Pro Brexit Daily Express Calls EU Map Act Of Betrayal!

[@octavianpopescu4776]

We have no obligation towards the UK to include it in EU projects. Leave means leave, Brexit means Brexit.

[@chrissanders1027]

Yes we know , it’s the right wing press that have the problem.

[@kamcg1049]

Don't use the the phrase ' Brexit means Brexit' Theresa May who came up with that phrase had no idea what it meant ! It makes as much as much sense as 'Oven ready deal' The oven was stone cold and nothing to put in the oven. Classic Johnson bullshit.....

[@pete_lind]

Yeah but they were thinking that UK would be a freeloading leeching moocher in EU after leaving, keep getting all the benefits of membership, while not being a member. Cant blame EU for UK schools and hospitals falling apart and people not having housing, it's all on Westminster, as it has always been.

[@LetsTakeWalk]

They are not even allowed to do so. Wasn't that the whole point? That the EU does not decide for UK in any way?

[@Aendavenau]

@@pete_lind I think they expected the EU to die without the UK. Without the greatness of the United Kingdom the EU would wallow in misery and despair and just fade away while the UK would chuckle at the foolishness of the Europeans. The EUs failure to do so is the betrayal, the UK NEEDS the EU to fail, its brittle ego demands it.

[@battles423]

I’m an American and I too am upset that the EU doesn’t include the USA on their maps

[@willvangaal8412]

Yes see do , Amerika Limburg , in the Netherlands .

[@Lostouille]

Wait we have to redo the map of Greenland. We'll talk about the US map later

[@Theworldasitistoday]

😂😂😂😂

[@dorderre]

Funfact: Amerika is also the name of a part of the town of Penig in Saxony/Germany. 50° 55′55 N, 12° 44′00 E. Inhabitants of Amerika: 44 according to Wikipedia. There used to be a spinning company "Stahlbau Amerika GmbH". It also has a train station which fell out of use after reunification in 1990. But the rail tracks are still there, so in theory you can absolutely go from the EU to Amerika by train.

[@klamin_original]

Bro even the US don't include the US on their railway project maps. Cause there are almost none

[@Leberteich]

The UK has just cancelled HS2 so we don't need the EU to leave us out of landmark transport plans! We can do it ourselves!

[@sinfullv9411]

Then why cry about it? your not in the family no more, don't be surprised your not invited for christmas 😂

[@keithdoherty8809]

Sort of true a a large hole in HS2 funding is the disappearance of a lump of EU development funding which would have been available - Brexit is a sh*t show at every level

[@MrChipz900]

Ah HS2, a project - ironically - subsidised by the EU

[@keithdoherty8809]

@@MrChipz900 Yeap . HS2 was considered a major development and sector of the European transport system and something in the region of 35% of the funding would have come from the EU development budgets , enough for the Manchester- Birmingham section to be completed in and of itself - This sector price per kilometre would have been a fraction of the southern section being mostly at ground level until just west of Manchester Airport

[@andreasgarrecht5624]

So do it and shut up about it.

[@trilit2]

-"We are leaving!" -"How dare you treat us like we are not part of the eu anymore!"

[@Knappa22]

What is incredible isn’t that the Express ran this but that its gammon readers believe it. They regard anything the EU does as ‘punishment’. Being excluded from EU projects is *exactly* what they voted for.

[@markwelch3564]

The express tries to spin in both ways. You just know if we _were_ included, it would be all "unelected EU beurocrats try and dictate UK transport policy" I try not to call Express readers thick, but when they keep believing contradictory headlines, what else can you call them?

[@Ooze-cl5tx]

@@markwelch3564 Is "express readers" not a sufficient classification ?

[@aleph8888]

More casual conceited racism from self-styled “progressives”.

[@AlexGys9]

I have read some of the comment section of this article on the website of the Express. From the comments I have read, very few "gammon readers" fall for the betrayal spin. The vast majority know perfectly well why the UK is not included.

[@nickryan3417]

Don't forget the ire at the "oven ready" amazing brexit deal that the traitors in government wrote, practically forced down the throats of the EU while also removing so many useful things from it, and then later had a complete turn about face and blamed the EU for the brexit deal that they themselves wrote, illegally closed parliament to avoid the scrutiny of and claimed was a success.

[@cld5725]

The most rabid brexiteers want none of the obligations of a partnership yet feel entitled to the benefits. A truly pathetic sight.

[@AlexGys9]

I have actually read some of the comment section of this article on the website of the Express. From the comments I have read, very few Brexiteers fall for the betrayal spin. The vast majority know perfectly well why the UK is not included and are not bothered at all.

[@yt.personal.identification]

They think the UK is still an 18th-century world power.

[@jimmiller5600]

1930 Germans were big on "we're victims!" too.

[@xzcvdfxzc7256]

That's the imperialistic mentality in a nutshell

[@zorrodm]

​@@AlexGys9 agreed.

[@admiralpegasuscc]

Why should the EU include the UK in their plans??

[@WardyLion]

Arrogance

[@karstentopp]

If they would have, they would have complained about Brussels imposing unwanted policies upon the UK.

[@admiralpegasuscc]

@@Jase29 1. I voted Brexit because I was too stupid to see the country was being lied to. 2. Why should the EU include the UK in their plans? We're not part of the EU anymore so there no point including us on plans that for for those who are sensible enough to start in the EU. 3. I do see the real world. I came out my bubble a year ago. Now I can't wait for my time to join with the rest of the nation and change the course of our country. 4. Yes I am angry. Angry because the nation was lied too. And because we were too stupid and dumb to not question it

[@admiralpegasuscc]

@@karstentopp absolutely so the EU can't win either way. Dammed if they do, dammed if they don't.

[@petergaskin1811]

@@WardyLion Boredom and common sense. Boredom in that they're probably pissed off to their back teeth with the constant whining of Brexiters. Common sense in that they've decided to ignore us completely.

[@unduloid]

The EU is absolutely not obligated to involve non-EU countries in their projects. There's nothing surprising or controversial about that at all.

[@auldflyer]

It seems that you have forgotten the routes the U.K. kept open to Europe between 1914 & 1918 as well as 1939 to 1945 in particular June 6th 1944. All European countries bent the knee twice to Germany during the 20th century only the U.K. and its Commonwealth of Nations stood firm against GERMAN tyranny. Brexit means Brexit GFY

[@croneryveit9070]

@@SJG-nr8ujwhy? They can include or not any country they choose to. You don’t get a say, you left.

[@WebToolkit]

Also the UK is essentially included anyway because you know, the channel tunnel still exists. They are literally complaining about nothing.

[@kored8688]

@@SJG-nr8uj Why leave out the Swiss? They are a part of Europe and a part of TEN-T via the Rhine-Alpine corridor. Just because a country isn't a member of the EU doesn't mean it can't cooperate with their neighbors. Also, didn't TEN-T cancel the connections to Belarus and Russia in favor of a standard rail connection to Ukraine and Moldova?

[@songsmith31a]

Whilst happily sticking its nose into affairs of countries and interests beyond its diminishing borders?

[@SteveDorrans]

How on earth did the UK get left out of a EU project?! Surely some mistake?!

[@frankmurray1549]

Is there even a remote possibility it is because the UK is no longer a member of the EU? A fact that totally eludes the Express when they want to stir up anti EU feelings among the gammons.

[@adamabele785]

Even worse, even the most basic EU funding of infrastructure for railroads and bridges has stopped without any comment or explanation, just to hurt UK citizens. Are UK citizens worth less than the citizens of other countries?

[@garethaethwy]

Thing is though see, we were included in the plan, right up until we left the EU. Funny that. It's like cancelling your gym membership then complaining when you're not allowed to use the gym! Madness.

[@SteveDorrans]

@adamabele785 Just spite, I guess. There can be no other explanation. Certainly nothing that we've done anyway.

[@nicodesmidt4034]

@@adamabele785 🤣🤔🤣

[@battles423]

Brexit voters seriously thought that the EU would never exclude, isolate, or ignore the UK. The exceptionalism that the British people are spouting for is cringe worthy to say the least.

[@VinceLammas]

It's part of the angry media talking rather than UK voters or citizens

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

Yup.@@VinceLammas

[@supamart4984]

Remember at the time they said, "they need us more than we need them"

[@DantonQ-official]

They seldom do.

[@thetruth6417]

Another idiot. Wrong! Brexiteers want nothing more than to be ignored and excluded by the EU. Just looking forward to its collapse, which would have already happened if we'd left properly.

[@nussekuddenxxx6564]

I wonder how pissed off they would have been if UK was included in the EU transport routes?

[@karstentopp]

They would have called it unwanted interference of the undemocratic Brussels dictatorship.

[@obtuse1291]

Equally, I guess. 😂

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

They would create some kind of conspiracy theory around it. "They build the infrastructure so it'll be easier to drag us back!"

[@garryferrington811]

This is what you call an "outrage farm." These people are dangerous. Tens of thousands are dead because of vaccine disinformation.

[@christopherellis2663]

🤔🤑vs🤮

[@karstenbursak8083]

"Dear Landlord, I want to quit my lease, but I want to stay in your apartment ... rent free !" That's how brexiteers Sound like

[@AlexGys9]

I have actually read some of the comment section of this article on the website of the Express. From the comments I have read, very few Brexiteers fall for the betrayal spin. The vast majority know perfectly well why the UK is not included and are not bothered at all.

[@lloydbelle3406]

...then they regard the eviction order as punishment from the landlord...

[@lloydbelle3406]

@@AlexGys9 Hmm.... so you are patting yourself on the back for not falling for this particular betrayal spin.... It's a shame you fell for the orginal betrayal by Farage, Johnson, Gove, Davies etc

[@AlexGys9]

@@lloydbelle3406 Whoa mate, relax. You are getting all excited based on an assumption. I am NOT a Brexiteer. I pains me to see how divided and toxic this country is and how people are not only crying but even fighting over spilled milk.

[@lloydbelle3406]

@@AlexGys9 My apologies mate. However the 'fighting/crying' of spilt milk suggests you are underestimating the damage of Brexit, or you are still refereing to the result of the referendum boat. Whilst Brexit exists there will always be a toxic division in this country because Brexit is a massive failure, and the natural instinct to fix failure is being denied by corrupt Brexiteer politicians; whilst the Brexit supporters would wish that we live with failure to spare their embarrassment.

[@happyslappy5203]

Kemi Badenoch: "CPTPP will be a big boost for British businesses!" Brexiters: "We don't need the EU!🍾🍾🎇" OBR 25 Nov 2023 «UK entry into the Indo-Pacific agreement will add just 0.04% to GDP after 15 years of membership. » EU: "We don't need Brexit Britain in our projects." Brexiters: "The EU is punishing us!😭😭😭😭"

[@vullings1968]

Maybe CPTPP can also make a rail map that includes GB?

[@vullings1968]

@@SJG-nr8uj Those quotes are all true. The British misconception remains that you think that EU is an "outside" entity... A foreign body that imposes stuff on UK. The irony is that exactly that is happening now, since UK left. Before, UK was at the heart of decisionmaking, and had a veto right (and a lot of exceptions and rebates). Now UK can only react. It can align or not with decisions in Brussels. Not aligning usually comes at an automatic cost as the bigger market always sets the rules (be it EU, US or China) Not being part of EU, makes UK a ruletaker, not a rulemaker. The only sovereign decisions that UK govt can make, is how far it can financially stretch its own population. So far, I am impressed...

[@paulmott5059]

Free trade agreement with US in the bin. Ditto with Canada.

[@vullings1968]

@@SJG-nr8uj For now, the only thing that is collapsing is not east of the North Sea. As an Anglophile, I was shocked last year when I visited UK. Since then, things haven't improved. As far as I can see, the only sovereignty that UK govt (mind you, not the British people!) have left, is to shaft its own people. Stuff gets more expensive while wages don't keep up. The only people that gained wealth in UK are the top 10% earners. The other 90% have less money, less rights and less freedoms. But keep waving the Union Jack and point at mean EU... Put your faith in Boris, JRM, Farage and Lady Mone and everybody else on the gravy train. They know what is best for Britain of course. A very very limited part of Britain perhaps, but nonetheless...

[@herosstratos]

Back in the day, there was a country which used to block infrastructure projects in the EU. But it brexited.

[@mandycouchbean]

Thank you for calling out our gutter press Max! 👍♥️

[@fuzzynutter8344]

It's seemingly representative of many Brexiteers. They don't want the UK to be in the EU or want the EU to define UK policy, law etc, but they have a meltdown when the EU does something which appears to be beneficial for member states only and excludes the UK. Almost as if they want to cherry pick the bits of the EU they think will help the UK but without being in the EU. You couldn't make it up.

[@AlexGys9]

Nope, only the Express has a meltdown. I have actually read some of the comment section of this article on the website of the Express. From the comments I have read, very few Brexiteers fall for the betrayal spin. The vast majority know perfectly well why the UK is not included and are not bothered at all.

[@marcd6897]

@@chatham43actually, the remainers having a laugh

[@benk79]

Remember during the Brexit negotiations... an aide to Mark Field was snapped with her note pad, part of which read: - “What’s the model? Have cake and eat it.” Speaks volumes to the totally arrogant and delusional mindset of many Brexiteers.

[@lloydbelle3406]

@@chatham43 Err... the Express is your readership, not the Remainers!

[@elipa3]

Out means out. Why should the EU include the UK? Its not a member of the EU anymore.

[@chachar7458]

​@@SJG-nr8ujIt does happen.

[@FECIKO123]

@@SJG-nr8uj No it pays £10 per day to use UK roads ....

[@apgmk1970]

​@@SJG-nr8ujYeah, but those roads are controlled by a country that has shown extreme animosity against the EU. It would be foolish to become dependent on a potentially unfriendly UK for Ireland's logistic routes. Look at Germany and its dependency on russian natural gas. I really hope the EU learnt its lesson.

[@alexanderscalabrin7146]

@@SJG-nr8uj "We have not shown animosity towards the EU." swiftly followed by: "The electoral majority of the UK decided not to be part of the EU's giant, duplicitous, megalomaniac scam, that's all." 😂

[@apgmk1970]

@@SJG-nr8uj Calling the EU a giant, duplicitous megalomaniac scam, is showing animosity... As for possibly rejoining, I really don't think so. The price you'd have to pay to get the vote of all members would be ridiculous.

[@chuliluli]

We don't want EU to decide how we rule UK!!! Also how dare the EU doesn't do plans according to our needs!!! Lol

[@theplasmawolf]

On the internet, we have the phenomenon of a 'Karen' who demands a service in a shop without paying for anything. The Express must be the Karen of the Brexit-'newspapers'

[@jobrodie7514]

But even they aren't as blatantly sexist as you.

[@DantonQ-official]

Would you like to speak to their manager?@@jobrodie7514

[@Rael_486]

How dare the EU exclude the UK from the EU. 😢

[@annemitchell6144]

They didn't UK excluded themselves

[@Rael_486]

​​@@annemitchell6144- Sarcasm - 😮

[@warrenfontana1325]

😂

[@hadishstreet3066]

@@annemitchell6144 ... Buddy... think

[@camoTiaras]

How dare the EU spoil their Brexit utopia.

[@shaneheff5244]

The EU took back control.

[@vullings1968]

To give some comfort, there is one little arrow pointing towards GB. It is up to GB to extend it!

[@Ro99]

@@vullings1968yeah I guess that would be Channel Tunnel and HS1 to St Pancras. It’s no bigger than Northern Ireland’s little arrow is it?

[@songsmith31a]

Or, conversely, how dare the UK get away with undermining the dream myth of the federal EU project?

[@camoTiaras]

@@songsmith31a A myth in your mind maybe.

[@paologat]

Well, we Europeans have to admit it. The brave journalists at the Express uncovered our nefarious plot to punish plucky Brexitannia. Except… if Brexitannia holds all the cards and took back control, how is it possible that the EU has the power to “punish” UK?

[@thetruth6417]

Because the UK haven't taken back any control what so ever. The EU can only punish the UK if the UK let them, which is pretty much what they've been doing since the vote was won.

[@ATPMolloy1]

@@thetruth6417 PLEASE share with us how we stop "letting them"

[@thetruth6417]

@@ATPMolloy1 No problem, You no longer recognise them in any official way and do not have any dealings with them what so ever. You deal with individual countries instead. Remember the EU doesn't have any real power, only what it is given to it by its member states.

[@ATPMolloy1]

@@thetruth6417 I keep reading your comment, and forgive me for blunt speaking, but it makes NO sense in reality. There is a trading bloc of countries who are committed to wielding their strength in a large bloc to remain relevant in a world fast becoming under pressure from similar groups groups and economies on their way to being MASSIVE, eg India and China. To do this they work together, but you feel that if we approach them individually then they will, of course, be so pleased to deal with our fast shrinking status that they will just ignore their prime purpose, strength in numbers.

[@paologat]

@@ATPMolloy1 the EU is not a trade bloc. It’s a political project with the purpose of preventing wars among its members - by making them so interdependent that attacking a fellow member state would be a suicidal move. Trade is merely a (very effective) means to this end. So is freedom of movement. You are of course correct in predicting that any attempt by Brexitannia to “divide and conquer” will be firmly rejected. Remember, UK tried this tactic during Brexit negotiations and failed miserably.

[@wrestle2uk]

The Express is not fit to use as arse wipe

[@peterebel7899]

You need a strong arse to survive the Express used for arse wiping. Best a British arse.....

[@Vic35102]

I would call the express on newspaper is more of a love letter to The Tories and right-wing. Ideology

[@borismuller86]

Let’s not forget their obsession with the ghost of Princess Diana, too.

[@AthelstanEngland]

Tories are pretty much centre left these days.

[@jurgnobs1308]

​@@AthelstanEngland hahaha sure, sure.

[@mathiasbartl903]

​@@jurgnobs1308I think he's more talking about complexions than policies.

[@InakiCampo]

Brexit means Brexit. We are on their 3rd Country Map.😊

[@A190xx]

Along with 97% of the world's population and now 88% of world trade compared to 1993 when non-EU trade was 70%. The UK was better off in the dwindling protectionist EU.

[@Bertie_Ahern]

We are in the 3rd world, you mean.

[@Cofo97]

Maybe you mean their 3rd world map , as that's what it's fast becoming ..

[@viquiben4919]

The Karen Express should demand to talk to the manager of the EU.

[@brianharris7243]

We left... so we are left out.

[@franswiggers601]

This clearly shows that the idiocy of the brexiteers has now reached pharaonical levels.

[@mrwpg]

You just go to show how blinded by indoctrination the Rainbow Woke Remoaners are, Britain never left the EU, all the profitable agreements are still in place...

[@breadyegg]

_1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of a pharaoh or the pharaohs. 2. : enormous in size or magnitude. pharaonic construction projects._ Lovely stuff.

[@mrwpg]

But 77 Brigade and the behavioural insights team tried rigging that pointless vote and still lost... LMFAO@@SJG-nr8uj

[@danganbeg7225]

​@@SJG-nr8ujAll of those things could only be huge improvements over the nonsense that is your country right now

[@FECIKO123]

@@SJG-nr8uj Surely we are exempt from some o the Lisbon Treaty or do you just cherry-pick when required ....

[@theoracle8560]

Never underestimate the stupidity of the average Uk voter when they have a ballot paper in front of them

[@Lynnefromlyn]

They weren’t the average,thank you very much. Millions of us DID NOT VOTE LEAVE!

[@Gregorovitch144]

Never underestimate the length of time a party who believes their voters are stupid will be banished into opposition. As the Tories, on this occasion, are about to find out.

[@leannan070]

I see more and more (small) channels on KZbin with the most idiotic stories about the EU and Brexit.🙄

[@danielcrafter9349]

​@@Lynnefromlyn- except THEY DID Not voting is just as complicit; you don't get to "we weren't asked" WHEN YOU WERE

[@willieckaslike]

@@Lynnefromlyn The result was (I believe) 52% voted to leave, as opposed to 48% voting to remain. This suggests there were nearly as many sensible ones as there were stupid ones.

[@CJ-gn8qm]

I worked on a project which was a precursor to this in Brussels when we were a full and active member of the EU and the plan was to harmonise standards across the rail network from the north of Scotland down to the southern tips of Spain and Italy. When we left, we were excluded! What is there to debate?

[@Gregorovitch144]

This is typical Express behaviour. Phrase an outright lie in the headline and then completely refute it in the body of the article, the assumption being many of their readers will only read the headline, so "Lying? No way Guv, look.....we explain it all down here." The next major media bill needs a section entitled "Deliberately misleading headlines".

[@dwdei8815]

Have they just realised that the EU is in the EU and countries outside the EU are outside the EU? Does the Express readership need a diagram?

[@johnwalkley6746]

No the average express reader needs hearing aids, glasses, white stick, wheelchair and a cure for dementia

[@petermasschelein6051]

​@@johnwalkley6746What good are candles and glasses if the owl won 't see

[@Dreyno]

Express readers parents needed a “diaphragm” but alas……….

[@shanwyn]

A little side note about Switzerland being outlined. That is not technically true. The swiss and the EU are working together for the transport infrastructure. As seen in the dark yellow line on the map, that line includes the Gotthard base tunnel that was constructed specifically to make transport through Europe from north to south easier. Just because the swiss aren't in the EU, they work with the EU in many fields. So Britain... ehm...?

[@TheEx1s]

Wait until someone realises that Basel is included as a hub, guess they use Badischer Bahnhof so technically no hub on Swiss soil.

[@eugenieponleve667]

@@TheEx1s Because Basel train station (Switzerland) is the very same as Mulhouse train station (France),the building sitting right on the border.

[@sciencefliestothemoon2305]

Well, the Vienna - Zürich - Paris line also exists, also the added Zürich - Munich line. Both should be on the map too, as they are reasonably high speed.

[@garethaethwy]

@shanwyn I would also suspect that as this is a Single Market project, Switzerland has been included because it's in the Single Market. Funny that, being a member of a club means you're entitles to the benefits of that club.

[@garethaethwy]

@@sciencefliestothemoon2305 I don't think they're including all high speed lines, those included are trunk routes. I would guess very similar to the E road numbers applying to pan-Eurasian trunk routes: some include motorways, others include dual carriage ways, ferry routes, etc. But not all motorways, dual carriage ways, or ferry routes are included.

[@adamabele785]

Just imagine the UK was included in the map: EU conspiracy to illegally take over UK rail network.

[@Jinz3]

How do I betray a person who was never a part of my objective?

[@moonraker978]

I think the editors of this 'newspaper' are having great fun and are laughing their heads off at those who buy their paper.

[@paulmurray8922]

I'm at a loss. What's the justification for the anger? After all that has happened, is the Express still pushing the idea that the UK should have à la carte access to the EU?

[@wendysimpson6395]

Yes, it's called 'cakeism'. Idiotic eh.

[@axeletzold9406]

Just as anger produces clicks on social media, it will sell copies of their newspaper. In the past, people whom the EU made angry bought a paper (whether that anger was justified or not, doesn't matter). Now people who feel left out may get angry and buy a newspaper for some detail about what they should be angry about -- whether that is justified or not doesn't matter.

[@ianelder3645]

Don't forget that "they need us more than we need them" and that German car makers would be "knocking down (sic) Angela Merkel's door" demanding privileges for trade with the UK. Apart from the misquoted cliché, the legal impossibility of favouritism towards a third country was obvious to all. Apart from the Minister 'in charge' of negotiations with the EU.

[@Dalladon]

I mean - it is a little naïve of the Pro-EU people to expect anything to change. The Express had 40 years of history being anti-EU, writing trollop articles like this. It means nothing, it's always meant nothing, they just can't sell anything else to their subscribers. Subscribers who still predicted that after leaving the EU, so would the international obligations to your neighbours. It didn't. The fishing quotas system didn't disappear, people speaking german to their tradepartners in the streets didn't go away, neither did the 'too many brown people' that they couldn't 'send home'. It is blatant narcissism of the highest order, fed through a tube for 40 years. It's basically one of the machiavellian lectures of the Prince, in directing what the Government does wrong on a scapegoat, and then go from there. Brexit has been NOTHING but scapegoat pile-on, for the malliable contempt and disregard for the public that the British government have exercised since 1976.

[@warrenfontana1325]

They’re still pushing for Brexit, that’s how bright they are 😂😂😂

[@susanokeeffe6483]

If only someone had warned us that leaving the EU would mean being left out of EU transport plans!

[@Mestari1Gaming]

Zamn! Wot?!

[@marcusaurelius49]

😂😂😂😂😂 Brexidiots are hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@amcc5887]

😂😂😂😂

[@AlexGys9]

Nope, the Express is hilarious. I have actually read some of the comment section of this article on the website of the Express. From the comments I have read, very few Brexiters fall for the betrayal spin. The vast majority know perfectly well why the UK is not included and are not bothered at all.

[@mgsalmon79]

The Express need to keep stoking the fires of ignorance.

[@CatholicSatan]

Why the complaint by the _Express?_ BRexiters _knew_ this would happen - I heard them say, over and over, they _knew what they were voting for._ And some of those things include EU infrastructure projects (and other projects such as Galileo). The UK no longer contributes to the EU pot, nor to entities such as the EBRD. In fact, the UK specifically liquidated its assets in EU banks, so the UK has to go its own way, use their own money, restrain projects to within their own borders - it's what BRexiters campaigned for, it's what they _wanted!_

[@gloin10]

“…it’s what they wanted”? The problem is they are now, VERY slowly, discovering that what they thought they wanted is a bloody bad idea… Ah well, they’ll have PLENTY of time to think about actions and consequences, won’t they?

[@telebubba5527]

This is exactly why they 'knew what they were voting for'. It was part of the anti Brexit campaign, even before the referendum. It shows what the consequences would be of a Brexit. They've got nothing better to do at the Express than digging around decades old archives.

[@markbriten6999]

No what they wanted was the have & eat cake model. All benefits no costs. What they've got is the no cake model and they don't like it. Unfortunately the rest of us have had our cake taken away too

[@trevellyanblack4101]

This diagram is one of the most illustrative examples of why the Tories are completely unable to run a country for the benefit of its citizens, instead seeing being in power as an opportunity to benefit themselves. The harm Brexit has done will take decades to undo.

[@kenmay1572]

The Express, Mail and Sun have one thing in common......They are all comics not newspapers

[@MartinBarlow-n2p]

Oh, poor Express readers. The silly dears thought when GB left the EU would collapse. How could they not? Farage told them.

[@CharlieMac53]

Maybe he did, but he's senile now. He's forgotten that he told us he would leave the country if Brexshit was a disaster. Unfortunately, most of his supporters forget it as well.

[@philiphowell1505]

Kentish crops for kentish folk, farages garages must have made some of them millionaires selling their old hop fields.

[@AlexGys9]

I beg to differ. I have actually read some of the comment section of this article on the website of the Express. From the comments I have read, very few "poor Express readers" fall for the betrayal spin. The vast majority know perfectly well why the UK is not included and are not bothered at all.

[@pit_stop77]

Im glad you read the express so i don't have to...

[@JamieBattenbo]

Brexiteers have reached the point that they sound like a divorced guy who is growing increasingly bitter to hear that his ex is getting on with her life while his continues to fall apart.

[@madaknevarski6478]

Why would an EU map include a non-EU country? The map of the UK does not include non-UK countries, funny that.

[@Dreyno]

They usually include Ireland because their egos were hurt when it left so they pretend not to have noticed it left to be condescending and make themselves feel better about it. One would’ve thought it would just be a phase but it’s over a century now and they still do it.

[@auldflyer]

It seems that you have forgotten the routes the U.K. kept open to Europe between 1914 & 1918 as well as 1939 to 1945 in particular June 6th 1944. All European countries bent the knee twice to Germany during the 20th century only the U.K. and its Commonwealth of Nations stood firm against GERMAN tyranny. Brexit means Brexit GFY

[@nazarethpa1833]

Make no mistake, you will find more factual, unbiased journalism in The Dandy and Beano than in the Express!

[@andyb4864]

Person cancelling their health spa membership then complains a week later they can't use their swimming pool🤔

[@markbriten6999]

I used golf membership. After the crap dished out during the actual leaving I added. Insulted committee members wives, hit half the committee, shst on the carpet on the way out. Then complaining we aren't getting everything we wanted

[@AliothAncalagon]

Ironically there is also a purple arrow going to England from the coast of France, which is probably the Channel Tunnel.

[@bjrnhjjakobsen2174]

Messaging matters more than facts, and keeping people permanently angry and scared at imaginary enemies is the best way to keep them voting against their own interests.

[@grahambretman4010]

I'm sick of Brexiteers moaning about how the EU is doing them wrong when they wanted to be out of the EU

[@carlosgomes2783]

For Brexiteers things are always the EU's fault, and they are faultless. Sorry you're sick of it, but it's a fact of life.

[@michaelmather7352]

Brexshit means brexshit , maybe Fartage can lie again .

[@ronoc9]

UK: We're not in the EU! EU: Ok. UK: ...How-- dare-- you!

[@willblack2306]

The Express and other "newspapers" of a feather are really holding their readers to contempt! They really know that their readers are basest life forms.

[@robwri9544]

In fairness, I realised years ago, while working in a newsagent which afforded me the opportunity to read all of the daily newspapers and tabloids, that the perpetual state of anger is actually the primary purpose of the Daily Express and Mail. We often focus on stories about politics and crime but look closer and the flames they stoke are everywhere. A few years ago I came across a person in a comment section ranting about the RBL who run, among other things, the annual poppy appeal. Sure enough I traced the accusations back to a DM article where they found out that the RBL have somewhere in the region of tens of millions of pounds in the bank. Not actually an unreasonable amount of money given that is only really equates to £1 for every UK citizen but enough to drive someone without numeracy skills apoplectic. The story is clearly mischief because they have used something true but harmless to generate a negative story about a charity which helps war veterans. Why else would anybody do that? What saddens me most is the detrimental effect these things have on the mental health of some very vulnerable people. Putting the politics aside, these, often retired people, are being told daily and probably more often due to social media that even charities are against them. That the world is evil and the only way to fix it is, laughably, to vote for one of the same two political parties that have been running the country for decades, if not centuries.

[@chachar7458]

You make a good point in your last paragraph. In a way, readers of those papers are victims of them.

[@robwri9544]

@@chachar7458 It is difficult this one because in a way they do choose to put themselves through this. It is very similar to addiction. I suspect the effect is quite similar. They think they are learning, that they know things the rest of us don't and that they are saving the world which probably does release dopamine. On top of this you get the cycle where what they are saying is so obviously rediculous that people cannot help themselves but interupt and correct them. In turn they get pushed into their happy(ish) bubble where they are special and everyone else is stupid. It is a mistake to think this behaviour is new but social media has amplified it because it gives them more people to reinforce their delusions.

[@Muninman]

Since when, apart from a brief period of neoliberal Tony Blair's campaign and when it was clear that John Major was unelectable, have they said anything other than 'vote Tory'. Don't spoil your good point with an inaccurate statement implying some kind of political neutrality. The red tops are Tory all the way...

[@philipstrong8220]

I have lived in quite a few countries and travelled extensively for 40 years. My conclusion - the UK tabloid press is unequivocally the worst in the world and plays to the basest of human instincts. The Hartley-Brewers of this world are a hateful pox on our society. Oddly enough it seems to go beyond mere politics, and there is something perversely sadistic in the coverage in some of these rags.

[@lloydbelle3406]

It is the deceit that concerns me. The ONLY Brexit benefit that UK citizens can gain is learning the truth about Brexit by experiencing the harsh reality of it. By golly do we need this Brexit lesson because there are still a lot of gullible, and naive, people who think Brexit has presented no adversity whatsoever, and others think still think Brexit is successful. The Daily express is hampering the only Brexit Benefit there is. Perhaps the time is near for media to occur penalties for such deliberate deceit...

[@Korschtal]

THis will probably be the main benefit if Brexit; when the UK finally catches up with the rest of Europe and applies to join the EU.

[@Korschtal]

@@SJG-nr8uj Of course it will, Like it was going to collapse within 5 years of the Euro, and within 5 years of Maastricht, and within 5 years of the EEC...

[@DantonQ-official]

@@SJG-nr8uj - insert Fry squinting meme -

[@DantonQ-official]

You don't know the "Not sure if serious" meme, I take it@@SJG-nr8uj

[@danieltheisland]

This is the most insane take I've ever seen from a pro Brexit source. Anyone that reads this headline and gets angry doesn't have two brain cells to rub together.

[@A190xx]

Looking at the post here, it is solely Remainers getting annoyed, as Brexiteers could not care less.

[@aphextwin5712]

@@A190xxSo, Brexiteers don’t have a problem with the Express posting such nonsense? At the subsection of Brexiteers that buy and/or the Express?

[@A190xx]

@@aphextwin5712 Correct. Even the channel admits the article had no content on Brexiteers being annoyed. It is a headline only to spur sales. The only annoyance we find is that of the channel and the hundreds of comments and likes from Remainers here. It's ironic that none of them realise they are the only ones in this instance guilty of that which they moan.

[@aphextwin5712]

@@A190xx If it increases sales, what does this say about the mindset of the Express reader who is attracted by this headline?

[@peterebel7899]

Next time the EU will use the map with the status Britain to be out of frame due being on the voyage towards the Pacific Ocean....

[@AlexGys9]

Actually, due to movements of tectonic plates the UK is moving towards the European mainland (at the "staggering" speed of 1 inch per year).

[@peterebel7899]

@@AlexGys9 Britain is a sturdy aristocracy, there are no tectonic plates.

[@iallso1]

The brexiteers live in this fantasy world where they should be given all the benefits of membership of the EU while being outside the EU, and certainly not contributing towards the EU. Any time this isn't the case, when Britain doesn't benefit or when a migrant reaches Britain, it must have been a plan by the EU to pick on Britain. It is a situation not helped by the majority ofvthe media also supporting Brexit and the ineptitude of the Tories to have a positive impact on the British economy.

[@666mrdoctor]

How can the tabloids be so hypocritical?

[@frogandspanner]

hippocracy - rule by donkeys - from _hippos_ (horse/donkey) _kratia_ (power).

[@svennoren9047]

Lots of hard work and dedication.

[@billpugh58]

They know how to manipulate the idiot brexers🤣🤣

[@frankmurray1549]

By using a total disregard for truth, hard facts, and evidence.

[@kimwit1307]

decades of practice

[@johnfranchina84]

UK left the Club and the Club is doing ongoing renovations to benefit their Membership. What’s so difficult to understand?

[@hunchbackaudio]

British people are funny, but they’re even more funny when they don’t intend to be.

[@peterkinley9488]

I cancelled my Netflix subscription yesterday and I'm really annoyed that I can't watch any films on Netflix today. Netflix is scheming against me!

[@peterebel7899]

Kudos to British press & media flying the flag high above reality!

[@Maxime_K-G]

So stupid. The UK already has the channel tunnel connection. All they need to do now is build HS2 in full and they'd be miles ahead of Europe. It's really not that expensive considering all of the stations and other infrastructure included in the plans.

[@Deepthought-42]

The map just reflects post brexit reality. Many of my friends in Eire used to travel to France, Italy and Germany etc. Dublin to Holyhead across England then Dover to Calais. Now because of customs restrictions and delays at Dover they go directly to Dublin to Calais missing out backwater Britain and remain in the EU.

[@alan2007-x8x]

The Express has become a parody of itself.

[@TigerP1]

This is so laughable.

[@giggykachelofen1956]

UK fucked around and finds out right now. I hope for a return of the UK to the EU.

[@hizmoparranz9670]

Doesn't CPTPP have a transportation plan, I asked in DE's comment section. Wasn't appreciated.

[@boomslangCA]

It's like someone you were dating dumped you and then gets mad because you got on with your life and are doing fine without him/her. So basically the entire country, or more accurately perhaps, the UK media, is just one big collective narcissist.

[@Borodino12]

Simple - British exeptionalism!

[@peterzapp2091]

If the plan had included the UK, the headline would have accused the EU for invasion of UK‘s sovereignty.

[@Positive916]

I must be confused... I was told that "Brexit Means Brexit". Is it actually "Brexit Means Brexit Except When We'd Really Like It To Not Mean Brexit In Which Case If Brexit Does Mean Brexit It's Brussels Punishing Us For Brexit Again"?

[@westerwald78]

Sometimes you might think the British tabloids are a live satire event...

[@arthurstoyles7077]

They are never happy unless they have something to moan about.

[@erik5374]

Now imagine the amount of vitriol the same Brexiteers would have spread via social media if the EU had included England on that map?

[@acrodave9287]

According to the BBC weather maps, there's no weather in the ROI but the Daily Express has been noticably silent on that for decades. Also, we had no information coming in about the numbers affected by Covid during the Pandemic in the ROI. Again, the Express didn't mention the omission. So are we in the EU or not? The Express seems to want it both ways as it suits them, like Brexiteers in general.

[@jonjon9047]

I wouldn’t wipe my backside on the express for fear it would get s**ttier.

[@GafftheHorse]

I suppose from the Daily Express pov, the EU had the temerity not to fracture and fall apart when the UK left, and it continues to be cheeky by not only continuing to exist but starting new projects without including them.

[@chriswarrington7066]

Well that gave me a good laugh! What rubbish they do write in that rag!

[@mandycouchbean]

Good Evening Max and all Here! ❤

[@TheTwosliceToaster]

Scheming UK schemes to remove itself from EU schemes and then complains that it's scheme succeeded.

[@jamesbparkin740]

"all the outrage is limited to the headline" Indeed. I helped my daughter do a Sunday morning paper round some years ago and the Sunday Express used to have lots of those stories where the actual article was a bit biased but not actually THAT wrong. However it didn't reflect the headline, which of course is what people remember

[@phrayzar]

Just as England was already on its knees, it decided to leave the only organisational body that was keeping it afloat. After years of saying we want out, it now says don't leave us out. Hope you like being a third world nation Britain. A nation that never blames the single political party that has governed it (mainly) for the last 40 years. A sad depressing place to visit now.

[@davepreece2335]

The plan does include a route into SE England, as well as into NI. It just stops at the borders (as should be expected).

[@57thorns]

UK is in fact included in the plan. the North Ireland connection, the same way land connections into other non-EU countries are included.

[@AvrahamYairStern]

Gloire à l'Union Européenne 🇪🇺

[@nukedown7016]

Ehre sei der Europäischen Union.

[@AvrahamYairStern]

@@nukedown7016 Quoi ?

[@KarelSmout]

Imagine their anger if the EU would have included UK on their maps!

[@davidleatham5173]

Given the state of Britain's road and rail infrastructure I'm not surprised that the EU wouldn't want to include them.

[@fritzhenning1]

Do any Europeans still come here?

[@lesliebailey5721]

I wouldn’t wipe my ass with Express, they helped engineer BREXIT and now can’t help but blame the EU for every perceived slight because we’re no longer included in EU planning. Honestly…

[@battles423]

The UK are still trying to vote on EU laws and regulations. You can’t make this $hit up

[@larsjarredspeetjens]

As a European I think that Brits need to stop acting so smuck YOU GUYS DECIDED TO LEAVE so it's YOUR ISSUE not OURS. Leaving the EU means DEALING with these CONSEQUENCES.

[@starmanjames119]

Very bizarre when you read the article. They're upset the EU didn't impose minimum standards on a country that isn't in the EU?! 😅

[@sword4005]

as a brit this makes me scratch my head, where not part of the Eu anymore why would they include us?

[@susansantapola]

Absolutely, yet some will be taken in by this Express desperate nonsense.

[@anniehughes-my4gz]

I am UK and voted to remain but the majority voted to leave we did. We have no right to comment on purely European Union commercial matters

[@Danbotology]

I don't understand the need to be included.

[@jackmellor5536]

They voted for this, so they shouldn't complain about being excluded

[@pete1942]

It doesn’t really matter what the story is. If it’s got EU in the title, then Brexiteer anger will ensue. You can’t think clearly when you’re angry so it’s important to maintain the requisite level of fury.