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We met Dan the Fishman in Devon who’s leading the ‘fight for fish’, a campaign to get British people to eat more fish caught by their own fishermen. British fishermen catch over fifty different species but unfortunately, British taste buds are largely restricted to salmon, cod, tuna and prawns. So 70% of British-caught fish is exported, mostly to EU customers. When Britain leaves the EU, British fishermen fear they could lose free access to their biggest market.
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[@robertmacfarlane2358]

The true problem with the EU? It made trade so easy people didn’t need to understand their own business or markets.

[@timmurphy5541]

Few people understand how the things in their supermarket get there and yet they are asked to vote on issues that greatly affect the whole process. It's obviously a recipe for trouble.

[@argus0ia]

That's a flaw every democratic country has, for every subject there aren't a lot of people that know what they are talking about and the rest can be manipulated by politicians, it's not the right option that gets picked but the one with the politicians that are capable of convincing the population about his part of the story

[@timmurphy5541]

@@argus0ia I think you're right but the more people who've been to university the better the quality of the misunderstanding IMO :)

[@argus0ia]

@@timmurphy5541 i think beacuse you get arrogant and think to know when you really don't which can be worse than not knowing at all, something along the lines of the Dunning-Kruger effect, something that i think everyone experiences at least once

[@Chainyanker007]

@@argus0ia - Dunning - Kruger Effect is a known psychological condition where a person is too dumb to realize they are dumb.

[@gino14]

UK: *Joined the EU to remove Trade Barriers* UK Merchants: "We want out" UK: *leaves and gets Trade Barriered* UK merchants: *surprised pikachu face*

[@gijsbrans2338]

I mean they aren't particularly well educated and were massively lied to by their well educated conservative politicians.

[@raulabc7]

@@gijsbrans2338 you shouldn't compare education with fraud. True education opens your mind about yourself and others and how you can be an important part of a society by your honesty and hard work.

[@thatangrygerman2076]

@Athos Aramis No, we're amused about Britain's economy going to shit now just like everyone told you it would.

[@oldskoolrools3087]

UK: Joined the EU to remove Trade Barriers...not strictly correct. The UK joined the EEC or Common Market to remove trade barriers. The "EU", which is a political union, was forced upon Europe without the consent of the people.....and on top of that, ignored every referendum ignoring rejection of EU law. That was always the problem...not trade

[@archeosr85]

@@gijsbrans2338 more than lied to the problem is that the Leaver were all about getting immigrants out, or maybe I was unlucky but every single Leave voter I met said the same thing

[@frankh.2669]

"Perhaps this was not such a bright idea". The fine art of British understatement.

[@---Blue]

Most governments tbh

[@charlesatanasio1622]

Lol. Imagine actually believing a headline peddled by the media about Brexit after the circus leading up to it! Have fun being stupid, imbecile!

[@Damian_1989]

Charming fellow.

[@a.alphbond9003]

@@charlesatanasio1622 Poorly educated people hate facts, always responding with insults because they can't make logical arguments.

[@charlesatanasio1622]

@@a.alphbond9003 So you don't have a counterpoint then? Lol See, the funny thing is your argument only actually works if you have a real counterpoint. But, like with all the remainers, instead of having a counterpoint you say "you're just a peasent" and try to act like you won. Ironically the video essentially boils down to that as well. So, no. For that to work you need an actual counterpoint. Otherwise you're just proving me right. Lol

[@sock1050]

"When we weren't in, there was alot the British did". Yeah, I'll say. They gave half the world independence days

[@javierviana96]

The other half was given by the french and the spaniards

[@EMMYK1916]

@@javierviana96 More likable people the Spanish & French

[@adamlongmore2377]

Yet still everyone wants to come to the UK?

[@javierviana96]

@@adamlongmore2377 hahahaha nice one

[@adamlongmore2377]

And it's very true.....

[@sallmandar1027]

Someone just had to leave the EU to show all the other countries why they shouldnt

[@Ce0ammer]

Sad for the Scottish, they've got to break free!

[@PsilentMusicUK]

@@mickdomingo7276 Debt is never the EU's problem. They'd make Scotland pay their own debts, and Germany's. Maybe even Greece's too if they're lucky.

[@charlesatanasio1622]

Not true, actually.

[@roblancs]

AUKUS wouldn't have happened without Brexit, and the EU is most likely the reason France wasn't invited. Independence can have its benefits, it turns out. But of course, this example and many more will not be acceptable to you.

[@holgerj.440]

Yeah Italy and Greece for sure see how that would make everything worse. Oh wait...

[@saddoncarrs6963]

"Almost all UK fishermen voted to leave" - wrong. Almost all English fishermen voted to leave.

[@tomoconnor8610]

good point.

[@nabidisla.5086]

Yes Scottish fishermen did not wanted to leave they were happily sharing the sea between them and Norway..

[@mikeclifford7740]

aLot of Scottish fisherman voted for Brexit. Especially the larger ones

[@36nairn]

Scottish fishermen voted to leave they don’t want foreigners in there waters so stop telling lies the Scot’s fishermen wanted to stay in eu

[@annainspain5176]

The people who voted Leave were fondly remembering the days of the Empire, which no longer exists. Now Britain is a very small island in a very big world.

[@crispnhollow7300]

A US colony, one might say.

[@Roo986]

Is the EU not an empire?

[@Jose-xh5qb]

@@Roo986 Is the EU engineering famines and massacres?

[@Roo986]

@@Jose-xh5qb If you care to answer my question, I'll reply to yours.

[@rolly97420]

@@Roo986 the EU is a group of friends, who gave theirs keys to each other.

[@nihtgengalastnamegoeshere7526]

1:32 She voted to be out, based on what things were like 40 years ago. The world has changed since then, and as an individual country, Britain's power has dwindled massively. Instead of being part of a large political and trading block, we now have that block as an opponent. Great move, thanks grandma.

[@JohnSmiffer]

And now there is Germany and france, trying towing 30 liferafts. let me know how that works out.

[@msunje9862]

That is why lot of older people voted out

[@sarahwilliams755]

Ya now London is a massive stAbbIng fest, white kid are regularly sexual assault by grooming gangs, we have people who did know the first thing about England telling us what to do. Ya she wants to back to days when you can leave the front door open.

[@HelenaMikas]

@@msunje9862 older people show their racist side ( unaware of how the British treated many countries )...

[@ferdiyansurya]

The world 40 years ago is totally different than now, basing choices on past sentimental stories is never a good idea.

[@connormclernon26]

And yet people make decisions based on nostalgia for a time that never was

[@anneseijbel1376]

Worse than 70 odd years ago? The Dunkirk Spirit, and all that nonsense! Pip pip!

[@davidleebls1874]

So much lacking in the news

[@davidleebls1874]

One major reason was to stop other countries from fishing in British Waters is was that accomplished accomplished? Do a report on that!

[@PLF...]

@@davidleebls1874 > thats just a dumb thing to say

[@phillipdavies1081]

That's the thing about voting, sometimes you get exactly what you voted for.

[@fluffypuffyboy586]

Yeah letting the people vote aint always a great idea

[@LobotomiteLum]

Damn we’ve got unironic authoritarians in here. Lmao. Remainers really do just hate the plebs.

[@Muadddibb]

No you don't

[@genericusername8337]

@@LobotomiteLum It's just realism. It's why populism works; people are simply put, ignorant and stupid. They don't know how their economies work, they're not trained in critical thinking of any sort, they have no sort of vision for how a nation should be and never will, so the poorly constructed populist lies are enough to swing their crude opinions of the world one way or another, whatever it is that they're advocating for. It is one of the flaws of democracy, and it's a big one. Still, authoritarian systems are much worse, I'd say.

[@montgomeryfrenwheringwerth5584]

@@LobotomiteLum That's because you are plebs. At work, do you bring random people in off the street to tell you how to do your job even though they have no idea what they are talking about? That's what democracy does, and that's why everything is always s*** and nothing ever gets done.

[@ClickBeetleTV]

I have never understood the idea of the protest vote. Never vote for something you don't actually want to happen just because you think your vote will upset someone else.

[@foolishmuleth6757]

Just contrarians honestly. Like when you tell a kid not to touch an open flame

[@Orionte9]

i do not get either, is like cutting a finger because you will piss off for cleaning the blood

[@thebrowns5337]

All it is is self harm. Those politicians he protested against are doing all the better for his vote while he suffers. Crazy mentality. Just vote for what you want to happen. And do some research first, employ logic.

[@bookcat123]

I really didn’t understand either… unless it’s like “I’ve no clue what this is about so I will just vote against because people I don’t like are for” because then you just have the American system of voting the party line in a nutshell.

[@sabin97]

but you gotta "own the libs", even if it costs you your business.

[@Elmaestrodemusica]

People forgot you no longer have the "Commonwealth" to force your products upon ....

[@gytosas]

savege :D

[@manningbartlett522]

I did actually speak to an elderly British lady around 2017 or so. In her mind, the obvious next step after leaving the EU was to go and get India and Singapore back, because "giving up the British Empire" was a bad mistake, and everything was better when the "map was pink" (a reference to how maps of the British Empire were coloured back before WWII). I don't think she was the only British voter with this absurd fantasy in her mind.

[@AmphiStuG]

@@manningbartlett522 Damn that’s awefully sad. Closest thing to that, that’s one of the slimmest of chances is CANZUK.

[@aesyamazeli8804]

@@manningbartlett522 wtf lmao. Maybe if she's an American she will have a chance of a future huge empire but not as a Brit.

[@rizkyanandita8227]

@@manningbartlett522 India have nuclear weapon, that would be nice. Singapore, do you want to puliss off every other country that ise their port?

[@milesblue638]

"Perhaps that was not such a bright idea." Let's put that on the side of a bus!

[@annettehadley9718]

I would love to see that on the side of a bus !

[@lacdirk]

It was an odious idea. People seem to forget that the fishermen and the people in these fishing villages voted for brexit to push other EU fishermen out of jobs, and EU fishing villages into oblivion. All because they were spiteful that they had the support of their domestic consumers and their governments, while the UK consumer ignored local fish and the UK government ignored rural and fishing communities.

[@annettehadley9718]

@@lacdirk Unfortunately what you said is exactly true !

[@johnpeddubriwny6403]

The real irony in all this is that Bojo didn't really care one way or the other about Brexit. It was just a means for him to become PM. If being pro-Europe would have got him the job, he would have been a staunch supporter of the EU.

[@FalkeEins]

@@lacdirk do some reading FFS, the Europeans already ravaged the UK fishing industry

[@awkwardllama0509]

Being able to admit to a mistake is something I’d like to see more of in people. Also I’d buy from Dan in a heartbeat

[@davidhoward4715]

He only gave a damn when it affected him.

[@kellyprice8246]

@@davidhoward4715 Was it ever established that Dan voted leave in the first place?

[@ben2-5-1]

@@kellyprice8246 I was thinking about that, too

[@Schimml0rd]

@@kellyprice8246 statistically speaking he did :b

[@redacted7634]

admiting to a mistake that affects the entire country, Maybe instead of killing himself hitler should have apologised and lived happily ever after..

[@BlueJohnXD]

I'll never stop finding it funny that people were warned about what would happen with Brexit, they voted to leave anyway, and are now upset at the consequences they "didn't see coming".

[@Flamdring]

I am actually sad that the UK parliament supported this silly referendum when the UK does not even consider referenda legal unless the parliament says so. A lot of people did not vote. 52% of those who did vote is an awfully small number for such an important decision. I am not from the UK but I lived there for quite some time. As soon as I heard they were doing it, I knew immediately where it was heading. How did Cameron even get the idea of having this stupid referendum? What were they thinking about? In the end, I feel that the UK will fall apart. Scotland will rejoin the EU as an independent nation, Northern Ireland will also rejoin it via its unification with Ireland. Wales might break away and join its Celtic neighbours. Not sure what is going to happen with England, but I do hope that the young generation will vote themselves back in one day. They really did not deserve this mess as most of them do not even understand what it is like to have passport controls, visas and work permits. The UK was my favourite country in the EU and I think most young people liked it. It was attractive, dynamic and interesting. Not anymore.

[@StanleyKubick1]

it's not funny that mostly poor or elderly people were conned by opportunistic politicians and media controlled by billionaires to vote against their own interests

[@cashnelson2306]

It's less funny and more sad. Probably not gonna learn from it either!

[@BlueJohnXD]

@@StanleyKubick1 there were plenty of warnings as to what brexit would actually mean, and yet they went ahead and voted for brexit anyway. many votes were also fueled by xenophobia towards other european nations. so yeah no sympathy, just comedy. they got what they voted for at least lmao.

[@bolla999999999]

This is nothing new. Most of the time there are people who will warn of impending doom, but it does not sound as atractive as somone telling you about bunnies and rainbows. As a rule of thumb: If somone is pandering to the populist opinion be very sceptical and do your reaserch. Alas I am preaching to the choir, the people who would listen are the people who would go out in search of information to begin with.

[@floatingsara]

I'm Italian and I can say Italians are the same. I've heard too many times Italians ready to vote for Italexit even when they are expat in the EU, because they want to get rid of Russian and Turkish "concurrents". When I object that they would be kicked out , they always answer to me that THEY ARE EUROPEANS, so they have the right to move. ... This cognitive dissonance always lets me speechless.

[@juliabarrow-hemmings6624]

Technically due to Schengen (Which is seperate from the EU in a weird way, see Switzerland), they would have the right to move through any European nation in the agreement, however, they wouldn't have right to *reside* in those countries, as thats a right granted by EU citizenship, you can visit without the EU but you can't stay.

[@user-lv7ph7hs7l]

It would be funny if Greece did this.

[@holgerj.440]

@@user-lv7ph7hs7l It wouln't be funny. Due to the EU's enforced austerity policy it's probably a necessity for Greece to develop back into a first world country. Really migration is not such a big issue anymore when your EU "partners" have you bled out in the first place. And as a bonus you can go full Belarus with all those people you've rescued from the Aegean Sea.

[@jasperzanovich2504]

@@holgerj.440 So your solution to not having money is become a dictatorship and print your own money?

[@annedunne4526]

The ironic thing is if the UK had stayed in the EU they would have had a say in working to restrict and change EU rules. Now they have none.

[@rych7852]

Behave. The EU have NEVER listened to the UK. Remember when the EU wanted the UK to be responsible for the debt of the Euro currency? (Since obviously we dont use that worthless coin!) Our then PM, David Cameron, tried to use our veto. The one Remoaners told us was concrete and proved we had power in the EU. The EU over ruled him and did it anyway! Remember when Cameron went to the EU to try and renegotiate our terms BEFORE the referendum. He asked for the uk to NOT pay child benefits for children of EU nationals that were NOT resident in the UK at UK rates. Doesn't seem unreasonable to me. The EU said NO you have to pay for child benefits to kids in Poland or Latvia at UK child benefit rates. They laughed in his face and said he'd never call a referendum. Millions of people saw the way the EU treated out democratically elected head of state (something NO EU Commissioner has ever been since they aren't elected by the people of the EU) and KNEW that the Eu only ever cared about our money. It was pointless staying and trying to reform it "from the inside" But the good news is, without the UKL constantly holding the EU back and meddling. They can finally move forward with their grandiose plans. I mean why does a Trading arrangement need a "anthem" if they dont eventually want to become the United States of Europe.

[@annedunne4526]

@@rych7852 As soon as someone starts name calling, ie "remoaner", they've lost the argument. The UK actually instigated many of the laws that are part of EU rules that the leavers now say they don't want. Let's see how being outside the EU will pan out. Not doing too well so far.

[@animalcol1]

@@rych7852 you won. You can stop lying now pal. Just look at where you are now. Well done!! 👏👏💪😂😂

[@alexanderzippel8809]

@@rych7852 Ah yes. The UK economy was almost rubbish before the EU and now u left property the biggest market you had. Seems very smart to me

[@MrBabylon]

@@rych7852 you're almost 100% wrong. 1. Veto powers were deliberately diluted by none other than Margret Thatcher herself because she didn't want small minded people holding back everyone else. 2. Benefits, this really shows just how much BS you've swallowed. A long time ago in 2002 the UK, along with France and a few others got together and persuaded the EU to add a few extra conditions to FoM, specifically about right of entry and benefits. It is in EU law that people using FoM to come to the UK for work should have the means to support themselves if not the host nation does not have an obligation to give them benefits, host nations can track who leaves and who enters, host nations can kick people out or refuse entry if the person cannot support themselves or prove they have employment waiting for them in the host nation. These points were added to EU Law because we ASKED FOR THEM. In 2004 and again in 2006 EU sent representatives to member states who asked for these restrictions, checking how things are going, many actioned them, the UK DID NOT ACTION ANY OF THEM, we essentially flogged them off on both occasions. Westminster deemed it too costly to have a means tested benefit system that could check these things and it was also too costly to have a proper border control department equipped to actually do it's job. 3. You say the EU completely ignore our "elected" politicians yet at the same time you say we're holding the EU back by meddling, that is what's referred to as a contradiction. Plus the EU ignored Dave because he is a moron, he was asking for changes we already had but were not using, see point 2. 4. You do know we live in a representative democracy, and as in any representative democracy we elect representatives who then make decisions on our behalf. Also unlike Westminster all EU parliament decisions/discussions are on public record, they've got a far more open/transparent setup than Westminster, so much so you can actually see just how little work Farage did for past 20+ years.

[@rufdymond]

British people expand their eating habits…it’s not going to happen - I live in a very diverse area and I eat a lot of fish. My local fishmonger once told me if it wasn’t for the local Afro Caribbean, Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese populations he would go out of business. He told me that British people are not adventurous when is comes to fish/seafood and just don’t buy his produce. It always seemed strange to me the most fishermen voted for something that would make it more difficult to sell in their biggest market.

[@ricecristi]

Well maybe they shouldn’t be racist

[@seneca983]

So, Brits don't eat a lot of fish?

[@genieglasslamp5028]

I honestly dont get it because fish is absolutely amazing.

[@moosnatedog]

@@genieglasslamp5028 fish has microplastics

[@maggiejetson7904]

they want monopoly but they also lost a lot of customers

[@solidseb1960]

When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.

[@andrewbyrnes6389]

Brilliant

[@AmberyTear]

Yea, seriously...

[@greylatern]

Yup. People take a lot for granted.

[@RealDarkBlade]

At least that's what I tell my manager :)

[@sadjaxx]

👍

[@kingcurry6594]

Well said, Dan. Interesting contrast: Not very educated or informed old biddy - "I voted for Brexit because I didn't have a clue what the EU actually does and wanted to go back to the 70s". Intelligent and educated NHS professional - "People voted for Brexit because they were lied to and believed those lies".

[@kingstannisbaratheon7974]

That was basically the same situation across the country. Poverty is often linked with poor education, and often the poor feel left behind and want someone to blame. But because of their lack of education they tend to be reluctant or unable to understand the complexities involved and follow simplistic narratives that are used by certain people and institutions to direct anger for pragmatic political ends. Whereas more educated people tend to be better off and content because they have better quality jobs. And tend to be able and often willing to understand the complexities and as such tend to be more difficult to sway with such basic narratives. And not to mention poor people have less to lose as a whole (or so they feel) and as such feel like a risk is worth taking for a chance for things to get better. Of course this is not representative of everyone, but i feel it does represent perhaps the most stark divide when it came to the brexit vote.

[@domefford864]

Lies? When’s the mass unemployment, house price crash and emergency budget the project predicted? the uk had got record wage growth, that’s thanks to brexit 👌

[@alanbugler4404]

@@domefford864 "record wage growth" is that what they call rapid inflation these days?

[@domefford864]

@@alanbugler4404 inflation is world wide, wage growth is not.

[@kingcurry6594]

@@domefford864 I personally did not predict mass unemployment, because it was obvious that many EU citizens would leave and create vacancies. But I DID predict a significant drop in GDP due to Brexit (I predicted 3% but 4% now seems more likely). As for a house price crash, that will happen. This is because wage rises due to Brexit will fuel inflation (the OBR predicts 4%). That will force the Monetary Policy Committee to raise interest rates and this will push mortgage rates up. A wage rise of 3% will be hugely offset by a mortgage rate rise. On a typical salary of £25k, a 3% rise in wages will result in an increase of around £40 a month in take home pay. A relatively small rise in interest rates (say 1%) would add about £100 a month to an average tracker rate customer. Only those with fixed rate mortgages would be immune - at least till the end of their term. Many families will not be able to pay and repossessions will increase. This will depress the housing market considerably and have knock on effects for spending. Don't go gloating just yet. The worst of Brexit is still to come.

[@unclvinny]

When I’m older I hope I don’t screw the youngs over with my pig-ignorance and blinkered nostalgia - but if history is any guide, I absolutely will.

[@roblancs]

There’s nothing pig ignorant about voting to leave the EU. It’s just bare naked hate for the more mature in society, and disdain for democracy when the result doesn’t agree with what you wanted. Don’t be daft.

[@unclvinny]

@@roblancs mm. I’ve really enjoyed this little chat.

[@roblancs]

I’m sure you have, your lack of retort confirms it

[@unclvinny]

@@roblancs Bro, you won the election! What are you bickering with randos on KZbin for? Go burnish your Nigel Farage shrine, traipse lovingly across the perfect Ayn Rand paradise y'all have created over there, revel the mewlings of small businesses cut down by the vicissitudes of the export/import laws, and rest easy in the certainty that the shriveling British Empire wasn't sold a bill of goods. Adios, muchacho.

[@arikalamari19]

pig-ignorance😂👍

[@KevinDixon]

This aged well. The chap at the end was spot on.

[@kalebdaark100]

Indeed it has. I originally thought i was watching a recent video, until i saw when some of the comments were posted. Many people forget just how close the vote actually was. There are an awful lot of ticked off people in Britain that did not want to leave the EU.

[@kalebdaark100]

@Paul Mulligan Well after the last 15+ years i can't see me personally voting for them again.

[@athelstan927]

@@kalebdaark100 it was not close.. and consider that the est. and all its resources were so anti leave.. and the margin of victory was 1.4+ million.. huge victory..

[@kalebdaark100]

@@athelstan927 Don't talk rubbish. It was 52% leave to 48% remain. With the whole right wing press clamouring for leave. If you break it down by age the younger a voter the more likely your were to vote remain, so the ones that have to live with this stupidity longest did not get what they wanted. If nearly 5 years on you were to have the vote again a lot of the leave voters aren't voting any more.

[@Chainyanker007]

It’s usually both, ineptness and don’t really care.

[@alexk3806]

Poor Dan. You've got to hand it to the bloke. He's a turkey that voted for Christmas and it turns out there's not much left over for him on Boxing Day.

[@What-the-meow-meow]

Does it have to do with visas running out and people leaving back for the EU? I live in NZ so I have no idea.

[@drachenrecke5090]

@@What-the-meow-meow Sales markets. Now that the UK isnt a part of the EU anymore all the trade benefits that they have been enyoing are gone. As they said in this video the fisherman used to sell over 2/3`s of their catch to EU countries with only 1/3 being sold locally. If now they want to sell their fish they will have to pay high export taxes and they have little other choice bc the natives are`nt too keen on buying all that much fish. On a side note: Did you know that for a short time after the Brexit the UK`s second most searched for question on google was "What is the EU?"? Bit sad innit?

[@rogerbanana5670]

Not for him but his grandchildren will thank him ha ha

[@christephp8298]

Best comment! 😂

[@ValleysOfRain]

@@rogerbanana5670 Doubtful. The problem is that the UK is going to become increasingly irrelevant in a world where economic might rules the degree to which you get a seat at the global table. The UK held a high regard on account of its venerable roots in the 19th and early 20th century as a superpower - that power and prestige has been on the decline. The world's agenda is going to be set by those with the clout to do so, such as the US, China, India, Brazil, and of course, the EU. Being a "go it alone" nation state is not going to strengthen your diplomatic hand in the future.

[@MrSlanderer]

Literally from the first day of Brexit, supporters started crying. They expected the ability to dictate the terms with the EU, not realizing their own self-importance was a complete delusion.

[@Whoami691]

And the EU, rather than ask itself why people were so disillusioned with it, doubled down and called half a county racist xenophobes... Because that's what you want to hear from an institution willing to change! 😁 Their reaction to brexit was all the confirmation I needed. It will never change. Never reform. Never admit it's failings. For that reason, brexit was the right move and if you think otherwise you're being blind.

[@LobotomiteLum]

They did have the power to dictate terms with the EU. The extremely remainer siding govt simply capitulated to paying them for years before finally caving and leaving just so they could point and go “SEE, PLEBS? LOOK HOW EXPENSIVE IT WAS! WE TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE!” When it was only expensive because they decided to pay out billions per month for like 2 and a half years to extend negotiations and waffle about in Parliament.

[@rogerbanana5670]

@@Whoami691 bang on mate!

[@bt3743]

@@Whoami691 hmm i wonder why someone would be called a racist xenophobe purely because they dont want non white people coming to a country

[@Whoami691]

@@greg9823 I'm black. Call me a racist again skidmark. Go on, do it. Pathetic shltstain on humanity is what you are.

[@thermodynamics458]

I never understood why the fishermen voted out. They just had to know that most of the species they catch are sold on into the continent. Baffling. What did they imagine would happen?

[@billpugh58]

thermo dynamics they imagined st Nigel would save them instead he did a runner.

[@zanizone3617]

They imagined they were going to get free reign on British waters, kicking out all foreign boats. Then all the rest was going to stay the same. There were gentlemen, of good British stock, and an oxbridge education of course, who were going to give Brussels a good trashing on their behalf. No need for them to think about trade, permits and all that nonsense. More fish! Yay!

[@martinbyrne6643]

They are a shower of greedy fishermen , nobody wants them or there fish , they may eat the fish themselves

[@LeeStoneman]

They voted out because, I'm sorry to say, they're not that intelligent. They didn't think it through and were daft enough to believe the drivel coming out of Farrage and Buffoon Johnson's mouths.

[@jamesleon4883]

@@martinbyrne6643 let them eat fish lol

[@FancyUnicorn]

"Over two thirds of fish are sold to the EU market" They knew this, they did the selling, they get the profits and they still voted for Brexit???

[@jonathanaliff6121]

Maybe they assumed their government would negotiate a trade deal with the invidual European countries rather than do nothing and allow the problem. Weird.

[@FancyUnicorn]

@@jonathanaliff6121 Their first mistake was assuming the government would do something

[@paulhargreaves1497]

Yeah, but they wouldn't have to hear Polish on the bus lol

[@ChsM-jk4oy]

The british do as the newspapers and the television tell them its as simple as that

[@arkady714]

"A nice cup of British tea?" Haaaaa-ha-ha--ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaaa!!! Tea is imported from India, mate!

[@joschmo4497]

And Brits are imported from Pakistan 🤣🤣

[@arkady714]

@@joschmo4497 And Pakistanis were imported from Persia!

[@ValleysOfRain]

And Sri Lanka. And China. And Taiwan. And Kenya.

[@mikeycraig8970]

@@joschmo4497 Spoken like a true Americant who's probably only seen Britain on TV lmao. America has more Muslims than we have population 😂. You elected one to run you country ffs lmao!!

[@joschmo4497]

@@mikeycraig8970 I make fun of Americans and Brits equally but keep doing my work! 👌

[@chrisl6004]

As a proud European, Brexit means a great loss to me. Europeans belong together and should stay together. Hopefully you will come back one day . Greetings from Germany!

[@Harry-tb8yo]

Not in their current state. No need for another troublemaker with an overinflated sense of self-importance.

[@lofiloop9124]

If it all goes downhill, he could definitely have a career as a voice actor. What a great voice and charming accent!

[@kurtisburtis]

easy on the eyes, too … if it come to that.

[@ruialexandre6197]

We've just found the real captain igloo.

[@maywalker997]

The voice acting industry is incredibly difficult to make a living stable wage in (perhaps even more so than the fishing industry).

[@superAweber]

@@maywalker997 oops! Cold reality once more!

[@thebrowns5337]

What about the rest of us?

[@mymartianhome]

You know who was the British representative on the EU fishing commission? You know the guy who showed up for one meeting, the one where he registered that he was on the commission to get his extra money, the guy who was supposed to look after the interests of British fishermen ? Yes, that is correct, it was Nigel Farage.

[@jasveender]

I had to look it up because it seemed unbelievable - but you were right! Nigel was on the EU fisheries committee and attended only ONE of the 42 meetings that were held during his time on that committee 🤦🏻‍♀️ I wonder what it feels like to be so totally devoid of integrity, to be so shameless ...

[@skyarcher9692]

I do not like fish, but I like this gentleman, especially the sound of his voice.

[@grogery1570]

Which is probably why he will succeed selling his fish in the market. How do you not buy your fish from him, especially after he tells you how to cook it so you do like it?

[@tangmengtit888]

@@grogery1570 if I see a guy like him selling I’ll definitely buy

[@Demilich23]

@Terry Jackson first intelligent comment on the video

[@thebrowns5337]

@Terry Jackson dude, he's had that stall a long time. Before Brexit. So, 'the elite' had enough foresight to install an actor by letting him set up a business, they then waited years (no doubt paying him, in your mind), arranged their Brexit, maybe let him vote either way but told him to pretend he regretted voting leave, and then, with their task complete, they what, support him in his now more difficult business forever more. You need help. Try thinking for more than 1 second at a time.

[@alexk3806]

"..then it was too focussed on what Brussels say" and she starts to step away, I suppose in case someone asks "yes, and what Brussels say that you don't like?"

[@britannia6080]

Of the lunacy must be said and accepted, then at least let it be British lunacy. Enter BoJo.

[@writerinprogress]

Exactly! She swallowed that line whole from a Murdoch-run tabloid, without ever stopping to think what it even meant, never mind if there was an ounce of truth in it.

[@celticlofts]

The big mistake they made was expecting Nigel to fight their corner in the EU.. seeing that he was a member of the fisheries committee. The problem was Nigel never showed up for the meetings. If you don't take part in the decision making process then how the bloody hell are you going to influence the debate? The same goes for the farmers. I remember talking to a bus load of them when they were on a farming tour of Ireland. They were amazed at the beautiful houses and the ultra modern equipment the Irish had. I asked one of them why are things different in the UK and he responded that Irish MEP's fight hard for their farmers while our (UK) MEP's don't even show up.. and that my friends was twenty years ago. It seems nothing has changed. So don't go blaming the EU for your problems, blame your own politicians who were getting big money to do a job but were either too lazy or inept to do.. Or both. !!

[@richardmoloney689]

Hang on, he attended one meeting. Get it right.

[@royfearn4345]

Never trust a shyster.

[@fredbailey2076]

@@richardmoloney689 was it not 2 in the 20 yrs ?

[@richardmoloney689]

@@fredbailey2076 Well now, it might have been! I stand corrected.

[@raahauge]

​@@fredbailey2076 I'm not sure about the 20 years, but several times at the internet, I have something like the following: “over the three years that Nigel Farage was a member of the European Parliament Fisheries Committee, he attended one out of 42 meetings”

[@paulwei6596]

Politicians lie to low-educated people around the world, all the time, and guess what, they always win😂

[@cann5565]

"I love the poorly educated" - Donald Trump, February 24, 2016. He didn't mean what the uneducated people thought he meant.

[@DenshoGiallo]

Highly educated by the system to serve the system, yeah, great education you've got there.

[@cann5565]

@@DenshoGiallo You actually believe that garbage?

[@nielsklarenberg5871]

@@DenshoGiallo The fact you can only think one way or the other is kinda making his point. Lack of education I guess.

[@DenshoGiallo]

@@cann5565 the less educated you are, the happier you are. The smarter you are also. The most retarded people I've met in my life are people who had the longest studies.

[@Anon26535]

The ironic thing is that Britain made the same mistake as most postcolonial African countries. They were so desperate to rid themselves of European dominance that there was no time to make the kind of sweeping social and economic reforms that would allow them to be truly self-sufficient.

[@anthony3032]

I live in London and I'm so happy that people realise how bad their choice was. "It wasn't a good idea"... Of course, we've been telling you for three years now.

[@Dracogame]

Remember: they are sad because this is what they wished happened to their French colleagues. They are sad just because they are the ones suffering from it, not because they understand the mistake.

[@thebrowns5337]

Very true. And the thing is they don't give a toss about the rest of us that wanted to remain. They just wanted to stick it to the tories (forgetting that is what the general election is for) and stick it to the europeans. It's only your average brit who is suffering for their epic misadventure, not the tories and not the europeans. And I think you nailled it - that is why they are sad.

[@gabsie7224]

Does it make a difference?

[@Ru136]

@@gabsie7224 well, yeah. They're selfish people

[@GuntherSDoumson2178]

Most Brits are a-holes...

[@politicalphilosophy-thegre3894]

Fishing makes up about 0.1% of UK GDP every year, but about 80% of Daily Express coverage of Brexit.

[@phillipphil1615]

The financial services sector 11% and it's moving abroad. ...

[@andysmith3111]

Yet you crave our fish so much why????

[@politicalphilosophy-thegre3894]

@@andysmith3111 Google *More than 90% of the cod consumed in the UK is imported*

[@graemetimoney7002]

If you are a fisherman then it accounts for 100% of your income.

[@politicalphilosophy-thegre3894]

@@graemetimoney7002 And if you are one of the 436,000 people who have lost their job due to Brexit, that is also 100% of your income lost. Fishermen, by contrast make up about 10,000 of the workforce, representing less than £2 billion of GDP (national income) per year.

[@TheEvertw]

"The reality is dawning on us..." That perhaps the Tories are your enemy, not the EU. Respect for this honest man. It is hard to accept that you have been conned and taken advantage off.

[@raphaellasne3609]

The good thing in all that is that now in France nobody dares to talk anymore of "Frexit". I pity the English people, who were fooled down by nasty politicians. I hope we will join again.

[@sealand000]

I'd like to see Texit happen. (Texas)

[@AlessandroGenTLe]

They were fooled by their own ignorance. Politicians just use that.

[@Arcaryon]

Maybe one day your children will get that choice but for now, it’s unlikely because the EU is changing a lot. Poland’s conflict is symbolic of the core argument concerning the EU, that it is evident and stated that the EU is more than a mere trade union with some politically ties and wants to greatly increase its internal ties as oppose to keeping things as they are today and this issue being resolved with change a lot about the character of the union, depending on how it will go in detail, making all future proposals uncertain. For instance, if the Europe of different speeds gets implemented, it’s hard to estimate what level of membership a country like Britain would prefer as the concept basically argues that higher ties mean more shared benefits while lower ties mean more freedom but also less cooperation aso.

[@veovis523]

It would be a hard sell, since Britain got a lot of privileges and opt-outs the first time that it wouldn't get if it re-joined. They'd have to say goodbye to the pound sterling and hello to the euro, for example.

[@pigpig5600]

@@veovis523 I think there is a wierd loophole to avoid the Euro

[@ivyfling2810]

Nothing is dawning on them. As a taxi driver from Indonesia (?) said to me last week - people here 'no study': they never switch their brains on and so they are easy prey to the gutter press (and the great financial interests behind it).

[@casteretpollux]

Thats very true. People don't read.

[@michaeloconnor2603]

The old dim and dumb...sad

[@user-ek4rb1vq5j]

Very polite from the Indonesian taxi driver instead of just saying " people are super dumb here"😂

[@therespectedlex9794]

You lefties sometimes sound more racist without meaning to.

[@francelonelo9187]

yep, they never learn. at least you got a fine driver that can speak english!

[@AArrad]

“I voted leave because it’s become about Brussels” says the 70 year old retired lady who is not likely to see the effects of her decision.

[@DavidMcFarner]

The Brits hate Belgians, so that was easy for her to say.

[@gurkslunga]

I doubnt she could even name anything that came out from Brussels. I doubt she could even put Brussels in the right country and find it on a map.

[@kennethpaquin6692]

An ironic statement from a subject of a nation who's empire once held sway over the lives of people on every continent.

[@bm1259]

@@DavidMcFarner Is that true? Maybe it's an older generation thing but I barely anything about belgian people from other british people, it's always about the chocolate and waffles.

[@rbanerjee605]

@David Farner I hate those sprouts too. They ruin my Christmas dinner.

[@maggiepie8810]

Something that UK fishermen didn't quite realise was that they were allowed to fish in our waters, too. A lot of the fish caught in British waters were fish that Brits aren't too keen on eating, but that many other EU countries love. One such example is salmon. It's a favourite in places like Germany and Scandinavia, but many Brits look at it and go, 'What is that, pink fish? You can't eat that. It's probably poisonous.' 😂

[@GuntherSDoumson2178]

Smoked Salmon is the best!

[@williamhogan4031]

As the french said," goodbye ,thank you for all the fish."

[@AF-ei5yi]

The fishermen are going to be crucified, I'll save my sympathy for those who voted to stay.

[@ttrons2]

WHich was about 30% and I agree with you.

[@casperwallace9685]

Honest people believed crooks......

[@annettehadley9718]

me too !

[@casteretpollux]

Thats cruel. They were lied to.

[@lacdirk]

@@casperwallace9685 No. That is not an excuse. They literally voted to destroy the livelihood of their fellow EU fishermen, out of spite that they were supported by their domestic customers and their governments, while they were abandoned by both. If they lose their jobs and their homes, that is only karma calling.

[@carlabroderick5508]

“There was a lot more we British did, now too focused on what Brussels says.” Such a lovely lady misled by those whose tax evasion would have ended due to EU.

[@bokhans]

You are absolutely correct Carla. It was all about avoiding taxes for the rich. Fish and sovereignty was just distractions for the poor. Sad! I don’t have a dog in this fight, happy in EU but been an anglophile since my fist stay in 1971. February 2020 I flew over to london 2 hours one way just for lunch and then back again. I don’t know if that will be possible in the future. 😢

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

British education was (is ?) also very centered around how great the Empire was, It's about English inventors, English history, English...etc,etc, All English fiction ,even detective stories or simple adventure novels portrait the English as being superior and 'foreigners' as slightly untrustworthy. Even the most liberal minded people in Britain have been spoonfed the English exceptionalism myth from birth.

[@casperwallace9685]

@@spiritualanarchist8162 They seem to have stopped education in 1945

[@annettehadley9718]

well said !

[@ixlnxs]

@@spiritualanarchist8162 Indeed. The British are in Europe what the Americans are to the rest of the world: totally oblivious of the outside world.

[@garrymartin5877]

And with such a compelling argument for leaving 'we used to do more stuff' this woman goes to show the mentality and intelligent thought process behind voting out 🤦🤦

[@eddyc4603]

Grow up, this doesn't help and certainly doesn't bring things any higher. If anything, the type of thing that would convince her to vote exactly the same again. The snarky self-virtuous "you are all racists and bigots, too old and too English for our taste" attitude did probably did almost as much to tip the vote as the shower of shite that was the Tory campaign.

[@garrymartin5877]

@@eddyc4603 hmmmmm think you need to actually read what was written and check yourself before going off on a tangent.

[@eddyc4603]

@@garrymartin5877 ok. I spent too much time on the Guardian comments section back then... As a frenchman in Scotland, for context. Sorry for the ramble I wrote last night. I haven't recovered from the whole episode, apparently. I went to Glasgow full of ideas, got drawn into the whole thing somehow and left a bit bereft of will, not to say very sour and cynical. I then just left in strange conditions for different reasons and went ahead with different things in life but I see now the subject is enough to trigger me off entirely.. Strange and you could add especially as a non UK citizen. I just looked up to a fair bit of things which now leave me entirely deflated. Including the "altruistic" younger side. So much posturing and lecturing, so little listening... The other side at least, I sort of knew what to expect from. I am done here, sorry for taking your time.

[@sumer9999]

UK and EU didn't realised that this hype was artificial and created by enemies of EU to make it weaker.

[@gytosas]

we will speak kirilica in UK soon

[@Arcaryon]

The EU realized. I read enough interviews long before the fact detailing that. Thing was, almost nobody expected so many of the English to fall for it. That was the unexpected part.

[@Anon-qp3kt]

Pretty much every EU argument was spot on. If only the Brits stopped listening to Nigel and Boris

[@holz_name]

It's like going 50 years in the past. Look at the people. Nobody there is under 50.

[@ixlnxs]

Indeed. The man in the suit with bowler hat and Daily Fail looked so stereotypical I thought it was a campaign stunt.

[@yangtse55]

I just turned 60 and wasn't conned - I grew up with the EU and assumed no one would be stupid enough to have us leave ... I'm still planning to move to France even though it will cost me thousands more to do so ... and will apply for naturalisation ASAP...

[@holz_name]

@@yangtse55 Thx for the comment. Welcome to the EU.

[@athelstan927]

@@ixlnxs isn't that racist?

[@Schimml0rd]

@@athelstan927 cause either bowlers or britons are a race?

[@Nanna0708]

“They lied to us”. That almost never happens.

[@DavidHeffron78]

If anyone was dumb enough to believed a word Johnson says then they deserve everything they get

[@Shuyin781]

But it was the subject that mattered

[@lima621]

Hindsight is such a wonderful thing. Thinks on the way down approaching Terminal velocity......."I wish I hadn`t jumped off that cliff"

[@dannywatts6487]

Best comment ever! Thank you, Chris!

[@fellmr1]

Of course it wasn’t a bright idea. But you could have seen this coming, couldn’t you.

[@SH3RIFF187]

The big problem is the elderly trying to remember 'the good old days'. They don't know it but they ruined it for the younger generation. No sympathy.

[@Fetus_Ingester]

I don’t think is was ruined on purpose it was bound to happen no matter what.

[@DCDPM]

The Good Old Days were shit. These oldies need to take off the Union Jack tinted glasses.

[@jenniferbloomfield3656]

What you mean when we were constantly at war, yes sounds absolutely glorious!

[@johnmoore9862]

They are suffering from the illusion of misty eyed recollections, cricket on the village green, honey for high tea, everyone speaking RP, the world map 1/3 pink, Britannia ruling the waves, none of those ghastly Johnny Foreigner types, people standing for the national anthem after pathe news at the pictures, pork chops with the kidney still in, no Lager only bitter & IPA, long hot summers with a chilled glass of Pyms, Army surplus stores, the Home & Colonial stores, Pearl & Dean adverts, free school milk, Navy cut cigarettes, short back & sides for men, & beehive hair do’s for women, TB, most cancers untreatable, ration books, & a an old Etonian prime minister…………….well somethings never change.

[@ronaldsimpson8890]

Thelderly when they were younger did nothing but moan about how bad things were, we were the sick man of Europe till we joined the EEC, we were told then that we could buy booze and tobacco products in Europe tax free, and what happened, tax income dropped and Thatcher effectively stopped the booze cruises, so their was one of the perks gone .

[@jameskilgour387]

I was a couple of months to young to vote in the referendum. I still remember the day after, literally every single one of my mates and class came into sixth form looking miserable. I hear the Netherlands is a nice place to live though maybe I should brush up on my Dutch or Swedish

[@User_29765]

Netherlands is. Honestly the leavers voting idiots made your country a colony of the US. Ironic

[@lizadowning4389]

True, the young have been betrayed by the baby boomers and the elder still fantasising on the "British Empire". The fact 16 and 17-year-olds (1,5 million) couldn’t vote on the most important decision of their lives is a disgrace. But your day will come, stick to it. One day you youngsters will be in the driver's seat in gov. and Europe will welcome you. :)

[@thebrowns5337]

I have teenage children and I feel for you all. A real kick in the teeth that, lets face it, mildly racist old folk with no sense of the horror the British empire caused, and who won't be around in 10 years, get to vote on something that has such an impact on younger people. Still, they were lied to as well so not fully to blame. Just hope one day we can get back to where we were but hard to see it happening at the minute. Stay strong. As you say places like Sweden are having a jobs push now which will last a decade - Northvolt etc, all those gigaprojects in the north. Welcoming english speakers and will need 100k workers. All is not lost. Just frustrating.

[@dawggonevidz9140]

@@thebrowns5337 You say the old people were lied to, I say they were told exactly what they wanted to hear. They never cared it was all lies, they were lies they liked and voted for accordingly. Horrible, racist lies only work on horrible racists.

[@llondriga]

I was living in the UK during the campaign and the first months after the vote and honestly the way people were lied and got their feelings manipulated for political gain was something really sad to see. It was probably easier to see as someone who isn't attached to the history of the UK and just lived there for a bit over a year, nostalgia gives you tunnel vision. A lot of good people got screwed over by shameless people like Farage the clown, someone who had no shame say publicly he will live abroad is Brexit is a disaster. Shame for all the people who don't have that choice.

[@greylatern]

Wasn't one of the figureheads and leading advacate for the Brexit campaigns Boris Johnson who is still the prime minister?

[@llondriga]

@@greylatern Yes, he spun all his Brexit promises and it worked for him just right.

[@imaJMALuz]

Why the politicians want brexit ? what are they gaining ?

[@greylatern]

@@imaJMALuz votes.

[@domefford864]

@@llondriga what country are you from originally and why were you in the uk? How do your employment rates stack up against the UK’s?

[@ym10up]

A lot of people cast their vote based on incomplete or incorrect information from the Brexit campaign. It is unfortunate.

[@tgmartin]

Yes you did because you were conned into thinking that a man who attended 1 out of 43 meetings as head of the fisheries committee actually cared about you.

[@johnblackbasel393]

I agree, and furthermore, he conned himself (which is far worse). 👍

[@GustaveTheSteelXIII]

@@johnblackbasel393 I'm curious to know how did Nigel Farage con himself (assuming you are talking about him)?

[@krisinsaigon]

No sympathy for them, just anger These people are grown ups and the were foolishly asked to decide about a complex thing they didn’t understand and instead of making sure they were well informed they voted to strip me off my rights as a European and for nothing but the sophistry of demagogues

[@maxwild1212]

Very well said.

[@gregnorth6413]

For Sovereignity not your bloody convenience.

[@techytech1907]

You wouldn’t get this showed on UK tv. Respect to the fisherman for being open to seeings from a different angle.

[@diegosolis9681]

"...It's become too focused on what Brussels say." That's good ol' British pride and guess what? It never caused anything good for the British. Thought they'd learned their lesson by now

[@cooltwittertag]

"We did a lot more back then" Like colonizing people and killing natives?

[@Arcaryon]

Not just British pride - imo. a high level of national arrogance is a curse in many countries. The EU, for instance, could be so much further if less national leaders tried to exploit it for short term benefits or blame it for their own shortcomings. And yet, their arrogance keeps the nation state as an flawed concept in business even though it’s evident that our shared ideas of statehood are fluid and not static and keep getting improved, going from tribes, city states, kingdoms and empires to democratic nation states. If less people thought their way of life was superior, they might actually get a lot more positive things done.

[@HexAyed]

@@cooltwittertag And you know, Building ships, planes, trains, cars, being close to self-sufficient in the industry sector, ruling the sky with aeronotical innovation, have our own space program, made nuclear power affordable etc etc

[@cooltwittertag]

@@HexAyed So self sufficient you had to colonize half the world

[@HexAyed]

@@cooltwittertag Cry about it, imagine being so weak that half the world is colonised by a tiny island

[@teleopinions1367]

That's funny. Dan is encouraging the lady to eat the fish and have a glass of French wine or English tea. That phrase alone shows you how dependent the Brits are on foreign imports. One, they only grow grapes for white wine in the south of England. Two, English tea is a misnomer because tea leaves or plants are grown in tropical to subtropical climates, not in the UK. Third, they don't know how to cook fish, generally speaking. He suggests cooking it on butter and eat it. If you go to France, Italy, Spain, or any other Mediterranean country they have a million ways of cooking fish and shellfish. The sauces are spectacular and they have a deep knowledge of every type of fish. And, they do have good wines to go with it.

[@outthere9370]

What else would you have with fish except for "white" wine?

[@no.1fan156]

@@outthere9370 A lot, how limited is your palette? Here in Asia (Philppines - where I'm from), we can pair fish with almost every beverage except milk. It baffles me how you people only have wine as an option.

[@outthere9370]

@@no.1fan156 the "white" wine comment was in reference to England no longer being a member of the E.U. & as a result of this they have no option now but to eat English fish with their English made "white" wine. I myself prefer a cold lager with my fish!

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

Of course he's not going to suggest a complicated way of cooking fish. He's trying to sell fish to an uncertain customer.

[@ivanvalera3250]

British foods is crap that why. who the hell puts raw vinegar on there food to taste better you know what I use vinegar for to clean windows and disinfect black mold in house under construction lol

[@neilhedley6080]

Obviously fishermen now know they’ve destroyed their own industry

[@mylesjackson3222]

Again. Decades of over fishing killed the vast majority of the fish and destroyed the ecosystems surrounding the country. For the past 20 years they’ve just been arguing about who gets to finish the job.

[@milesblue638]

They will never admit it, not even to themselves. They’ll lose their livelyhoods and keep asserting they were right to vote leave.

[@AsianVideoGamer]

Democracy works. if you chose wrong you get your consequences. Can't blame politicians for lying, you just never consider the outcome. Although it sucks now but everyone learned a little and ppl get a bit more educated to make better decisions next time. Also helps other people around the world to see what happens when you do this.

[@AcidGubba]

Oh, you are quite uneducated and out of ignorance you come up with baseless hypotheses. Nowadays knowledge is easily available. Ignorance is a personal choice.

[@eleveneleven572]

As a kid living in Birmingham during the 50's to the 70's we ate loads of seafood. Each Saturday we went to the fish market fir shellfish, fish, eels. Fish was served in school. We had guys visiting pubs selling cockles and mussels. And, of course, fish and chips was a regular takeaway. If we simply ate fresh seafood we'd take on most of the produce. Sadly supermarkets, frozen food, prepared food and plastic wrapped food has killed off fishmongers.... as well as most butchers.

[@sophiaherschel567]

And it tasted awful

[@salvita64]

As Maggie said “Britain is a shopkeepers nation” and they close the doors to their main customers, congrats nicely done!

[@aecoronini5069]

It was Napoleon who said the English are a nation of shopkeepers.

[@salvita64]

@@aecoronini5069 ,it look, following Wikipedia , that neither I nor you are right, and was somebody else who did it. I thought that I hear in a M. Thatcher biopic , during one speech she did, being herself the daughter of one

[@Harold046]

You are making a false assumption here. They never opened the door at all. They never joined the euro.

[@Harold046]

​@@greg9823 The European Union existed before the common currency. And international trading existed before the European Union. The situation is a bit more complicated, as the biggest trade partners of any country in the union aren't necessarily part of the union themselves (US and China are probably on top of the list for most members). Not being a member of the union doesn't have to be a door closed to trading. Being a member of the union _might_ even be more of a door closed for trading towards partners that _aren't_ members of the union. It's complicated... but there are no "door closed". They didn't suddenly become north korea.

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

Regaining what we never lost to lose all we ever had

[@tinmachine693]

11 words never said it more clearly.

[@john0815]

This is going on my wall 👍🏼❤️

[@roblancs]

Hyperbole in its purest form.

[@AvroBellow]

Brexit....the stupidest thing that British hubris has ever caused. I'm a UK citizen by descent but thankfully, I'm also a citizen of Eire by descent. Those aren't things that most Canadians can claim so I count myself lucky that way.

[@TheChukklebunny]

I couldn’t agree more with Dan’s statement at the end. Wise words Dan.

[@00pugsly48]

‘If only we’d actually done any research on Brexit before we voted’. Putting the vote to the general public was a moronic idea, the general public has absolutely no idea what is actually involved in EU or aware of any problems that would arise from leaving it.

[@00pugsly48]

@@capiche2759 when you elect people into office you’re choosing them to be your representative. They are a voice for the people who voted for them and need to make decisions. Something as complicated as Brexit is by no means understood by the general public. Officials have access to experts and deal with matters like this, they have a much greater understanding. Most of those were very much against Brexit because of all the negatives. But they sold it to the public as immigrants out and our own laws (which is funny because if you ask anyone what they EU says they can’t do they can never give you an answer). Not everything needs to be put to the public to vote, that’s what the people we elect are for. O

[@00pugsly48]

@@capiche2759 I don’t. My point is this is one of those things they should have handled because the public don’t have a clue what’s actually involved.

[@zilliq]

@@capiche2759 Switzerland does direct democracy quite well but it doesn't concern such huge impact choices. Also the population is more educated and implicated on the voting matters. There are also less people there so it makes everything easier I guess

[@Bonzman]

The EU is just a totalitarian organisation a bit the the National socialist part of 1930s Germany. A lot of them didn't like their arses kicked so just formed a new regime.

[@00pugsly48]

@@Bonzman ok can you list off all the totalitarian policies they’ve implemented please. I suppose reasonable working hours and break entitlements are a couple of them, those bastards.

[@Mucklegipe]

Think that is bad, the likes of Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay in the European Union, but has been also taken out.

[@FalkeEins]

.. what out of 5 million about 1.7 voted to stay in IIRC? More Scots voted for non-SNP parties at the last general election!

[@harrybryan9633]

@@FalkeEins So, why is the SNP running the Scottish Government?

[@marek9081]

This was definitely not a bright idea. I really feel sorry for the half of the Brits who voted remain.

[@andyduhamel1925]

Ahh when nostalgia gets mixed up with reality, in a world of trading giants!!

[@piotrkonieczynski]

The clever Gentleman at the end of the video knew what others didn't even start to think of. Bravo Sir

[@claudiograssi1037]

I'm italian, therefore I can't argue on British internal affairs. My simple mind thinks: EU is not a matter of joy and happiness (it's the result of what we, europeans, are able or not to bild-up), but it's always better to stay in than stay out.

[@joschmo4497]

That's just not true lol. Exhibit A : Norway and Switzerland, better for them to stay out. You were right, that is simple minded and it doesn't work. Truth is some countries benefit from EU and some don't, depends on circumstances.

[@claudiograssi1037]

@@joschmo4497 I'm still happy to be a member of the EU club.

[@rogerbanana5670]

@@joschmo4497 well said!

[@riverbank7347]

Yes but Norway and Switzerland benefit by being in the single market. But they have no say on the rules as they are not in the EU. The UK had both and has now throw in all away. Utter idiocy, sadly.

[@jeromeh7985]

@@joschmo4497 I didn't know that Norway was out of the SM. Norway made the choice to be out of the EU to have a lower financial contribution to the EU budget and no say in any new rules but to be inside the EU SM to have free and full access to the biggest market on Earth and also freedom of movement. Brexiteers would say they are rules takers. Economically it is the optimum in term of sovereignty it is the"worst" choice. We could say the Norwegian made the total opposite choice when comparing it with the British one.

[@BeastOrGod]

People admitting it was a wrong choice, is genuinely good to see.

[@offg6080]

In France we are perfectly aware about the fact that UK will always see us as the responsable for everything and the bad guys, no matter what 😂

[@carolbarker4760]

No we don't at all, I have always loved your country and the people x

[@Tanjaicholan]

@1:18 “a cup of English tea!” Does Dan mean a cup of Ceylon tea?

[@Ralphieboy]

They voted out and then negotiated a treaty. Imagine if they had done it the other way around and the people had to vote on the treaty that Boris came up with...

[@danielpellegrini8945]

Kind of how it should have been - in effect people did not have any information what they were voting for

[@Ralphieboy]

One reason Scotland voted against independence in 2014 was the uncertainty about practical matters like currency, trade AND EU MEMBERSHIP

[@argus0ia]

@@danielpellegrini8945 and still, you vote to change something you don't understand instead of stopping and learn about it, reach some conclusions and then vote, if i'm not sure what could happen with my vote then i would choose the option where nothing happens. It's my duty to get informed and vote accordingly to my beliefs, moral, etc... It's the government duty to inform its citizens about what they are voting for. I suspect these two things didn't really occurred. Edit: "you" as in them, British people, not you specifically

[@maggiejetson7904]

@@Ralphieboy you bet Scotland would want to split up and go back to EU now

[@georginacook1850]

Exactly!

[@jakey4683]

Imagine being able to live anywhere in 27 countries, from the coasts of Spain, to the vineyards of Italy, to the tech center of Berlin, to the islands of Greece and the French countryside....No questions asked, no visa or job needed... and preferring to instead limit yourself to a cold, rainy, northern Atlantic island, with a dying health system, about the size of Wyoming, never able to leave again and thinking as you sip tea in your damp overpriced terrace house that "no one is taking away your jobs anymore and you've taken back control from Brussels" with no change to your daily life other than negative impact. LOL There literally hasn't been a more stupid choice known to man.

[@woopimagpie]

You poor Poms got sold a massive pup with Brexit. Those politicians should face consequences for that.

[@zedddddful]

Ha not really our business is doing supremely well out of it we've had a massive uptake in orders and surprisingly more European customers than ever.

[@Me0wish]

@@zedddddful Are you selling rubber dingys by any chance?

[@eagle1de227]

of course they do: they become prime ministers...

[@applegurrll]

So bizarre seeing Dan on a KZbin thumbnail! He’s brilliant, a real character!

[@nathan87]

He literally looks more like a fisherman than it is possible to look like a fisherman.

[@keirfarnum6811]

“Hey, I got an idea! Let’s get rid of our main sales market! What could go wrong?” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Chainyanker007]

Surely they knew where their catch was going to and yet why would they think that would continue in the same way after Brexit?

[@splintercast8092]

Don't be silly! They don't have any fish in the seas around Europe so will have to buy fish from us.

[@a_son8549]

I don't know... Does fish go down well with tea?

[@Anon-qp3kt]

Not really. Acidity compliments fish. Tea with fish is like coffee with steak

[@MrVas78]

The old Brexiteers voted for an early grave to be honest. You reap what you sow.

[@londonsparrow9531]

"Not such a bright idea" That would be correct.

[@horanm5]

For God sake, no laws were imposed on Britain. ALL EU countries (including Britain) had a say in drafting EU laws and in most cases it required unanimity for a law to pass. Although with COVID-19 I'd say you are all glad you voted leave and you now have that £350 million to invest weekly in the NHS.......or was that all a ball of smoke too???

[@annettehadley9718]

That was a ball of smoke !

[@gurkslunga]

@@annettehadley9718 a big ball indeed.

[@annettehadley9718]

@@mosuilleabhain Hi Michael.......you Irish folk arent half as daft as brexiteers... thats for sure !

[@andysmith3111]

Yes they were imposed of the UK and given the nod by our MP without a proper public debate Freedom of Movement being the biggest decision ever made without the consent of the British people. We joined the COMMON MARKET not a united EU with unaccountable leaders

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

@@andysmith3111 EU leaders face more accountability than you demand of your own government! It was always the concept behind the union that it should become more than just a trade agreement, FFS, read the earliest documents about the intentions with what is today the EU.... Nothing was "hidden" - and a lot of the crappy rules the UK now has to deal with as a Third Country was even demands from the UK....

[@Metal-Wing]

For me as a person who is not from the UK and just got hold of the Brexit thing by media and stories of online friends that live in the UK… wasn’t it that all the politicians that were for the Brexit, told lies and once the vote was through and the politicians now knew that they had to take on responsibility, they all just picked up there hat and left?

[@scl6747]

Listen to the clear hatred “Wanna pay in Euros” ? “NO” … I have the smallest violin ready for those haters And no, I don’t take pounds 😂😂

[@deyvismejia7529]

Britain really needs a tiny violin playing in the background

[@feliscorax]

We just call it Scotland.

[@deyvismejia7529]

@@feliscorax LMFAO

[@deyvismejia7529]

@27_ECE_Gokul V it's from a meme

[@pssthpok]

I bet Putin was happy to see two historical rivals (EU and GB) economically and politically divided and weakened as a result of Brexit.

[@idontcareanymore2754]

Putin didn't give it a second thought. Russia was welcomed with open arms to quietly conquer Europe with their new Gas pipeline, and low prices that they alone control.

[@khulgarulfsson8067]

The populist right has been a goldmine for Putin, both in Europe and the US. They openly celebrated when Trump won.

[@ensteffo]

+pssthpok "British working class have to be subjugated by EU oligarchs because rUsSiA"

[@Steven9567]

Populist what’s wrong with that isn’t that point of Democracy

[@khulgarulfsson8067]

@@Steven9567 the point of democracy is definitely to look out for the interests of the common citizen, but populist in politics is generally shorthand for manipulating the common citizen by (falsely) claiming to look out for them, blaming problems on out groups (elites, immigrants, other countries, minorities) and ignoring the complexities of actual problems to create an emotionally compelling narrative, which isn’t necessarily truthful or productive.

[@waynelee7871]

For a lot of the Old Brits it was about immigration and maintaining old Britannia!!!

[@clincpb8903]

Old Brits that are now dead.

[@pmf598]

This ageing very well . . . . . . the main thing to remember , 2015 headlines were not about mass demonstrations demanding a referendum . . . . . . it was never in the news , people were not demanding it . . . . the referendum got pulled out of the hat by Cameron , and everyone had to vote . . .the rest is history .

[@willtricks9432]

Everyone over 18 "Had" a vote If everyone "Had to" vote the result may have been different. Based on lies it should not have happened.

[@saramin66]

Cameron gave the referendum purely to stop infighting in the Tory party.What the people want was never a consideration in deciding to call a referendum

[@northernstar4811]

All of us fishermen voted for Brexit. Did we make a terrible mistake?” Answer: Yes.

[@johnwildwest1]

Yes it was very stupid 😂😂😂

[@Footballassassins]

And boris will be in France sipping wine laughing, retired on a nice pension. You been conned.

[@teesman61]

You were told time and again it would be a failure. And as for trusting tories......that's just insane.

[@Chainyanker007]

Too late, now not much can be done at least not right away, maybe in a few years but don’t count on it.

[@fiftystate1388]

I can't believe something as fundamental as this was put up to a simple majority. It's too easy to focus a vote for change to peak on one day. I know of a politician who has only won one poll in his political career but the one he came on top of was the only one that mattered: The election its self. He wasn't reelected.

[@lionesskiara]

As Socrates said "Letting the citizenry vote without an education is as irresponsible as putting them in charge of a trireme sailing to Samos in a storm." They voted blindly, it sounded good that Britain would not depend on anyone.

[@Anon-qp3kt]

It was a nice to hear gesture but ultimately it relies on the average layman to be informed of social issues, trade issues, global economy etc. which is stupid.

[@fcv4616]

One of the reasons the UK wanted to leave was because British were unhappy with EU's environmental regulations and quotas imposed on fishing. They said that EU was taking away their fish, and that becoming independent would allow them to fish all they wanted. Even though the reason these quotas exist in the first place is because fishing stocks in the North Sea are so depleted, that it is necessary to manage the resources more sustainably so as to allow for once-abundant species, like cod and herring, to repopulate. And to be fair, these quotas weren't strict enough, but it was something. So even if UK fisheries are free of European quotas, fishing would still be impacted and limited due to an already impoverished ecological system.The fact that the British government could have been so short-sighted to (in part) withdraw their country out of the EU just to have no fishing quotas is staggering.

[@jamesalexander5623]

Did the saying "In Union There is Strength" never come up?

[@cugamer8862]

Sure, I voted for the Leopards Eating Peoples Faces party but I never imagined that my face...

[@Wolfbanger5000]

Underrated

[@baikhous]

@@Wolfbanger5000 It's much funnier when you hear Frankie Boyle tell his own material.

[@Wolfbanger5000]

@@baikhous Aha

[@v3student]

Another factor in all of that, is the obvious one: trade will always be. Perhaps more lobbying for fairness may help...

[@becksy539]

Fishing industry will suffer from brexit not prosper, its bizzare

[@jonajager3358]

Dan has a wonderful voice.

[@Twiggy163]

No lady, when the UK wasnt in, the UK had the label 'Sick man of Europe' due to the UK's economic status.

[@thomasjackson6289]

You're thinking of the byzantine empire

[@Twiggy163]

@@thomasjackson6289 you're thinking the Ottoman Empire, which passed the batton to the UK. In the late 60s and 70s, the UK had the label 'sick man of Europe'. In the 90s it was Germany and after that Italy.

[@JohnSmiffer]

And then thatcher turned that around didn't she. Not the EU.

[@Twiggy163]

@@JohnSmiffer You mean that prime minister who was in favour of the (then) EC's single market and made full use of it? Yea. Nobody can deny that Thatcher's unpopular ways helped the UK. But the same can be said about membership of the EC (now EU).

[@JohnSmiffer]

@@Twiggy163 big difference between the trading bloc and the the EU. She fought against the integration of countries, as do I. Brexiteers would enjoy being part of the common market, but see no reason to be politically united for it to exist. (Neither do I given the other exceptions the EU gives) I don’t like superstates as a rule.