8 year anniversary of the Brexit vote

[@patrickmccarthy5462]

Sovereignty? Look what you did with that! 80 seat majority and you achieved nothing. NOTHING!

[@Sjb-on5xt]

Thwarted by an army of quangos, filled to the rafters by Remainers and Blairites. Cameron said they'd have a bonfire of the quangos and then did NOTHING, except add a few more.

[@_Stroda]

That's not particularly fair. They've done a fantastic job over this period of ensuring that virtually everything is in a worse state than it was. An impressive feat given the harm they'd already caused by 2019.

[@andreiiliepopescu6393]

Sovereignty has always been a misused and misunderstood term that the Thatcherites kept bandying about in the 1990s. Bill Cash is still playing that old Maggie record. Sovereignty as they mean it - basically doing everything you feel like as a country, is not possible, since we live a very interconnected world and standards and policies need to be standardised in the world not diversified. Sovereignty was more of a credible concept in the heyday of the British Empire, since the UK had is immense trading zone, the empire, but not now. It's totally impractical.

[@Sjb-on5xt]

@@andreiiliepopescu6393 In the EU it's sovereign control you give up on whole rafts of policy down to EU legislation rubber stamped with no right to refuse or amend. No thanks!!

[@robertgabrielaghenitei6675]

@@Sjb-on5xt You just proved you are dumb on the internet.

[@freebornjohn2687]

If Brexit had been a success the Tories would be campaigning on it and would stay in power.

[@LuzDoSol-yr5bv]

That part.

[@TouringTony]

Exactly

[@Stealth360stealth]

if Brexit had been a failure Labour would be campaigning for us to rejoin

[@TouringTony]

@@xanthias2001 Nothing to do with Brexit makes sense

[@Steven-vo4ee]

​@@Stealth360stealth Not whilst Labour are reliant on intrenched Brexiteers to be elected. Perhaps once Brexit hope and pride fades away, Labour can re-open the issue. Though my money is on the Tories being the party to eventually lead the re-join campaign.

[@Steven-vo4ee]

Brexit has replaced a puddle of EU red tape and trade barriers with an ocean of Brexit red, white and blue tape and trade barriers.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Tell that to small businesses who are frustrated at the increased bureaucracy when trying to export their goods

[@Steven-vo4ee]

@@PassiveAgressive319 Re read my comment

[@PassiveAgressive319]

@@Steven-vo4ee 🫡👍

[@RDHamel]

Bill Cash - hang on in there! Just wait until the world is a better place and there are no emergencies or inflation, and everything is going in favour of the UK - THEN you'll see the benefits of Brexit. Where's my face palm emoji?🤦‍♀ What an embarrassment.

[@paulpaisley5291]

So ursala knows better😂😂😂

[@JRattheranch]

And by then he'll be long dead and so will my children, sadly!

[@philthrelfall5294]

Bill Cash.....'Brexit would have been a great success, if only it wasn't for all those worldwide factors....that also affected everyone else'!! Delusional does not even start to cover it!!

[@paulcrovella6239]

@paulpaisley5291 what do you know? You cannot even spell her name you thick plank.

[@knightsnight5929]

​@@paulpaisley5291Since she is in a much better politician and orders of magnitude brighter, absolutely, yes.

[@malcolmtucker8042]

Bill Cash, the dinosaur’s dinosaur

[@user-tt9nf8sg5d]

Imagine what state the country would be in without that £350 million a week we now have after leaving the EU. Wait...what...?

[@SeArCh4DrEaMz]

Underrated comment lol

[@JwayT]

Still triggered?

[@knightsnight5929]

​@@JwayTBy the lies and ignorance of the the little Englanders? You bet.

[@JwayT]

​@@knightsnight5929How's the re-join campaign going?

[@samuelfawell9159]

And all those hundreds of hospitals that Johnson said they would build and housing, how there would be a “wage culture”… still waiting for any of that, I suppose we should just be happy with the raw sewage in the water ways, the collapse of the economy… twice, the devaluation of the pound, the loss of council fundings, cutting of public services and opportunities and the highest taxes ever. Yup… isnt it great under the Tories, High taxes, overloaded healthcare, social care, infrastructure.

[@LaurenceBoyce]

Bill Cash (et al) destroyed the Tory party, which is just fine by me, but he might wish to reflect on this in his retirement.

[@crayontom9687]

The sociopath gene prevents reflection

[@davehopkin9502]

Sadly in the process thay damaged the country in ways that will take a generation to repair and all the time we will fall ever further behind the rest of the EU

[@patrickmccarthy5462]

We're not fooled by your excuses Mr Cash

[@russellmathews3599]

What excuses?

[@timhill9189]

The UK made the laws with the other members. Laws are not behind closed doors.

[@Steven-vo4ee]

Cash is just parroting old tropes

[@yamadakenji4143]

And it's not like there is no lobbying in Westminster. Some of the lobbyist are even MPs

[@TouringTony]

Is Bill Cash living in another planet? He is totally delusional

[@christopherodonoghue3858]

I think he's living in a galaxy ffar far away a long long time ago

[@russellmathews3599]

Why do you say that?

[@wyno9991]

He is the type of deluded fool that should never again be in any position of power again. He waffles on blaming covid which was a tory party catastrophic failure.

[@adblocker276]

There should be an upper limit for MP’s age. At the time of election if they are over the retirement age then they shouldn’t allowed to stand so they can save us from their demented arguments.

[@davidjago1850]

"Shut your eyes, and think of England!"

[@paulcrovella6239]

Crazy old goat Cash just spouts nonsense.

[@andymuso53]

Not sure anyone of us has had any say at all in dumping billions of tons of raw sewage in the rivers & seas... Being in the EU it would never have happened.

[@davidpearn5925]

Akin to religious dogma. There is no antidote for dogma.

[@russellmathews3599]

Explain yourself. Brexit was a fantastic decision of the majority vote of the British public.

[@davidpearn5925]

@@russellmathews3599 half of them are deceased and the new eligible make your position laughably outdated. Even JRM had to go to a tunnel to find something he could promote. Never fear, because the wealthy Europeans won't trust a Brit for at least another generation.

[@samuelfawell9159]

@@russellmathews3599how? How did it help? It’s ruined business, lives, income, savings, it’s only make the UK weaker for it, how exactly was it a “fantastic” choice? The only ones who benefited from it already had the money.

[@joshuabell7761]

Bill Cash is so rude in this. Always interrupting and ignoring what is presented when it contradicts him.

[@Ooze-cl5tx]

Like all english he cant behave unless there is someone with authority scolding him - there is a reason why they need a speaker of the house in the HoC

[@samuelfawell9159]

He’s that class, ignore anything they don’t like, as far as he’s concerned everything is working out wonderfully, because HE is part of the group who is profiting from Brexit. Being part of the EU allowed for many people to succeed, Brexit meant that only the people at the top of the chain would, so as far as they care, Brexit was a great success.

[@1943colin]

'8 year anniversary of the Brexit vote' And the man who brought it to you has been rewarded for his efforts.

[@alfching2499]

And he didn’t hang around long enough to take responsibility.It got handed to a nincompoop who probably never even looked at what he signed

[@1943colin]

@@alfching2499 nincompoop, great word!

[@wendyholland2339]

WE ARE GOING TO SMASH THE TORYS NEXT LABOUR THE PATRIOTS ARE VOTING NEXT LOL I WILL

[@Steven-vo4ee]

@@wendyholland2339 Stop shouting.

[@alfching2499]

@@1943colin That's all the C..T was

[@Steven-vo4ee]

The EU referendum only resulted in leave due to remain complacency. Remain minded voters stayed at home thinking a remain outcome was a foregone conclusion, whereas leave minded voters were highly motivated. Similar complacency occurred in the US in 2016 with the election of Trump.

[@SeArCh4DrEaMz]

I never understood for the life of me, why the UK, a nation whose wealth was historically built on trade, would want to put more barriers and more hassle between itself and its biggest trading partner... And still think it would benefit from it.. somehow... I dont think there ever was a nation which so happily and willingly sanctioned itself the way the UK did in recent history... for no gain whatsoever, blue passports maybe ? fancy sovereignty points perhaps ?

[@rinkadink66]

maybe, it's that 51% just don't like the EU.

[@tommymorrison6478]

There are those who understand why institutions like the EU are necessary, and there are those who don't and can't. In between there are those who have a glimmer but might fall either way. Immigration overwhelmed those people. Fear and hatred blinded them to the, for them, far subtler understandings of unity. Don't sneer too loudly: the same forces are at work throughout Europe and unless you recognise that fact and work to counteract it you too will suffer for it.

[@paulpaisley5291]

So ursula knows better for us then. Ya tadger.

[@stevesimpson6558]

@@rinkadink66 At least 10% of the 51% are dead.

[@tommymorrison6478]

@@paulpaisley5291 Lots of people know better than you. You might be surprised at the sheer numbers.

[@Michiel_de_Jong]

Bill Cash....; responsible for the Brexit bill a £150.000.000.000/years,.. cash.

[@blehoo1]

Bill Cash has serious dementia

[@thebuccaneersden]

This is not so much an anniversary but rather a post-mortem.

[@MD-4mee]

How's Brexit working out for you? Good luck.

[@clavichord]

Well, what I enjoy about Brexit is being able to blindly obey all orders from Washington DC. It's great to be free and sovereign, as long as I obey those who rule over me from foreign lands, haha

[@allancrotch2953]

Great

[@anthonygrayson7753]

Cash doesn't live in the real world of business and travel. He doesn't have to import, or export to the EU. After we left the Single Market, I used to spend hours filling out power of attorney and customs forms, look up commodity codes and then pay import duties, customs fees and deferment tax...I gave it up...and no wonder inflation was through the roof. Also, I'm sure he can afford to buy a Golden Ticket by buying a property in one of the Club Med countries at maybe €250k+, so he and his wife can have full Schengen freedoms while ordinary people can no longer retire to the sun. As for his sovereignty? If it was all about that, then (and I want us in these organisations, by the way) why didn't we have a referendum about WTO, ECHR, WHO, The UN, and NATO membership? Why not have a referendum on the lot? After all, look at NATO...if one of the Baltic states is attacked, we are at war! Cash is playing ex public school, political games with ordinary people's lives!

[@chloepassaic6100]

£350 million a week to the NHS. Yeah, sure. Longer waiting lists and crumbling hospitals. Sure seems like everything is working out for us. Can't get an NHS dentist appointment, blame the EU. No doctor's appointments, blame the remoaners. We've had plenty of time to get things sorted, but it's worst than ever. Let's not blame self-serving politicians but those that warned us this would happen if we left. Victims of your own failure.

[@TammyOldham]

Bill Cash is just soooooo far removed from people like me. He's just not got a clue on how angry people are on how brexit has ruined our country.....typical tory in their own bubble! Everyone apart from my dad I speak too absolutely hates it and thinks we need to somehow go back to the EU or at least make a better relationship with the EU! Bill, for godsake stay retired and away from politics!

[@AlexThipthorp]

He probably has early stage dementia, he is an absolute peanut

[@SteveGrice-ly2ov]

The government said "it would be wrong to impose new administrative burdens and risk disruption at ports" at a time of higher costs due to the war in Ukraine and rising energy prices. It is the fourth time it has delayed EU import checks since the UK left the EU. Bill Cash. Just another Tory mouthpiece.

[@mattantonelli4273]

Brexit was a dog breakfast

[@battles423]

The Brexit vote was the best thing ever to happen for the EU. It showed that leaving means you vote for sanctions against yourself. Freedom of movement is over. Freedom of trade is over. Your country will become poorer. The EU was able to remove a country (UK) that was given way to much power and influence.

[@happy.uk.patriot]

True. We have over 6m eu people settled here. The UK has 780k in the EU. I'm glad we put a stop to that. The UK has a tariff and quota free TCA with the EU. That mostly benefits the EU.

[@williamhenry8914]

Yep exactly. After the referendum I was worried Brexit would destabilise the EU, but it turned out to be the complete opposite.

[@happy.uk.patriot]

The UK had no "power" and "influence" in the EU. You can have it back. Enjoy. David Cameron had to seek permission from the EU to "keep our British Pound". "We can keep our British Pound" he triumphantly announced as part of his "renegotiation". Oh, how magnanimous! Thank you for letting us keep our currency! That's when I knew we were leaving the EU.

[@happy.uk.patriot]

We don't want "power" or "influence" in the EU. I'd rather have power over the UK. Thanks.

[@antonioguerreiro1615]

@@happy.uk.patriot YOU DO NOT HAVE 16M EU citizens in the UK YOU ARE LYING !! as if we were the reason your miserable rock went into decline.... also delighted I came home after 38 years and you are no longer in our union.......................bye bye ....good luck seeking the rainbow farting unicorn

[@mattantonelli4273]

the far right in Europe is the same as the Tory no difference

[@Ramsku]

And you think the far right have the majority do you?

[@ianbooth3164]

There is a very, very big difference indeed! Alternative for Germany, Le Pen, Wilpers, etc. are fascists, plain and simple. Our PM is British Asian and fascists don't vote for them.

[@mattantonelli4273]

@@Ramsku not sure what you mean I said the right is the same generally conservative all over Europe as in UK against emigration, social welfare and giving away public institutions to private corporate international bodies (like, transports, water, sewage, Health Care, electricity, new alternative energy, food security, housing market properties, everything seam to be sold off to edge funding which is a lack of distribution of capital only for few hands when there is a crush government socialize losses meaning tax payers ball out banks and you get over capitalized to pay more taxes.

[@Martynjs]

And we are still waiting for the supposed benefits of it. All that has happened with this government is chaos.

[@keketintin2985]

Brexit got Putin laughing at Brits and other europeans. Dumb move 🤬. Rejoin. Even tho you look foolish by doin so, you look foolish If you won't. 😂 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 . Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮

[@jumbo4billion]

You're correct: we look foolish whatever we do. At least we provide comic relief for the rest of Europe.

[@Steven-vo4ee]

Regarding Cash's citation of online safety legislation. EU laws set a baseline, members are free to set additional tougher legislation.

[@Steven-vo4ee]

@@Embark2023 Thanks for the non sequitur response

[@ejc636]

Care home for bill cash. Asap

[@janpetersen7440]

The Brexit vote ended with 51.9% in favor and 48.1% against. It can only create an even more divided UK than before Brexit. Personally, I very much doubt whether many of the voters even know what they voted for and what consequences it had.

[@kruszer]

That's the case in most elections in general. There's no legal obligation that voters be informed of the issues they're voting on. Most people can't be bothered, but they still do damage when they cast ballots.

[@janpetersen7440]

@@kruszer Referendums are also held in the country I live in, but they are decided by a 'qualified majority'. And 51.9% will never apply here as a majority.

[@happy.uk.patriot]

The remain vote would have had to increase by 7.685% simply to match the leave vote.

[@happy.uk.patriot]

It is not for you to judge other people's free ballot. The referendum was a secret ballot.

[@janpetersen7440]

@@happy.uk.patriot I'm just pointing out that roughly fifty-fifty for vs against creates more division than unity. And that was probably not the intention.

[@tommymorrison6478]

To suggest, as that clown Cash is suggesting, that laws passed by Europeans are somehow qualitatively different to laws passed by the British parliament, is ridiculous. A Yorkshireman might ask, with equal validity, "should we be subjugated to laws passed by foreigners from Essex, or Norfolk, or should we pass our own laws here in Yorkshire?" How much does the average Liverpudlian have in common with Bill Cash? For that matter, how much do people in Staffs. have in common with him?

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Now ask an average continental European if they'd like their laws passed in Washington. What do you think would be the answer?

[@tommymorrison6478]

@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 Very few, because we have no political union with the US. If on the other hand Europe and the US were politically unified, the answer would be a good deal more. But I notice you preferred to evade my point rather than answer it.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

So your answer is that it doesn't really matter who makes our laws, as long as its not us? And the reason for that is because of all the scary things going on in the world.

[@tommymorrison6478]

@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 Nope, that's not my answer nor have I given you any reason to imagine it is. Truth is you have nothing of sense to say and therefore must resort to lies. I feel sick.

[@tommymorrison6478]

@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 You are all liars. All of you. Every single one. No exceptions.

[@tuisitala9068]

We have lost £50bn a year tax revenues since Brexit and this will carry on until we can pursuade Europe to let us back in. Cash does not realise that the UK made many of the EU laws and that any EU laws that we were unhappy with were never put on the UK Statute books. We had our cake and ate it. Now we have no cake.

[@JR-yd6ug]

Why isn't our economy growing more then if the data shows improvement in trading and exports.

[@ybkseraph]

Because the growth shown is only due to financial trading of gold - no added value from U.K.

[@user-hs1zh1se4c]

62% of Scottish voters voted to remain in EU Brexit was against our consent why this issue not been brought up oh and where's our sovereignty eh do us sckts not get sovereignty we don't matter in UK decision we can't leave UK even if we want to the brexiteers are contradicting themselves

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Not at all. Scotland had a referendum on both EU and UK membership.

[@michaelmazowiecki9195]

In the UK everything is decided by England to its own benefit.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

@@michaelmazowiecki9195 Scotland has a devolved government. Do you actually know anything about the UK at all?

[@michaelmazowiecki9195]

@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 it's function is nothing more than extended local government. Key decisions are made in Westminster. Scotland has no say in defense foreign affairs or major economic matters such as North Sea oil and gas.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

@@michaelmazowiecki9195 None of that is true lol

[@jamesbutler1029]

So all Cash has is sovereignty and trade up with the rest of the world. Well we are massively impacted by the largest trading block next-door and we no longer have a say in that, so less sovereignty in my eyes. Then, trade being up by whatever % counts for nothing if trade with the EU is significantly down. A 50% increase of a penny means naff all if you lose 50% of £10.

[@andymuso53]

Bill Cash talking utter drivel. Yes services are doing well, but the services industry is not affected by Brexit at all. Nothing was stopping the UK being more successful in services when we were members Money gained in insurance has no advantage to manufacturing, farming, fishing, automotive & steel. These industries and most small businesses have been drastically affected by trade barriers, red tape and tariffs.

[@davidhall7744]

Well with Bill Cash retiring, things can only get better….

[@ianparker1456]

The EU was never the problem, Westminster was

[@susannehartl3067]

Sir Bill Cash already made false statements in the first sentences in regards to the crafting of EU laws and involvement of national legislators. 1) The process of crafting and implementation of EU legislation. The difference between directive and regulation and its effects on national law. - The EU Commission has the right of initiative but can be asked by Parliament to draw up a draft law. Proposals of the European Commission can be changed, supplemented, or even completely rejected by the members of Parliament. - In Parliament, the relevant committees first discuss the proposal and amend it if necessary, and changes to the proposal are also possible in the subsequent debate in plenary. - The Council receives the draft approved by Parliament; if the Council does not want any changes and accepts all the guidelines made by Parliament, the law is ready. Otherwise, the bill will be referred back to Parliament. - There are a maximum of three readings, with the third reading being the conciliation procedure. The UK had always control of their laws in regards to EU legislations. Any directive or regulation has not been adopted if a member state has vetoed it. 2) Basically, there are two types of EU legislation: regulations and directives. A directive is actual EU law which is in effect in all EU member states. A regulation has to be segued in domestic law, which means they have to undergo the legislative process in the member states, too, thus are national law. Whereas EU directives are no longer applicaple since the end of the transition period, EU regulations were still in place, hence he Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill. I spare me the effort to comment on the rest because he doesn't know it better or he is lying. Either way, he has disqualified himself on a fundamental level.

[@kizzmiaz]

8 years since the Year of the Greatest Stupidity and I still haven't got my unicorn, I'm beginning to think we were lied to. 😂

[@markhayward7400]

Eight years since the Brexit Referendum, which only happened because Tory pink blancmange, David Cameron, thought it a good idea to inflict the Tories nervous breakdown over Europe on the rest of us. The decision to hold the Referendum is comfortably the worst political decision and miscalculation by a UK politician in my lifetime.

[@serpentinefire77]

The Tories are silent on the benefits of Brexit in their election campaign. Hard Brexit is a what the Brexiteers wanted and yet they say Brexit hasn’t been implemented properly, you couldn’t make it up.

[@fraumahler5934]

The cost of Brexit, not only financially, but in many other ways, is absolutely massive. The economy has shrunk by at least 4%. The NHS lost huge numbers of EU employees, as did the universities. EU students stopped coming here, and this led to the collapse of universities like Kent. Bill Cash is totally out of touch.

[@Steven-vo4ee]

The Japan trade deal is worse than the one we had with Japan whilst in the EU.

[@andymuso53]

Mike Galsworthy = Legend 👍

[@happy.uk.patriot]

You idolise him? Hey. To each, his own.

[@mum2jka]

The export figures are not telling the full story. The figures are being distorted by the selling of gold, and that's not the UK's own gold but gold it trades for others.

[@alexander92179]

Cope harder

[@peterlaurie1247]

The thing about the BREXIT vote was the psychology of people who didn't vote. Did anyone do a study of those who didn't vote, and the percentage of them who were perfectly happy with things as they were? Cameron was outsmarted, if the term can be applied to him. PS why are none off the parties leading with fixing corruption in the current election?

[@patrickmccarthy5462]

Labour have pledged to investigate ppe fraud and tackle lobbying

[@ridleyclayburn4599]

One should also consider that the EU was/is an evolving project. The status quo was not really an option.

[@patrickmccarthy5462]

Barking mad cash

[@OwenJamesWatkins]

Asinine arguments that take no account of the reality of being governed by the present basket cases.

[@paulpaisley5291]

Wait till labour get in 😂😂😂

[@fba90130]

​@@paulpaisley5291Problem is that nobody's listening to that any more. You might as well flog Corbyn again if you think it helps

[@amandadonaghey7540]

The anniversary of when we learnt that politicians are not to be trusted 🙁

[@christopherjones2884]

They promised us that the grass was greener outside of E U it never happened. I wanted us to stay. The Tories stitched up .

[@russellmathews3599]

Just because the Tories made a catastrophe mess of incompetence government......does not mean that Brexit was the wrong decision of the majority of those people who elected to vote at the national election. Bravo Brexit

[@Oluinneachain]

😂. Win win for you and us. 👏🏼😘

[@davi22034]

I was in Glasgow. The feeling of betrayal and sadness was present. The glaswegians know they can’t trust english and they were scared and pessimist about that they planned an EU farewell party. As the night passed, they got silent, sad, angry, and it became clear it was real… Suddenly UK got more messy than ever.

[@happy.uk.patriot]

What's "messy" about it? It was neither a Scottish nor an English ballot. It was a UK one. English people had every right to cast a ballot. You are making a trust issue out of a fundamental right.

[@davi22034]

@@happy.uk.patriot Messy: No one knew what to do, but the main fail came from the Conservative party. The english decide over the rest of the country since they massacred the other nations from the island. The feeling of betrayal was that during the indy refferendum, the scots were told that they had to remain in the union in order to remain in the EU. They voted “no”. 2 years after they had to leave because of english voters.

[@neilog747]

You can certainly trust the Scots to say 'We Scots' rather then 'We British'.

[@happy.uk.patriot]

@@davi22034 Excuse me for a moment. The UK held EU membership. Not Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales or even England. Your ballot had exactly the same value as mine. ONE. The UK, voted to end EU membership. It was *not* a Devolved matter. So I'm not putting up with your emotional black mail or your slander.

[@happy.uk.patriot]

@@davi22034 If Scotland had left the UK it would have been OUT of the EU. That is correct. Scotland did not have EU membership. The UK did. Hence the question on the ballot. So kindly do not whine at me. The English had every right to cast a ballot and so did you.

[@NothingIsKnown00]

“Subjugated by laws from countries”. You WERE not subjugated before, as you had the same voting power as everyone else. Now, you still live under the laws of other countries, but you can’t vote on them. Well done. 🤣

[@ponypong261]

It was a poor idea executed poorly... well done those that followed putins plan and continue to deluded yourself that its all been worth it.

[@stevejames6674]

As a matter of simple fact ..... the UK chose to have burgundy passports (in common with most of europe) because it was CHEAPER

[@peterlinfield8707]

And those passports, are made in France.

[@jimbojambo4008]

I don't see Bill Cash's moat in the background. The best move for European unity. Thank you, Britain.

[@mattwu7884]

Tell me how Pounds value drop by 40% on day one of Brexit and only going weak in last few years is a successful in any term.

[@brianferguson7840]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BREXIX, 🎂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

[@CharlieDuranPhotographyUK]

We should have another referendum now that we see how badly it's turning out to be.

[@joiner2000]

Vote Libdems and rejoin, the Libs have always said the same thing, unlike others who won't say what they would do in fear of losing their seat/s.

[@aldrinvallejo2404]

I regret it so much i was voting Conservative during Cameron time! He's one of biggest LIAR/ HYPOCRITE politician in Britain.

[@russellmathews3599]

How so ?

[@potdog1000]

the "take back control" lot really meant We want to rule you

[@Julian-zj2qy]

Hate never works. Love thy neighbour. Bless you if you voted Remain.

[@Spica1000]

Just wondering if you could take the country back 8 years armed with what the nation knows now, how many would still vote for BREXIT? I know I bloody wouldn’t !

[@stevewilliams2691]

Export figures include selling gold..not..."goods"

[@pandora8478]

Brexit has been such a success, how many more countries have left?

[@dennismay1023]

If we regained sovereignty, (which we already had, according to the govts 2016 white paper) why is Bill Cash comparing the UK with cherry picked sovereign nations who also happen to be in the EU. Where is his proof that the economic variances are directly attributable to EU membership?

[@joea4234]

Hes bound to say Brexit is going well… you tell that to business that have lost EU trade… every country in the world has better trade relations with their neighbours… duh…

[@russellmathews3599]

I'm a Brexiteer. I'm sent three messages in already. Bravo Brexit

[@dadoots1551]

8 years! And it’s been great, hasn’t it. Simply bloody wonderful. All those promises fulfilled. Isn’t that right?

[@davidraddings8211]

The shock, horror & agony on David Dimbleby face on the morning of the result was a joy to behold!

[@Steven-vo4ee]

Brexit has had no impact on service exports, positive or negative, their rise is irrelevant. Whereas exports of British produce and manufactured goods are down significantly since the end of the transition period, with the knock-on impacts to our supply chains. The only real growth area of physical exports are precious and scrap metals which add very little to the economy.

[@rolstonholas333]

If Cash thinks we have our sovereignty back he must be deluded. There are thousands of businesses who export to the EU who are having to abide by EU rules if they want to sell into the Eu. Where once we were at the top table suggesting these rules or fighting for our businesses, so that these rules would not adversely affect British businesses. now we just have to accept everything that comes out of the EU & follow their rules. We now have less sovereignty that we did when we were in the EU. Also, I love that KB is now taking the JRM line on when we are going to see these Brexit benefits. I'm sure it isn't just me who remembers the Brxiters saying that we would see the benefits the day after we left the EU, now we are being told that it might be anywhere between 20 - 50 years before we see any benefits. Even as Minister for Brexit Opportunities, neither JRM nor his band of merry brexiters, could come up with a single benefit of brexit. They lied to us during the brexit campaign, they lied to us afterwards & then they try to re-write history; when will people wake up to these charlatans?

[@lucasjames7524]

I wonder how the vote would go now if the UK voted to rejoin the EU?

[@Steven-vo4ee]

Unfortunately a very different question to whether we should leave. If we could be asked again if should leave, I’m certain the answer would be no. However as for re-joining, at this point, the answer would also likely be no.

[@theshadowdirector]

Labour tied to make it as difficult as possible!? We bloody wish! Even some of the most arvid Corbyn defenders were not happy with how he handled the issue.

[@williamhenry8914]

We were very noble to sacrifice our future for Europe. With every trade barrier, labor shortage, failing business and humiliating renegotiation we selflessly martyr ourselves. With that classic wartime pluck we stand alone and unbowed, puching ourselves repeatedly in the face so our cousins may prosper from our warning.

[@crayontom9687]

8 years on and we can’t even swim in our waters

[@Philsmahsmchjsb]

I frankly don’t understand why we don’t leverage the UK’s security prowess for a better economic deal from the EU….. how are these things not intertwined?

[@bertoverweel6588]

The brexeteers won because lots of people stayed home insted of voting. Luckely we didn't had Covid19 in the EU 😂

[@SL89999]

I work in financial services and remember walking into the office in the City the day after the vote. It was like someone had died. Thankfully the only thing that died was the 50 careers of the London-based EU sales team who were made redundant when a no-deal Brexit became reality as it was then illegal for them to sell their services cross-border from the UK into the EU effectively. My firm established an Irish office and moved much of its revenue generating capacity to that tax zone, which ended up saving the firm money due to the lower tax rate in Dublin. So Brexit saved my firm money by pushing it to fire redundant UK workers and move revenue offshore to a more effective tax regime. 🎉

[@ejc636]

Bill cash another wit of a banker

[@adammccormack33]

Im struggling to understand how covid cose the uk as much as the 2nd World War Id like to see the figures on that Ill put my hand up and say im wrong if someone can provide correct figures on that I think the uk was almost bankrupt around 1940

[@kruszer]

Me too! Governments basically rolled over and gave up on fighting COVID early on. It's still disabling people.

[@TrixiLovesYou]

An anniversary is something to celebrate. I don't think anyone celebrates this mistake. Still amazed that no one is going after the people responsible, instead rewarding them with seats in parliament.

[@rav8881]

Bill Cash never said "Brexit would be great unless we have a pandemic and a war". He and the others said "Brexit would be fine, end of."

[@ejc636]

Bill cash 5 percent of zero is zero.

[@allancrotch2953]

brexit = great

[@Steven-vo4ee]

@@allancrotch2953 brexit = great *failure*

[@allancrotch2953]

@@Steven-vo4ee My 1974 dream came true get over it loser

[@Steven-vo4ee]

@@allancrotch2953 You 'won' a boobyprize, get over it.

[@caballoloco100]

When the UK sign Up a TRADE agreement with Australia, NZ or other Pacific countries, It is subjugated to the terms and conditions which were pretty poor for UK producers. The mummy returns.

[@jamesjennings9907]

What's going on? Most people now know that brexshit is a disaster and still *ricks like Bill get an outing?

[@Rodman200818]

The referendum was non-binding legally, and said nothing on the form brexit should take. But political consequences it was always bound to have. That "hard brexit" form that resulted was decided after the fact by the ruling party, arguably captured by the hardest-right branch of that 'big tent' party. That's the sovereignty you've achieved. Insularity, rather than exerting your influence and will inside the larger table that is EU -- on equitable and proportional terms. Now you get to negotiate with that group from the outside. What is sovereignty? How does Bill feel about Scottish sovereignty? Perhaps London should decide for itself if it wants to be independent and rejoin EU or whatever other body. That's sovereignty isn't it? What is the ideal/optimum level? No one speaks of this, perhaps it's a preposterous thought. The brexit campaign was predicated on lies, while the rest was caught sleeping when it mattered, but don't dodge responsibility for your very sovereign decisions.

[@andersman666]

Guess which one I think is delusional, jeez Bill

[@Richard-ob2sp]

Sir Bill Cash touts all these figures of GDP and exports as a positive for brexit so then why hasn't this 'success' transferred to money going into the NHS and schools? Like Galsworthy notes you ask the person on the street how they are doing and it doesn't correspond to Cash's delusional statement from his little cozy cottage somewhere in England - Typical politician having no idea or not caring how the other half live or are trying to live! My 85 year old father is on an 18 month NHS waiting list (and we know that's still no guarantee) for a hip replacement OR he can go private and pay £18,000 to get it done immediately but no everything is rosy in England eh Sir Bill? jesus christ!

[@kaikaiser92]

lets show the Benefits of EU membership be showing Irish passports since their EU and could use that passports to start a UK rejoin EU movement, like the rejoin EU should make sure those same lairs don't get the chance to tell more lies to people.

[@supermarkmusic]

The bit at the end where Mike Galsworthy hints that Labour would like to reverse Brexit but daren’t say that in the manifesto is exactly the mindset that caused people to vote for Brexit in the first place IMO.

[@PEdulis]

"Trade and services have gone up a bit." - Well, factor in that the pound lost 20% through Brexit and that "growth" looks very different - plus the loss of those 20% made all imports more expensive which increased among others food prices in a country that can only produce half the food it consumes.

[@guydreamr]

Cash's sensibilities gives a whole new meaning to the term "out-of-touch" and is one of the main reasons why the Tories are barrelling toward one of the biggest political debacles ever at the ballot box.

[@samuelfawell9159]

8 years? Wow, feels like only yesterday that this colossal turd was dropping in our laps by the upper crust, while they got rich the rest of us sank… doesn’t the time just fly by.

[@kimcallaghan753]

The day they sold the country down the river.

[@erikvynckier4819]

We are out!

[@Gramsci]

There was a farmers round table panel on the New Zealand version of the bbc after the trade deal “negotiated by Liz Truss. The panel bust into laughter multiple times. It was incredible how one sided they viewed the deal as. Basically the consensus was the deal was entirely part of Truss’s self promotion to “get a deal” and was willing to sign anything to get it done.