]

@@Tugela60 He voted for UK leaving the EU and becoming a third country. They won the referendum and I would't like that my government interfere in another country democratic decisions.

[@karmababy5077]

There are so many British "ex-pats" like this guy around Europe. Thousands of them here in Cyprus. And what he doesn't say in the video is how xenophobic he is. These guys voted primarily because they felt uncomfortable with seeing foreigners living in the UK while themselves being foreigners living abroad. These are the real "economic migrants".

[@ghotiiii1]

I think you mean British Migrants, not 'ex-pats'; just because they speak English and have pink faces, doesn't make them any better than the Afghan, Magrebi or sub-saharan Africans who come here to work the fields: they're still Migrants.

[@Happin3ess]

I'm not a fan at all of ex pats. I am British. I respect the countries I visit (if I ever get the chance) ex pats don't even like Britain. Ex pats have an ugly attitude.

[@Happin3ess]

I agree with everything in your comment. Intelligent comment.

[@hernanirodrigues3806]

So true, same in Portugal

[@tytania3545]

Refugees of shit weather!

[@luzUpcycle]

As an spaniard who lived in the UK for 23 years before Brexit, (now in The Netherlands) Cry me a river!

[@fapo9379]

Did you or do you have British citizenship?

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

So many spaniards in spain.

[@noeraldinkabam]

Netherlands is better anyway.

[@julielevinge266]

My daughter married the most kind,generous & brilliant Spanish man, she’s so happy, but even now gets asked “When is he going home!”🙄

[@etarepsedllits48]

@@fapo9379 Not necessary, when UK and Spain were both in the EU.

[@Carnutzjoe]

This is hilarious. I thought we had a monopoly on the idiots here in the us. I was wrong. The brexiteers are right there with them.

[@olgahein4384]

Well, whom do you think all that rubbed off from?

[@MaartenOosterbaan]

about 10% - 15% of all humans are completely stupid...so every country has them...then a further 60-70% can be persuaded/goaded or just plainly be whipped up by emotion to do stupid stuff. So lots a people overstate our intelligence rather than there's only a few stupid ones here and there.

[@beaconeersofthesevenmaps3467]

Idiots are everywhere, that's why the world has so many problems

[@sachinvaikunth]

The Brexiters are the British MAGAts

[@Amused-px6cr]

Yes, those riding the Mayflower..." they did not send us our best" 😅

[@johnsopel3804]

As an Irish person living in England for over fifty years I recently TRIED to have a conversation with a Brexit voter. She told me to get back to my own country.

[@mrbearbear83]

Apparently an Irish nurse was told to "go home" after the vote and she laughed and asked "who'd run the local ITU?" Leave voters aren't bright.

[@blotski]

Funny how kicking immigrants out and sending them home becomes a personal tragedy when it's you.

[@arionas11]

The sad thing is that lot of the “other” immigrants have a more catastrophic environemnt

[@axiezimmah]

I think those idiots don't realize that every single immigrant is a human too. And often a human that is looking for help and often because foreign nations waged wars in their home countries, often the exact same country that refuses immigrants.

[@missbee3618]

@@axiezimmah i really don’t understand these people’s thinking. Inhumane… in fact, subhuman - and yet, they think of others that way

[@mnomadvfx]

@@arionas11 These people are not even on the same end of the spectrum as real asylum seeker immigrants. These shit heels had it good back home and decided to retire where it was cheap to have it even better still in their twilight years. Even booted out of Spain they would still have it far better off than most serious asylum seekers.

[@mnomadvfx]

@@missbee3618 Inhuman/sub human are incorrect ways to look at it. Indifferent is the correct way. Indifference often happens to people who live in plenty and fear it and their privileges being taken away because too many people arrived to the party to share. Thus the rich and well off middle class are often very indifferent to others - not just immigrants but the working class at home and abroad in general. The truth is that we are animals at the end of the day - and all animals have a limited visual field when it comes to feeling about others, even other emotionally advanced mammals like apes, elephants, whales and dolphins. Civilisations and societal culture of mankind has fostered a funny opinion that humans are special thus "humane" is to be special - but in reality it's just what many animals do when confronted by other animsls as we can see from various wonderious examples of different animals bonding on KZbin. 'Humanity' is just basic animal emotional connection to others.

[@stefaniacaddeo1434]

"Spain needs me more than I need them". No darling. Spain has enough of all elderly British people using the Spanish healthcare system for free without contributing to the pension and the tax system. I am sure the NHS can absorb all these pensioners/ elderly back in the country. Entitlement, arrogance and ignorance at its finest.

[@PMexPAT]

TBF “Elderly Brits” don’t qualify for full health cover unless they are tax paying Spanish residents. The “fiddlers” only qualify for emergency Ehic cover. Paid for by the U.K.

[@mikewa2]

Uk pay for pensioner healthcare in Spain

[@PMexPAT]

Wrong ! See my reply below.

[@jenh9252]

Rubbish, for every British Pensioner legally resident in Spain money is paid by the British Government towards health care etc....this is reciprocal

[@triloization]

@@mikewa2 but they do not need more sick people in their system. Thry have enough to do with their own population. Tax payers of Spain also pay for the infrastructure you need to have a hospital, doctors etc. And the British pay nothing for it. So they are not a good deal for Spain.

[@sageemma]

People were explained this in very plain terms. But they didn't believe it. The truth is that British people, a people that have plundered countries all around the planet freely for 400 years, simply can't believe that in voting to restrict movement they would restrict THEIR movment. The self-inflicted mendacity of the Empire-minded people is simply staggering.

[@larrycoldwater1964]

Brits like this guy still thinks there’s a British Empire - they didn’t like foreigners in Britain but they loved living in Spain and treating the locals like coolies.

[@Other3.5]

“Those people” coming into our country: “immigrants” Us living in someone else’s country: “Ex-Pats”

[@renebosselaar2198]

I'd love to see people like him leaving the EU for ever

[@francoisschwob4470]

haha...too right!

[@martinlund7987]

Yeah, expat is an inherently racist/xenophobic phrase.

[@kevanbodsworth9868]

Well in fact there is a difference with this bunch at least ,They came as self supporting, self financing ,, ,,,Immigrants come to provide a larger work pool to increase profits of firms, , Which is split 90% 10% to owners and workers,... No great gains for most of the nation ,

[@wolcek]

@@kevanbodsworth9868 O, rly? So no cost to local community? Like the accommodation will not be more expensive due to higher demand? The health services - he is in his 60s - will not be strained?

[@DrunkenPilotVideos]

BREAKING NEWS: MAN VOTES TO KEEP FOREIGNERS AWAY, IS SHOCKED THAT HIS LIFE AS A FOREIGNER HAS GOTTEN DIFFICULT

[@ronjacobe]

This comment... PRICELESS!

[@ricardoaraoz717]

Well you know, he thinks he's an expat, not a foreigner.

[@hajosalz1621]

@@ricardoaraoz717 He thinks he is british, so he can cherry pick like the time b4 brexit... Glad thats over now...

[@leehalloway8787]

But he, as a British man, is special! /s

[@ricardoaraoz717]

@@leehalloway8787 True, he IS special, he is not Spanish he IS a foreigner/immigrant/illegal whichever, and so, if you compare it with the amount of Spanish citizens he ends up being quite "special". LOL

[@Er_Guille]

When the US of A elected Trump as president everybody was wondering "how stupid can a country be". UK: Hold my beer:

[@maxmoore9955]

I for one still can't understand how Trump and Johnson got voted in with both their histories. Beggars belief.

[@edeledeledel5490]

The UK was stupid enough to vote for Brexit BEFORE Trump was elected President. Brexit vote 23rd June 2016, Trump elected Nov 8th 2016. So is should be the other way round.

[@fitosolares]

Hold my sangria in this case 😆

[@stephaniemurria5534]

😂😅😂🤣😅😂🤣

[@bthsr7113]

​@@maxmoore9955what scares me are my countrymen who still try to insist Trump should be reelected

[@Quareat]

People living in the EU that voted for Brexit were literally like turkeys voting for christmas, the level of ignorance was staggering. Ultimately they have been served just desserts.

[@sbmotoracer]

Lets be honest here, the only reason Joe is mad at Spain is because he's too much of a coward to blame himself. It's easier to blame others then it is to accept responsibility for your actions.

[@Elst07896]

...and Lord knows there's a few of them around! 👍

[@rjmacf0015]

Spot on. However let's be honest this is a very common trait and not unique to those from the UK, men or old people!

[@mauritsdonga7663]

True, because being an honest human being is hard, it's easier to blame others.

[@coco_bold]

Than accept, not then...

[@claudiograssi1037]

I'm afraid that you are totally right.

[@linpollitt8950]

I have no sympathy, Karma has finally caught up with him. As a Remainer, for whom Brexit still hurts, I'm feeling quite a lot of Schadenfreude. Tough paella, Joe 🤣

[@Radio4ManLeics]

You can be sure that Joe enjoys his genuine Fish & Chips, full English brekkie and pint of gassy lager when he's on the Costas.

[@intervention.07]

Pahahaa

[@peterjones596]

You've got to feel sorry for Joe, he's just a moron, afterall. Education and critical thinking bypassed him, Ho-hum!

[@jackb3493]

60 year old children finally have to experience consequences for their actions and don’t like how the world works

[@matpk]

@@Radio4ManLeics😂😂 Split NI into 6 parts Return to RoI one by one Over the span of 18 years

[@svenrichtmann6792]

Poor guy. He thought Brexit would only hurt OTHER people!

[@leir2612]

I think the reason why some people feel disappointed about the policies they voted for is they didn’t think it would affect them. I am an immigrant myself. I chose Spain as my home. It is not a perfect place, but no country is. Due to my job, I encountered all kind of Brits Expats here. Some of them are like old Joe on the video. They feel entitled to live wherever they chose, not contributing in any way to the communities they live in. They don’t mingle with locals, they don’t bother to learn a single word of the local languages, they even have their own supermarkets, because they don’t want to buy “foreign” products. They even have the audacity and bad taste of commenting loudly how lazy Spanish people are to their perceptions, in front a waiter who is most likely working 14 hours a day shifts, six days a week, or complaining about how bad things work just because the world is not arranged to their convenience. They are deluded to think Spain, or EU needed more UK, than the other way around, and now they are paying for the consequences. Although in my opinion, they should be harder for Joe than they are. It is good they feel bad for themselves. No pity from my side. I am sorry though for all those who understood the implications, voted to remain on the EU, and now they have to live in a reality they did not want. But maybe this is a wake-up call for all of us. We all need to stop nationalistic, racist and xenophobic platforms from gaining support before is too late.

[@edeledeledel5490]

Pity about the Spanish election results, I think. Seems to show a right-wing move, but not really sufficient to really bugger things up yet. Good luck.

[@leir2612]

@@edeledeledel5490 Yes. Touché. You are right. Let us hope this global nightmare ends soon and let us review our history. It should help prevent us to make the same mistakes again. Although I don't have much hope in that really.

[@user-en4yy3ld4q]

It would be best to stop using the word expats. They are immigrants or foreigners. Nobody in the world call themselves expats except for those brits who think the are above anyone else If you look at their economy they are just a third world country.

[@JillSaville]

I am in France. We were told. We protested. Many like me flew home to vote remain. I now have French nationality for which I will be eternally grateful. And yet Boris now says this is terrible that EU countries are seducing us to change nationality. There is no vaccine for stupidity or hypocracy it seems.

[@tonyroy8123]

Very factual Jill thank you. This Joe fella is beyond belief.

[@chongtak]

"There is no vaccine for stupidity or hypocracy" that's sadly so true. Bonne chance en France ♥

[@barbthegreat586]

You do know that many Brexiteers are anti-vaxxers.

[@RedSaint83]

Congratulations on your French citizenship 🥳

[@kayvee256]

Had I been a citizen of the UK while all that was going down, this is exactly what I would've done too. Good on you.

[@ericcadoo8970]

The ignorance and arrogance of these people is staggering .

[@laurentgomes3703]

That's typical twenty first century uk : ignorance, arrogance and delusion of grandeur...Google is free. Why didn't Joe educate himself ?

[@ploppysonofploppy6066]

Hypocrisy, don't forget hypocrisy.

[@Mikiel-dh4bg]

In other words, they're being British. To be honest though, it is obvious that not all are like that. I have quite a few British friends who are intelligent, realistic and sensible beings. Unfortunately, nowadays they're not the majority as Brexit has proven.

[@ploppysonofploppy6066]

@@Mikiel-dh4bg Only 37% of the British electorate voted to leave Europe (51% of the 71% that voted). Brexit is a travesty of the democratic principle.

[@Mikiel-dh4bg]

@@ploppysonofploppy6066 Well I'm really sorry to say, that around me at least, most British I meet feel special to a point of arrogance; even showing contempt to the nations that are hosting them. I know because I am one of those nationals!

[@mariadopico6540]

Joe what did you expect? You got what you voted for!

[@chrisd2869]

There was always a 90 day rule in Spain even before Brexit. If you stayed in Spain for more than 90 days you were supposed to get a permit to stay, recedencia. The 180 days was a tax rule, if you stayed more than 180 days then you became tax resident. Joe and many like Joe probably didn't bother they just ignored the rules or didn't even bother to find them out. Now all these people have been caught out because their passports will get checked. I have no sympathy.

[@batbrewer3756]

You can't fix stupid. Or selfish --- he's still only pissed off because he's realised, too late, that it's going to harm him personally. Screw everybody else.

[@swanpride]

Yeah, exactly that is the reason why I have no pity for those people. If they would apologize for what they did to OTHERS, I would be so ready to forgive and forget, but they always only whine about their own problems.

[@ohgosh5892]

@@swanpride Agreed. You can see from his remarks that he is not remotely interested in the damage done to the other 66,000,000 people whose lives he has fscked up.

[@randyvalantino6850]

He should retire to Thailand. I went to Thailand in 2016 would never go to Spain again

[@davidpearn2484]

Bloody hell, me me me, think of other people joey boy it's not all about you mr selfish, Spain don't give a toss about you you moron.

[@SawZaag]

Fuck him....💩

[@kerryburns6041]

I came to Spain in 2016, rented, then bought a house, a Spanish car, got my residency, and I pay my local taxes. I voted to stay in Europe, so I stayed in Europe. I am made welcome here -- part of the wider community. Joe and his wife seem to have come here to take what they can get, without making any commitment to Spain. I think we´ll manage ok without them and their ilk.

[@alfsmith4936]

They live on Camping Villasol.. When I was there a lot of people used to refuse to work on that site because of non payers. This is possibly the best thing that's ever happened to Benidorm. :)

[@josie1one]

I moved to Greece 15 years ago. We have some of those idiots here too. Yes I have integrated, speak Greek (day to day), residency and tough sh*t to those who merely live, not commit.

[@CBGuitars]

No sympathy for these EX PATS in reality we are all IMMIGRANTS. How many years had he had to put his affairs in order, so the outcome of his vote didn't have any adverse effect on him. We bought our house in Spain in 2004, sold up in the UK and moved permanently in 2005, the first things we did was sort out our NIE numbers, obtain a SIP card for health care, change our driving licences, and the important thing was to get our residences, originally it was a photo ID, this changed to an A4 sheet of paper, then a small green card, and now we have updated again to a photo ID card called a TIE. NO SYMPATHY! Get off your arse sort out the paperwork (you've had plenty of time) and stop whinging. PS I voted to stay, but as the UK is a democracy I fully accept the outcome of the vote.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

My sentiments exactly. This selfish moron deserves whatever is coming to him. The ones that get me are people like my friends, who claim they wanted the 'Spanish lifestyle' They know beggar all about Spain and have never been out of this tourist place. Admittedly it is very low key, compared to some of the horrors along the coast, but 'Spanish' it aint! They claim to be learning Spanish ( from an English 20 something? Really?) yet they persist in speaking to everyone in English, rely on me to translate and say things like 'Why did he speak to me in Spanish? he knows I can't speak it!' Well maybe because that is his mother tongue and you are in His country? He doesn't speak English and why the F should he? He has never been there! You, on the other hand have imposed yourself on his homeland, so the onus is on You to learn His language, not the other way around? I will freely admit that I find languages very difficult, so I do understand their hesitancy, but they are not even trying any more and that annoys me. One went to a doctor recently. The doctor spoke no English, she spoke no Spanish, the doctor apparently got frustrated and 'rude' so my mate flounced! 'I was told they would speak English! Why can;t they speak English? ' Well, because they are Spanish, in Spain? You went to this woman in the middle of a pandemic, when she is probably stressed out and wanted her to be tea and sympathy and speak English? Come On! I resisted the temptation to say 'Why can't you speak Spanish?' Lol.

[@lemsip207]

People think all these British people in Spain are rich and live in detached houses when many of them live in caravans or rented apartments. I watched Bargain Brits in the Sun and many of them living in Benidorm were struggling to make a living such as the aquarobics instructor. Outside of the tourist season he didn't have much work so he applied to be an fitness instructor in gyms only his Spanish wasn't good enough. The people running businesses there from the UK do well in the tourist season but outside of it they are relying on other British people living there for custom.

[@andreasklindt7144]

You can't cancel a paid membership and keep all the benefits of the club. It was obvious from the beginning.

[@homolgus1]

Let me get this straight, he lives in Spain and he voted for Brexit, they walk among us

[@pierremainstone-mitchell8290]

+ and they breed!

[@rocketscience4516]

He should also be angry with himself for being so willfully ignorant and morally questionable as to have voted Leave.

[@the_9ent]

People like him will never admit that. Always ready to blame everyone else. It’s victimhood at its worse.

[@lonevoice]

Agreed. Even the most stupid of people must have realised that Brexit was a leap into the unknown. As with any gamble, sometimes you lose.

[@JohnHughesChampigny]

@@lonevoice But the whole "maximum 90 days without a visa" thing *was not unknown* Everybody who had a clue knew that was how it would work.

[@bronagh1579]

@@JohnHughesChampigny But I'm British!

[@Nickelodeon81]

Yes but he would rather direct that anger at foreigners for apparently restricting him.

[@inesdiazmorera]

He thought because he is English, he is not an inmigrant? No sympathy…. So sorry about English people that are not agree with Brexit ☹️

[@missbee3618]

Thank you 🙏x

[@kkacpersky]

Brits who are immigrants like to call them self expats

[@gerardmackay8909]

Thank you Ines. Many of the 63% of the electorate who didn’t vote for self harm have been sad for 5 years. That this idiot was one of the 37% who did comes as no surprise when you listen to him.

[@MeAndTheBoys_]

Yes exactly, this is very sad for those immigrants who did not want to leave EU. I also feel bad for them.

[@maureengladwell1317]

I remember being in holiday in Spain we talked to a lot of people who live there they said we're not immigrants we're English I said what you're living in Spain you're an immigrant they wouldn't have it no immigrants are foreigners you just couldn't make them see if you're living in a foreign country you're an immigrant where did this stupid thing come from expat thing come from

[@AlanWarrenBelfastArchitect]

Just illustrates; 1 Holding referendums on complex issues requires a well-informed and responsible electorate. 2 Politicians and the media who spread false information should face severe legal consequences.

[@rjmacf0015]

You are of course correct. It also shows how irresponsible or reckless behaviour among those with political power or authority goes completely unpunished. See Johnson B, Cameron D, Truss E, Trump DJ, etc etc. What’s the solution Alan?

[@AlanWarrenBelfastArchitect]

@@rjmacf0015 Normally the stock answer is they will have to face the electorate, but we all see that the electorate are often not particularly interested in politics, have short memories, are frequently very forgiving and can easily be misled. Firstly, we need proper PR so that there are fewer safe seats and every vote counts. Secondly, we need changes in legislation. The ethical standards of those in public office need to be formalised and be enforced by an independent body that has the power to penalise. Self-regulation requires high standards to work properly and if those standards are lacking !!!! Thirdly, I think we need antitrust legislation that limits the ownership of media that any one person or organisation can own. The fourth change I would love to see is limits on the ability of MPs to earn additional money whilst in office. Who are they serving, the electorate or those employing them? Equally, when they leave office should they then be able to take a position on the board of say a Bank?? This whole area, (including lobbying organisations) needs proper consideration. Currently, it is full of conflicts of interests and the misuse of charitable status by misleadingly named lobby groups. Needs a clean-up. Constitutional reform including a different upper chamber. I am not a great fan of a simply elected House of Lords. Who wants more populist politicians? What we need there is a wide range of experience and backgrounds to help scrutinise and revise legislation, but the current structures are open to abuse. The Irish have a better system. Needs careful consideration.

[@maximipe]

Illustrates why holding referendums is bad idea not to mention redundant. Those kind of decisions should be taken by the representatives people voted, that is why they get elected. 2 was pretty much why Plato was so critical of democracy.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

You do know that it's because they know they won't ever face any consequences (legal or not) that they so openly lie?

[@tech9803]

People who repeatedly vote for charlatans are not victims, but accomplices.

[@slartybartfast1]

Being such a patriot he should come back and spend his cash back home, probably on umbrellas and heating bills. 😂

[@MauriatOttolink]

startybartfast1 `This democracy lark is OK until I don't get MY way.Then I'm not so sure."

[@helmutsilver5006]

Given that my business in the UK is now flatlining on death watch, terminally harmed because it was built on freedom of movement and EU membership, and given that I've found out that I've lost clients that I served for a decade faithfully right at the time of the referendum solely because I had a European wife and was anti-Brexit and these wealthy gammon businessmen had joined the cult of Farage and Banks and his Belizian fluffer who were preaching the doctrine of 'boycott businesses that support EU membership and aren't visionary for our new Britain' (yes... it was a real phenomenon on Facebook groups etc) - I would say that it is not only the obligation but the patriotic duty of every one of these 'revolutionaries' to drag their self-indulgent arses back to Blighty, pitch in harder than the rest of us, bring their tremendous business acumen and experience out of retirement and work the nation out of the hole they dug us into. Sick to death of these 'I've done my bit' retiree know-it-all-or-nothings passing their edicts and judgemebts on the rest of us and expecting those who were cheated and robbed by an action that they did not choose to do the heavy lifting to compensate or rewars the ignorance and idiocy of their sociopathic narcissistic nationalist delusion...

[@helmutsilver5006]

*Reward* not *rewars*. The rewars come later if this third of the population manages to survive the next five years.

[@slartybartfast1]

@@helmutsilver5006 well said friend. 👍

[@berty1422]

A good troll. But the idiot is just the usual English racist, believing they still have an empire. Not surprisingly the Welsh, Norn Iron and Scots dont share the views spouted by the old git..

[@davidthomas3528]

He deserves every hardship and problem he gets. He voted for them.

[@billyandrew]

Couldn't happen to a more deserving individual. He'll be able to regale the locals in the pub with tales of how he fought deportation and was strip searched by customs, upon arrival back in UK. 😂

[@trevordaviesable]

I live in France and yes it was a stupid idea to leave UK but most of the people including the remainers did not have a clue as to the results and none of us do to this day including the real financial experts but some of us realised that it was a catastrophic idea but without knowing the details. And although it is nice to feel the schadenfreude the blame should be on the few who were in power who stupidly gave the vote to us that were ignorant of the consequences. I feel sorry for this ill educated person.

[@Ronnet]

​@@trevordaviesable what are you talking about? Experts knew perfectly well what would happen. They warned voters but the elites who pushed for brexit called it "project fear". So both sides of the argument could be heared. This guy has nobody else to blame but himself.

[@sinisatrlin840]

@@trevordaviesable When UK has decided to be third country, it will be threated as any other third country and its citizens. Out means out. There where plenty examples how EU treats third countries citizens, like on any airport, EU citizens pass withoth any checks, third countries citizens are standing in line with others and sometimes have their underwear examined, and passport stamps checked........... Similar as Argentinian arriving in US or any other. Britons have voted for this, EU citizens did not.

[@rockingbird2246]

Next year I will retire with my wife and we will buy a property in Spain. Thanks to Brexit, there is enough real estate on the market. We are happy about the mass of selection of properties that the English leave for us. Thank you very much for wanting to go back to your island. Enjoy your humid summers. You have made a great decision. Greetings from Germany, Belgium, France and the rest of Europe.

[@profelderflower]

"Nobody told us -" EVERYONE with half a brain told us it was a bad idea. But they were "tired of experts" and look where we are...

[@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158]

I live in Spain, Barcelona, I'm Irish, people like this shouldn't be allowed into Spain on the sole reason they voted to leave the EU. They revoke, or rescind any rights to stay in any EU country on that alone, end of story.

[@ma9x795]

Does that mean that people who voted to keep the rights can have them back? Asking for a friend ;)

[@leannan070]

@@ma9x795 That's cherry-picking.:-)

[@derekmulready1523]

@@ma9x795 Welcome to the BREXIT Sir. As you live in an Independent Sovereign Democratic Nation that is the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland you're stuck with the decision of the Refurendum. Brexit means BREXIT. 🇮🇪🇪🇺

[@ma9x795]

@@derekmulready1523 Yeeeees. We spent many years being told that Brexit means Brexit, but despite leave also meaning leave and all 17.2 million voting for the same thing, we appear to have ended up with the wrong kind of Brexit. Who'd have thunk it? :D

[@ma9x795]

@@derekmulready1523 ... however, I do object to the title 'Democratic' ..... 43% of the votes winning a majority of 80 seats is far from bloody democratic .... except in the sense of nations with 'Democratic' in their title ... then it's pretty close ;)

[@nikinikolov6570]

"No body told us". Actually plenty of people did. You just chose to listen to those that fit your world view. I have absolutely no compassion for this man. You got what you voted for.

[@tech9803]

And he still today listens to the people who lied to him.

[@ChiaraVet]

Their leaders laughed on air in the face of experts who were telling the whole country this would happen. Citizens of EU countries like myself saw the video and I personally thought immediately that Brexit was the apotheosis of the concept of preposterous and ignorant people dismissing the opinion of informed ones, only for the firsts to get even more damage in the end. Many other things meanwhile taught us it's a worldwide issue, but brexiteers are the indiscussed champions in this field.

[@AceBanana100]

Maybe he forgot he was living in Spain - Can anyone be this thick?

[@Radio4ManLeics]

They even cynically called it "Project Fear". Well now it's "Project Fact." God preserve us from the Gammon Thickerati.

[@AceBanana100]

@@Radio4ManLeics It really does make me wonder why anyone would believe the gammon in charge of all this - Riding the shirt tail of Brexit was the only way he would get into No10 - This government is a car crash and Brexit didnt get done - its all LIES!!!

[@Eriths-Honey-Cakes]

As an American, I’ve seen a similar mindset between some Americans and pro Brexit voters. The idea that we are special and the world needs to bend over backwards to make our lives easier. That we are “the best”. That we don’t need anyone else. It’s frustrating. Not all Americans feel this way but I do think they are some of the loudest. We need to start seeing each other as linked. We’re all in this together.

[@billcame6991]

I have zero sympathy for people who voted for that and I am glad he is getting what he deserved.

[@nicadi2005]

*" I can't believe the thing I voted for ended up hurting me and my own; it was supposed to hurt OTHER PEOPLE, NOT US!..."* 😎

[@brianperry]

A prime example of a Turkey voting for Christmas

[@alibrowne6374]

I’m from London - I hate this guy. So dumb and selfish. The U.K. was the centre of decision making. 48-52 was not a decisive number. It was an advisory referendum & should never have been reinforced.

[@katetorode8411]

Very well put

[@kieransavage3835]

Then you deserve all you receive.

[@vawan9160]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@safertobeanonymous2224]

Good news! There is a labor shortage in England so he can get a job as a farm labourer and have a place to stay!

[@higunner00]

oh god, I will love to see that. I want to see this guy, that probably is not physically able to hold a high paying job anymore, having to take a brown people job to eat

[@Vans89]

That's also a way to get a nice even tan.

[@returntonature8773]

@@lefeuvivant caravans are easier to heat too, so it's a win/win for him.

[@dantownsend4246]

Apparently farm worker’s caravans are quite comfortable and cozy as you will have many fellow workers to share body heat with on those chilly nights. Food maybe not up to weatherspoons standards

[@rogernichols1124]

...and he can live in his own caravan if he can't find a house or flat.

[@rod4095]

I always find it amazing that someone who likes to live abroad would vote for Brexit. After all these years I am so sad that the UK left the EU.

[@tommytitmouse]

So you were very happy having a bunch of foreigners telling you how you should live and what you could eat & what you cannot eat. etc etc . Get real embrace your Country & your Birthplace. if your craving the EU so much you must Go and live in the EU then if you love it so much. You are either British or EU you can`t be both . I`d be happy for us to still trade with the EU under a Free trade agreement but not at the cost of our Freedom , sovereignty , & Democracy, which is what you give up at the cost of being in the EU.

[@rod4095]

@@tommytitmouse I did live in France, and Spain, for a total of 6 years. We were both British and European at the same time. It is like Oxfordshire being part of England and England part of the United Kingdom. The UK was part of the EU which meant it was also part of the decision-making process. In the same way that a local MP represents their local constituents in the UK parliament. That MP must work with others to set laws. The EU is the same thing except a larger scale.

[@tommytitmouse]

@@rod4095 You cannot be both . Your are either British or European, By the looks of it, you want your cake and eat it. Be British or European as far as we here in Britain are concerned and as far as Europe is concerned it appears by their latest ruling. You're not happy just being British ? move back to the EU .Has it not struck you that in time the EU will demand that anyone being in the EU will come under one flag, one Army, and one Federal State! The United Federal States of Europe. ? That's their long-term objective, but of course, they won`t fully admit this at the moment, but they`ve already mentioned that they want to form a European Army . Then federal states will follow. The writings on the wall.

[@tompiper9276]

​@@tommytitmouseEuro MP's were elected. So yes, I was comfortable with the situation. Better than having someone whose ability to recognise truth, decency and integrity is zero at the helm. The leave vote was the opportunity to demonstrate bigoted stupidity, which a disturbing number of people took up. Still, I suppose Britain is now protecting it's boarders an racing ahead economically... Oh, hang on... No, no it's not. ...

[@mariar.6741]

@@tommytitmouse oh, but you are an island, EU does not need you for trading, you are no special... EU has lot of countrys around to trade with. You are out because you wanted, nobody runs you away... so sorry if you don't like the consequences sir. This is EU saving and controlling its borders and comerce, just as you wanted to do in UK. This power is RECIPROCAL sir.

[@debasishraychawdhuri]

UK - We want to leave EU - Okay, get out! UK - uhunhun, they are kicking me out!

[@Woolliscroft1]

No sympathy at all. He was perfectly happy to screw over the rest of us, but whines when it impacts him.

[@scousehouse8459]

nailed it...selfish beyond belief, its karma at its finest watching this happen.

[@rennkoop7317]

spot on !!

[@henkoosterink8744]

He voted for Brexit so that immigrants would have to leave GBR, he just forgot he is an immigrant too. Really sad...

[@francoisviljoen4002]

No they Ex Pats, not immigrants :D

[@heraclito3114]

@@francoisviljoen4002 Using a different word doesn't change the reality of their situation.

[@Truth1561]

@@heraclito3114 I believe Francois was using delicious irony.

[@heraclito3114]

@@Truth1561 You are right! But it's true that is what they believe about themselves.

[@krokodilen31]

@@heraclito3114 true, but "Rule Britannia" is long gone 🤣

[@jenh9252]

He clearly didn't take out residency because if he had he would be able to stay as long as he wants. He is one of the dreadful people who lived below the radar in Spain, serves him right

[@julielevinge266]

Just heard the inability to travel round Europe is destroying the music industry too. Infuriating that this man returned to UK to vote to harm the UK & all it’s residents??? Afraid it’s far more than inconvenient!!

[@jackiethomas249]

I’m sure Joe had a problem with “immigrants” coming to the UK. But he lived comfortable in another country.

[@ahorsewithnoname643]

He wasn't an immigrant to Spain, he was an ExPat. There is a difference. 😂😂😂

[@uweinhamburg]

What do you think - how good is the command of Spanish Joe and friends have after living mostly in Spain for years or decades?

[@geppiemockingbird1489]

@@ahorsewithnoname643 If Joe overstays, he is an illegal immigrant.

[@Disco45]

@@uweinhamburg He has put all his efforts into ignorance, arrogance and stupid to ever develope the skills needed for the Spanish language.

[@gurkslunga]

@@geppiemockingbird1489 If Joe gets caught at the border he will be deported together with his wife. But what will happen to his caravan? Will it be sent home at Joe´s expence? Or will it just be parked near the customsstation where Joe was apprehended?

[@Coolagreen16]

Well, at customs, on his way back to the UK he can say, "I've nothing to declare but my stupidity."

[@hanserikkratholmrasmussen6623]

I wonder what the customs rate for stupidity is.

[@donalfinn4205]

🤣🤣🤣

[@gerryh8367]

He's an immigrant................ set the FarageFuhrer on him

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

A reverse Oscar Wilde.

[@patrickfle9172]

'Sorry, Sir, you cannot take that in!'

[@lizziestevenson1908]

Making such a huge change that affects all four nations of the 'UK' - two of whom rejected leaving only to be ignored - on a 48/52 vote is an absolute disgrace anyway. And we have no recourse. Jail the lot of them.

[@neilbufton2926]

"No one explained to me" its your responsibilty to be an informed voter. The hipocracy of I want Britain to have control over its laws but I dont want Spain to have control over its visa laws.

[@Holozon]

as an Austrian i just dont get it. Its like "im gonna shoot myself in the foot" whole world: "dont, your gonna limp" " i shot myself in the foot, why am i limping?" whole world: Facepalm.

[@danielmalter3373]

I don’t think you have to be Austrian to not get this.

[@guestuser1671]

He was a-okay with and even voted for Brexit destroying other people's lives but when it inconvenienced him... oh boy, now THAT is not acceptable! We're Brits, we're entitled to all the privileges and freebies!!1!

[@frankklein4872]

Biggest lie in history, join the EC and wake up in the EU, it is what Hitler wanted, European army !!!!

[@Elst07896]

🤣

[@MrRad84]

It's the same with my inlaws... I've met my partner years ago she's British im Polish... She voted remain my inlaws voted leave (but it wasn't directed at me apparently) I wasn't allowed to vote so 2-1 in our family for brexit... Had couple of heated conversations with my father in law about it saying it will harm millions of people... He was adamant it will not!... Now they complain all the time about it and mrs asked me not to get involved to keep the peace in the family... And most of the time I don't but this Easter they were complaining about going to Spain and about "how the brits in Spain are being treated"... That finally made me so angry i couldn't hold it anymore and told them to "shut the f**k up... This is exactly what you voted for you ignorants"... Needless to say i apologised for the outburst but not for what I said... And this is the mentality of an brexiteer... I've got no more sympathy left for them... I hope that lessons will be learned but I very much doubt it

[@ma9x795]

We as a country will not learn very quickly from this. Too many people believe in Brexit too much. We will need to sink a lot lower and be kicked a lot harder before the lesson is finally learnt. Both will happen, but not for a long time.

[@geraldwagner8739]

What the English need is a very deep humiliation. It’s more than overdue.

[@medcomstar]

@@geraldwagner8739 sad thing is that by the time this deep humiliation comes, all the old xenophobes who voted for Brexit will long be dead.. and the young remain voters will unfortunately feel the brunt of it...

[@ma9x795]

@@geraldwagner8739 The wheels on that particular delight started turning slowly some time ago but are going ever faster.

[@joseibanez227]

@@ma9x795 Brexit was about feelings more than facts. I doubt any lesson will be learnt. Brexiteers will continue blaming EU for all their shortcomings and remainders will have to accept eventually that they are out of EU. Both groups would remain resentful. As for the rest of the EU, sorry to say but UK was a very bad client. Always complaining. Plus now that you have gave up all your perks: EU medicine agency, being the Euro laundry country, seating at the driving seat, etc its very difficult that you can rejoin with any resemblance of your previous status.

[@SecretUnicorn8]

This man is a perfect example of 'you've made your bed now lie in it'

[@seriousoldman8997]

And shat in it.

[@claudiograssi1037]

In italian we say, for the same concept: did you want the bike? Now, ride the bike!

[@JohnnyinMN]

I’m surprised he’s survived this long? The ‘nanny-state’ at its finest. No clue about the ‘real’ world.

[@FAS1948]

They were warned, repeatedly, but they too daft to understand, and now we are all suffering as a result.

[@mistouko]

I love when brits go to live abroad and don't see themselves as immigrants.

[@Maria-tl1lm]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@razzmatazz1974]

white people call themselves "expats", God forbid someone calls them immigrants

[@Amused-px6cr]

Same applies to lots of Americans

[@filipbitala2624]

@@Amused-px6crreminds me of an american who brought his gun to the airport when he wanted to go to Germany, and then started crying about his rights, when they told him he cannot hold his gun in an airplane

[@Millbrook1974powderedwater]

In The Netherlands we use the expression "Whoever burns his buttocks will have to sit on the blisters."

[@mplmpl7780]

Hehe like it , hopefully one day we will rejoin . Our older voters are to blame

[@12presspart]

people who live in glass houses should not throw stones comes to mind

[@robm.4512]

In the UK we say “You make your own bed and you lie in it” Same - same. Cheers my friend. 🍻

[@jazzyjazz9872]

😖😆😆😂😂😂

[@hattyfarbuckle]

"Play stupid games and win stupid prizes" is a phrase I heard recently. Maybe a US phrase.

[@idgafcba]

One of the delusions of this mentality is believing one is an expat, not an immigrant. They are what they hate and its baffling they see it differently.

[@omereris852]

Hope NI and Scotland can rejoin us in the European family. You don't deserve this level of Joes and we love you and we miss you!

[@julieknights1238]

I seem to remember several Brexiteers that knew it would ruin the future of younger people and their employment chances, but stated that they didn't care. Hard to have any sympathy.

[@rjmacf0015]

Try campaigning in sunny Kent or the Home counties Julie....engaging in any coherent discussion is impossible. All that results is abusive language and threatening behaviour...thats if you are lucky. They deserve everything thats coming their way I'm sorry to say.

[@jeremykothe2847]

pfft. He doesn't care about younger people. If he could have 180 days between visa resets he'd be happy with his decision.

[@stephenbull2225]

Yes Julie - and then many of them said they didn't care if it broke up the UK as well. (double win for Putin there)

[@erikzoe1]

I agree 100%, although my sympathy for the younger people is pretty much limited to those who themselves voted Remain and those who would have done but couldn't vote.

[@meastucerinnee]

I feel sorry for family and other people who voted to stay and now have to deal with this mess. However, I have no pity for people like this man. He deserves the mess he put people into.

[@pcservicelondon]

I hope he would have to pay extra to compensate all on remin side.

[@margaretmccluskey2654]

Ther;s safet y in numbers

[@AndyFahey]

This guy really should have put two and two together and realised that if Brexit occurred it would negatively affect his status living in Spain.

[@bam1742]

British Exceptionalism is the key takeaway here- it's so deeply embedded, they're unaware of it

[@delharry4392]

Britain should run Britain, wow! History??????

[@joemitchell1287]

‘Nobody told us....blah blah blah.’ Yes they did but you didn’t listen. You won, enjoy!!!

[@chrispitchforth621]

"That's project fear!"

[@masesoul]

We all have to enjoy this moron's vote. Whether or not we want to.

[@paulkenneally789]

Nice reply...and you are correct...is this called Schardenfreude?

[@brenglover72]

" Nobody told us" "Nobody explained" Roughly translated means I am thick as fook.

[@stuart8taylor]

I think it means I have made my mind up what it means for me and I have no intention of listening or believing anything that will change my mind.

[@OhEidirsceoil]

😂😂😂😂

[@boxsterman77]

Also: I'm helpless in this world bereft of tools to gather information and experts that can help make sense of it. I was waiting on my stool so very long for someone to pay me a visit and explain all of this in ways I could understand and find acceptable to my prejudices. Why! Why I ask did you all let me down!! So very cruel.

[@thestephenwales]

and that he is a liar, we told them for 18 months what would happen

[@pierreblaise9433]

Well they choose to only listen to what they want

[@fridaytax]

Sorry, I live in Australia, and viewed Brexit more as entertainment, but even I asked my husband "But what is going to happen to all the English people that live part of the year in Europe if they vote for Brexit?" It was blindingly obvious from the other side of the world (let alone the other side of the Ditch) that this would be a question worth considering when deciding how to vote.

[@ScathingMobile]

I live on the other side of the planet to the UK and I heard things were going to change if the UK exited the EU. If Joe thinks no-one told him, it's because he decided not to listen.

[@brucetownsend691]

There are none so blind as them that will not see.

[@TorianTammas]

ScathingMobile - They thought that the UK would get everyting for free as they are British and they are so important.

[@Neil070]

The world was going to "beat a path to our door". Australia, New Zealand and Canada would be desperate to forge brilliant trade deals. After all, we're the Mother Country. Unfortunately for the morons, Canada, Australia, NZ and other Commonwealth countries are nations in their own right, mature sovereign (that word again) democracies who owe nothing to Britain. Even worse for brexshitters, some have demanded unrestricted rights of immigration into the UK in exchange for a trade deal! More, not less immigration. The Express will be apoplectic!

[@celticminstrel8252]

@@Neil070 Those same commonwealth countries Britain dropped like hot potatoes for the EEC. I'm sure there will be a wee bit of vengeance sought.

[@derekbramell8177]

He actually come home to vote against something that was benefitting him.

[@comanchio1976]

Stupid on stilts

[@warbossgrotsmasha23]

he went home to chop the branch he was sitting on and now that he's down in the muck he's whining, what a child

[@elipotter369]

Serves him right.

[@trugrit7210]

Sometimes what benefits you doesn't benefit your country and so you choose what benefits your country over what benefits you. However, this man clearly was a dummy who didn't know any better. He thought he could have his cake and eat it, too.

[@missd2657]

He was happy to vote leave because he didn’t think it would impact HIM! This bull that we weren’t told is wrong! We were told, he just didn’t listen (or chose to listen to what he wanted to!)

[@davidspear9790]

How could he not see how detrimental to his own situation his vote was going to be?

[@rosariomartinez820]

You nailed it. People believed what they WANTED to believe. Because, sorry to say, it was crystal clear. Hpw could they think they were going to keep the « advantages » and get away from the cost of it. Of course there were many advantages for British citizens and companies to be part of the EU but they had gotten so used to them they did not think they were due to EU membership… well if you don’t know, now you know… A pity. Everyone lost with this. Except the four liars of course who took big profit out of it… always the same…

[@poppyrowland1385]

I am Canadian🇨🇦. It was pretty clear here what was going to happen if Brexit won. Now we’re laughing at the gobsmacking ignorance of the Brexiteers. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@LuriTV]

Thank you Joe. You also doomed all your neighbours who didn't vote for the Brexit. I hope this comes back to him one day!

[@billyandrew]

It's starting to, I believe. 😂

[@rachelmiller7525]

I think it has, he's not as exceptional as he thought he was.

[@Edibloke]

​@@rachelmiller7525 He thought he was special.

[@Ron.S.]

I thought 52% of us are racists. I didn’t know they were extremely stupid as well.

[@Gontzal7]

The problem is not what he ignorantly voted, the problem is that he's not even asking the restoration of freedoms. He still wants uk out with no downsides

[@klausschumacher7126]

That is still the actual situation in the UK that beside all negative impact of Brexit the people want to be out. They are deep brain washed and by today they don't understand what the EU stays for.

[@erict.watson2460]

@@klausschumacher7126 "the people"?

[@DrWrapperband]

@@erict.watson2460 He said Brexit people.

[@erict.watson2460]

@@DrWrapperband no he didn't - show me where that appears.

[@swangelok]

He is asking for an exemption of third country rules, like the fisherman, the live bivalve molluscs industry, the singers and actors, the financial industry, the farmers, the haulage industry... That's cherrypicking at the highest level

[@vilisnimojanum8244]

They had the chance to apply for permanent residency and missed to do that. So, now they are facing the consequences of being ignorant twice.

[@MrMaarten1969]

It’s a bloody shame these egoists got the chance to harm the future of their kids and grandchildren, while living the good life just for themselves…. Luckily the children will be better off when this selfish generation is gone in approximately 5 to 10 years.

[@sofoclesconfucius8277]

Am soo happy he’s been exposed for his stupidity

[@dougbritton3239]

He has exposed his own stupidity by voicing his own concerns about the nose he cut off his face.

[@taffyman6089]

@@dougbritton3239 He is so stupid he goes on the media to explain his problem without a hint of embarrassment.

[@Fedaykin24]

@@danielh234 The thing is I don't think he was scammed, he actively chose to ignore all the warnings presented to him in 2016. He had his own prefered reality based upon overly simplistic nostalgia over British Sovereignty, he built a Castle in his own mind pulled up the drawbridge and ignored what was going on outside the walls!

[@TremereTT]

@@taffyman6089 I think he realy should refelct about his own character. "What I think is good for the UK, I don't wish for Spain to enjoy." is basically what he is saying.

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

5:21 He voted for Brexit, so in his mind that the EU could not dictate rules to the UK, but know he wants to dictate Spain (EU) his rules - RIDICULOUS !!!

[@compphysgeek]

he wouldn't see the irony

[@billyandrew]

We can only hope, wherever he moves, that his neighbours are immigrants. 😂😂😂

[@ellied.violet7372]

@@billyandrew you're naughty, my dear. Slapping your wrist. Not.

[@leenux2k]

" Well, well, well if it isn't the consequences of my own actions"

[@kazehana877]

The sad truth of people, is they would rather be told a comforting lie over a painful truth.

[@Rosbif06600]

"No one explained to us ...." What he means is it wasn't written in the Daily Mail.

[@estellapants]

I'd say Joe is more an Express or Sun man, literacy levels required even for the Mail not present, methinks.

[@DutchmanAmsterdam]

@@estellapants Yes, the term "ample cleavage" is too complicated for him. The mail has an ok science and health section though, I think.

[@midlandgeordie]

Express Sun and Mail sold us down the river!!!!

[@estellapants]

@@DutchmanAmsterdam lol ,if you tell me, " ample cleavage" was definitely the preserve of the Sun though"

[@patriciahiggins9188]

Or the Sun, express, telegraph etc

[@ianwestbrook2763]

"It's easier to fool somebody than it is to persuade them that they've been fooled." Mark Twain

[@blameyourself4489]

Mark Twain never said that. You tried to fool me!

[@dpn1604]

Or that saying... It's very difficult to win an argument with a smart person but it's impossible to win an argument with a stupid person. Not sure who said it but... Arguing with stupid is just pointless.

[@Pumpherstonsmith]

@@dpn1604 Mark Twain again. Maybe not these exact words.

[@blameyourself4489]

@@dpn1604 As far as I recall it was Einstein.

[@wojectwenty]

As they say " Careful for what you wish for" it may not what you want. He got his wish now must face the consequences.

[@DS-uy6jw]

I can't wrap my head around how stupid some people are. Who sells their house in the UK, moves to an EU country and then votes for Brexit? Seriously?

[@meticulousgeek]

Schadenfreude, such a beautiful thing. The nerve of these people to vote to leave and now complain about consequences. Peanut brains.

[@dpn1604]

You are insulting peanut brains here... There is just emptiness inside their heads.

[@PotatoSmasher420]

thats not shadenfreude though

[@fndngnvrlnd]

I'm a big fan of righteous schadenfreude. Makes my day!!

[@fndngnvrlnd]

@@PotatoSmasher420 HE is revelling in schadenfreude. It is a glorious thing when righteous.

[@kieransavage3835]

Now that we are out of the EU,we can ban the use of Schadenfreude,much to German.

[@TheCloudhopper]

Spain has the right to rule itself, shocker. And it doesnt want illegal immigrants that do not fulfil immigration standards permanently living within her borders. This man oozes British exceptionalism by the bucket load.

[@lyndseygreig6424]

TheCloudhopper English exceptionalism.

[@TheCloudhopper]

@@lyndseygreig6424 Fair enough, but we should admit that if we have arrived at that distinction, the Union is effed.

[@Neil070]

@@TheCloudhopper I think we arrived there on June 24th 2016!

[@richardking6066]

Not really - more and more it will be ruled from Brussells!

[@TheCloudhopper]

@@richardking6066 Would you prefer for Spain to be ruled from London?

[@batuksri]

Nobody told us. Nobody explained. Now he plays the victim playing a small violin. There is no simply no excuse to being ill informed these days.

[@janeg4257]

Many British people living in Spain couldn’t vote in the referendum as they had been out of UK more than 15 years, even though it affected them and their familiy.

[@nulnoh219]

He's the kind of Gent who would go "We won, get over it" to anyone who tries to explain to him why Brexit is a bad idea.

[@highdownmartin]

Gentleman Is spelled a r s e h o l e

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Gent? He has an emotional age of about 4.

[@JerehmiaBoaz]

He's also the kind of Gent who back then dismissed every warning that this was going to happen as "project fear" and now has the audacity to claim that he would have voted differently if only he had better information back then.

[@alfsmith4936]

I've started replying.. "You won! I'm over it. Why aren't you?" :p

[@Charlie_Crown]

@@JerehmiaBoaz he's the kind of gentleman/@rsehole who thinks, because he's British, he's superior to all other European citizens, that the rest of Europe, and particularly Spain, is only there for his amusement, whilst giving nothing whatsoever back in return, except the privilege of having him, Lord Muck 😆 No, sorry, Joe needs to head back to that paradise that is Britain, ASAP, there's nothing for him here, that welcoming Empire, where Boris and Co will gladly welcome him with open arms, like the prodigal son returning. You can tell he still doesn't understand, he certainly doesn't think of the bigger picture, the full ramifications of that decision, even for his grandchildren, only his own selfish, arrogant reasons and interests, he still doesn't get it, he won't accept he, and his kind, were scammed, scammed good. Zero sympathy for this self-absorbed fool, that's reserved for those that were dragged out, knowing the consequences full well, against their will. Joe should call Nigel or Jacob, I'm sure they'll show they're patriotic duty and put them up every 90 days, no problems 😆

[@grahamkemp1610]

Joe is a flag waving fool. He got what he voted for, the UK left the EU. I am and always will be a EUROPEAN, and saddened by brexit.

[@juanmartin2922]

👍

[@MrGonetopot]

It doesn't matter which way you voted everyone is still European.

[@royhardy407]

Boo Hoo oh poor you I am delighted by Brexit.

[@MauriatOttolink]

Graham Kemp. If Leave had been passed by the same low margin, would you have said "Aw No. We can't accept that! The margin is too small. We demand a second Referendum. We didn't know what we were voting for! "This democracy lark is OK until I don't get MY way.Then I'm not so sure."

[@royhardy407]

@@MrGonetopot Oh No ! I am not European I am English first and British second Never will I class myself as "European"

[@paulino474]

They were warned and told of the consequences, they chose not to listen.

[@Judokast36]

These people were told over and over and over and over and over about the reality of what would happen and they'd rather have gone with the LIE cuz it made them feel better than, not just believe, but live in reality. I have no sympathies for these people.

[@PiperTMTotalWar]

These people were told what would happen but they chose not to listen. All this information was out there, but it was labelled as "scaremongering".

[@GDGRailway47712]

"Project fear" was the term.

[@Heresjohn]

pray tell me what has happened? what have I missed!! oh you mean the new trade deals not the roll over deals? Or the fact we are export less to the Eu now, guess what we are importing far less as well. Shame about the trade deficit being in the EU favour!!!! anything else youd care to add!!!! scaremongering can you explain what has actually happened thats so bad now we have left?

[@PiperTMTotalWar]

@@Heresjohn It is now unfeasible for multiple industries to export to their main markets eg fisheries. The higher levels of bureaucracy all round is impeding the import/export market- Northern Ireland in particular. The competitive advantage that trade provides, is slowly being eroded thanks to higher trade barriers, which is slowly pushing up prices. These are just a few of the negative consequences of Brexit we are seeing now.

[@ulicadluga]

The "information" was out there, but the "misinformation" was out there even more. So much of this seems incredible. The bizarre facts about Cameron's financial dealings which apparently allowed the "gutter press" to give motivation to Brexit sentiments, the incompetence of the opposition to take a clear stance against Brexit and the manifest opportunism exemplified by Farage and Co., and much more by Boris Johnson, give testimony to the immaturity of the British political and electoral system.

[@PaulaXism]

@@ulicadluga A lie is half way around the world before the truth has got it's boots on.. I don't remember who.. but 30's I think