Post-Brexit Blues | ARTE.tv Documentary

[@artetvdocumentary]

It's been eight years 📆since the EU 🇪🇺 referendum transformed life in the UK. Has Brexit impacted your life in that time? For a deep dive into how the deal finally came to be, watch 👀 'Brexit Endgame: 2019-2020' - a look back at the 12 months before Britain 🇬🇧 left the European Union on 31 January 2020 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aafSm51-YqhomtU For more on the impact of Brexit, check out this playlist 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHvIYWp_Zsmdi9U

[@bzdtemp]

This video is just a bunch of anecdotes, the subject is important only the value of the video is like reading the tabloids.

[@Locutus]

My business has increased as a result of Brexit. I'm loving it.

[@MaximDL1410]

@@Locutus😂😂😂

[@Locutus]

@@MaximDL1410 End of the day, there are plenty of winners and losers when we joined the EC/EU and when we left the EU. Many people and businesses had their livelihoods destroyed on each location. These kind of videos are one sided. They start with the premises of "Let's find people who voted leave and regret it, or people that have had their livelihoods disrupted". Why not find people who have been successful because of Brexit. I'm sure there are many success stories.

[@michaelkeldsen9897]

It is difficult to mobilize pity for the distress of Britain and particularly the English. They are exactly where sensible people/politicians told them they would be with Brexit. Now they pay for their ignorance and their arrogance towards the rest of the world! Why on Earth should EU grant them a free ticket, when they opted out of a fantastic organisation, that has created prosperity and peace.

[@apostolisparga]

This Anton fellow should be recorded as a textbook case of cognitive dissonance

[@emrahtestere5372]

I think what he says is logical. He owns a coffee shop, anyone can open a coffee shop. There is no moat for that kind of business. More immigrants will mean more competition for him. This also explains why latinos vote for Trump. Immigration is only good for middle class people who have a regulated job and bosses to exploit newcomers.

[@RDCFemmes]

l'immigrant qui ne veut pas des immigrés, dont le nom du café n'est meme pas café de Marrakech. Dans sa tetê, il est different, il est blanc.

[@davidw3534]

yeah when these hoodlum white nationals come and smash the windows in his cafe and tell him to get the hell out, I wonder if he thinks they will stop when he shows them his idiotic Brexit bag. People like this are disgraces--just like Stephen Miller in the Trump administration. He was the child of immigrants to the US who fled anti-Jewish hoodlums in Belarus only to turn around and engineer the separation of migrant children from their families in the US. Fucking disgraces.

[@SniffyPoo]

that guy thinks he's somehow different than every other immigrant. also 'screw u i got mine'

[@dnavid]

Anton is lucky to have a family to help him through his cognitive decline.

[@Blanka1100]

Stop blaming people from new EU countries for your own failures.

[@roberta9833]

👍

[@timhill9189]

Well said.

[@Blanka1100]

@@harryhippie978 I am Polish and it pisses me off Brits blame us for their own laziness and look down at us for no reason. Poland 2024 is a good place to live. It is not the same place it used to be in 2004. Polish people have been working their asses off since Poland joined EU and look where we are now. Did Brits do the same?

[@judyhouy5578]

@@timhill9189so there are food banks for the struggling people. Well, that was a better response of their government than what they did when their Irish subjects starved in the famine. No food banks and any available food was exported out of Ireland for profit.

[@ianjones7488]

@@Blanka1100 Just as bad tarring all British people with the same brush. Some 30% of Brits voted in favour of leaving the EU.

[@GalmTeam]

This poor Caffe owner in my opinion is deceiving himself. He thinks of himself as a true brit, but I'm pretty sure that most brits will never think of him as one their own and in their mind he would be just ,, one of them immigrants" (talking from experience)...

[@Frederique41]

I agree

[@phyllisbennett5414]

You are unfortunately right. Sorry.

[@GalmTeam]

@@phyllisbennett5414 No need to apologise, it's just how it is. It's human nature. Like the Bulgarian volunteer said: "most, but not all" so there is hope

[@davidlynch9049]

​@@GalmTeamIt's not human nature; it's British nature. These old people are Xenophobic and racist morons.

[@sarahann530]

The Cafe owner needs to be deported because he spread lies on behalf of Russis . He is a traitorous twat

[@veraszonyi]

Hypocrisy at its best. Immigrant from outside of EU marries EU national, have kids with her who study in the EU. Still votes for leaving the very establishment his entire family is based on and benefits from. It gets worse: he gets elected to be the mayor of his city. 🙄 God help us all!

[@MiaaWallace1]

Exactly that! I mean the guy is seriously deranged

[@ksoosk]

Yes. Even said it is a matter of principle that he will still choose stay if he has to vote right now. BS. It is a matter of pride and ego. A real person of principle would admit when he is wrong and dont blame the politicians for botching the Brexit deals.

[@Time_of_change131]

and his cafe is called Paris :D :D

[@marksimons8861]

Boston is a town, not a city.

[@MK-lm6hb]

I've just spent several days in Poznan, Poland. I was amazed how nice, clean, safe, prosperous, vibrant and well organised this Polish city is. Brits do not need to worry any more about "eastern" Europeans "invading" their country. No-one in his right mind would now move from Poland to the UK.

[@Blanka1100]

We have been working hard to achieve it.

[@geordie35]

Poles are hard working people and deserve the economic success in their own country.

[@MaximDL1410]

Facts

[@aliancemd]

For the first time in years, IT companies from UK are trying to hire me with relocation to UK, with a salary x3 times higher than the local one. While I am not going, pretty sure there plenty of people that will go for the money - they are not going to abandoned areas.

[@wainber1]

If I could pick a European country to wish to move, I would seriously consider the Republic of Ireland as a passport of that EU member state means freedom of movement around the EU, Schengen Area and the rest of the British Isles (bar the need for a work permit to work in the Isle of Man).

[@jacquesmertens3369]

The main reason why so many Polish have left is not because they don't feel welcome, but because they can earn just as much in Poland as in the UK, sometimes more. Between 2019 and 2024 the average salary in Poland has doubled.

[@craighiggs3029]

Gdp of Warsaw is high than the North. It only really London and tge south east where you can make loads of money

[@MaximDL1410]

Facts

[@goshoko8835]

What? NO. As of now minimal wage in Poland is around £650 a month. However it's quite easy to earn more, literally anyone who will switch jobs around willl end up on £800 a month. Now rent costs around £275 for a one living room/ bedroom flat. All the bills etc - £100. Food £200. We're left with £225 a month. Not much. In UK anyone on £13/hr will be left with around £450 after same expenses. Not much. Sure it's much better than it used to be but at the end of the day living standards are worse. One may consider moving because there other other things in UK such as weather, moldy houses, dirty streets, small houses, not feeling as a part of community (it's really fucking hard to make friends with brits as immigrant for example). After taking into account all that one may think that all those negatives aren't worth having £225 more in your bank account every month.

[@jacquesmertens3369]

@@goshoko8835 Can you please read first, and then comment? Which part of 'average salary' have you not understood?

[@stephenvalente3296]

We had a couple of Polish domestics in our Hospital ward. They were the hardest working, most conscientious people I knew there. Much better than the local staff!

[@MaShip-tb1lt]

As a Scot I’m still outraged that the English took us out of europe

[@mauricej8747]

Scotland must become a country and join the EU. Simple

[@Eyyoh755]

Independence would be fine.😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@paulorocky]

A true betrayal, as EU membership was used to convince Scots to vote against independence.

[@keineAhnungSi]

England has fucked Scotland (it doesn’t matter when you read this)

[@andyroo9381]

Is there a building referendum for Scotland to break away from the rest of the UK? I think the last referendum vote was very close.

[@klorngross]

This Moroccan dude... He is a migrant in UK, his wife is also a migrant, his children are studying in EU... But yet he thinks of himself like he is something better than the other foreigners.

[@Blanka1100]

Does he really thnk he is any better than for example Polish people who have been working their asses off?

[@larsbjrnson3101]

It's amazing how the British don't understand the difference between a migrant, immigrant, expat, refugee, asylum seeker etc.

[@hwy9nightkid]

​@@larsbjrnson3101expat is what white people like to call themselves instead of what they truly are.. immigrants

[@tonyslondon2135]

Turkey voting for Christmas!

[@klorngross]

@@larsbjrnson3101 The only times I've ever heard someone use the word "expat" is when referring to a Brit living abroad. I guess the word "migrant" doesn't sound good when applied to British people.

[@quinob]

The cafe owner gave me very strong Hyacinth Bucket vibes: desperately trying to show to the world that you're someone that you're not; and desperately trying to prove that you're better than others.

[@Blanka1100]

I loved that TV show. It never gets old. Greetings from Poland.

[@XeniaMS-yv5fy]

Yes! Perfect definition. Poor chap, I actually feel a bit sorry for him, I wonder if he ever heard the poem by Robert Burns ,I wish he could get the giftie just for 10minutes : « O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An' foolish notion »

[@lenkan3401]

👍💯👌

[@ac1888]

Absolutely. I see the same here in the U.S. Some immigrants will attack other immigrants for their immigration status without realizing that they too are on the same predicament.

[@_loss_]

​@@ac1888just because you're an immigrant doesn't make it so you have to support all kinds of immigration. Circumstances change, and you need to adapt.

[@greeko25]

That mayor is the definition of hypocrisy

[@vincentfernandez7328]

Anton can not be more selfish. He came to UK thanks that the EU was in the European Union even he was major of Boston. And then he vote to close the doors to the people form Europe. The paradox is that now the immigration is much higher from other places, places where UK workers cannot work. Before near 1 million UK workers were working in the EU, now they cannot work there. With the EU, UK workers could leave, have NHS and work in 27 other countries, since day one. You have lost all that. Even he knew her wife because she could come from Poland, and his sons can work in the EU thanks to that. Congratulations Anton! You are a genius.

[@dacorum8053]

The vast majority of british people cannot speak another language and have absolutely no interest in working abroad. This is even more the case among the British unskilled and skilled working class who have seen their standard of living taking a hammering from uncontrolled mass immigration of unskilled and skilled working class people from the EU and elsewhere. These newcomers not only take the jobs we British don't want to do but also compete strongly for the better paid jobs as well. They also compete for scarce housing, they drive up the cost of renting and take scarce social housing when they arrive with families. That is a double whammy for the british working class who feel under attack from every direction with nobody backing their corner. The white british working class are the most deprived group in the country but you have no comprehension of that, have you?

[@frcluc]

Not 27 other countries as choice, but in fact 31! Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Lichtenstein are also part of the EU single market. Brits threw their options away.

[@sarah-wl1py]

The level of ignorance was shocking. That Polish woman who voted for Brexit!! Those very elderly people on the church online service all voted for Brexit, claiming Brussels were making all the rules. How much do they understand about today’s economy? The mayor claiming if they only had better politicians to strike a better deal! Good grief, they went thru 2 Prime Ministers, years of negotiation. The UK was not in a position to dictate terms. It is a proven fact that countries that isolate themselves, and cut off ties get poorer. Look at Cuba, North Korea. It’s a very sad thing and they will be dealing with the after effects for decades.

[@battles423]

It’s like if the Nazi and Hitler had better negotiations with the Russians and Americans they could have kept all the territory they wanted 😂😂😂😂

[@leonardell-bon7104]

The EU will never give the UK a better deal. The UK should know that the EU can still do well without the UK, but not vice versa. The irony is that Poland is eating their lunch. I for one used to have peace of mind buying online from the UK. Online shopping items were mostly from the UK and trustworthy, today it is conquered by Polish companies.

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

The uk didn't try to make a fair deal though. They acted like a child and tried to get one over on us.

[@dallysinghson5569]

I know of a Polish employee that moved from Poland to the UK, made it her home after ~10 years and was apparently quite Brexitty after that. I wonder how she feels now? But compared to a UK national, she is still able to roam freely in the EU...

[@gregjones-x8c]

UK now booming outside the sclerotic EU.

[@roberta9833]

For us, European citizens, Brexit made it clear that we were not welcome. There is nothing else to say. - We are sorry. 😔

[@deviousdescent9010]

I'm British and a proud European. We will be moving closer to you again. You are welcome my friend 🙂

[@phyllisbennett5414]

So am I. I am so very ashamed of ny country

[@Tridhos]

I voted to remain in the EEC in 1975 and saw no reason to change my mind in 2016, even more convinced that we should be part of the EU. Now as I approach my twilight years I hope to live long enough to vote to return and be part of the great European project.

[@presspound7358]

@@deviousdescent9010 Very nice of you to say that. Brexit was heavily supported in the UK’s rural/rust belt regions. It was favoured by the more reactionary and less informed aggrieved folks of old British stock. This could be sociologically “mapped out”. The same phenomenon can easily be found here in North America and indeed all over the world. The future is a scary place for the poorly equipped. Transitions can be very difficult. All the Best Canada’s Eastern Seaboard 👍

[@leonardell-bon7104]

As an EU citizen, I'm afraid I have to disagree. Brexit was a loss for both. I hope the UK will realise their mistake and vote to join back. The EU is a success, I don't believe that the UK immigration problem was that of ex-pats, it was the abuse of third-country nationals who wanted to change the UK's culture. In my country Malta, other EU citizens and the British were always welcome as we always felt part of their culture. However, third-country nationals such as Arabs, Indians, and Pakistanis make us uneasy. I wish I could go back to my country, they can go back but I cannot.

[@gerryhouska2859]

At first, I watched the slow train wreck from far away, Australia, and shook my head in disbelief at turkeys voting for christmas. Now all I do is laugh and think you deserve what you voted for. Long live Europe!

[@gabyschilz4484]

But Farage still did not get what he deserves! He and the other toxic russian assets.

[@koksalceylan9032]

You are idiot? Its not Turkey but he is from Marokko!. Bird Brained fool

[@ColinGarner-h1t]

Britain leaving the EU was the best thing we ever did .

[@eugenieponleve667]

@@ColinGarner-h1t For the EU indeed !

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

@@ColinGarner-h1tThat’s why you keeping ranting about it… 😅

[@kurnugiakurn3567]

"I don't change my mind" Why is he saying that like it's a good thing?

[@roseanncampbell3168]

His stupid destructive pride won't let him change his mind no matter what evidence is in front of his blind eyes and deaf ears 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@mattoneill1272]

a fool only says they don't change their mind.

[@93ct]

what an idiot. no leader can negotiate a better outcome. brexit is brexit. they want to blame someone else instead of himself. his vote to exit is the destructive action itself.

[@BEGGARWOOD1]

Arrogance

[@UnCannyValley67]

Notice how he tried to blame it on others: “If we had ‘better leaders’ “, as if somehow it wasn’t the fault of Brexit itself….SMH this dude’s in denial!

[@CatholicSatan]

The 2016 National Act of Stupidity still angers me. I made a living on short/medium term contracts roaming around the EU - as did some 250,000 Brits at the time. BRexit and no freedom of movement stopped our ability to earn as we did before. We cannot get a phone call on the Friday to ask if we could be in France or Portugal or Poland to start work on the Monday, there's a weeks long and expensive process to go through now. If 250,000 people had been made redundant in the UK in one go, it would have been front page news and much analysis of the failure of that policy. Instead... nothing, bupkiss, nada, crickets. And it was these incurious, credulous numpties in Boston and Sunderland and elsewhere - numpties who had _no idea_ of how the EU worked - who put us out of work.

[@Julian-ux5xd]

Sad,really! People who had no idea how the EU work, and still have no idea, voted for a pipe dream of sovereignty and freedom and butterflies.... not having the slightest idea how their decision will affect people like you!

[@jameshennessy9174]

Well said. COVID and War on Ukranian filled the headlines- over shadowing any negative Brexit impact.

[@danyoutube7491]

DId you vote?

[@emma-kp8vz]

The first bloke Andy from Boston, seemed more concerned about the increase in his broccoli, but as a railway worker, im sure he will survive his choice in voting Brexit. 😂😂

[@brads8459]

that is so well said navel gazing hayseeds in the countryside who now pay 3 pounds for a stick of Broccoli and now complain about it . If the UK doesn't rejoin the EU in the next 20 years they are doomed. I am a dual UK citizen / Australia , I am disgusted that the politicians like Johnson and Farage brainwashed the UK. All those Brexiteers where are they now ? Ask anyone who goes to the continent now you are treated like an ex spouse at a new wedding .

[@AdrianAJojko]

To say that Brexit didn't help is ridiculous. It's like saying: I had a pain in my leg, so I shot my leg off. Unfortunately, it didn't help much. Brexit made things way worse.

[@seescafedeu]

The restaurant foreigner owner is the most ridiculous of all. And to make it even worse he blame his decision on the politicians. 😅

[@lenkan3401]

Yes, indeed

[@mulermi9021]

No offense he is Arab 😂

[@frajatheone9264]

And he IS poitician himself!

[@andyroo9381]

I'm American here. I watched the Brexit vote from afar. I never thought it would go through. I seem to remember reports that only 50 percent of the UK actually voted. What did the other 50 percent do with their vote? That is a shame for such an important issue. Literally, the future of your country was at stake. Lastly, I think Nigel Farage won a seat in Parliament, right? If that is so, then I have to wonder how did that ever happen? He was such a strong advocate for Brexit. Anyway, we have trump to deal with and the world had better hope he does NOT win the Presidency over VP Kamala Harris.

[@0li_vi_er]

In the USA, you think the Democrats are on the left (for most Republicans, they're even Communists), but seen from Europe, it's rather the Democrats who are on the right while Republicans are on the far right. Meanwhile, in the countries where people are dying under US bombs, mostly because of illegal attacks by the US or one of its friends, they don't really care about the party of the president who decided that their lives didn't matter.

[@papi8659]

Its the people who didn't vote who were the real problem really- they just took everything for granted

[@draculakickyourass]

How that happend? Exactly the same way Trump was elected....people's stupidity.

[@SkinnyEMedia]

52 voted to 'Leave', 48 to 'Remain'. Still, it's a reflection of an increasingly conservative society we live in.

[@Tdot6]

Farage won a seat in parliament because he was parachuted into a very pro-Brexit area. The Gammons are doubling down and voted for Reform after the collapse of the Tories. Farage is a perennial grifter and unfortunately the UK tolerates him. There will always be an audience for these types of individuals, however it seems like the UK is becoming more divided and increasingly more radical.

[@Hongaars1969]

Hungary and other Central European countries joined the EU in 2004, not 2003. Let’s also remember who the people were who worked at picking the fruit and vegetables in the UK. It wasn’t the British, it was the “flood” of “eastern” European migrants. I got to the point of the Moroccan xenophobia and then decided to stop watching this.

[@AnDv-vp8ob]

moroccan wanna be - forgets who he is sadly

[@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq]

""It wasn’t the British, it was the “flood” of “eastern” European migrants."" Eastern European Migrants will NOT now do this menial work, they only did it because they could earn more than at home. If you pay the British worker the going rate then they will work, if you don't want to pay the going rate then pick the fruit yourself !!

[@romailto9299]

​@@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jqtrue, but the adjustment will need to happen all across the chain. The local workers will get the going wage, farm owners will collect smaller margins, consumers will see higher prices.

[@ianworley8169]

Having bought and renovated our house in Portugal in 2003, we returned to the UK to resume our careers and work towards eventual retirement. Due to unforseen circumstances, we were able to bring forward our plans by a decade and emigrated permanently in 2013 in our mid-50s. We've had to live frugally until our pensions became available this year, but the best move we could possibly have made. Britain under the Tories was already heading downwards in 2013. Brexit coming out of the blue, made that a hundred times worse. Never been back and never going back.

[@Pauly183]

Brexit ruined my career. I wish nothing but the worst to everyone who voted for it.

[@appstratum9747]

Completely understandable. It hasn't done mine any favours either so I know how you feel.

[@richardrogers4335]

Don't worry - they were scratching in the dirt before brexit and it's only got worse for them . The plebs blamed the EU and immigrants for their plummeting living standard , whereas it was Kammeren and his austerity drive that destroyed anything they had that was worthwhile

[@cathalduffy1618]

UK still living in the past and not reality.

[@jameshennessy9174]

UK or England?

[@n7y8c7]

Make the UK Great Again 🙄

[@cathalduffy1618]

Go live in reality. The UK now has become yet again in its history the poor man of Europe. This time the IMF cannot afford to bail you out.

[@qeitkas594]

Old people still playing bingo complaining about the country going down and blame it on foreigners. Yeah right, I could smell the stale air from 1000km away.

[@matthewprince9705]

People with memories of their best lives 30 years ago making decisions for those 30 years younger like their adult children and their grandkids... 😮

[@danyoutube7491]

@@matthewprince9705 They have the right to vote and have an opinion, you know. Maybe if their precious, wonderful children had bothered to vote - actually forget maybe, definitely - then we wouldn't be in this mess because the Remain vote would have won. But the Angry Birds generation probably had some porn to watch or getting anxious about keeping up appearances on social media, and were therefore too busy to vote...

[@danyoutube7491]

Oh no, they have different interests and habits to you, they must be terrible, ridiculous people. Did you whinge about being asked to wear a mask during Covid, because you're young aren't you and probably wouldn't get seriously ill, why should YOU give a monkey's about the suffering of some OLD people? But of course your world view, habits and interests are so enlightened and objectively important, you wouldn't be caught dead playing bingo, why it should disqualify people from being allowed to vote shouldn't it.

[@zanizone3617]

​@@matthewprince9705a lot of them voted to be young again. That's the extent of their motivation. "We entered Europe in 1973. If I vote leave surely we will go back to 1972, when everything was perfect cause I was 30!". And now that it didn't work, they double down because that's what old people do. You can't convince irrational people with rational arguments.

[@jean-paulpotet1988]

If Brexisters voting for their country to be kicked out of the vast European market is not sheer political madness, what is?

[@rayc9539]

Wasn't an overwhelming majotity, though? Plus the referendum was advisory.

[@battles423]

Immigrants hating immigrants is ridiculous 😂😂😂

[@Jan-m5c2r]

Immigrants who have settled in and build relations to the "natives" are suddenly targeted when new immigrants arrive and behave badly. Everybody are then lumped together and so a good guy like the cafe owner risks being beaten up because of his skin colour. Danish jews have historically isolated newcoming jews in order to teach them how to behave in so curbing new waves of antisemitism.

[@filipepedro8272]

still mentally colonized

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

Welcome to Redhat America.

[@mulermi9021]

He is Arab no surprise

[@plerpplerp5599]

The UK's relationship with the EU has been a trainwreck from day one. They acted like a spoiled brat who wanted to be part of the cool kids' club but couldn't stand following the rules once they got in. The government begged to join when they realized they were missing out on the economic party, but they never fully committed to the "European project." Once in, they constantly whined, demanded special treatment, and acted like they were too good for the rest of Europe. They wanted all the benefits without any of the responsibilities. UK politicians used the EU as a convenient scapegoat for decades, blaming Brussels for their own failures and feeding the public a steady diet of bullshit about straight bananas and other nonsense. Meanwhile, the British public evidentally couldn't be arsed to actually learn how the EU worked, preferring to believe words on a red bus trundling around the country. They swallowed tabloid lies and politician's bullshit hook, line, and sinker. When things got tough, instead of working to reform the EU from within (where they had significant influence), the government helped by Farage threw a massive tantrum and decided to take their ball and go home. The Brexit campaign was a shitshow of lies fueled by xenophobia and delusions of grandeur, led by opportunists who never thought they'd actually win. Now the UK is out, the press media is still bitching about the EU, acting shocked that actions have consequences, and trying to blame everyone but themselves for the mess they've created. It's like watching a never-ending episode of a really bad reality TV show.

[@helensulzer9760]

Wow! It cannot be described any better...

[@Martin-tn5lm]

No more need be said & read than this post. From an Irish point of view, brexit will speed up the reunification of our small country, without acrimony - but with agreement of many "unionists". I feel very sorry for the English working people (and the Scots) as the last foray of old-style aristocrat ic hegemony was visited on them.

[@BillyBobJoeSnr]

The documentary misses the underlying causes which were the failures of the English government though the implementation of austerity. These policies crushed public services and filtered money away from the less wealthy areas. The older voters (mainly those represented in the video) were drawn to the nostalgic view of the world. Brexit was a fantasy solution to a series of complex problems that the average UK citizen didn't understand.

[@Greetje1930]

Well said….!

[@comdutch]

11:43 … the UK border is still ‘closed’ as it was before Brexit… the UK didn’t sign the Schengen treaty !!! Getting out of the EU could not have solved your immigration problem !!

[@andreasplosky8516]

These poor people. They gullibly believed all the ridiculous lies by the Brexit politicians, and now they are the ones struggling. It is so hopelessly ignorant to believe that it is good for a country that depends for a huge part on European trade, to leave the Single Market.

[@cherrypi_b]

I don't pity them. They are grown-up people who had all the neccessary information beforehand. They CHOSE not to listen to reason or to think logically. Pure ignorance and self-centredness. And they still only blame others, never themselves for their mistakes.

[@LucianoMMatias]

I’m european and I think who voted for Brexit, voted thinking in a country and world that no longer exists.

[@cristianJoker2512]

i was in uk in 2015 and survived only 2 months, such a mess i didn't see even in my country Romania, everyone on the streets ask me where i come from and when they hear they look at me like i was having a plague or something, after 2 months of working there i didn't like anything and decided to go back to Germany where i m currently living since then

[@thespiritof76.]

Are you still in Germany and if so, how do you like it?

[@cristianJoker2512]

@@thespiritof76. it's okay, don't feel like in my own country but it's good, the negative side of this it's that i didn't manage to make a friend here because of the culture difference and language but i m not completely alone, I'm with my wife here

[@cyanidepills1262]

Hey, is everything still fine with afd?

[@cristianJoker2512]

@@cyanidepills1262 i really don't care about afd , i also think that i will be in Romania until afd manage to do something because here i don't feel good, apparently i have knees pains from this weather in Hamburg so i will not stay here for long, i will see

[@commonsense31]

"I'm a man of Principles" Meaning I refuse to learn from my mistakes. I should have known this dude was the Mayor at some point. Because he continues to not understand that there were never a Good Brexit deal. But god danm he has some smart sons!

[@natalia001]

Poland and others joined EU in 2004. 9:10 migrants put much more to the system than they got. 11:16 That means that you don't learn. And that menas that you put on risk everyone around. And that's why you don't have a better leaders. You choosed them voting this way or another (or not voting)! Take the responsibility. One of the main problems in the UK as I see it is the poor level of education. Only about 37% of the population has a university degree. All the rest are based on the basics, which are quite frail. In the UK you don't have to have a good education grades to graduate. And you can do it at the age of just 16. Knowledge of macroeconomic and geopolitical mechanisms is far beyond capabilities of too many. And guess what, Boston has the second highest proportion of people reporting no qualifications in England, according to Census data.

[@Ben-jq5oo]

Low educational attainment is the biggest factor I think; coupled with poor parenting.

[@eedragonr]

Well if someone is studying to be a scammer and a profiteer...

[@denisdaly1708]

Could not agree more. I live in Ireland and our economy grew from migration and the EU. The education is much better here as well, and we have really good newsoapers, unlike the UK.

[@genghisthegreat2034]

You're correct. Poor education is limiting for the individual, but it also renders the society vulnerable to Murdoch, and charlatans like Farage, Johnson, Patel, Braverman and Rees-Mogg. Distrust of expertise, but an ingrained expectation of competence from Eton and Harrow alumni ? It's a fatally lethargic mindset. Any public library had all they needed to appreciate how the EU has given Britain all the environmental, public procurement, working conditions protection that it still enjoys.

[@phyllisbennett5414]

​@@denisdaly1708and all the Irish I've met are proud of being educated

[@mattjames88]

I personally had no problem with people migrating to the UK from the continent - we generally have the same culture, religion etc and can quickly create community cohesion. Instead the UK is now increasingly becoming more dominant with South Asians and turning pubs into mosques etc. Europe wasn't the problem

[@sdlk-bq1fv]

you may not have had a problem as many others didn't, but the Bulgarian guy 27:30 was spot on: a foreigner always a foreigner. I felt that even after 20 years which made me leave UK even before the Brexit vote. So happy I did.

[@mattjames88]

@@sdlk-bq1fv of course and I’ll always a foreigner in Spain. That’s not necessarily a bad thing - but community cohesion is & it’s significantly lacking in the UK. Muslims largely are just too different

[@dallysinghson5569]

South Asians in my area didn't want European immigrants and so voted Brexit, the white "propa Bri-ish" on the other hand voted Brexit to have fewer of the "boat people" if you know what I mean. Guess who got what they wanted?

[@mattjames88]

@@dallysinghson5569 the UK left the EU in 2020 by whoever voted for it (majority of the electorate). My point is south Asians are far too different in a majority to adopt British culture. Lack at all the northern towns. It’s shocking

[@ronnie9187]

11:15 Staying with the same views all your life does not mean you are a man of principles, it means you have learned nothing in life.

[@nikibordeaux]

Well said! I thought the same, saying you stick to your principles is just an euphemism of saying you don't learn from your mistakes.

[@collectioneur]

If the EU is good enough for us it should be good enough for the UK but nothing is ever good enough in the UK, is it?

[@bertoverweel6588]

So a steal worker didn't like workers from the EU because of dropping wages and a tulip farmer misses EU workers? But they voted for Brexit. I woulden't stay in the UK as a foreigner, let them sort it out.

[@elipotter369]

The steel worker at least had the brain power to realise tber that even with his wage drop, to stay in the EU was better.

[@josephj6521]

As a foreigner, I’m avoiding it as a tourist. Not supporting their BS and I’d rather travel to other European nations.

[@dallysinghson5569]

@@elipotter369 Steel worker had the ability to work in RoE if the local economy went down the toilet.

[@danyoutube7491]

@@josephj6521 That's an irrational response. People searching for a better standard of living and believing that being in a European political body was getting in the way of that does not make them your enemy. I voted to remain by the way. It sickens me to see the gleeful, frothing at the mouth "I told you so" mentality of many commenters on videos about Britain coming off badly in some regard or other (usually football or Brexit). You want to resent British people for some reason, and imagine us to be hateful people.

[@peterlem1]

This is a beautiful look at these people's lives and opinions. Thank you and much respect for all the people who made this!

[@peterdavidson3268]

Their decision to move to Boston ("after doing a bit of research") says all you need to know about how "informed" Andy and Carole are?

[@BobQuigley]

In the meantime the City of London and the billionaire class are draining what they can out of the UK including young talent.

[@shelbynamels7948]

Immediately reminded me of the lease=hold scandal in one of the counties in the south of England.

[@matthewprince9705]

The Brexit vote was manufactured by the government ministers with international companies, to short the pound and make a quick profit, long term was to remove the UK from EU human rights and quality standards laws saving companies money, driving profits to shareholders and allowing them to continue treating the UK as a PLC.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

My family is from the area of Wales where English is learned at school, not spoken at home. It voted to Remain, partly because of hill farm subsidies, but mostly because we already felt like a forgotten minority within the UK. So being a minority amongs a union with no dominant ethnicity felt more equalising than being in the UK only, dominated by English. Economically, Brexit has proven itself a disaster created by the UK equivalent to MAGA Americans who hark back to a golden age, which they weren't alive to experience, but fantasise about. Brexit also means the UK has fallen to being a third-level world power, leaving India, the EU, and Russia as 2nd level, and the US and the PRC largely ignoring Britain. I'm pleased only one of my six children remain bringing up family in UK. I left over 20 yrs ago, and rarely even visit today.

[@davidowen2396]

Ynys Mon voted to leave as did Carmarthenshire...both areas where Welsh is spoken very widely...as widely as Gwynedd and Ceredigion...what is your point? I live in western Wales and voted remain. I know lots of Welsh speakers who were brexit-leaning.

[@thespiritof76.]

So, you acknowledge a Golden Age that MAGA Americans attend? You're absolutely right. It was a Golden Age. So, what's that leave America and the UK with now?

[@ianjones7488]

Murdoch's campaign over 30 odd years worked on these people.

[@hellmuthschreefel9392]

Anton Dani "They're confused themselves. Did they have a visa. They don't have a visa." That was the one of the points of becoming the "united states of Europe". I live in Detroit, Michigan US. I don't need a visa to go find work in Ohio and if there is a labor shortage in Ohio and there is a company in Ohio that can use my skills there are no issues working there. Also, if I manufacture a product on Michigan and want to sell it in Ohio there are no restrictions, fees, tariffs, etc. to doing so. Now that the UK is an "independent" country outside of the EU it's more like Michigan US and Ontario Canada, and yes, it can be immensely difficult to do cross border business and travel sometimes. All the problems the UK is having are ones they brought on themselves.

[@ThibauddeLaMarnierre]

L’Union européenne n’est pas un État fédéral, chacun de nos pays reste souverain.

[@gawkthimm6030]

I want a more federalized and centralized -through the EU parliament, but I really, oh sweet norse gods of the Æsir. HATE the name "united states of Europe" -its just so uninspired and derivative. The EU is about compromise and negotiations, so a multi-speed "federalized" system, with an inner "core" of those who most want to "federalize" then those who wants to stay in the EU as it operates now, then third "outer layer" the European economic Area including none EU Countries like; Norway and Switzerland and others within the single market and paying towards maintaining EU institutions with minimal or no influence or say... I know the majority of my nation is opposed to more "federalization" through the EU, we Denmark are the only nation left now with a permanent no obligation to adopt the €uro and special agreement opt-outs regarding immigrant and rejected asylum deportations and border security enforcement.

[@hellmuthschreefel9392]

@@gawkthimm6030 I didn't use it as a name (hence the "united states" wasn't capitalized), I was using the words as a description.

[@gawkthimm6030]

@@hellmuthschreefel9392 in that sense we are already united, just voluntarily. but if you look up "multi-speed" EU integration, then you know how its going to be implemented

[@pacoagullesestrada2497]

​@@gawkthimm6030o estás o no estás. Lo que necesitamos es igualdad entre nosotros, no privilegios para unos y no para otros. UK siempre ha querido ser el zorro en el gallinero, ahora tiene su propio gallinero. Ustedes también deberían adoptar las mismas reglas que el resto. TODAS

[@userfile007]

“Is your shop short of food because of Brexit?” “I don’t know I don’t know [keep me out of it]”😂

[@Kwippy]

Another catastrophic effect of Brexit is the destruction of the much vaunted National Health Service. The UK's largest employer has always had a staffing problem as most Brits don't want to work for the NHS, forcing the NHS to rely on foreign workers. When Brexit put paid to freedom of movement, health care workers from the EU stopped coming. They cannot be replaced by Brit workers leaving huge number of posts unfillable. Some jobs are filled by workers from the Phillipines but nowhere near enough, and even the Filipino workers often feel mistreated and unwelcomed by the Brits.

[@Fordprefect1000]

As an Irish person I would appreciate from the rest of Europe that we exist as a country and not to be compared with or associated with our former and current colonisers

[@neinne6693]

As a German i agree, its a shame you got dragged into this. Good luck with getting your Freedom back and now this is the best chance i guess.

[@Fordprefect1000]

@@neinne6693 As stated Ireland is a country and a full member of the EU and not part of the UK.

[@EdwinHorox]

a very stupid decision to leave the EU

[@MSalt69]

Boston is probably the most boring place in Britain. The standard joke is that if the doctor gives you six months to live, you should go to Boston because there it will feel like six years.

[@lenkan3401]

👍😀

[@Elusive_Cure]

true story bro.

[@Earlofmar1]

''my wage dropped because of immigrant labour''. Astounding that they blame the immigrants and not the bosses, or the system that allows it. 1 in 5 Britons are considered poor, and no doubt this is similar in other countries, but that is the problem right there. As a country the people have the power to change things, but there are too many who are still as easily duped by a posh accent.

[@john0815]

This restaurant owner has Stockholm syndrome 😂😂😂😂they will never see him like one of them 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@mazmophoto2484]

It's not fair to fault other Europeans. The situation has been influenced by figures like Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson, along with their supporters. Their financial gain is attributed to the naivety and frustration of many. This scenario is likely to lead to worsening conditions economically, socially, and mentally for millions, unlike for those such as Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, and others in positions of power.

[@kongyiu]

‘You make the best americano in this café!’ is the most polite insult ever!

[@MomoDuJardin]

My Husband and I are both highly skilled EU-workers and we had to leave Scotland because of Brexit. It's been 6 years and I still cannot wrap my head around: what UK gained in us leaving? And it's not like highly skilled 100% British workers were waiting to take our jobs. I don't feel sorry for them honestly, it is self-inflicted

[@robertplant2059]

perhaps keeping england england? the devastation of mass migration is changing the world for the worse. MY city NYC pays over 5 billion a year housing migrants. while I walk over homeless citizens in the street.

[@natalia001]

24:20 where's the young people who will have to live with this for like 40-80 years on average?

[@shelbynamels7948]

That's the problem largely with voting. The older demographic is the one coming out to vote in big numbers, the younger generation has to live with the results. Especially true when you look at the demographic breakdown of the Brexit vote.

[@danyoutube7491]

@@shelbynamels7948 That's young peoples' fault. They have fewer obstacles to vote - fit and healthy, more likely to be mobile than old people - but they don't bother. They kick up a fuss and go on noisy, often destructive protests because it excites them, but far too many don't bother voting when they are able to. It's the simplest thing in the world to do and if they had done it then we would still be in the EU. The idea that older people should be demonised because they bothered to do the adult thing and vote winds me up, younger generations are stuck with the consequences of their own apathy and inaction.

[@purrfekt]

The show puts a face on the voters who voted for Brexit. It's interesting that the bulk of them are unrepentant of their vote; to the extent that they are denying reality and blaming everything else but Brexit for the degrading quality of their life.

[@Tdot6]

Unfortunately it's difficult for Brexiters to own up to their actions - instead of blaming Brexit they blame the implementation of it so that they can go to sleep without a tinge of guilt. Classic Farage excuse, may as well follow their Pied Piper Grifter.

[@philipprudhomme6967]

The brexit voters who say "but this isn't the brexit I voted for" are denying their responsibility for the mess. Every policy that the conservative party stood on, that conservative party, the one you voted in to "get brexit done", was implemented. Every policy they stood on, every policy the 'brexiteers' voted for. This is the brexit they voted for. Not very nice, is it?

[@rvds5003]

Don’t think many people voted for even more immigration, but OK.

[@danyoutube7491]

Well they were duped, they were told that things would be better and they're not. People who didn't bother to vote yet complain that we left, now THERE'S a group that need to take responsibility.

[@philipprudhomme6967]

@@danyoutube7491 so let me understand. These people who were duped, they got the Brexit they voted for, yes?

[@danyoutube7491]

@@philipprudhomme6967 Obviously not, because the vague advantages they were told would materialise after Brexit have not appeared. The Brexit dream they were sold never truly existed, it isn't possible.

[@philipprudhomme6967]

@@danyoutube7491 they might not like what it has turned out to be, but this is the Brexit they voted for. They voted for it twice. They voted to leave in the referendum and then voted to get "Brexit done". And everything that they voted for in the "get Brexit done" election manifesto was done. As I said, you might not like the result, not many people do, but this is the Brexit that was voted for. As I asked, not very nice is it?

[@canturgan]

Maybe someone can explain to me the benefits of leaving the EU.

[@gerryhouska2859]

It brought benefits to the EU, better off without recalcitrant (once great) Britain.

[@bodyhater]

none whatsoever, on the contrary.

[@4tech404]

Ironicaly it did help someone but it was the EU citizens to not make the same mistake. Lots of parties across EU wanted to exit the union, but none use that message anymore and instead replaced it with reform.

[@phyllisbennett5414]

​@@4tech404at least the British gave something back to the EU!

[@atlasnetwork7855]

The best way to think of it I think is that being in the EU is like living in your mum's basement. Yes, you pay discounted rent, yes your mum makes the rules and cleans up and cooks you dinner etc. And of course leaving your mum's basement is always going to be worse in the short-term, because you have to earn your own way, and cook your own food etc. So if you ask someone living at home the benefits of leaving, of course they'll say there are no benefits. It will take time to figure things out, unfortunately there is this horrendous and relentless interference from people who are just determined to keep pushing the UK back towards the EU, it's really frustrating because we are trying to make progress in areas like CPTPP, which you chaps always seem to gloss over, and re-establishing trade links that we harmed when the UK joined the EU with the commonwealth (i see one chap here rejoicing about the wonders of the EU, the irony is absolutely stunning given that he's Australian, and that the UK threw the Australia and New Zealand to the wolves when joining the EU). And the funding and relentless media bias for pro-EU projects too. You know George Soros funded not 1, not 2, but 3 separate charities to continue to interfere in UK politics and try and keep the UK in the EU. Europhiles frustrate and block every effort we take to improve and benefit from leaving the EU, then sit back and gloat that we've not being able to make any progress because the house of Lords a europhile and unelected organisation blocks every law we try and pass, and there's an absolute relentless and overwhelming pro EU propaganda campaing that is continuing night and day ? Well before you gloat too hard, despite the EU not needing the UK etc, it was Germany that entered recession before the UK did. And all the techniques used to strip the UK of manufacturing - e.g. holding nations in a trade deficit, while paying their companies to relocate to France or Germany so that those nation states couldn't pay the incentives to the companies to stay in their home countries, have stripped those nations of key manufacturing, the USA is now doing to the EU. Everything you've done to the UK over the last 40 years, the USA is now starting to do to the EU.

[@philippegarreyn7919]

When i was living in London (14 years in total), there were already talks about Brexit. I told everyone I knew then to vote against it. They all voted in favour of leaving. They all now regret it. Grass is always greener on the other side.

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

Wait the UK has more people needing financial help than my entire country Thank god for the eu to help us

[@jamesprice4647]

Too depressing.

[@eedragonr]

They were waiting for a "miracle" in the post-industrial world? They had a nice pleasant relaxing life without being competitive. They are trying to make the others not competing that is all.

[@hermeshermu]

Uk problem is that a vast majority is full of entitlement. European spirit isn't dead but ignorance and plastic nationalism is still very alive.

[@ianjones7488]

Nationalism is everywhere as is entitlement. It's not unique to the UK.

[@konstantinasnavardauskas4495]

So much about immigration... And the UK was never within Schengen. Now they just lost all of the benefits of the EU.

[@awkad]

when do people will understand that we are stronger together especially nowadays

[@GO-cg4sn]

I'm an ordinary postman from Belgium, not much into politics, but when it was suddenly reported on TV that the United Kingdom was leaving the Union, it felt like my older brother was leaving the family.

[@OptimisticHominid]

What's happening in Anton's house is that two of his family members at least are brave enough to tell him that what he was selling (Brexit) was a con, a big fat lie.

[@tallest4eva]

Hypocrites like Anton from Morocco are interesting to see the mental gymnastics needed to justify their positions.

[@Tdot6]

Stock Syndrome on display - in his mind he has become a true Bostonian with a cause!

[@artmcteagle]

Can Anton as a councillor answer why a food bank is necessary in Boston?

[@pfffetc6149]

Ofcourse not.

[@matthewthiesen6098]

They complained about services not keeping up but that is directly related to 14 years of the last folks in power. Brexit just made it that much worse it would seem.

[@joaomarreiros4906]

I hope they enjoy it, oh well, moving on around here.

[@sinisatrlin840]

Anton is French with wonderful polish wife, two sons that have EU passports that are getting high education in EU on expanse of EU taxpayers? And he is hardcore Brexit promotor. Would not like to find myself in his head.

[@Tdot6]

Anton is Moroccan and is ashamed of his background.

[@sinisatrlin840]

@@Tdot6 Morrocan named Anton?

[@pfffetc6149]

@@sinisatrlin840 Marocco was occupied by Spain and France. When i was there in the 90's a lot of them were still speaking French and Spanish, i don't know if this is still the case.

[@sinisatrlin840]

@@pfffetc6149 Yes, today France and Spain still invest a lot in Morocco. Mainly agriculture (vegetables), semiconductors (SGS Thomson) and automotive production (Renault). Today these investments provide many good jobs, and have nothing with colonism. Morroco is stabile and safe country, main reason for investments. Still it is highly unlikely for Morrocan man to be named Anton or Antoine. Serbia was occupied by Ottomans for 400 years, and i do not think that you would find Serb named Mehmed or Muhammed.

[@Henrik_Holst]

@@Tdot6 not sure that he is, I think he is more the type of migrant that believes that the racism that he encounters from the British is not the fault of the British but that of the "other lazy migrants" that gives migrants like him a bad name and doesn't also realize that those other migrants aren't lazy either.

[@breend6714]

Ahh - buyers' remorse - it's a terrible thing! You were well warned!

[@Roque-Cachamuiña-gs1wd]

I think we Europeans should make a monument to Brexit, "never have so few given such a great gift to so many". Now I just hope that the new EU immigration regulations make it more difficult for British tourists to come to Spain. I feel sorry for the Scots, although they could be displayed on the visa as temporary political refugees 😂😂😂😂

[@Truthtellerhere666]

This Maroccan man is like: "Let me in, but don't let the others. Just me"

[@peteblazar5515]

Most important EU rules were prepared and ratified by UK leadership too (with veto right).

[@Henrik_Holst]

and very often proposed by the UK as well

[@pohdiquesti]

They now have no constraints to trade with everyone else, i really dont get it

[@lacdirk]

What don't you get?

[@Ben-jq5oo]

@@lacdirkExactly. Basic rules of free trade economics. Trade with your nearest and largest partners. We lost both, in one place thanks to the leavers.

[@pohdiquesti]

@@lacdirk the 24/7 crying about Brexit, they are out, just live with it…open the borders for all nurses from India and thats it…it is not difficult…they sold they have the commonwealth, go for it

[@lacdirk]

@@pohdiquesti Ok, so it's the basics? The difference between trading by FTA and within a customs union and single market is vast. It's almost the same difference as trading domestically versus internationally. The majority of WTO members are in a customs union, and there are several single markets in various states of integration, worldwide. The UK is at a disadvantage because it can not recover that kind of integration. Why does that matter? Because it costs the economy and the treasury dearly. The 22 billion budget hole that people is so upset about is small by comparison. Also, the citizens of the UK lost a vast amount of rights and freedoms ... for nothing. Bringing in more immigrants from outside of Europe is less efficient (they bring more people and are more likely to stay forever), which is part of why immigration to the UK is now so high. The other part is that the government wanted to mitigate the economic hit from Brexit by increasing immigration. Which I'm fine with, of course, but immigration from the EU was far more advantageous for the economy. Because we've lost so many personal rights and freedoms, and because the brexit damage is still increasing, brexit will remain a major political issue. Whether the government likes it or not.

[@davewright9313]

​@@pohdiquestiwe don't have any trade with the Commonwealth hardly any

[@bledarhazizaj8306]

That Anton is a shame, an emigrant that is against other emigrants…what makes his experience different from the one of a Pole, lithuanian, Nigerian,etc hoping for a better life? No compassion for that land, they got what they looked for. I am just sorry for Scots and North Irish. I wish to latter to become indipendent and to former to join the Republic!

[@bledarhazizaj8306]

And his accent is just terrible! Living there since 1996 and having this poor accent?

[@nicks4934]

Never underestimate the stupidity of the average person

[@richardrogers4335]

I just spent three weeks in central Spain . I was struck by how classy and polite the people were , especially the kids , and how low-key and peaceful the town was . A thought came to me : The British aren't good enough to belong to the EU , and they subconsciously know it

[@0li_vi_er]

Many believe that this former mayor made the wrong decision. In fact, he voted for Brexit because he doesn't want the rest of his family to move to Britain. Especially cousin Ahmed, who always throws his cigarette butts in the front garden.

[@ANANTHANRAMANUJAM]

Such a nice narration of life in a sleepy town after Brexit . With so much of adverse conditions prevailing with UK economy and political situation the people and the community as a whole showed hope and dignity. So irrespective of the situation still human spirit survived above everything. But the recent protests spews the opposite. Camaraderie should live on.

[@StepsHardcore]

Ive seen the black white supremacist played by Dave Chapelle. But This Anton guy is Genius¡

[@mattoneill1272]

I think the Brits got some good dentists from the EU. They should have been grateful

[@pfffetc6149]

OHHHHHH🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@danyoutube7491]

Seems unlikely, we have had a serious lack of dentists for many, many years.

[@mm5478]

Fools are always so oddly proud of their foolish choices and the harmful consequences foolish decisions cause. Smiling all the way to bankruptcy. How odd.

[@MichalKaczorowski]

There is one person happy of Brexit. His name is Putin.

[@flashcoda8655]

Second is Silly Boris for making fools of everybody in GB.

[@MiaaWallace1]

Boston is a place of modern slavery. And no, I'm not overracting, speaking from personal experience from the year 2007. I was living in Lincoln (not far from Boston) left the factory work and was looking for something. I was offered to spend 3 days at the vegetable farm near Boston. As I started talking to a woman working there - she was one of a dozen of Russians "employed" there, illegally of course. She was getting paid 3.5 per hour (minimum wage was around 5.8 at the time). The owner told me off for speaking to the Russians, and me being me, I just left this shit show. I found myself hitchiking to get back to Lincoln in the middle of nowhere. As one driver was giving me a lift I told him the story. And you know what? He wasn't even surprised! He said that was rather normal in the area as otherwise the farmers wouldn't have survived! So with all due respect, Brexiters sort out your own crap first!

[@Elusive_Cure]

Was it the RedRose factory? I remember some fellow Greek students working there (back in 99-00) who were treated the same way as Albanians in Greece at the same time.

[@JibbarJabbar]

I own property in England and Germany, and I travel to the States a lot. To be fair, prices for goods have gone up everywhere.

[@Jan-m5c2r]

Oh, I know this as a fact from the news. Thank God I didn't buy property in England and Germany or travelled to the States to find that out. 🙂

[@skyninja301]

The benefits of more open and free international trade were real but such reality disappeared in favor of nationalism and cultural fear.

[@BobQuigley]

Dani is through the looking glass

[@maramé.r]

Brexit denialism in the UK has become so entrenched that nobody wants to mention it. The negative consequences of leaving the EU were well know before the referendum and talked about endlessly but 17.4m voters thought it would be a price worth paying (those who opposed unfortunately also have to suffer the consequences too). It’s not only an economic cost. Many have had their lives turned upside and families have been separated, even children from their parents and grandparents and spouses separated by the loss of freedom of movement within EU countries. Many businesses were destroyed and opportunities, especially for the young were lost, and for older people their retirement plans. Older British people living in mainland Europe lost their healthcare cover and suffered losses to their pensions or had to sell their homes

[@johntillotson4254]

I had a friend like that. He was an inmigrant but didnt like other immigants

[@dzejrid]

The irony of that migrant cafe owner voting for Brexit because he's anti-migrant.

[@leulgeorgis3216]

What did you expect. Since when WHEN do right wingers stand up for working people.

[@Cor6196]

Dans une grande église, les vingt vieux fidèles de la ville, qui se connaissent sans doute depuis très longtemps, refusent de s'asseoir ensemble près de l'autel. Ils doivent se séparer l'un de l'autre comme s'ils étaient des étrangers. L'amour s'en est allé - tous ces anglais restent à part, chacun dans sa propre boulle. "Ne me touche pas !" 😛🇺🇸💕

[@rotate14]

A good BREXIT is the EU without the UK blocking and delaying much need reforms, which indeed are what the EU people need. Enjoy your independence and your freedom. Oh... thank you for leaving. Be good lads and stay there.

[@ThibauddeLaMarnierre]

C’est exactement mon avis.

[@agushll74]

Better leaders to rule brexit wouldn’t have changed anything. You would be in the same situation as you are. The point is that politicians told that you were going to leave without leaving and that was the big lie that you all believed.

[@Onionbaron]

With their heritage and their view of themselves I think this divorce were for the best (for us). Since I am fascinated by history I will follow this former empires self destruction... I don't do it sadly, but I grieve for the ones that has always had to take the burden in all nations, common folks (pitted against each other)...

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

The problem was never Brexit or no Brexit, but neoliberalism or no neoliberalism. What impoverished the English was not the EU, but neoliberalism. The English approved Brexit and left the EU and continue with the same neoliberal bullshit. And to tell the truth, not even Starmer wants or can abandon this. So, it seems clear to me that the impoverishment of the English will continue to grow. In fact, this is very profitable for the English billionaires. They can complain about everything, but they will never complain about a system of economic and political power designed to harm the poor and benefit the rich.