MAJOR'S FORESIGHT ON BREXIT

→ What the former Prime Minister warned BEFORE the referendum
𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥’𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗢𝗡 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗧 - 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝟭𝟬-𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼
Last month [February 2023] former UK Prime Minister, Sir John Major, told a Parliamentary committee that #Brexit has been “a colossal mistake”.
The video I produced of his statements against leaving the #EU have had over 1 million views so far, with thousands more every day.
[Watch the video on KZbin at: • 'BREXIT IS A COLOSSAL ... ]
Most of the thousands of comments supported Sir John’s view.
But several commenters claimed that it was easy for the former Conservatives Prime Minister to criticise Brexit now, in hindsight, after it had happened.
Why didn’t he warn voters before Brexit went ahead?
Well, the point is that Sir John did. He was as vocal against Brexit before the referendum as he is now after it.
In that sense, it can be said that the Sir John Major had foresight, as well as hindsight, about the dangers of Brexit.
In June 2016, three weeks before the EU referendum, Sir John said in a BBC TV interview that the Leave campaign was “fundamentally dishonest” and “verging on the squalid.”
He accused Brexit campaigners of feeding out to the British people “a whole galaxy of inaccurate and frankly untrue information.”
“And what they have not done,” he added, “is tell us what would be the position if we were to vote to leave.”
Sir John said of Brexit, “I think it would be chaotic and damaging and I think the people who would suffer most would be the everyday man and woman in the street.”
It was put to Sir John, by interviewer Andrew Marr, that Leave campaigners claimed Brexit would mean an extra 300,000 more jobs would be created “because we would be free to strike our own trade deals with America and Australia and China and other countries.”
“Well, it’s fantasy,” responded Sir John. “We would lose a huge amount in terms of national income through trade,” he said, pointing out that businesses would sell less to the #SingleMarket if we left the #EU.
He added, “I am angry at the way the British people are being misled.”
The former Prime Minister was right, wasn’t he? What a shame his warnings were not heeded.
Watch the video and judge for yourself.
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▪ © Commentary and video edit by ‪@JonDanzig‬
▪ Transcript of full John Major interview: news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/h...
▪ 𝗝𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶𝗴 is an independent campaigning journalist and film maker who specialises in writing about health, human rights, and Europe. He is also founder of the information campaign, @Reasons2Rejoin

[@DelosFive]

John Major was constantly criticised by media for being 'grey' and 'boring'. His grey, boring, honest integrity is sorely missed.

[@MrEminem]

if he wasn't so grey and boring people might have actually paid attention to what he was saying here. The average voter wants buzzwords and slogans; not coherent and logical sentences.

[@danielcrafter9349]

​​@@MrEminem the average voter is pig-ignorant

[@mikesalt8248]

The media are the enemy of the civilised world !

[@martinwebb1681]

Delosfive ... I remember the spitting image puppet of him, all grey, and always eating green peas 😂 ... that always made me chuckle.

[@DelosFive]

@@markpalmer8083 I said ‘sorely missed’ meaning from his Party. Not ‘missed’ from living.

[@davidcousins3508]

When I listen to this interview and compare it to the outpouring of our current crop of politicians you realise how far we have sunk .

[@ShaneJoshua1980]

They're not politicians they're talking heads pandering to the social media generation.

[@wilmaknickersfit]

Yes, the gap is enormous.

[@ocher8931]

It’s a national disgrace.

[@cirkmannzirkel8229]

You gotta thank the tabloids for that, they got what they wanted and what pays off for them. With a special thanks, as always, to Rupert Murdoch

[@o0julek0o]

In fact, an European country with half the population of the UK, which was fully communist until the end of the 90s is going to fully overtake the UK in terms of economical growth and GDP in just 11 more years.

[@warrenthorp]

And he even managed to say all of that incredibly intelligent stuff whilst avoiding being too personal about anyone. Very clever, very honourable.

[@Onionbaron]

You mean Boris...

[@Sommervillle]

Exactly, no nasty comments, no sly digs, just cold hard facts!

[@mwnciboo]

Clever yes, Honourable ??? Not sure banging a fellow minister for 4 years behind your wifes back whilst everyone knows comes under Honourable. Any other Gems? Bill Clinton was chaste maybe?

[@unfixablegop]

And despite the annoying interviewer constantly trying to sell bs himself.

[@Harrington2323]

That´s what a non-brit perceives as a "British Gentleman"

[@13cazz13]

This has aged incredibly well

[@adarkimpurity]

He was literally wrong on every fear-mongering point. Are you insane?

[@pipoo1]

@@adarkimpurityno they’re not, but you definitely are.

[@adarkimpurity]

@@pipoo1 There are not '10% tariffs on EU goods', EU citizens were not 'expelled'- to debunk two of his terrible points.

[@eamonreidy9534]

​@@adarkimpurity aw sweetheart. No need to be replying dozens of times to a video that triggers you

[@adarkimpurity]

@@eamonreidy9534 Widely publicising a counterargument to the lies and nonsense is important in a democracy- were you the type that was against the printing presses? I'm doing this with joy and laughing at yous. Oh, and my points stil stand BTW- nice deflection and passive-aggressive ad hominem :)

[@grahamdominy8309]

Can"t think of when a British Prime Minister last talked so much sense and with such controlled passion!

[@immortalsofar5314]

Where was this guy when John Major was in power?

[@dabs4077]

and yet most haven't listened to him....idiots!! Half a brain they use between ALL of them...

[@toi_techno]

He's a greedy Tory animal. Leave was anti-business and Major is pro-business, pro-low paid jobs. He new that cheap labour would end with brexit and he was right but he wasn't right for the right reasons. NO Tory is on the side of financial fairness and equality. It just so happened the being in the EU reined in the greed of the Tory establishment slightly, which was why they wanted to leave despite the catastrophic effect it would have on the poor and government spending.

[@Krisztus1Haver]

His way of speaking is way to complicated to the average British person who only cares about football and beer. (and Im an immigrant from hungary)

[@geordievillan]

Brown did it regularly, but got ignored by the majority. Blair too, though he was less ignored and more ... edited... by the media.

[@stewartcohen-jones2949]

That is a man with urgency in his voice and honesty in his heart.

[@mysticpizza02]

lol.

[@myalfie]

Not that honest he had an affair for years with edwina currie!

[@alex.velasco]

@@myalfie troll

[@alex.velasco]

@@mysticpizza02 troll

[@stewartcohen-jones2949]

@@myalfie A man who makes mistakes may have more of an insight than those who claim they make none .

[@LA-nm1jt]

John Major is the first PM that I can remember. I am not a Conservative supporter, but right now I'd have this man back in a heartbeat

[@senianns9522]

Honest straightforward facts from a Politician? You are joking! All of them liars!

[@owentill]

Shows how far we’ve gone (in a very bad way)

[@pipoo1]

Even when he was Prime Minister the Tory party had already become hostage to the then Eurosceptics.

[@kevincarter2020]

uk politicians today are shit. all parties

[@deang5622]

Well let me tell you something. I am a lot older than you and I remember a number of prime ministers before Major. Major was widely regarded as a useless and ineffective prime minister. He was a rare breed of prime minister. He was in a very special group. That group are prime ministers that have zero qualifications. Not a GCSE or O Level. Not A levels. Not a university degree. He was a real power house or intellect.

[@geeianna7708]

Like good wine this has sadly aged very well. This speech should be played every day to those tricked into voting for Brexit.

[@salvatorva64]

"The NHS is about as safe with them as a pet hamster would be with a hungry python." So true. People were deceived to vote against their own interests. The leave campaign was the perfect example illustrated by this proverb: "The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them."

[@James_08_07]

Not heard that one before, how apt.

[@jazzx251]

wow! very good ....

[@andressanchezcasado4433]

Brexit is like forest cheering for the ax

[@danielcrafter9349]

"Deceived" No, they weren't! People voted Tory, thinking "I'm alright, guv! Won't happen to me!" This BS happens *every time* the Tories are in power

[@martinwebb1681]

@@danielcrafter9349 ... Very true ... but so many just don't see it.

[@bryangeake5826]

Essentially everything he said in this interview has turned out to be correct.

[@rolflin]

yes, impressive that no one listened

[@thomasbootham2707]

So what has happened that has made him correct then?

[@bryangeake5826]

@@thomasbootham2707 Did you not listen to what he said? Turkey is not about to join the EU, and even if they did would 88 million Turks have come to the UK if we were in the EU? Very uncertain any would let alone 88 million, as Germany has far greater links to Turkey and a far better economy! The economic effect of Brexit was uncertain and he points out that we would, in all probability, have to leave the Single Market, we have, and its affected trade badly. We would loose access to the EU skilled immigration, we have. There are no unelected elites running the EU as Leave said there were!! He points out that the Leave cabal knew all this and were in effect lying, and that's right!

[@aidanmasterson50]

@@thomasbootham2707 well maybe tell us what has?. 350m a week to NHS? Turkey in the EU? Reduced immigration. 3 million more people employed with trading deals throughout the world? Or might it be London stock market surpassed by Frances over a year ago. 4.3 trillion in share traded down to 3 trillion, 22% below the poverty line, GB”s economic growth only comparable with Russia. Inflation. Fishing industry wiped. Farming just in time market wiped and highest immigration level ever recorded and that hasn’t covered the half of it. Give me one Brexit bonus and don’t say vaccine development which was done while still in EU and despite GB getting a small head start with vaccine rollout we still had the highest death rate per capita in Europe while Downing st. Partied.

[@slaterslater5944]

..apart from the 10% tariff. But that doesn't affect the overall accuracy of his prediction of the results.

[@davgat79]

Well it took 30 years but finally found something on which John Major and I agree. The man was bang on on this one.

[@lawlessize]

Wow, John Majors prediction on post Brexit Britain is scarily accurate. A very underrated politician, badly needed by the nation now.

[@tedcrilly46]

Bring Back Boring.

[@winstonsmasterplan]

Not really.

[@adarkimpurity]

He abjectly failed, fearmongered, and looks ridiculous now- everything he said was proven wrong.

[@alastairbrewster4274]

@@adarkimpurityreally ? Everything said has happened .

[@adarkimpurity]

@@alastairbrewster4274 No, it really hasn't- present somehting to debate.

[@dominicg4130]

I am not a Tory voter but I have the utmost respect for him. I may not always agree with conservative policy but he demonstrates his respect for the people of Britain and what is means to govern with integrity and you cannot ask for more than that. Brilliant.

[@weirdlytrue]

Pity he didn't think that when he was PM.

[@LordJasonKing]

Could not have put it better myself, there should be public enquiry

[@martinwebb1681]

DominicG ... I don't vote Conservative and never would, but I must say that John Major was probably the last intelligent Conservative prime minister ever, I may be being a bit unfair to Teresa May as she was probably the best since Major.

[@alvindimes4729]

@@weirdlytrue Ah? Some examples/contrasts would be helpful! 🙂

[@W1DO]

@martin webb best Tory PM of the last 50 years..... still not much of an accolade tho :)

[@Karl_with_a_K]

The tragic part of this is the fact that John Major was completely ignored. Marr kept trying to make the discussion about individuals. Now, today we have Andrew Marr on various platforms explaining about how everything John Major predicted would happen either has happened or is happening. This was a coup, if it happened in Venezuela we would all stare on aghast....

[@clintstechtips6571]

Andrew Marr is a dumb idiot like most "news" anchors on TV

[@utv5490]

Careful you'll upset the Brexit wifebeaters.

[@vincentl.9469]

@@utv5490 the central issue was free movement..I saw it first hand. the influx of people from EU nations-and outside the EU, was unprecedented. Not that things are much better now-but that's the governments fault.

[@shannonpincombe8485]

Marr is an awful interviewer.

[@TimoRutanen]

I think the whole thing perfectly illustrates a weakness of democracy. If you let a general election decide, a lot of people will often vote for reasons other than logic. It will be up to slogans, adverts, speeches and essentially charismatic individuals to pull in votes for their side using whatever technically legal means.

[@GNg-yt9ep]

There's no one here in Canada that can hold a candle to this man's eloquent explanation of complex issues and refusal to sling mud.

[@doogleticker5183]

There is and he's not a politician. Jordan Peterson.

[@peytonhuang2919]

Such a succinct message, delivered in a respectful manner. We need more of such politicians.

[@kevincarter2020]

they are extinct. we have public school boys/girls masquerading as statesmen. liz truss wrecking the economy like it was an a-level economics mock exam

[@adarkimpurity]

Passive-aggressive fear-mongering and projection is not noble- he was proved wrong on nearly every point.

[@xelakram]

John Major is a thoroughly decent man who speaks common sense. I can think of no-one in the Conservative Party today who can come up to his ankles. All the good Tories are no more.

[@nni9310]

Brilliant and accurate comment, though I would mark John Wallace, the Minister of Defence as a noteworthy exception.

[@chrisreed3929]

I totally agree. In fact the Tory party went out of their way to deselect decent Tories like Rory Stewart. It is now a party that is rotten to its core.

[@xelakram]

@@chrisreed3929 I totally agree. I used to be a dyed-in-the-wool Conservative voter. No more! Brexit put paid to me voting Tory ever again. The Tories have lost all sense of decency.

[@ianwheeler7513]

Got to say John Magor spelled it out plain and simple on every point, shows you the difference between conservatives of yester year who knew the issues and whatever is claimed to be a conservative today .

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

They were purged from the PCP in 2019. The ERG coup is just about complete.

[@buchanfoulsham6314]

Everyone should hear this again.

[@amcc5887]

💯%👍

[@chrisgironde6669]

Including current Government

[@ThomasDoubting5]

We need this guy in the prime minister's position now .

[@TheStevo1978]

He really knew what would happen, sadly quite prophetic. When you listen all the way through, he's called out all the main points. The conservative party miss politicians of John Majors integrity. It's been all about populism and slogans now for too long, chasing votes for careers & self interest rather than the greater good

[@nni9310]

Decent, eloquent and with foresight, his stateman's vision of the big picture in particular the effect on most of the public, and his conveying of his anger by his words rather than with tone or gestures, my esteem for John Major continues to grow.

[@catinthehat906]

Major is being disingenuous though. It was impossible for the Leave campaign to know exactly what the deal negotiated with the EU would be just as it was impossible for the Remain campaign to predict exactly what would happen in relation to future changes in the EU. For example Ireland with a population less than a tenth of the UK is being socked for 19 billion Euros for the Covid fund (of which they get 2 billion back). The size off the UK's covid contribution would have probably been the equivalent at least 150 billion euros and possibly more. So much for Major's foresight, he made a massive political mistake by not offering a referendum on Maastricht in 1992, at which point Remain would have won easily, because no one would have predicted Blair' not using the 2004 post accession restrictions (that almost every other EU country used). The idea that there is a high degree of certainty and predictability involved in remaining in the EU is clearly palpable nonsense.

[@ShabbaRanksMF]

@@catinthehat906 I take your point but I think it was impossible to miss the fact that once we left not only would that present massive opportunities for Germany in banking and France in trade, but we would also have little to no leverage with which to do this fantastic deal all the leavers kept banging on about. You only had to look around to see that loads of jobs were filled with Eastern Europeans like the Polish, but they were the kind of jobs and wages no British person (on or off benefits) would ever choose too take on.

[@weirdlytrue]

​@@ShabbaRanksMF why wouldn't they take the jobs?

[@eamonryan2198]

​​@@catinthehat906 19 billion euros for the COVID fund from Ireland to be paid to the EU? Where on earth did you get such figures? That comment is like the 350 million a week for the NHS.

[@catinthehat906]

@@eamonryan2198 MIght help if you read the Irish press Eamon. To help you I'll quote Aontú Leader & Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín. “Time after time, Ireland doesn’t get a fair shake from Brussels no matter how much Irish taxpayers pay into the European pot. Despite Irish taxpayers now being shackled to contributing €19 billion to the EU’s covid recovery fund for the coming decades, yet our return amounts to little more than 0.2% of the entire fund. How is this fair? FF/FG subjected the country to several of the longest lockdowns in the world let alone Europe, increasing inequality and crippling our economy. Yet we are given one of the lowest amounts to recover from the pandemic! Portugal received €2.2 billion in pre-financing alone. All the while, our national debt is set to hit €240 billion this year - indebting future generations, much of which was incurred when we were browbeaten into bailing out European banks. We are paying billions of euro on interest on one of the largest debts for any country per capita in the world in large part due to the decisions of the EU during the last crash. The instinct of the Irish government to be the best boy in the EU class must change once and for all. We must stand up to Brusselsl!”

[@luffirton]

Holy crap this guy must be the most truly fact spoken, direct spoken politician I have ever seen. This interview in hindsight is depressing because everything he says is the truth about the consequences that are unfolding and hit the nail on every aspect as I can see it. 😅

[@66PHILB]

@D Then came Call me Tony and Call me Dave. Where did the grown-ups go? There was Theresa May but she was handed a poisoned chalice.

[@adarkimpurity]

Nothing he said came true whatsoever.

[@andrehaugvaldstad]

@@adarkimpurity You're nothing but a fascist fanboy who's entirely too invested in this comment section. Not to mention that you are entirely incapable of substantiating any claim you've ever made. You're not here to have a debate. You're here to vent like a spoiled child who lost at a Pokemon Card game. It's time to stop posting.

[@sanny27]

I could listen to him the whole day. Such a sharp and clear mind.

[@Leberteich]

There was a time when the Tories had competent and decent people who were well spoken, able to listen and take in other views. Respecting experts. Coming to policies and convictions based on reasoned deliberation with themselves as well as others. But then firmly and eloquently defending their views against hogwash. Serving the interest of the country not just themselves. All gone.

[@robertheywood2553]

But he wasn't one of them. Took us into the European Economic Exchange Rate Mechanism - complete failure and cost the UK economy hundreds of billions of pounds. What is wrong with running your own country and being accountable to electorate? Why do we need an unelected, unaccountable system to run our country

[@moali7158]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@lewiskingtheflat]

I often look back on Major as such a man of principles. However it's also important to recognise the freedom he has now is not a freedom he haf as prime minister. Politics is politics. Power is taken out given. Without a very strong support of the public, a PM will depend more and more on support of the party. Ultimately, to maintain authority and power you must listen and face hard compromise. At the least, you can't always speak as honestly in the open as he does here.

[@Xune2000]

Before John Major there was Margret Thatcher who presided over the most corrupt bunch of child abusers imaginable.

[@Leberteich]

@@Xune2000 The most corrupt bunch of child abusers imaginable is presided over by the pope.

[@martynjones8560]

Incredibly prescient and 100% correct, if possibly somewhat understated.

[@stevestorrie6745]

Well done, Sir John. I`m with you all the way. You are now my National Treasure.

[@tkio]

This brought me to tears. I was never a Tory, but it’s just so heartbreaking to see where we are now. Hearing his wise words makes me miss him and the saner age of politics that he represents.

[@532bluepeter1]

Not that sane. Remember the miners strike under Thatcher and the police being used as a tool of state coercion? How about the privatisation of water utilities when there can never be a market or competition in water supply?

[@adarkimpurity]

He abjectly failed, fearmongered, and looks ridiculous now- everything he said was proven wrong.

[@532bluepeter1]

@@adarkimpurity You must be on another planet.

[@adarkimpurity]

@@532bluepeter1 We didn't get '10% tariffs' in the FTA deal and no EU citizen was sent back (settled status etc) - Just two examples for you. You have been radicalised by tabloid propagandists because you're bitter :)

[@pipoo1]

@@adarkimpuritywe are literally bankrupt as a nation. We are miles behind France and Germany in terms of GDP per capita, when when we were historically on par with them and the Government has had austerity forced on it by the global markets after the debt crisis in the Autumn, which means we’ve totally lost our standing as a safe haven nation for investors. On immigration, legal immigration has gone through the roof since Brexit in part because the Tory Government for the BNP rhetoric has actually introduced the most liberal immigration regime this country has ever had. To top it all watch the Australian TV coverage of the UK/AUS trade deal, this is a nation with whom we are close friends and allies, and they are literally laughing at us as a nation. This is the worst Government the UK has had in its entire existence, because it’s the only one that has deliberately and knowingly pursued a policy they knew would cause critical damage to our economy.

[@davidstirk4732]

Never saw this interview at the time but everything he says is right on the money.

[@burlhorse61]

a lot of ppl saw these interviews-but had their own racist agenda to leave europe

[@TheUltimateBlooper]

@@burlhorse61 as a whitey european - I always thought the leave thing was just going to end up in MORE immigration from the regions the racists dislike. Leaving the EU does not magically leave the commonwealth 🤣

[@sheriemirza6988]

​@@TheUltimateBlooper And as a common wealth person, I so want them to disband this so called common wealth which is only shared in one direction. Whether before or after Brexit there was never free movement of common wealth people into UK. It was always visa based with rules of visa changing every few years to let only those in who bring loads of money: paying student, high paid professional, investors. The required funds needed for the process has always been, just by currency conversion, impossible for an ordinary person from those countries.

[@agt155]

Yes he was right about the million unemployed, recession and punishment budget within the first year.

[@davidstirk4732]

@@agt155 I think that was George Osborne. He exaggerated the immediate negative effects of Brexit in a simplistic way. Brexit is more of a slow puncture on the progress of the country rather than an immediate catastrophe.

[@keithmac9683]

Sadly, this has aged well… I wonder how well an interview with BoJo, Gove and other leading lights from the leave campaigns have aged?…

[@MontyCantsin5]

Absolutely dreadfully.

[@mityaboy4639]

Those aged like fine milk… :(

[@jackkruese4258]

Boris is a traitor because he knowingly put the country’s future on the line in favour of his career.

[@richardhowlett4097]

If Bojo and co were interviewed about it today, they would still fool themselves with dishonest statements about leaving the EU being the only right thing to do. They are far too dishonest to answer any questions truthfully.

[@bilpat5123]

They would be asked something and answer something else.

[@paul_london]

This gentleman was spot on what the Brexit is

[@DaboooogA]

For anyone who hasn't watched it, I'd recommend The Major Years - an excellent documentary about this very interesting man.

[@timothykearns9881]

I came of age, politically, during the Major years and there hasn't been a prime minister since to touch him for integrity, decency and intelligence. When this man speaks (and he's famously judicious about when he does), everyone should pay attention.

[@LordBeauchamp1994]

Yet he lost to Blair in 1997 which led to Blair and the House of Lords reform making it ridiculous today instead of only hereditary peers or mainly hereditary peers we now have a lot of life peers. Then Iraq War then scrapping Law Lords, huge immigration making cities in the UK minority majority...Major lost us everything

[@onastick2411]

I was particularly impressed about how his government managed to turn three massive majorities by Margaret Thatcher into a sliver of a majority. Brilliant, then consigning the Conservatives to decades in the wilderness, brilliant politician, really really resonated with the public.

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

I listened to that very carefully. Not one of his predictions have been wrong, if anything he was, as he said, understated.

[@alexc1105]

He predicted tariff barriers of 10% and failed to mention the enormous non tariff barriers... other than that he's spot on.

[@mysticpizza02]

Gee really? maybe it’s because it’s been planned that way.

[@abdulkadiral-mudhafari]

​@@alexc1105 thus understated.

[@alexc1105]

@@abdulkadiral-mudhafari ...but also different

[@RazorMouth]

​@@alexc1105 he was partly correct. Without proving rules of origin with every shipment to the EU there are indeed tariffs. For example I can get products made in China, shipped to Ireland and then resell to mainland EU tariff free. Britain can't. The increase in shipping costs due to Brexit red tape is almost a tariff in itself.

[@RafaelW8]

Dear God, why wasn't this interview ran in every single news outlet for a few months?!

[@dennisgreene7164]

The greyest and one of the greatest actually for the short time he was in power. Articulate, credible and understanding of the facts. What on earth has happened to the UK?

[@rodden1953]

Andrew Marr was defending the leave campaign, i know hes supped to be the Devils advocate, but it didnt sound like it to me . John was spot on about losing skilled workers .

[@thomasbootham2707]

The bbc is supposed to be neutral and not take sides and allow positive arguments on both sides to be made

[@martinhommel9967]

@@thomasbootham2707 however it isn't neutral

[@aidanmasterson50]

How neutral is the BBC which avoids mentioning the word Brexit in every negative sense, when it’s DG a Tory party contributor is arranging loans for Broke Borris?

[@thomasbootham2707]

@@martinhommel9967 yes it is because the right complain the bbc is too left and the left complain the bbc is to right

[@thomasbootham2707]

@@aidanmasterson50 is that all you want the bbc to talk about just brexit you screw the earthquake in turkey or screw the police trying to find a missing person 😂

[@StuArch1]

The 52% would have heard this and shouted, 'Fake News' and the 48% slapped our foreheads

[@ossirioth]

They did. We did. Still are.

[@elaineclift2227]

Yes, in 2016 they knew what they were voting for and rejected Project Fear...now they say they were lied to.

[@ericritchie6783]

37%. Just the most vocal of them also.

[@lloydbelle3406]

Brexit was such a powerful movement, that truth and logic didn't stand a chance!

[@HTOP1982]

I guess COVID claimed 10% of leave voters?

[@pCeLobster]

Seems like a very reasonable and respectable guy. I'm American, and we generally don't see this level of articulacy over here, in politics or elsewhere. I've always felt that Leave resonates with me because Americans are an independent-minded people and that's what tends to make sense to us. But obviously I have no real dog in the fight, and it's nice to see such well-spoken counter arguments.

[@Dogboy73]

He was 100% spot on

[@johnl7710]

I would like to hear John Majors thoughts on all this now. I am no tory, but Major should be listened to and so should Michael Heseltine. I think they might both agree that the mess we are actually now in is even worse than they were warning us would happen.

[@JonDanzig]

Please watch the video of what John Major said about Brexit last month. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jH-pep-ihtyjo5o

[@Oseiwe]

Sorry, but this is why I have no faith in democracy, at least by universal suffrage as it keeps getting ever more so. In every field of human endeavor there are people who pay close attention and there are the rest. If it's a numbers game, then there's trouble. No more referendums

[@nathangriffiths6218]

Jaysus, I never thought I'd see the day I agreed with a Conservative politician but JM had it exactly right here and you have to wonder what's happened to the Tories where a man like Major is suddenly so far on the outside of the party that he might as well be in a different party.

[@paul_isaac]

It was like he went to the future (2023) and came back to tell us about it.

[@xelakram]

THis interview shows Andrew Marr at his very worst.

[@robduncan599]

I disagree! Playing devils advocate, putting the questions brexiters would say, Major destroying them . As we can all see .

[@xelakram]

@@robduncan599 But Andrew Marr is not in command of all the facts. For one, he stated that the EU wanted Turkey to join. That is patently false.

[@robduncan599]

​@@xelakramwould you rather Marr give Major just soft balls ? Marr is giving Major a chance to answer all the questions. Make no mistake I am not a fan of Marr , however getting the questions he presents on behalf of brexiters needed answers. Pity there wasn't more of this ? Maybe we wouldn't be in this position? Now UK is screwed.

[@xelakram]

@@robduncan599 No, I wouldn't want Marr to give Major "soft balls". Not at all. But to me, he came over as rather biassed. He also didn't get all his facts right. If anyone wanted Turkey in the EU, it was the British (when we were in the Union), not the French or Germans. So where Marr got the notion from that the EU were pro the idea of Turkey entering the Union, I do not know. I totally agree with you when you say that the UK is "screwed". It is screwed. Royally! Brexit was the stupidest idea one could ever have imagined.

[@patrickbyrne5070]

He’s a snivelling little shit. He’s never been very bright and he is a disgrace for this one.

[@HelenaMikas]

An excellent video .John Major , a man I respected and still do...One of the people , never an elite power mad type ..

[@mysticpizza02]

Seriously deluded.

[@michaelutech4786]

Listening to John Major is a reminder why I was so utterly surprised about the outcome of the referendum and why I was then so completely flabbergasted to see the British government and parliament act out like a Banana Republic during the negotiations. I always saw the UK as the more elitist, stiffer but also more cultured and smarter cousin at the family table. Now the UK feels more like an American barbecue where people ensure each other that they like beer (and curiously enough think Bud light is such).

[@guyfromthe80s92]

A tragedy for the UK.

[@lesleyrobertson5465]

There is no UK no more not ever🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jewulo]

@@lesleyrobertson5465 This is unfortunately true. I also believe that was part of the point. Achieving Brexit was merely the first step in breaking up the union.

[@mysticpizza02]

The EU is a cesspit of communism and corruption, we were right to leave!

[@lesleyrobertson5465]

@@mysticpizza02 this is based on which newspaper

[@martinwebb1681]

@@lesleyrobertson5465 ... Of course there is a UK.

[@philiplewis7252]

I have a great deal of time for Sir John Major. A highly competent and respectable gentleman, and statesman.

[@xelakram]

John Major is very impressive. 👍

[@mysticpizza02]

Your easily impressed lol

[@escfxp]

@@mysticpizza02 Easily impressed at your spelling 😮

[@xelakram]

@@mysticpizza02 Do you think so? I don't.

[@jimkhana007]

It’s almost like he actually knew what he was talking about 🤷‍♂️

[@carlodenardo6236]

This is absolutely brilliant. This video should be watched over and over again. He was right!

[@adarkimpurity]

Nothing he said came true

[@user-hf8nb9mb4e]

And now the medieval Enoch Powell

[@user-hf8nb9mb4e]

​@@adarkimpurity one third of small businesses closed after Brexit.

[@user-hf8nb9mb4e]

​@@adarkimpurity Enoch Powell and Farage have 19th century minds.

[@adarkimpurity]

@@user-hf8nb9mb4e So many more opened, the pandemic is your culprit, chump.

[@freyjasvansdottir9904]

I have never been a fan of John Major but here he seems to be absolutely one of the extremely rare breed of honest tories

[@LowPlainsDrifter60]

That's the difference between politicians who once had convictions & the social media puppets we have today.

[@Rotwold]

Yeah, he's very capable and I wouldn't want him as an opponent. Regardless of his views and convictions, he seems to have a basic moral code. Compared to the dark void of the last Torry PMs, he's an angel.

[@chrisreed3929]

With the wisdom of hindsight, John Major's prophecy is chilling in its accuracy. It is a shame more people did not listen to him, instead they preferred the lies of Johnson, Gove and Farage.

[@weirdlytrue]

Some leavers didn't vote for That lot, They voted against austerity, Cameron, Osborne and Clegg. What sort of moron trusted that bunch.

[@davidripley2916]

You forgot F#cko the Clown! 🤡👁👁🤡

[@skylinerunner1695]

Chilling indeed, and so plain to see. I would include David Cameron as also being to blame for playing Russian roulette with everyone's future and triggering the referendum, and then skipping off to holiday in Southern France when the vote came in. All of them vile, wretched human beings enriching only themselves.

[@jim122]

John Major is one of the good ones Fair play to him, he was telling everyone the truth Shame it wasn’t pasted on the side of a fucking bus I voted remain and it breaks my heart that this is where we are now

[@macpac22]

A different class of politician so sorely missed today. Clear, thoughtful, intelligent and insightful. Everything missing in todays politicians on all sides. Amazing that he was vilified back in the day.

[@polythenewrappedme6102]

As a Remainer, I literally sobbed and sobbed when the result came in on the Friday morning. I had stayed up all night till 06.00. I knew the Leave campaign was all lies. I knew they were just in it for themselves and cared neither for the people nor the NHS. The media was in their pockets. At one Dimbleby debate, someone in audience pointed out that the UK never had free movement as we had not signed Schengen (thanks to Sir John Major and the Maastricht Treaty), and Dimbleby told the chap to shut up. I knew then, we were doomed. The 52% believed the slogans. Project Fear. Will of the people. Get Brexit Done. Happy Fish. Sovereignty. There was no strategy if we left and there still is not. Jeremy Corbyn, a Brexiteer himself, famously sat on the fence, putting political ideals before the good of country. Now Brexiteers have won, all they do is whine. 1.7 million in Northern Ireland voted to remain, yet the DUP hold Stormont ransom. 5 million Scots voted to remain, and might have a way to achieve that, but at the cost of the Union. What about us 9 million Londoners, who wanted to stay ? Where is our voice ? No politician gives a damn. Guy Fawkes had the right idea !!

[@richtea615]

What your bigoted mind refuses to understand is that EU membership was only a benefit to an affluent minority of Britons. The majority of us saw our livelihoods and towns destroyed by an unelected bureaucracy that saw us in materialistic terms alone and wanted to obliterate our culture.

[@polythenewrappedme6102]

@@GolfWhisky The [lack of a] strategy to build the millions of homes, power stations, reservoirs, schools, hospitals, GP surgeries is totally controlled by the UK government, and has nought to do with the EU. I am happy to do as you say and point the finger at successive UK prime ministers, albeit my list would be far longer than the three you mention ! But if you say that Brexit was a protest vote against the UK government; that is like saying, to stop my arm bleeding, I'll cut off both my legs. There is no correlation between such a Leave vote, and it actually making Britain better. It actually does the opposite. It makes every man, woman and child in Britain poorer, because Brexit erected trade barriers with the world's largest market. At the time everyone who voted Leave claimed to know what they were doing. Well, congratulations, you got what you voted for. Hope you are delighted.

[@tomowenpianochannel]

Glad this interview is getting more attention. Everything said was spot on the money and everything the LEAVE campaign spread was attention-seeking BULLSHIT. Leading to the disadvantage of a generation, possibly several generations, of children within UK, and possibly forever as there is no simple way to re-join the complexity that was already organised and existent.

[@davidhogg657]

It's mental isn't it. Why hasn't any current politician had the guts to call it for the terrible decision it was and suggest re-joining

[@polythenewrappedme6102]

@@davidhogg657 Of the Remainers, the 5 million Scots have a voice to re-join. The 1.7 million Northern Irish have a voice to stay in the Single Market and Customs Union. The 9 million Londoners outnumber both added together, so who is fighting our case ? Sadiq Khan ?

[@MrPoetemaudit]

I remember Robin Cook's resignation speech over Iraq in March 2003. Members from both sides of the Commons rose and cheered him. If John Major had delivered this brilliant argument in the House of Commons it would rank, alongside Robin Cook, as one of the all-time great pieces of political oratory.

[@keithfowler2013]

Please put this on national telly at peak time.

[@amcc5887]

💯 %👍

[@doghat1619]

it was the andrew marr show. it WAS on television AT peak time. nobody saw it, because nobody watched tv anymore.

[@keithfowler2013]

@@doghat1619 Hello mate. Andrew Marr's on Sunday morning. Most people are either in bed or watching a cookery programme. Peak time is evening 7 till 10.

[@alannewman85]

What a gentleman. His words are practically clairvoyant. 'What wouldn't they have done if only they had known'.

[@leotrnt]

Just WONDERFUL. A masterclass of public administration, economics and politics.

[@youknow6968]

Amongst the most underrated prime minister we've had.

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

He was a very good politician but a bad prime minister, he was indispensable in achieving peace in Northern Ireland but as a prime minister he utterly failed in Bosnia and domestically he did nothing worthy of note while he was incumbent, not bad but no Atlee, thatcher or Blair who yes I unironically think all were net goods for the UK

[@youknow6968]

@@williamthebonquerer9181 glad you recognised his positives, thought you were going to start a rebellion lol Please don't judge an individual as a stand alone actor, judge him or her by their competencies and the situations they were thrown into. He came after over a decade of tory rule, leading a Conservative party hell bent on destroying itself, and following a massive backlash against thatcher. He performed admirably, to this day, his analysis, even when you disagree, sounds like music full of logic and reason.

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

@@youknow6968 he had every characteristic you would ever want in a leader other than leadership

[@youknow6968]

@@williamthebonquerer9181 lol interesting, I suppose if leadership is an ability to lead the tory party, then I don't think any soul in this country born in the last century had such leadership qualities.

[@TheKt75]

Definition of leadership courage. Sadly, no one talks like this anymore.

[@TheDandelionMind]

Not a conservative but got to say he talks so much sense, points delivered concisely, calmly and with integrity. Picking apart the opponent's claims and arguments without any hesitation, because he knows what he is talking about.

[@amcc5887]

This video should be played on national TV on the hour every hour every day, he certainly called it didnt he, kudos Mr John major, fabulous interview

[@adarkimpurity]

He was proved wrong on every point- what you are asking for is dystopian, brown-nosing nonsense.

[@amcc5887]

​@adarkimpurity and you are a dillusional brexiteer sad person indeed ,listen to what John major is saying and go educate yourself you sad person person

[@markh7288]

John Major is saying it exactly as it has turned out. Well said sir! Brexit is a tragic mistake.

[@mikesalt8248]

Never should a 2 % majority carry a vote of such importance absolutely Bonkers !!

[@mysticpizza02]

@@mikesalt8248 Yeah I bet you wouldn't be saying that if were the other way around. Never mind you will probably get your way we will be forced back in even after a democratic vote and if that doesn't scare you you haven't been paying attention!

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

@@mysticpizza02 1.The type of referendum that the C & U Party chose to use was a merely an opinion poll & should not have been used as a mandate. 2. The referendum & the subsequent general election was heavily funded by Putin enabled Russian Oligarchs - read HC 632 - Intelligence & Security Committee of Parliament The Russia Report UK which is available on You Tube in PDF format. 3. Despite point 2 more individuals voted remain than leave but the First Past The Post UK voting system is seriously undemocratic & the C & U Party are still altering voting borders (gerrymandering) & there are still rotten boroughs (look it up). The UK, like the USA, has slipped two points down the international democracy rating scale. Unlike Norway which consistently rates highest. Even the Republic of Ireland is well above the UK. Add to this the fact that the Judiciary, the Legislature & the Executive are supposed to be independent of each other but currently the Judiciary & the Legislature are subservient to the Executive - Autocracy - not democracy. Further both the C & U Party & New Labour are allowing only those candidates that the party leadership chooses to stand for election - local & or moderate candidates are being prevented from standing - only right leaning candidates that are willing to acquiesce to the leadership extreme policies are allowed to stand so the voter can only vote for either blue Tories or red Tories. Not democratic! Shameful. The UK is doomed unless the youth of today can overcome all odds & rebuild the Welfare State, reclaim utilities, reopen police stations & courts & can restore an adequately manned & armed military. All that is dependent on an economy that is no more fit for purpose now than it was when the UK left the EFTA to join the EEC (EU). Then the IMF bailed out the UK (for the second time in my lifetime) by cancelling the National Debt which at the time stood at 50% of Gross Domestic Product. Currently the National Debt hovers around 100% of GDP. Sigh.

[@anthonyhull1274]

@@mysticpizza02 the voters have changed . The elderly leave voters are dying off and the young pro EU lot who at the time were under 18 have yet to see one thing good come out of leaving the EU .

[@amcc5887]

💯 %👍

[@originaldeftom]

This man is such a visionary! Too bad his prime was so much earlier. For me he was the best and still is the best British politician ever.

[@raywilkie8587]

That was when Conservative values meant something! John Major was known as the Grey man, but he talked a lot of sense!

[@cpcorcoran8321]

Spot ON!

[@sardine158]

Well found Jon! Should be compulsory to watch. If John Major was proposed as the next prime minister, I would have to consider seriously voting for him. Sadly, the crackpot extremists in the Tory party make it totally unsafe to vote for them until the party exorcises these monsters.

[@markblow1966]

Utter rubbish. It was due to Back to basics Major and the Cyclops Jock Brown that we found ourselves in this position. 2 eu sycophants who pushed Maastricht and Lisbon though without a referendum to give all the political power to the EU. If the single market had just stayed as a single market as Maggie wanted, Brexit would never occurred, but the EU run by Germany and France couldn’t helpselves, and then the other EU arsehole Heseltine made sure Major could bring Maastricht through by getting rid of Thatcher.

[@adarkimpurity]

He was proved wrong on literally every point. He is a disgrace.

[@tcironbear21]

I love that saying "It's nonsense on srilts"

[@tomowenpianochannel]

Totally.

[@DMWill65]

John Major was probably the only Politician that I had any respect for. A well grounded and intelligent Statesman

[@paulperry7091]

Seeing people like Major and Heseltine shows just how far the Tories have fallen. I never agreed with their policies, but at least they were intelligent, and could recognise a fact when they saw it. Reminds me of when Trump first came to power - the biggest debate was whether he was dumb or dishonest. The brexiteers, like him, were both.

[@tinynijman9077]

It is unbelievable if you see this interview again 6 years later !What a massive blunder to leave the UK and Sir John Major was so right and because Andrew Marr was then working for the BBC he needed to be partial so he sort off had to defend leaving the UK and now that he works for LBC he can be normal and say what he thinks about it all ! Bonkers ! He also admitted that. He said that he left the BBC because he had to be the whole time impartial.

[@weirdlytrue]

Impartial? At the BBC? Are you sure?

[@andressanchezcasado4433]

BBC radio should be a model of independence

[@ulrikmortensen9426]

Well it is not. During debates with public audiences, they deliberately select predominantly Brexit supporters to be in the audience

[@kyodaz]

@@weirdlytrue Yes... it's very clear the BBC is impartial. Both left and right wingers claim they're biased.

[@amcc5887]

💯 %👍

[@KaganRustem]

He got absolutely everything right down to the letter.

[@robjones2408]

Like Cassandra whose prophecies were ignored until it was too late, John Major has found himself in a similar position. He was drowned out by noiser voices. His calm eloquence has now become a sad reality for millions in the United Kingdom. Brexit was emotion over logic, and the dismal lies of Boris and Liz Truss have exposed Brexit for all its' ruinous grift.

[@kerrydevlin]

I voted to remain but I don't remember seeing this interview,I think if they had used this more remain would have won. Its hard to believe I agree with John Major but I do. He laid it all out perfectly.

[@mikesalt8248]

media suppression

[@hugolage9842]

My Gosh... Major was right on all costs. It's truly astounding how the people were tricked and lied to.

[@mysticpizza02]

Yes its astounding that people buy this crap about how wonderful the EU is, it’s not and I’m glad we are out!

[@MrSparklespring]

​@mysticpizza02 The EU is what it is. A plan to make countries work together in a common market for the benefit of all. Is it perfect? No, because humans are not perfect. But with a small island mentality like yours, you only shoot yourself in the foot.

[@alkaholic4848]

@@mysticpizza02 Yeah because look how much better we're doing now. Have any of the promises the Brexit campaign made come true? None. Have any of the predictions of the misleadingly named "project fear" come true? Every single one. You've fucked our country over for decades to come. There's no going back from this now. We'll spectate as the rest of the world leaves us behind and our standard of living and poverty continues to get worse.

[@teddyzaehmer]

​@@mysticpizza02 from a european view i have to agree. I feel sad for anyone who knew what was coming and suffers now anyway, but i am glad the Chaos these torie Clowns produced is not our problem.

[@SirAreve]

This truly does shake me to my core. 2023 is a cluster fuck.

[@justinbrown471]

Hats off to John Major, succinct with his evaluation and everything he presented came to pass.

[@mysticpizza02]

Just saying what he’s told to say, you seriously need to wake up!

[@nopeoppeln]

@@mysticpizza02 you’re either from Boston or an absolute imbecile if you STILL believe in Brexit

[@Riggy2201]

Always an extremely sound politician and capable speaker. I remember his interviews as compared to Tony Blair's in 1997 election campaign. It's just unfortunate that he's in the party he's in.

[@ganrimmonim]

Not a sentence I'd ever thought I'd type but Oh for John Major back.

[@barryosullivan1486]

When you look at the calibre of politician's then compared to now, it is depressing. John Major is a class act.

[@Arwar555]

When Prime Ministers were Prime Ministers. Not the morons we have now. What John Major has said has come absolutely true!!

[@rwentfordable]

He is a adulterous liar. He even sued two newspapers then won, then it turned out to be true. People forget this. Great PM material that.

[@TheUltimateBlooper]

@@Arwar555 as soon as you mentioned thatcher - you lost the plot... She started the whole privatization nonsense, remember? She was following the murican lead.

[@winstonsmasterplan]

Bring Back Boris 🇬🇧

[@66PHILB]

@@winstonsmasterplan Leave politics to the grown-ups Mr Johnson.

[@adarkimpurity]

He is a moron that was proved wrong on every point.

[@jamessexton1453]

There is no comparison between John Major and Mr.Johnson...

[@hugogreen4916]

He might have been a rather “grey” PM. But man his prescience! Every point made was on the mark, and is now proven

[@johnc6919]

I wish he had shown so much obvious passion and commitment when he was PM. He was so right in everything he said. You really don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone.

[@derekfancett8218]

I'm sure he'd like to have done, but he was surrounded by one of the most self-seeking and treacherous Cabinets of the late 20th century. He called them bastards and, figuratively speaking, they were. Many of the most two-faced went on to be part of the broader Brexit coalition.

[@Onionbaron]

I am surprised to hear a UK politician talk so clearly and so sad to see so few listened...

[@Jin-Ro]

He was considered a crap PM to be fair. No one liked him when he was in office.

[@askeladd60]

He was wrong about the EU then and he is wrong about brexit now

[@DrJohnCosgrove]

He didn't pull any punches, did he?! Extraordinary that this intervention didn't have more traction at the time.

[@larslarsen5414]

Wauw. Remember the old days when there were actual honest and serious politicians appearing from time to time? Strange to think of now.

[@ripsnorter185]

Even in the small things like the way he dressed, they way he talked and the grammar he used is 10x more professional than any of the past politicians we had post brexit. I don’t know what John was like during his run as PM but by judging through this he seems like the type of guy we desperately need now to get the uk out of the mess it dig itself in.

[@imagseer]

He was certainly proved right on that! I just wish they'd stop saying the Leave vote was 'Democratic'' too when only 38% of the total electorate voted that way.

[@aHumanCookiee]

You realise just how badly we have fallen off the wagon with this government when you listen to John effing Major and think to yourself "damn, here's a proper politician with some real integrity" 🤣.

[@Greebstreebling]

Roughly half of the British voting population had this same 'foresight'. The others liked the red bus idea. Anyone know why there's so much shortage in Britain at present and why things have become so expensive? The pandemic I guess....

[@MrSparklespring]

I live in Belgium. One example : I like english products like ginger biscuits, lemon marmelade and chester cheese. But they disappear in our supermarkets. Why? You have to pay two to three times more the price than EU alternatives. We also have rather high inflation here, so only the rich can afford to buy UK products now. With all the red import tape, supermarkets also don't bother anymore to buy UK products. Too much hassle. So it's both a loss for Britain and the EU customer but mainly for Britain.

[@tomowenpianochannel]

Let's vote FAKE RED BUS with MADE UP NUMBERS AGAIN. It worked didn't it and it seems to be working really well right now?

[@VidaVidaVida80]

If only a PM in the UK could be this honest again!

[@mikedevere]

Integrity, intelligence and courage of his own views. I miss him as PM!,

[@paolodicarli4220]

Fair play to this brilliant person! He forsaw all that happened

[@alkaholic4848]

Anyone with half a brain could foresee all this. Unfortunately the referendum reflects just how dumb this country has become.

[@Cubeforc3]

Most of us with half a brain did. Pretty much everything that was derided as "project fear" has vine true.

[@PeloquinDavid]

John Major is a familiar beast to us proper Tories (a Canadian one in my case): a living, breathing example of a decent man encapsulating a saying dear to Canadian Tories who remember how to get elected and stay that way: "Bland works"!

[@tamaliaalisjahbana6849]

Oh Britain why did you not listen to him? All you can do know is vote Lib Dem, Green or SNP and start the long journey back to the EU. This is an intelligent, informed and honest man. It would pay to listen to him.

[@thelaststringbender445]

Watching this from a european view it gives me goosebumps. That is everything we tried to argue with our british Friends then in 2016. That it would be a shitty Idea to leave and that this won't fix the problems. But the focus on immigration was so strong and no one wanted to hear, that the most immigrants came from the Commonwealth and to throw out the romanian and polish would lead to a crisis in certain branches.

[@susansantapola]

I am sure John Major has a crystal ball, everything he predicted has turned out to be accurate. What a brexit mess.

[@verystripeyzebra]

I don't need a crystal ball to tell you what will happen if I douse my house in petrol and throw a lit match in.

[@HTOP1982]

@@verystripeyzebra sovereignty will manifest itself in the form of freedom flames?

[@weirdlytrue]

Pity he didn't have that kind of foresight when he was PM. Black Wednesday??

[@audreymcgready4329]

People where told what would happen and they where also told the sum on the bus was a lie too. They also knew Johnson was a well documented liar. They also knew what the Tories had done to every service in this country too.

[@audreymcgready4329]

@@weirdlytrue That has nothing to do with what he is saying here about BREXIT though. Has it?

[@gingashields]

And the irony is that we've ended up in a worse position vis-a-via EU trade even than Turkey