Our real Brexit crisis: ’No one cares anymore' | Anywhere but Westminster

Away from the drama in London, what's actually going on in Brexit Britain?
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In Wigan, Bury, Manchester, Nuneaton and Macclesfield, John Harris and John Domokos find confusion and weariness about Brexit and fury at the so-called coup - as well as homelessness, hunger and the deep roots of the UK's current meltdown in what Anywhere but Westminster began chronicling 10 long years ago
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[@theGuardian]

John and John respond to your comments and give an update on Charlie in a special episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJzIkJ2XnMd9apI

[@lahabitaciondelatrapado4621]

Ask spanish nurses working in the NHS. We are leaving by the hundreds/thousands. There's a scheme in the National Health System in Spain and in order to get a contract they benefit nurses with experience in national health system of EU countries. Many of us came to UK looking for experience that is also useful back home. I have quit myself when brexit was approaching the march 31st deadline. This scheme actually applies to any healthcare job, including doctors, X-ray operators and more. What is sad is that many people don't even know that other countries have public free healthcare too and they accuse us of ripping rhe NHS off.

[@patrickjames591]

Hearing Charlie's story reminded me of this line from the UN rapporteur Philip Alston's report on UK poverty - "The bottom line is that much of the glue that has held British society together since the Second World War has been deliberately removed and replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos."

[@ruk2227]

And much like the title of the video, no one seems to care.

[@puertodesuerte415]

That report was damning

[@adamjohnson6748]

Patrick James and your point is ?

[@jasonhannon4735]

Ahh the un rapists a is that who you are sticking up.for you know the un in Haiti raping girls and boys you are all so moral

[@nicolabressan7080]

Without a doubt, some of the best journalism around. Hearing the voice of the unheard: we all need more of this.

[@puertodesuerte415]

His grassroots style is superb

[@koushikisaha5197]

@David Hargreaves To 'the Sun' is your way my Lord.

[@revol148]

+Nicola Bressan do you HONESTLY care what people in Nuneaton think (about anything) - and if so why?

[@martycrow]

I am in tears hearing Charilie (c 6m 20s). I'm a stoic bloke and been around the block a few times. But sometimes it's not the extraordinary human fight for survival in a war or disaster zone that gets you. It's when the quiet desperation is experienced behind walls or normality and nobody pays much attention. I am more convinced than ever that it is not about the Governments we elect, but who we are, that elects the Government. Community, care, connectedness and compassion is only really experienced at a local level. We all need to rethink this.

[@AndrewSmith-sh8xe]

Nothing sums up modern Britain and the gig economy more than getting a text saying "no work tomorrow mate". Just like David Cameron "we're all in this together": being screwed over and bullshitted to simulaneously. "You're not my mate. We're not in this together. Get to fuck"

[@andyp123456]

Depressing as fuck, but thanks for keeping this series going as it's pretty eye opening. I'd imagine the Tories are going to use people's desperation against them again, but I honestly don't know how anyone can vote for them after the last ten years.

[@wildchavy2614]

Lol ud rather that shitshow labour? Sod that mate

[@franklingoodwin]

@@wildchavy2614 yes, anything but another incompetent Tory government. Couldn't even get the thing they started, Brexit right

[@revol148]

+Andrew Palmer .....maybe because there is not much in the way of a credible opposition: the car crash that is Dianne Abbott (on second thought's let's not go there), Corbyn pretending that he voted remain and the usual spend and send policies towards each and every issue that comes their way. I voted Milliband in 2017 - if he couldn't win then they will never under Corbyn two years later.

[@adamjohnson6748]

Andrew Palmer how labour

[@adamjohnson6748]

franklingoodwin hows that majority boris lol 😂 stop ya cry man

[@simpleasliam657]

Depressing that people think nigel tells the truth...

[@CampervanCookout]

If you say gullible slowly it sounds like orange.

[@LukeofSmeg]

Even more so that they don't think he's a "career politician" yet he's been at it for 30 years. If that's not a career I don't what is.

[@LukeofSmeg]

@@dtotti Like calling everyone in Brussels unelected bureaucrats, even when he himself is an elected MEP? Claiming the EU makes British law? Saying we should be like Norway, then claiming we should leave without a deal prehaps? The list goes on if you do only a little inderpendant research. :P The real question is, what has he said that is true?

[@LukeofSmeg]

@@dtotti "The Commissioners are proposed by the Council of the European Union, on the basis of suggestions made by the national governments, and then appointed by the European Council after the approval of the European Parliament."

[@LukeofSmeg]

@@dtotti Neither is our first past the post system or the fact Boris Johnson became prime minister through a much less democratic process. The EU elects commisioners on a process similar to that of the speaker of the house, so we get a representative that has support from all sides, or in Bercows case, HAD support from all sides. Sure the EU system isn't perfect, but at least they have proportional representation, which is much better than we have. I have to vote for a party I largely dissagree because of how undemocratic first past the post is.

[@Meowmixith]

I haven't lived in the UK since the referendum and every time I get home it just gets...worse. I'm tired of hearing about it, i'm sad watching it decay and I just pray that people stop falling through the cracks. This is a fantastic series that shines a light on those people, and I hope it continues. Fuck austerity, man. It's abysmal what people are forced to live through now. Nothing great about Britain right now.

[@bluceree7312]

"every time I get home *_it_* just gets." What do you mean by "it"

[@End-Result]

A Corbyn led government is the only immediate way out of this. That and a whole lot of "intolerance" for the rich

[@Philiptanzer]

@@End-Result I'm not sure far left policies would help anyone who is currently suffering, it would just add more to the list.

[@SirAmicVarze]

It's not Brexit, it's austerity. This dire situation was always going to exist when the safety net was slashed even further regardless of whether we were in or out of the EU.

[@End-Result]

The EU - as detestable as it is - is subsidizing so much of our infrastructure, that is the reality.

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

Brexit was a con.

[@hmq9052]

It's Brexit mate

[@iiiaiiin]

Absolutely heartbreaking. Charlie around 6:30 had me in tears

[@s1ddo]

@Just thoughts really - what I don't get is why he didn't go back on benefits after all those text messages, they've effectively sacked him or keep on at the agency for other work at a different employer. To let it lead to eviction with that amount of debt is silly, has he taken any advice from other professionals not just JCP/DWP?

[@BlackRose-vi2yg]

Get a grip FFS!!

[@sarah07290]

@Just thoughts really Yeah, whatever you say mate.

[@followtheboat]

Charlie's situation is heartbreaking, and we know this isn't an isolated case.

[@eirehere3026]

And it's all the fault of the EU... It's defo not the Tories or labour party that actually run the UK. Jesus it would be mad to put the blame on the actual British people who run the country.. bendy bananas, brexit means brexit... Mogg the working class hero..

[@Marenqo]

Fok all Tories

[@robertkyle2947]

Pidols "

[@MrSatnavatron]

if we survive the mass extinction , this is the sort of thing i would expect in History classes post 2025

[@loveulez]

@Daniel McGrath You're a complete imbecile

[@OMGAnotherday]

Life in the U.K. has always been hard, “we the ordinary people” have always worked hard, everyone in my family me, Mum, Dad, aunts, uncles, cousins, our whole extended family all worked, and so did nearly all the people we knew. but not now! The whole system has been destroyed by greed, theft, and maladministration. Austerity set by a group of untouchable psychopaths! Yep ladies and gentlemen, this is where we are!

[@javiceres]

L N If anything, austerity was a second step, a reaction. The 2008 crack was caused by monstruos greed. Then ordinary people had to raise the dying economy by living to those “austere” directions. But take into account Europe couldn’t punish or ask for accountability to American companies like, Goldman, Citibank or the compliance of the Fed Reserve, Wall Street etc

[@jfhow]

If?

[@Oldf0x]

LOL. LARPing Carbon Cultist.

[@BDaMonkey]

Thanks for posting again. I really hope Charlie and the other fella get sorted out with something long term.

[@David-wj8tt]

RE Charlie. Breaks your heart. Poor fella. Is there any way of helping him out?

[@BDaMonkey]

@@David-wj8tt There's a crowd funding thing for him. Seen it earlier, but I can't seem to find it now. Would be brilliant if someone with a vacancy stepped in and offered him a position.

[@BDaMonkey]

@@David-wj8tt www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/charlesedward-dale-7?BpNpw Found it.

[@stasis7127]

"I'm frightened" Two words that the ruling party refuses to address.

[@Inquisitor_Vex]

Except they have... several times.

[@MontyCantsin5]

13:24: 'No one really cares anymore...(about) anything. At all.' Quite an accurate summation, sadly. There seems to be a pervasive sense of nihilism within society that appears impossible to negate.

[@boogiewoogie9770]

Only with a small minority of the population thankfully.

[@MontyCantsin5]

@@boogiewoogie9770: I think the tides are turning in that values associated with truth and rationality are constantly being eroded. Take a look at the U.S.: The leader of the 'greatest nation in the free world' lies at every opportunity and seeks to create division within society with his immigration myths (immigrants are criminals). The UK is now in a position that doesn't seem much better - the PM accused of lying to the Queen and potentially at risk of breaking the law if a No Deal Brexit is implemented on October 31st. Not enough people really seem to care about the climate crisis we are facing; growth and profit matter more than the destruction of natural resources. Etc, etc. All of this filters down to young people as is evidenced in this video.

[@frankruss5111]

@@MontyCantsin5 coherent and articulate, however nothing but opinions, throw some facts in there and you will level up to credible.

[@Talshere88]

That's hardly surprising when our establishment has taken it upon itself to rationalize ignoring the single biggest democratic vote in our history. When your ruling class has shown such disregard for the voting power public in favour of its own interests, it's not surprising at all.

[@hiddenknowledge2012]

@@MontyCantsin5 I'mean, they are criminals though. If you cross illegaly. That's kinda the whole context of illegal immigrant. I dont care what country you are in, no one should be sneaking into a country without proper integration. That's not a new system created under Trump, immigration issues existed before he did and it was just as illegal to cross under Obama or Bush.

[@liamstryder]

The only thing uplifting in this is John's persistence with that beard. I despair at everything else.

[@VanceRefrigeration]

He’s been growing it since the first episode of ABW 10 years ago!

[@gringobingo]

I spent most of my life in Northern cities - Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield - and it seems like we have come full circle and back to the start of the 80s. Life was miserable for ordinary people then ... in the report I see the same look in people's eyes. I saw the writing on the wall many years ago and left the country (for much further than the EU) and have no intention of ever coming back. I watch news stories like this, and it just confirms to me how right I was.

[@person.X.]

I emigrated too but the UK is a great place as long as you have money. What is really frightening is that so many people in the UK are in Charlie's position because people who have to work for a living are seen as a cost rather than a person who deserves a dignified life by those who are rich and live of investment returns. What kind of people think a zero hours job is clever?

[@stevedoughty1941]

Gringobingo...I totally agree...and its going to get a whole lot worse, very sad.

[@Eusouamoreusouluz]

Where are you now?

[@DarylBaines]

@@Eusouamoreusouluz Somewhere better ... you?

[@Eusouamoreusouluz]

@@DarylBainessomewhere better too

[@bluceree7312]

2 observations watching this video: 1- Situation in the UK was a lot better in 2013 and 2015, on the surface at least. We had smaller problems then like ‘immigrants taking benefits they don’t deserve’, which is not entirely true but if it was, it was not the reason you can visibly see the situation is a lot worse in 2019. 2- Charlie broke my heart. A 40-hour job promised, but no work due to no orders. He wanted to be free from the rules of the EU, those rules that would actually protect him against his landlord for example. See the pattern there?

[@ArthurEmbleton]

What protection does the eu provide against landlords?

[@bluceree7312]

@@ArthurEmbleton Long term (actually life-long) rental contracts. Everyone is happy about them in so many European cities and the change towards something more simiallr to UK has been not received positively in places like Berlin for example. What the government did there to combat this is to buy a lot of properties to offer them in the market as a public option. The UK goverment will never do this ever because it "socialism" and the developers have our MPs by the balls. this is the difference.

[@markrichards636]

Yeah the great god like EU, saviour of the universe.

[@bluceree7312]

@Just thoughts really check this: www.globalpropertyguide.com/Europe/landlord-tenant-law Even though I have a feeling you will see this as being biased, the UK has the same tenant protections as countries who are really a lot worse economically, and it will get worse after brexshit. This is something not to be proud of. If someone can't handle the "hardship" of being a landlord (even though they are a lot worse in the UK because the housing system is broken) then they shouldn't be landlords! I know you will now say "I need to guarantee my retirement, that's why I'm a landlord", again, its a problem with the UK broken social security system.

[@leszektemplewicz3362]

and it seems it had been better yet in 2006 and 2007

[@stealthbum34]

Thoroughly depressing, the Tories and media have really done a number on the public. Many believe every word of rhetoric they vomit out.

[@BlackRose-vi2yg]

You keep believing that drivel mate..

[@stealthbum34]

@@BlackRose-vi2yg thank you for illustrating my point.

[@jackburton1455]

Politics... Poly - Latin meaning 'many' Ticks - blood sucking parasites. News outlets including The Guardian are just dirty smear merchants getting our blood boiled up and ready for the parasites at Westminster.

[@stealthbum34]

@Keith1974 what would be the point? I'm no match for a huge media force which has long been bought and paid for.

[@olanmcevoy8581]

When all this is over and people are able to look back at this period, this series will survive as serious journalism over all the shite that is being produced at the moment.

[@thepretendraver312]

It’s the landlords are the biggest rip off merchants!

[@End-Result]

Hear, hear.

[@msa-tt4bg]

Sooner or later there will be a revolution if the government doesn't make housing more affordable .

[@arrg2u2]

A thank you to all involved in "Anywhere but Westminster" series, find it very profound and deeply moving

[@OMGAnotherday]

What did Charlie do to deserve this! In the meantime Boris Johnston has gravy running down his chin!

[@buildingabout3505]

Didn't he voted Brexit for immigrants to have it worse , then it backfired?

[@martynblackburn1977]

As do many politicians regardless of what political party they belong to.

[@toyotaprius79]

I'm more than annoyed that at this stage it's been hard to shed tears, remorse and frustration about life in England now. And the frustration of this blatant con, you've been conditioned and others fed lies! The Scots see it! Poor poor, Charlie. I couldn't cry but I fell crushed by him.. As an Irish person, everything seemed to have gone funny with the "Alternative Voting" Ref in 2011. Anyways, we really can't bear to imagine where you guys will be in 2021, or 2025 if you cannot shake off the hijacked Tories and Farage. You've made your own (and much of the ECJ's) laws from the begining. Although, 2026 can look completely back to normal because on Jan 1st 2020 the Eu will implement new Anti Tax Avoidance laws, and being outside the ECJ by Halloween is understandable - for the real drivers in control. I have better hope for America. They at least have a way back. England has its population's collective minds' doused in cognitive dissonance. - and yee all like to judge like your man said

[@CampervanCookout]

_B -Lowe_ a large proportion of the English see it too.

[@aliasmcalias3557]

I would trade Brexit with trump in a heartbeat. They have 8 years at most of their terrible mistake, while the UK will be paying for this monumental screw-up for generations to come.

[@tanyakruyt5122]

Homelessness: how to destroy a person. It seems to be deliberate.

[@PooleyX]

My heart goes out to Charlie - a man who has clearly done all the right things all his life, and continues to try his hardest but it gets him nowhere.

[@paulhmull]

Best thing about the Guardian is this man.

[@theGuardian]

Got a question for John and John? Or a suggestion of where they should go and who they should talk to? Comment below and let us know.

[@thomasullmann7447]

I can't imagine Basildon would be a particularly pleasant place but it is an election bellwether town that was massively in favour of Brexit (70%+ if I remember correctly). In London there was an issue of people living in garden sheds and garages a few years ago, I can imagine that still exists. Perhaps another step is to try and bring people together from various sides of arguments, living standards, political positions. Invite some of those who John has met to visit more prosperous areas, such as bring a manager of a food bank to Canary Wharf and develop some dialogue there.

[@mikele-baigue8155]

Please can you come to Bolsover District. Labour stronghold with one of the highest Leave votes in the country. Young people voted the same way as their elders largely. And firebrand Skinner often defies party majority.

[@benenty692]

I love to chat too him come to darwen

[@Philiptanzer]

There is truth in no one caring anymore, Brexit conversations have been replaced by conversations about how much we despise our politicians or just pure disbelief in how they are acting. I hope the politicians stop what they are doing, before they do too much more permanent damage. I'm not sure many people will ever forgive the political class for standing up and giving speeches about democracy as they block a general election, nor will they be forgiven for voting to give the power to leave the EU to the EU. These people believe they aristocracy, but they have no divine right nor heraldic bloodline, they lack the protections of an aristocracy, they just have our votes, but they may just have destroyed faith in such things. Aren't they lucky we aren't French.

[@kingpendaofmercia6947]

I've commented elsewhere in this thread - but come to Northampton PLEASE. Everything wrong with education, healthcare, homelessness, decrepit buildings, bankrupt councils and more is present in Northampton. The people of the town have always felt ignored by the government, treated as insignificant and Brexit tensions only inflame that

[@TheNadiabear]

*shiver*. heartbreaking when you remember we are doing this to ourselves and we don't have to.

[@kushsakhu]

🤔 To a degree I agree. But I wonder, how much our views are shaped by what we're told by those with the power to influence.

[@TheNadiabear]

@@kushsakhu If your survival from cancer relies on time sensitive isotopes being to delivered for use at a location you can get to.Or your understanding that there are drug supply issues already in Europe and your supply of refrigerated insulin may be disrupted. Your current Government constantly blatantly lies to you. Remaining in the EU with their protection ,of your human rights is the sane option, regardless of what we're told. I no longer believe them.

[@adam4757]

I've missed this!

[@10fcull44]

Fook me... I’ve just lost the will to live; so glad I got out of the U.K. when I did!

[@martycrow]

A thoroughly depressing must watch.

[@andrewcheatle4691]

'Once we leave Europe, the skies the limit'... People really believe that?

[@Coolrunnings007]

I mean the potential to make trade deals with quite a few English speaking countries and also with China and India which have some of the largest markets so yeah the sky is the limit.

[@buildingabout3505]

@@Coolrunnings007 you will be a net importer.

[@DisleyDavid]

coolrunnings Which countries do we not trade with now?

[@andrewcheatle4691]

Mr Olympia

[@buildingabout3505]

@@DisleyDavid north korea , iran , syria

[@lostintashkent]

please keep making these videos! Even this one, which may seem directionless, is important. We can sense the decline in the population's mood since the series started, the increased sense of frustration and resignation as our political system proves time and again to be dysfunctional.

[@damienholland8103]

I visited London a few months ago. The British people we spoke to were very friendly and welcoming. I didn't bring up politics. It'll be interesting to see how this situation pans out.

[@CampervanCookout]

London isn’t like Britain really these days.

[@aliasmcalias3557]

London is generally pro-remain.

[@aliasmcalias3557]

@@CampervanCookout *England isn't like the rest of the UK these days

[@CampervanCookout]

Alias McAlias true

[@brittanydawn2633]

I really feel for Charlie. That poor, lovely man. Suicide was at an all time high in 2018. Only 52% of those who die by suicide have a diagnosed mental health issues. It is NOT ONLY a mental illness caused travesty but very very often takes the lives of those who live in unbearably awful and difficult situations like this man. I hope he is OK.

[@MartinBroadhurst]

This is the bleakest episode recall watching. I felt desperately sorry for that fella getting messed around with work; it's appalling that we are failing people like this.

[@kingpendaofmercia6947]

@The Guardian Come to Northampton - our council went bankrupt, couldn't even afford to power street lights, boarded up factories and houses, tents of homeless people all over the streets, some of the worst performing schools in the country... Its a microcosm of the deep rooted decay of English society slap bang in the middle of the country. Its a bellweather constituency as well.

[@buildingabout3505]

How did Northampton vote in 2016 ref and 2019 EU elections?

[@alyshasmith4257]

Ffs, I wish I’d been in Macc! Sorry to have missed u :( thanks for coming John

[@007lyncoln]

Payback Time Britain.

[@kevinbuckley8458]

Anywhere but Westminster, a proper functioning Parliament would never allow this disfunctional situation to develop in the first place

[@peterebel7899]

@Phil Earl EU's secret plan to destroy you?

[@GeoffreyHellington]

The laugh at 04:33 is the only appropriate response to the bigoted waffle at 04:24

[@GeoffreyHellington]

@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 Intolerant and badly informed comment driven a belief that the Scottish are somehow 'others' and worth less than those from their own part of the country

[@GeoffreyHellington]

@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 Sorry mate but in search of an appropriate and reasonable response to your whimsical and meandering diatribe I can only refer you back to the laugh at 04:33 Have a nice day :)

[@Coolrunnings007]

________ no it’s simply that they take more in taxes than the put in. Also SNP has constantly argued for that divide. And the rest of the British feel that there is a widening gap between this close brothers. I do agree that maybe not calling names ect would be better but let’s not pretend that it started with that lady or “ people like her”

[@0_________________]

Thanks for the video. This is eye-opening for someone who's not from Europe but gets news feed about Brexit on a daily basis.

[@xtraspecialmango]

Is there a go fund me for Charlie?

[@buildingabout3505]

Why fund a brexiteer? They have a 350million a week feather bed .

[@SearchingForSounds]

@@buildingabout3505 we have to all change and listen, forgive and mend.

[@KieranGarland]

Hard to locate the hope in this picture of Britain. People really don't seem to care, and indeed actively foster contempt. In the name of what, I wonder. Identity maybe? I don't know. But I'm waiting for the day when some hope within our society generally - and not just for a handful of us - can return, and maybe bind us back together again. Even if only a little bit. I wish Charlie all the very best, too. I hope someone will step in and help him. Humbling, sobering video, as ever. Thanks, folks.

[@brittanydawn2633]

@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 pathetic. Can't wait to see your version if it's so easy. I have a feeling your listening and observational skills won't be up to scratch though, since you are so prepared to dismiss all that was said by the many people in this video

[@andrewmitchell2313]

As always, the hope lies with the younger generation... but if things deteriorate so severely, there also lies a darker path of generational dissatisfaction in which hatred can fester. I believe that history will show the austerity policy was far more damaging then anything that Boris Johnson does.

[@celticwarrior3354]

Lots of groups with different ideology , leads to destruction, harmogenous nationalist countries thrive ! Not mixed

[@MarkJVSomers]

I wanted to move back to the UK at some point, but I'm glad I didn't now. What a sad state of affairs.

[@jackburton1455]

Austerity, poverty, crime and the need for food banks have been on the rise loooong before the Brexit debacle.

[@dohlecarnett1866]

@@jackburton1455 Still doesn't make it better. After seeing Charlie I understand why people used it as a protest vote. But it will just make things worse.

[@hanzx6685]

You're spot on that we might already be in the aftermath. I walk to work through Walsall town centre everyday and occasionally (or quite often, depending on how much I choose to look) it feels like a dystopian reality.

[@vaughanfoulkes-arnold5897]

John's features are brilliant. I was lucky enough to meet him and it really was a pleasure and he genuinely cared about what we had to say, with a good humour. It is tragic that we are at this point that he has to make them, but I salute you sir.

[@jamesmiddleton1278]

Thank you for these interviews. They're a real piece of journalism, and really capture the reality of so many people's lives. Thank you for listening to people who would otherwise remain voiceless.

[@TheViperZed]

Remember how the UK got to how it's portrayed in V like Vendetta? Well you're about to go there.

[@bogbay]

Great work and well done even if the conclusion is bleak

[@thepretendraver312]

Brexit ain’t going to change shit for common man I bet!

[@trevorb.yokkanan9801]

1:05 "We're on the coatails of Europe, guided by their rules and tariffs", pretty sure we operate under no tariffs at the moment mate - this will happen once we leave

[@maxcuthbert100]

I hate the fact that I'm an ex-pat and often miss the UK,but watching this heartbreaking docu is heartbreaking and things/situations unimaginable when I lived in the UK are now commonplace. Damn Thatcher and the never ending horde of greed filled locusts she put upon us.I'm just as appalled at the sheer ignorance of older people yearning for 'the good old days' that never really were. How much more wretched can it possibly get- cannibalism ?

[@OMGAnotherday]

16 hours work a week would allow Charlie to contribute to society, and keep his benefits! I’m sure someone would love to have Charlie as an employee, his house is immaculate, he is obviously a grafter and a lovely man.

[@DCI-Frank-Burnside]

Philisophically what is hard work? It really isn't objectively measurable.

[@quochungle2536]

I really love that Anywhere but Westminster series. This down to earth approach actually resumes UK situation, showing that people's despair and a genuine feeling of abandonment could lead to bad choices. Though, these people remain deeply human and it calm down my anger against hardcore Brexiter or hardcore Remainer speaking on BBC, Sky news et al... Thanks to John Harris and John Domokos for that, and if there is a third John i will point out of the following song about the real menace to European : kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYuqhIygh9iZa80

[@lefrise5]

4:26 ...Scotland what? What was the question anyway?

[@thepeacetimebookclub3029]

One of the best journalists in the UK.

[@ericellis3506]

To watch Charlie scratching around trying to make his food last is soul destroying. How many thousands of kids tonight are going to bed hungry.

[@noaniles8376]

Thank you, I like the series of videos

[@tangledfish]

This is a very painful video to watch.

[@josefinehansen6096]

The European Union is like a club. If you get in, there are certain rules and if you follow them you get certain benefits. Brexit: "I want my own rules, this club sucks! I'm out!" EU: "Okay, mate. But you wont get our benefits anymore and you can't participate in our parties." Brexit: *surprised pikachu*

[@jakeommiles]

Brilliant series about a dreadful situation.

[@vladescu3g]

Jurnalism at its best! Greatings from the continent.

[@raymondmorris4270]

PEACHES pop up PEACHES on your lips with POLITICAL PARTIES.

[@dianabrown1409]

JC4PM now

[@yppahpeek]

I've never been more proud to be from Macclesfield! What a surprise to see it in the Guardian 👏😅

[@SkyEcho7]

4:34 Exactly that feeling 😨

[@hiddenknowledge2012]

Either way, as long as the UK breaks a part. It's a win win in my view.

[@colmcgillveray1010]

Well that was grim. Poor Charlie..Even John Harris looks haggard by his journey started out all clean faced and mod like, ended up more Jethro Tull..

[@ReliableDriversLimit]

We ask the councils to explain where has all the money done

[@puertodesuerte415]

When Charlie said John had made his day, it made me teary!

[@CatatonicImperfect]

A country dismantles itself

[@CatatonicImperfect]

Oh, hi there

[@Eusouamoreusouluz]

Does it rain every day in the uk?

[@jakubyakub]

I clicked cos I thought Rick Rubin would make an appearance from the thumbnail

[@JD-ke7zt]

So sad that qualified people from overseas that chose to live and work in the UK no longer feel welcome and are subject to abuse.

[@Ryantalope]

It begs the question. Was there ever a plan for a post Brexit Britain that would provide a surplus of funds for the infrastructure of our society? Schools, NHS, Police and our public services. The answer is no. The elderly guy on a zero hour contract whose been effectively fxxked by the governments sadistic welfare system is a dark harbinger of what’s to come if no deal comes through. Political failure is ultimately a failure of imagination. There was no vision of a vibrant new Britain with a revitalised manufacturing base, not one word. No deal will be proven to be the greatest con this country has experienced, when medical supplies run out and people are actually losing their lives that will be a sobering moment for those that swallowed the lie. There is nothing more sobering than human collateral.

[@Robert-cu9bm]

Buildings On Fire Yet all the important people say medical supplies and trade will go on.

[@kevinbuckley8458]

That depends on who you trust and who actually is important.

[@Robert-cu9bm]

Kevin Buckley Calais port has said there will be no disruption, Dover port has said the same. The health secretary has said no medical supplies will run out. Yeah i trust the people in charge of running these. I figured they'd know what's going on.

[@kevinbuckley8458]

@@Robert-cu9bm trust and knowing what is going on has nothing to do with what can go wrong will go wrong. I might as well say it now told you so.

[@thefinalwhistle1623]

It will be a sobering time for those losing life or family. The Leave brigade won't care.

[@DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

Not long before we see a depressed John Harris in slippers, a stained vest and an open dressing gown just aimlessly walking around post industrial towns in the rain asking random people why everything is so shit.

[@rowdogspeaks5900]

Come to my town. I'd be happy to chat to you guys in the street for ages.

[@andybowen1981]

A sombre reflection of the nihilism that Brexit and all that preceded it has left us.

[@andrewsterling2477]

well that was depressing

[@ChicagoTurtle1]

There are many who face hardships like this in England. Even in London. Where’s all the money going? To the finance institutions/bankers and secret accounts in tax havens.

[@buildingabout3505]

Yes but wait for those 350 mil a week to kick in

[@ChicagoTurtle1]

wolf uk. Ya the conservatives are going to kick that all the way to Wall St. They serve the rich.

[@ReliableDriversLimit]

Why have we got so much money for everybody else????

[@jowilliams9808]

Anyone going to publish 'Black Vulture' as mentioned by Lord Noble James of Blackheath in Lords 06/09/2019 extremely concerned the public are unaware and consequences coming 31October2019. All is far far more serious than is being told.

[@thomasullmann7447]

Fundamental journalism, it should be the staple of every politician's viewing.

[@beckwith43]

My heart breaks for the homeless single father and Charlie.

[@minorcek]

Damn I feel for Charlie. I'm American but I try to keep up with the British the best I can and I hope yall work yourselves out soon

[@oneithegoyim]

Love the title. Still waiting for Brexit. 3 & 1/2 years after Brexit i’m eagerly awaiting new report. Brexit debate has become depressing because the debate was finished 2016. Everything since has been toys out of pram. Reminds me of how i would behave loosing a football match in the playground to the worse team. So i perceived it. Years later i see clearly. It did not matter

[@tomwardle94]

I started following Anywhere but Westminster after hearing John Harris at the Left Field at Glastonbury. I find that the series has often illustrated the sense of desperation felt in this country but hasn't often omitted the causes. Admittedly, that might be the point in it being anywhere but Westminster. I've found Harris' criticism of Corbyn's Labour particularly bizarre (just because he wouldn't press his magical Stop Brexit button) given that they are the only party talking seriously about fixing many of the problems demonstrated outside of Westminster.

[@silenusut]

Refreshing. Dispiriting. Authentic. A Mirror. Left me chocked. Necessary. Don’t stop.

[@ReliableDriversLimit]

We give the council a lot of money (Liverpool) Why is this city robbing us.

[@leftmodernist5210]

I’ve always enjoyed this series, but the weakness for me was the daytime High Street demographic is not particularly representative. BBC even worse with constant safaris to Grimsby and Barnsley to seek out authentic gammons. But you do identify some really interesting individual problems

[@taraduncan12]

Fuckin hell. Words aren'ts enough to express all the feelings that i ran through watching this video. I really appreciated the human approach taken by the presenter. Thank you

[@onowonow]

Excellent, troubling, and honest series. The façade of the Western world crumbling.. hope and dreams now also gone. Hi from NZ :-)

[@leftmodernist5210]

Dundee would be worth a visit. Fancy waterfront investment cheek by jowl with shocking drug mortality rates.

[@leeoreilly6797]

I was listening to a Noam Chomsky talk from 1998 at little while back. He was citing another author who described, I think it was called "superfluous populations"? Looking at our current government, and the general state of UK and US politics, this phrase seems frighteningly prescient.

[@2damecuteUK]

We work for a system that cycles around to profit only instead of benefiting of all.

[@Slaphappy1975]

So depressing i could cry.

[@celticwarrior3354]

The UK is pulling apart by design what do you think devolution was for 🙄