SO MANY PROBLEMS with the U.K. Economy

[@Ant.Gib.]

It's the people who still think that Brexit was a good idea who need to get themselves checked out, Michael. Great video, as always. Thank you.

[@MichaelLambert1]

Thanks Ant 😊

[@punditgi]

Mr Lambert, don't let these internet trolls get you down. Your perspicuous analysis is a welcome antidote to the troglodytes who only remove all doubts as to their stupidity and ignorance by opening their mouths. Keep calm and carry on! 🇬🇧

[@bugibba1943]

Mr. Lambert you speaks the Truth all the time, carry on with your good work.

[@af7782]

Your trolls prove that good education is critical for civilisation.

[@mariafrost1762]

@@af7782 😂😂😂😂 Having a counter opinion.......and that makes someone a troll. Get your head out of your backside you silly sheep. 🐑🐑🐑

[@archvaldor]

I'd love to go and live in the EU frankly, but Brexiteers seem to miss the point that they made that impossible because we aren't in the EU any more.

[@danydany3974]

@@archvaldor you can still leave and live.

[@oneoflokis]

@@danydany3974 It's difficult..

[@stephanguitar9778]

@@danydany3974 Not without lots of money, a higher level job lined up and enough money for private medical insurance, and not have any underlying medical issues. ie thats like saying you can move to the USA or Australia just like that.

[@GiovanniMazzeo-r1n]

@@danydany3974 I agree you still can do it at least you can afford to buy or rent a house in an EU country not like rip off Britain but finding a job or income might be more difficult depending on your personal financial situation.

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@archvaldor what U gonna do for work? Every country has a different language,vans it ain't english.. Unemployment is 2/ 3 times UK numbers...locals, native speakers, local experience, struggle to find work.. Your EU job interview will be in the local lingo, you will be head to head with locals in their language for the hard to find jobs . - ask me.. I have done over 80 job interviews in France in my 18 years there All done in french, as it's a requirement. Good luck!

[@Michiel_de_Jong]

The Brits voted for Brexit,... then the Tory-MP's voted for Boris,.... then the Brits voted for Boris.... They got their Brexit, they got their Boris. The rest is history.

[@nmarks]

Longest suicide note in history.

[@DavidCarrol-i2q]

Bojo exploited the ICU ward as a cover for his non-stop partying. Disgusting.

[@stephanguitar9778]

Thanks to that idiotic 17.4 million of the living population re brexit vote and 14 million selfis idiots who voted 2019 tory nightmare. ie most people did not chose this.

[@stevejones2310]

​@@jimmagspanton669Johnson broke the COVID law on gatherings. Don't apologise of the useless lying buffoon

[@rocktapperrobin9372]

You left out Cameron not puttong a 50% cap on the vote as is done in most referendums internationally and in union strike ballots here - that is, 50% of the whole electorate have to vote for change.

[@JohnPichard]

Don't take any notice of the brexit trolls, Michael. I find you talks insightful and perceptive.

[@MichaelLambert1]

Thank you John 😊

[@hilaryporter7841]

You are right to describe the current conditions in the UK police state. We must not accept the authoritarian actions of our law keepers as normal behaviour in a democracy.

[@stephanguitar9778]

Perhaps you should never have voted tory more become engaged with extreme right wing politics.

[@colinsmith1288]

@@hilaryporter7841 Many current bans on freedom of speech come from the previous government.

[@hilaryporter7841]

@stephanguitar9778 Never voted Tory in my life.

[@stephanguitar9778]

@@hilaryporter7841 Sorry was meant for another post further down 😕😕

[@frankflegg8968]

Great video mate. You are honest, loyal and hate to see the country being sucked dry. Thank you for your time and effort in making this. All the best.

[@talktothehandremoaner]

He's full of kaka doo doo. 💩💩💩

[@MichaelLambert1]

Thank you very much Frank 😊

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

@@talktothehandremoaner I recommend a clinic with good therapists. And ... the new pills with double impact

[@Swanwillow]

Why? Electricity so expensive? It's privatised you've got the shareholders on your back. Started with that stupid arrogant thing Thatcher.

[@sfactory8253]

Buy some shares then and get a bit back .

[@stephenthomas3085]

@@sfactory8253 Hey yeaaah, we can ALL afford to match institutional investors...!! Maybe a regulator that wasn't spineless and actually represented customers might help but, oh no. that would get in the way of profit.

[@sfactory8253]

@@stephenthomas3085 I was against privatisation , but if you had even a few shares you would get a few quid in dividends back . People kept voting for it and still do .

[@stephanguitar9778]

@@sfactory8253 Yes we've all got £20k just to spend on energy shares.

[@stephanguitar9778]

@@sfactory8253 Tories vote for it.

[@cobbler40]

Brexiters just keep saying the same old thing and threaten people like fascist thugs !

[@lestrem11]

Where is anybody being threatened , child? Are you ill?

[@oneoflokis]

@@cobbler40 🙂👍

[@lydiawnb9259]

There are no well-paid jobs in the UK. The pay is worse than in parts of China. The cost of living, including energy, is mind-blowing and could get worse. The information about Elizabeth Line being outsourced is another blow. Michael Lambert, keep on commenting. Please.

[@cdansmith9753]

I love the comments from some of people who detest you and everything you represent however they still watch and take the time to comment!! Staggering😂😂 I love your interpretation of the situation the country finds itself in after the debacle of Brexshit. Look forward to your vlogs and your dry presentation that cuts straight to the point. Thank you for providing content worth watching.

[@MichaelLambert1]

Much appreciated - thank you 😊

[@Jay...777]

The real problem is we have not changed our system of production from a autocratic hierarchy where a few people at the top decide everything, what, where, how to produce and most importantly what to do with the surplus or profit. Real coops where everyone has a vote so the workers decide, would provide the most just and truly democratic workplace & society. One of the largest, Mondragon in Spain employs 150,000 workers and proves the concept really works. Naturally the establishment does not want you to know anything about it, so most don't.

[@EdwardMcGuigan-t5q]

Michael, I've decided to retire for a life under the duvet it is so depressingly sad Brexit has robbed the youth of their future, and the old of their pensions, its criminal

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@EdwardMcGuigan-t5q UK youth future is in the UK. Ask yourself why millions of EU workers flocked for a decade to the UK to work. The answer ain't " fish and chips" btw.

[@martinholmes-ue9ko]

I think the whole country is in a dreadful state.

[@alistairmcintosh9520]

funniest graffiti on my universities toilets: "i'm unemployed and shit on higher education" and under that: "good"

[@bradcobb3418]

Michael, Mark Twain's quote should be your answer to these deluded critics. 😂 "Never Argue with Stupid People, They Will Drag You Down to Their Level and Then Beat You with Experience".

[@Jay...777]

The building of Crossrail by the govt means that all land & property owners along the route enjoy a massive capital gain at no cost. Rents go up yet landlords pay nothing. We need a land tax, etc.

[@SouthernSultan阿力]

Thank you Mr Lambert from South Australia Take comfort in the fact you told the truth as you seen it and for the better interest. You are a good man and an excellent soul as far as I'm concerned. A Fellow of integrity

[@MichaelLambert1]

@SouthernSultan阿力 - Thank you. That is very much appreciated😊

[@SouthernSultan阿力]

@MichaelLambert1 you are most welcome Sir

[@chriswerth918]

As a German myself, I love the comparisons to my country. From brexiteers. Because they are quite false, actually. Therefore, I would like to invite any of those people to come over and to get a glimpse of the situation, over here, in Germany. Because I am really interested in how those comparisons would turn out, then 😉

[@rocktapperrobin9372]

It wouldn’t work. Their minds are closed.

[@RealMash]

@@rocktapperrobin9372 And do you really want those...people...mingling with us? Really?

[@stephanguitar9778]

PIG Ignorant people really dont want to learn. They think that they already know everything.

[@robsucher9419]

@@chriswerth918 I don't want any Brexiteers in Germany, it'll lower the average mainland Europe's IQ.

[@robsucher9419]

@@chriswerth918 eh, no thanks. I don't want those Brexiteers lowering the average IQ of the EU, they can stay in Gammon Island.

[@daveroberts1]

Enjoying your latest, Michael, sitting in a stylish bar surrounded by well dressed young people in impoverished Greece.

[@mostlyindica]

Thanks Michael, don't feed the trolls :) Have a great weekend.

[@chaswatkins9643]

Thank you for cheering me up once again Michael. 😂 I'm still extremely angry at the amount of waste of OUR money with the PPE scandal, and how no one has been made to answer questions!! Mone is just one greedy cow, but what about Dido Harding's useless Track & Trace. And all the rest!!!! Mr Angry of Streatham. 😂

[@davidpryor5910]

Well said Michael. I very much and agree with your posts

[@ShiftyGeeza]

The UK economy? There's barely a traditional UK brand, company or industry left. Just walk down any high street or shopping mall. Nothing but an ocean of US brands and the traditional brands that you might think are British are for the most part either owned outright, or have a majority shareholding of US or other foreign private equity firms. Our utilities are foreign owned as are our transport companies, energy companies and airports. Heathrow and Gatwick airports are 100% foreign owned. Every payment we make goes through Mastercard, Visa, Amex or Paypal, all US owned. Premier league clubs? Gone. Walkers crisps. Gone. Cadburys, Jaguar, Mcvities, Rowntree Mackintosh, R Whites. The entire Scotch whiskey industry. The list is endless and pretty depressing. We are all now effectively working for a bunch of shareholders fat dividends abroad somewhere who dodge paying taxes in the UK. What UK economy?

[@jamesgravil9162]

"There's barely a traditional UK brand, company or industry left. " Marks & Spencer?

[@ShiftyGeeza]

@jamesgravil9162 Check their share listing. A substantial share of M&S is foreign owned. Of the few exceptions left are companies like Co-op who's structure thankfully makes it hard for foreign firms to scoop them up, Greggs and Home Bargains. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

[@ShiftyGeeza]

@jamesgravil9162 Check their shareholders too. Nearly 60% institutional owned the majority made up of US equity firms the biggest being Vanguard. In house shareholders make up less than 0.9%.

[@IainMccurrach]

@ShiftyGeeza Take dyson, they make a fortune on the union flag and what that once conveyed. People buy the product making him a fortune then he ups and offs, that's the story now

[@thaumaturgeishere331]

Interesting people who do not like this channel continue to watch it. Is this a new definition for madness?

[@RealMash]

Part of it. The other part is that they support it by commenting how much they hate it.

[@darv65]

Brexit still the biggest hit to our economy, but we can't mention that

[@terracewalker8919]

He thinks your voice is wining, obviously hasn’t heard the master whinger a certain Mr. Farage. You stick with it Michael a quite calm and rational voice amid the cacophony of nonsense that’s currently fashionable.

[@RobertSmith-di5ll]

"Go and live in the EU" - wish I could.

[@talktothehandremoaner]

I wish you could, too.

[@Korschtal]

Moved here from the UK 25 years ago: possibly the best decision I've ever made.

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@RobertSmith-di5ll I did.. in 87, stayed 18 years in Paris. Pre EU.. What's your excuse? I didn't have a degree, nor bank of mum and dad either .

[@robertallen591]

falling growth productivity and investmant, with rising debt and iniquality, never have so many people made so little for next to nothing, a nation in decline whos elites have made out like bandits, and wlill bog off when it collapses

[@johnburrows3385]

We have sky-high housing costs, energy costs, transport costs .So many have no money .

[@nikolaslarson6891]

They continue to look at a channel they don't like without sound??? That's pretty weird... Morons come in all shapes and forms.

[@JuliusFawcett]

Brexit damaged us so much

[@RegHoldsworth-ri7hh]

Manufactured.

[@JuliusFawcett]

@RegHoldsworth-ri7hh by the Russians

[@Brexit_Buccaneer]

The EU damaged the UK MUCH MORE.

[@Brexit_Buccaneer]

​JuliusFawcett Ah yes. The old "Russia" ploy. Do you think "Russia" made everyone vote for the Conservatives and Boris to "Get brexit done"? Were we all "brainwashed" and "conned"?

[@Brexit_Buccaneer]

​JuliusFawcett. Which "Russians"? "It's da Russians wot dun it!" 🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@nigellacey559]

100% correct

[@ruthguthrie1099]

Hello 👋 Thanks for this Michael. Great info 👍🏻

[@shawngrinter2747]

You win

[@ruthguthrie1099]

​@@shawngrinter2747 Tee hee 🤪

[@CthulhuInc]

ahoy hoy, ruth! i hope you are well 😊

[@johnburrows3385]

Thatcherism, 14 years of austerity and a hard Brexit . 😢

[@Dylanesque]

The unicorns never arrived because they were all tied up with red tape. Animal rights finally came along and released them back into the wild. They're long gone now, no hope of ever seeing one again.

[@charleswilliams4059]

The whole World has gone crazy...God knows how this mess is gonna get sorted

[@RealMash]

It can only be sorted when it is admitted to be a reality.

[@chriswright3179]

Uncle Michael, it needs to be said. Unfortunately there are many people out there who have their heads in the sand. They don't want to debate. They have prejudices rather than arguments. So what are they to do? Attack you, the messenger, and scrabble around looking for somewhere else that is doing worse. I am being treated for prostate cancer and I am continually being told that I have to be positive. Fair enough but first I have to know what is happening to my body and what I can do to help it in dealing with what is happening.

[@RealMash]

Get well man!

[@rocktapperrobin9372]

best wishes

[@chriswright3179]

​@@RealMashThanks for that. It's a year since radiotherapy and it's a slow job. I have another year's hormone therapy to go. But I am clear of cancer. So onwards and upwards. Chris

[@chriswright3179]

@rocktapperrobin9372 thank you. That's kind. I am now clear of cancer but the radiotherapy and three years of hormone therapy is quite hard on my general health. Chris

[@MichaelLambert1]

@chriswright3179 - Thank you Chris and I sincerely wish you all the very best 😊

[@mindcache5650]

The U.K. ? That ship sailed in 1948 . Propped up intermittently by Oil. Now gone . Nothing left . Services to be replaced by AI. Owned by the USA. Yes I left. In 1997 . And a lot richer.

[@gendy943]

Since May 3rd 1979 with the Thatcher woman's privatisation mania ..the United Kingdom has been asset-stripped almost totally .We own nothing now and the factories here simply remit their profits to the countries of their owners. The Family Silver and all the antique furniture and the pictures off the walls have been sold and the house is mortgaged to the hilt and American Private Equity have bought every square inch of the old estate .. apologies to Lord MacMillan.

[@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984]

Yeah, we were de-industrialised, whilst the middle and upper classes admired Thatcher, including some working class idiots. The coal, car, and steel industries were destroyed to make way for what the government has today. The sustainable, green agenda, where growth is limited and human progression halted for the environment.

[@Ooze-cl5tx]

I suppose the british millionairs had reasons not to buy any of the crap Thatcher cheated the stupid foreigners with ?

[@stephanguitar9778]

​@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984 It had nothing to do with the Green agenda, all to do with Thatchers ambition to destroy public ownership, enhance the power and wealth of the mega rich and most importantly, destroy unions.

[@stephenthomas3085]

Yup. And the consequences of this include having amongst the highest domestic energy bills in the world and a spineless and inadequate ''regulator'' whose job was always, pretty much, to maintain a status que that perpetuated profit making at our expense.

[@stephenthomas3085]

@@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984 '' limited and human progression halted for the environment.'' I'm kind of struggling to understand how you're going to 'grow' without sufficient clean water to drink..! Or have enough food to eat when a significant proportion of your productive agricultural land suffers years of drought only to be inundated by twelve month's rainwater overnight. I don't think you understand how you, yourself, will be affected by rapid climate change and ecological decay. Maybe it's just complacency and a debilitating lack of imagination. It's certainly depressing.

[@stevenbusby5702]

I was born at the end of the 1940's and I witnessed the monumental effort it took to rebuild the country after nearly being beaten by the fascists. It makes me weep to realise that our country is now in the throws of giving everything my parents fought for, to the yobs in flashy suits.

[@talktothehandremoaner]

I wouldn't call Starmer's gift suit "flashy".

[@finlybenyunes8385]

"Throes" not "throws"

[@stevenbusby5702]

@@finlybenyunes8385 Yes you are right and how annoying that I read right past that!

[@finlybenyunes8385]

@stevenbusby5702 Still uncorrected though!

[@GG-hu9dn]

Trolls who lack intellect, simply don't give them a moments attention, Michael??Most of them have no relevancy and / or voice unless you highlight their cretinous comments ?! Don't bother, just keep using your platform to raise valid points and home truths ?! Who cares what a bunch warped trolls think or say ?? Focus on keeping up the good work!

[@smoozerish]

Michael, don't give the haters airtime. They are the minority that watch your videos. Keep getting the truth out there. When the rubber meets the road is when these haters will realize their folly and delusion.

[@talktothehandremoaner]

Michael is a hater. He hates the UK.

[@herrglotzenschnitzengruber1510]

Here's a list for your Brexiteer fans. A. There are more businesses closing in Britain than opening this began just after Brexit. B. The shortage of nurses, truck drivers, skilled building workers, engineers, farm workers, teachers, doctors and 104 othe sectors have increased since Brexit and this problem is now accelerating C. Less money for infrastructure projects than the 20 years pre Brexit has now continued since Brexit foe EVERY quarter D. Brain fog and confusion amongst por Brexit nitwit has increased exponentially since Brexit and the intelect of this group is now no longer in dispute, it proven to be very low indeed. E. I can't be bothered with the othe 19 bullet points because I have sold my house and now live in the EU with my new EU passport, and don't care anymore if Trump tows the sewage stained island to mid Atlantic and sinks it while watching a firework display and eating a bucket of Kentucky Chlorine flavoured chicken waste.

[@bradsmith9689]

@herrglotzenschnitzengruber1510 Good riddance. You'll still complain wherever you are. Youth unemployment is far higher in France, Italy, Spain..that's Brexit is it ?

[@IainMccurrach]

@herrglotzenschnitzengruber1510 ha ha, in a leaking bucket only dregs remain but there's alot of good decent folk in the mix

[@andyjordan79]

@@herrglotzenschnitzengruber1510 i'm not sure why you bothered with your first five offerings of fiction.as you are now living in your eutopia,why do you feel the need to comment on the country of your birth which you quite obviously despise,as is generally the way with your ilk or are you a german with 1939 syndrome.

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@herrglotzenschnitzengruber1510 nurses are moving to Australia. I live on the gold coast and have treatment at the gold coast university hospital. I speak to them weekly Quote: 30% better pay, and 4 patients instead of 12 Truck drivers pay in Australia? 1800$ pw- 900 GBP Fruit pickers in Australia, 30$ ph= 15 GBP ph minimum, with 8% superannuation. That's why. It's pay and working conditions. Oh btw, I lived 23 yrs in France, it's a high unemployment/ low pay country. 82% of french earn just over minimum pay. Not jealous of your EU passport, every country speaks a different language- english isn't it. I have visa free to new Zealand aswell with my Aussie passport

[@jamesharris2073]

Micheal..Don't give up ..Move to France ..I did 7 years ago and don't regret one moment...I've only returned 3 times in those 7 years, each time for a funeral..I return very depressed by what is happening to my home land ..My principal comment is the decline in manners... Farage, Trump, Johnson have a lot to answer for ..Merci Micheal

[@732daven]

wow, nice to see a British who appreciate my country. I must be blind, I cannot see what is so appealing in France after leaving my country 26 years ago. Education is a failure, student struggle to speak/write French in 6ieme (our score in PISA keeps going down), poor investment in nuclear energy over the past 15 years which diminished our technical edge, over taxation, crazy beauraucratie, over bloated public service, no industrial strategy, no long term policies in general, lack of courage among our politiciens, rampant violence partly due to lax justice system, drug gang spreading fast, no control over our immigration - poor selection leading to a divided society, islamism on the increase, out of control debts, deindustrialisation, lack of freedom of speech especially on pubic media who are brain washing folks with their wokism agenda....i could go on...

[@ronaldsimpson8890]

Jamesharris I think courtesy and good manners ended in the UK under Thatcher , she made this country the way it is today, if only Cornyn had won in 2017, but of course the Tory media would have gone into full lying through their teeth mode and there are enough thick idiots in the UK who would believe their blatant lies, well they voted for Johnson so they must be thick.

[@jamesharris2073]

@732daven Have you tried therapy... you appear to have a big problem.

[@732daven]

@@jamesharris2073 pathetically short on argumentations

[@732daven]

@@jamesharris2073 pathetically short on argumentations ...only able to fall back on slandering

[@binky_bun]

To the people who say those of us who don't appreciate brexit shouod move to the EU. We would love to but brexit took away our freedom of movement so you're going to have to put up with us now.

[@stuart3878]

Only the stupid would remain given the ease of access and resident facilities.

[@jonsimmons4150]

@@binky_bun I moved to Paris in 1987. My freedom wasn't gifted free of charge , it was pre EU free movement aswell.. Requirements: - job - sponsor It's easy.. Score a job in your target country, and go from there.. Oh btw, the locals are hungry for them jobs too . Native speakers, with local experience . You will have interviews in the local language, whatever that may be. Head to head against hungry locals, native speakers . Ever wondered why the UK was ovverun with EU workers? It's easy Few jobs, low pay..

[@robertcampbell6068]

thank you again for the truth wish you were in goverment keep it up need the truth how bad were in trouble 👍

[@jacquityler2803]

I do wish people would engage their brains if they have one before making crass comments.

[@chiccabay9911]

Nice to see you Michael.Have a good weekend.

[@davidgill8996]

The UK economy will never recover. Nothing in UK will improve. Everything will just get worse. Depressing but true.

[@RealMash]

...unless the Uk has a honest discussion what goes wrong and tackles the problems. But you are _probably_ right...

[@thecockerel86]

What a depressing rant! Unfortunately, it reflects the state of our economy currently and our prospects for the future. I'm a football fan and it struck me some time ago that most of our premier league clubs are owned by foreigners. The premier league is one of our most successful business and export. If the British entrepreneur class cannot invest and own our most successful sports business, what does it say about this country? Talking about class, when a country is ruled by an elite who are almost completely removed physically and socially from the rest of its population, attend different schools etc., it's not surprising when they come into power with little regard and confidence in those they rule over. It's also not surprising that they look to rich international cohorts and businesses, the people they share common business and social ties with, to give ownership of the country's assets to. It also doesn't hurt that, once these leaders are out of power, these international connections pay off very well indeed. From Thatcher, through Blair, Cameron to Johnson and even Truss, they've all coined it in after their stint in 10 Downing Street. It's a big game and we're all excluded, sadly.

[@suewilkinson910]

I love how you highlight the nutters! Love your take on things too. Because this is the reality I live with every day and the reality the fools can't still can't see.

[@MichaelLambert1]

Thank you Sue 😊

[@KevinKitching-ws8jk]

I look forward to your videos. A man of intelligence, perception and a good researcher before presenting quality information.

[@MichaelLambert1]

Thank you Kevin 😊

[@tombowen6430]

..it’s much more than the economy. The entire fabric of British society is totally screwed beyond redemption.

[@xelakram]

Michael, I wholeheartedly agree with your take on the state of the UK. I hate to sound negative, but I have lived long enough to see how the UK operates. I am sorry to say that I see no future whatsoever for this country. The country will just go on bungling along. First, we lost the Empire. Then, our economy went down and down until we became the “Sick Man of Europe”. Then, along came Lady Luck who shined upon us, blessing the nation with great good fortune - a fortunate stroke of serendipidy. We were given the chance to enter the then Common Market. The UK economy started to bloom again. That was until economically illiterate, backward-thinking people insisted that the British electorate be given that stupid Brexit referendum. The result is well-known, and its effects on the UK economy, too. So, we are now on a downward slide into poverty and insignificance. Current British attitudes amongst the far right show no signs of contrition. On the contrary, they are doubling down, and they are pinning their hopes on the recently elected felon in the USA to reverse their fortunes. I fear that they are “whistling Dixie”.

[@puppets.and.muppets]

house prices cant go up forever. at some point you must get a job.

[@lestrem11]

We discovered oil in the North Sea, child. Feck all to do with the EU.

[@xelakram]

@@puppets.and.muppets What on earth are you talking about?

[@xelakram]

@@lestrem11 I can see from your comment that you never went to charm school. And you certainly didn't attend a finishing school, either! As for your abilities in economics... well, how can I put this without causing offence? Shall we say that they are 'wanting'.

[@puppets.and.muppets]

@@xelakram im saying for 20 years the uk economy consisted of printing money, buy property investments and reckoning yourself a landlord.

[@snowman2970]

Higher taxes, lower wages, higher prices and failing economy is the price we pay for Brexit. But on the bright side (according to Mogg) the fish are happy!

[@RealMash]

The downside is that they have to swin in excrement saturated water. Dampens the mood a bit, even if you are a fish, I reckon.

[@RealMash]

Dear Michael, thanks for your continued work and effort to bring truth to people. I would already guess that the "but..but..Germany" brigade will come along and point out how terrible things ae in Germany. But it is telling that they do not refute the fact that the UK is in terrible decline and compare it to an clean energy poor country-that had days where it produced more electrical energy than it needed by using renewables. Yes, we in Germany have Issues caused by a megalomaniac madman but we are working through them. Things could go better here. But still I don't see any Germany going "but..but..Britain". We do not compare to losers. We do not try to shirk blame. Maybe the Brexiteers should change their ways from blaming to solving problems? Have a great weekend, Michael! P.S.: The first one already arrived ;-) And the UK is bragging about the new solar cells with Perowskit layers, that can produce nearly twice the electrical energy _allegedly- developed in the UK. It is produced in Germany already ;-)

[@DoggleBird]

Brexit was never about blame - it was about recovering our country's sovereignty. Perhaps you should focus on your own country's problems, and remember it's history, instead of preaching to us in the UK.

[@RealMash]

@@DoggleBird Again-not solving Issues but blaming others-just like I predicted. And did the UK atone for its sins or returned the marble or the Diamonds stolen in India. I am actually really sorry for you. As long as you go that road, nothing will get better. We get our Issues solved ;-) Against the predictions of Brexiteers.

[@DoggleBird]

@@RealMash I blame British politicians for bad policies. The EU is a corrupt and failing body. It was designed to be the next European empire in all but name, with wealth concentrated and power centralised. It is in decline as an economic power and will eventually either fragment and collapse, or simply become an irrelevance. I am actually really sorry for you.

[@nigelsynnott7344]

@@DoggleBird If Britain had no sovereignty whilst in the EU, how come we could use Article 50 to leave?

[@nigelsynnott7344]

@@DoggleBird Sadly the UK is in decline as an economic power, now down to 6th world economy, and is in more danger of fragmenting with Scotland and NI looking more likely to separate in time from England and Wales It's no longer a world power, a pretence at variance with reality (not that Brexit cultists like you actually do reality!),but merely in political terms a single mid sized state wanting to continue being the US' lap dog.

[@John_259]

The UK economy won't recover until we rejoin the single market, the customs union, and the EU - and adopt the Euro and ideally join Shengen. These are obviously long term objectives, not easily achieved, but it's very distressing that the new Labour government hasn't yet publically acknowleged the need to achieve them.

[@stevejones2310]

I'm a remainer, but I think your post is deluded. The underlying problems in the UK economy are historic. Obviously things improved when we joined the EEC but the crash of 2008 and consequent stagnation of incomes occurred whilst we were still in the EU. To the point where people wrongly blamed the EU for our poor economy and voted Brexit. I see no prospect of the UK rejoining... The majority theoretically in favour is still relatively slim. And the EU holds all the cards...once people find out we would have to adopt the Euro you won't see them for dust...

[@stevejones2310]

@@jimmagspanton669 you have to give them a chance. I will agree with you if things look as bleak after their 5 year term.

[@thefrecklepuny]

B-b-but what about Germany? Often used as a stock answer by Sid and Betty Brexiter in order to show someone else supposedly badly is worth more than your doing well.

[@ninam4066]

I like the idea of that first commenter supposedly just sitting there in silence watching your face, he might be a little smittened with you Michael :)

[@velisvideos6208]

Yes. Be careful. There are all kinds of crazy people out there.

[@MichaelLambert1]

@ninam4066 😁

[@chrislaurenceleo]

I was listening to lbc this morning and the host was blaming labour for the economy flat lining when in fact the tories left the economy in a far worse position than they said before the election so labour had to do a far harder budget than they wanted.

[@roelkomduur8073]

Tories ruined it in 14 years..One can't "fix" the economy in just a couple of months..

[@rocktapperrobin9372]

I come to you for my weekly dose of depression. Yet I also feel heartened every week because you are still here telling how it really is. I would also say ignore the trolls, but we can’t. Their continual attacks on people who don’t share their opinion is another sympton of decline. They are also dangerous because they will follow any leader who appeals to their moronic xenophobia. So, until they can engage in rational arguments, they do need calling out. Please keep posting, to coin a phrase, your audience needs you.

[@MichaelLambert1]

Thank you 😊

[@cobbler40]

The UK leads the world in the cost of energy.

[@ctaylor9274]

We were fools to leave the EU. It was the only thing we had going for us.

[@thomasbootham2707]

Yeah apart from having the second largest aerospace industry in the world, the 8th largest manufacturer, leading member of nato, me,her of the five eyes alliance, member of the aukus alliance, has a great relationship with the USA, member of the commonwealth, the 6th largest economy, major cultural exporter, the best special forces in the world, has a seat on the UN Security Council and has one of the worlds leading financial centres apart from all that yeah being in the eu was all we had going for us give me a break mate 😂

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

​@@thomasbootham2707 1. Does it help to list the few things that are still good in the UK? 2. If the goods production sector accounts for 17% of the economy and financial trading for around 80%, what is the point of listing a few well-running projects in the goods production sector? 3. That is self-deception. 4. The relocation of financial trade of the 27 EU states from London to the EU from summer 2025 will reduce profits in this sector. There will then be less money available to pay for imports of goods. 5. The hardest times for the UK as a consequence of Brexit are yet to come.

[@thomasbootham2707]

@@Michael_from_EU_Germany people have been saying the consequences of brexit are still yet to come for years and they still don’t come we left 4 years ago and those consequences that are still yet to come are no closer to happening stop talking crap the countries on the continent don’t seem to be doing much better europe as a whole is in decline whilst the USA China and are leaving it in the dust the eu economy has been stagnating and shrinking for years whilst the USA India and China are rapidly growing

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

@@thomasbootham2707 Bloomberg research: In 2022 it was a £100 billion Brexit loss Cambridge econometrics: In 2023 it was a £140 billion Brexit loss It goes on like this: Until the next general election, the UK will have suffered almost 1 trillion pounds in Brexit losses. The 30 or £40 billion is just the tax loss that results. Everything else - the difference between 30/40 and 140 billion pounds - is a loss for businesses and consumers. Michael_from_EU-Germany, retired Lecturer for national and international economics

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

@@thomasbootham2707 The usual stupid lies from the UK. From the mentally retarded Brexiteers.

[@tonyrogers8758]

Interestingly, the money markets are selling the pound. Yields are increasing. Interest rates and inflation are going back up. Government debt interest is a nightmare. The truth is how long can we run the country on thin air, now we are sinking in the financial quicksand?

[@glenmason1876]

Great video Michael, ignore the idiotic comments, they must have a very sad life

[@MichaelLambert1]

Thanks Glen 😊

[@nmarks]

Recently, analysts in the US calculated the cost of removing just one million illegal immigrants would be about $88 billion (yes, eighty-eight billion dollars) So to remove 20 million would cost about $1.8 trillion. Money well spent if you're a nutter, obviously. The Democrat's solution was to strengthen the border _and_ offer these people amnesty in return for them paying income tax. Completely sensible.

[@johnnypatterson7512]

Michael you can rarely ever convince a fool he's been fooled.

[@Brexit_Buccaneer]

Said the remainer -> remoaner -> rejoiner getting fooled by a snivelling, whimpering anti brexiter with not one positive synapse. Just rattling off the usual anti brexit tripe.

[@matthewrice3432]

​@@Brexit_Buccaneerrighteo, Ivan!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Brexit_Buccaneer]

@matthewrice3432 You're confusing me with your bumboy.

[@lucky.o.knuckles]

​@@matthewrice3432How's everything going for the Kim regime over there in DRNK?

[@matthewrice3432]

@@Brexit_Buccaneer brilliant comeback, there Ivan🤣

[@paulkirton8945]

The kind of people who are rude to you are just putting their hands over their ears and singing la la la .

[@oneoflokis]

Those comments you received were really unfair, Michael! 😄 And, as you said, childish. Dumb Brexiteers! 🙄

[@Procamdvd]

Broken Briton there seems no end to the UK decline, so much waste so much tax payers money thrown into projects that come to nothing. If it was their money they would have thought twice before wasting it but it's just tax payers money so why care. Keep up the good work Michael.

[@neilfraser4761]

All very depressing, but we need to face it.

[@des_smith7658]

Good morning everyone

[@serdargoksu6143]

I agree with your views. I hope your awareness and views can attract the attention of people who aim to do the right things for their country. It is very interesting that the people who criticize are so unfamiliar with the facts...

[@allancurrie9472]

The cost of electricity is out of all control it is unaffordable for people now and businesses, the profit they make is scandalous, also supermarkets, profits through the roof .as I am retired heading for my seventy's , I feel so sorry for people struggling to raise families and the pensioners

[@HscehIrve]

It is and it's all been caused by the Tories (since a long time)

[@dimitrymurzinov8342]

Thanks Michael !

[@nickdoughty518]

And then the US deficit has shot up in only 4 months from $35 to $36 Trillion. An impossible to imagine figure.

[@kerryburns-k8i]

If it took a year to count to a million it would take a thousand years to count to a trillion.

[@m.woodsrobinson9244]

All of that money went to "protect democracy around the world" (better known as laundering money for the military industrial complex).

[@scoates9910]

Another great analysis, maybe people will wake up when they have to start queuing for their weekly food ration, thats coming, but in the meantime they'll keep buying as much Chinese rubbish as they possibly can. Thanks ❤

[@paulsaunders6536]

Britain has been a declining power since WW1, we have come to expect a higher standard of living than the country can actually afford. The decline accelerated post WW2. Joining the EU slowed the decline. Brexit released those brakes. We will continue to decline. As Charles Kennedy once said, “We are a nation in decline the country needs to choose the political party that can manage that decline most effectively’ clearly nobody would would vote for a party with that degree of honesty, so the charade will continue.

[@sososoprano1]

Yet the richest 50 families in the UK hold more wealth than half the population. That’s 33.5 million people.

[@margaretbloomer9001]

You've read my thoughts. Purely in terms of the balance of geopolitical power, we're nowhere now. Cast adrift, friendless and isolated with our economy and reputation in tatters. The tragedy is, that it's entirely self-inflicted and I can NEVER forgive Cameron and the Tory traitors for this, let alone grifters like Farridge. They are beyond the pale. These are the individuals the police should be concentrating on.

[@DoggleBird]

You really don't like democracy, do you?

[@rocktapperrobin9372]

@@DoggleBirdYou really don’t like free speech, do you?

[@DoggleBird]

@@rocktapperrobin9372 I haven't tried to stop you speaking. The reality is that most people wanted a referendum prior to 2016 and, when we finally got one, the majority voted to leave. So we left. The OP seems to be saying either we shouldn't have been allowed a referendum, or that the result should not have been implemented. That indicates she has a problem with democracy.

[@RealMash]

@@DoggleBird She probably has a problem with a faulty referendum(Your own courts said so) that was advisory when done, but was treated to be a binding one afterwards (which would have been undone due to fault). If that is undemocratic-well, we will never agree on anything I guess.See exception at the end) I call it "bait and switch" of the most undemocratic kind. But anyway, out you are, and out you'll stay. That might be the only thing we will ever agree.

[@DoggleBird]

@@RealMash Some corrections. 1. Our courts have never said the referendum was faulty or anything like that. 2. It was only "advisory" in the narrow legal sense in as much as there was no provision in the enabling legislation to compel the government to implement the result. In ordinary language, the referendum was 100% binding. The idea that a government could just ignore the result is ridiculous. 3. There was no "bait and switch". We voted to leave the EU - and we did that on the understanding that it would mean leaving the Single Market. That was spelled out by our prime minister before the vote. 4. I agree that we'll stay out - and I'm delighted about that.

[@annsouter3618]

Brexit to blame ,& we’ve still got the divorce bill to pay ,plus Billions in lost trade ,thanks Boris & all you brexiteers who hadn’t a clue what you were voting for !

[@Jack_Warner]

You don't think supplying all that money for furlough had anything to do with it?

[@AlanPhillips-l6m]

Very good blog Michael Ignore the idiots So depressing

[@IainMccurrach]

Thoughtful, measured consideration is frowned on Michael. Get with it man! Rash ill-judged moron calling jingoism the order of the day Don't let them get you down keep that reasonable voice shouting down gross stupidity😊

[@garyfilmer382]

Thank you, Michael, excellent video talk! I simply can’t see a way forward to prosperity for Britain because we are hamstrung by the dire consequences of Brexit. The Brexiteer adherents are a strange, cultist, dogmatic bunch, I can’t even understand why they don’t even acknowledge the facts before their own eyes, all the businesses that have closed down, and are closing down - and it’s forever, with no prospect of them reopening. You are absolutely right about policing, it seems to be in drastic need of reform, with new, higher training standards, and with new priorities as to what is important, and what is not! Brexit broke Britain!

[@starmersbarber]

Thanks for your frank and direct output as ever Michael. Some of the comments on here (including bots) are so depressing. For someone to casually use dementia as way to poke fun at someone online is disgusting beyond belief. I lost my dear Dad to dementia earier this year and know all too well about the cruel reality of it. To the person who wrote this- screw you.

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

Michael's body is no longer fit for the Olympics, but his mind is wide awake. He's smart, he's experienced. A clever mind.

[@DavidCarrol-i2q]

Let's talk about the dire state of the British economy. This could have been posted in an early You Tube video from November 2010. Nothing has really improved in all that time. Talk about a lost generation. Anyway, invaluable video as always, Michael.

[@chriswright3179]

Exactly the same could be said about ecological issues. We need to be progressing five times faster than we are. We need a Lenin for our time "What is to be done?" And no I am not advocating communism. We need leaders who can analyse the situation and show us a path that resolves problems.

[@DavidCarrol-i2q]

@chriswright3179 Maybe. Although the never ending COP conferences have been nothing but a very expensive mistake.

[@duncanrossiter430]

We've been in decline since 1979, what worries me is the system is now trying to change the age demographics of the population, which started with Cameron, blaming the decline in the NHS on old, or aging people, now Starmer has picked up the gauntlet by cuts to the winter fuel allowence, my wife and I had to stop trading because of Brexit, she is in Germany I will be soon, like yourself this country has lost it's direction, divided it's population into factions with fictional utterances, the unemployment rate here has been steadily growing and hidden by the system... keep it up Michael you're spot on..Brexiteer types are without doubt are victims of Farage'ery and of course their own stupidity

[@petervanderwoude6316]

I'd say never recovered from wwII. Old industries were kept alive way too long, at huge costs. Old infrastructure was barely upgraded. Investment to actually boost the economy, it never happened. Investment to improve the lives of the general public, barely happened. The only thing that did happen is low taxation for the rich and low taxation for multinationals. Trickle down does not work, not in Britain, nowhere.

[@RealMash]

@@petervanderwoude6316 Germany received less than half (Uk 28%, Germany 11%) of the money the Marshall plan that the UK did. The money had to be repaid ( we had only to pay about 1 Billion of 3.7 Billions) and the money was used to buy stuff from the USA (So the USA did profit from it handsomely). The Money was gathered back in Germany and the capital was put in the KFW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) and the money lent out reused many times over. What did the UK do with the money, I'd like to ask? What did the UK do with the money the Scottish oil fields brought in? That might give us an idea what the UKs problem is based on.

[@nicolassTRAVEL]

Brexit mess

[@rogerbeesley-lo5tj]

Britain is a feudal country. The country is ruled in a "Lord of the Manor" system whereby the people who rule are wealthy without effort. The Lord of the Manor is rich, his parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren were, are, and will be rich because they collect rent (or commissions through the City of London banking industry). There is no need for them to learn anything, they can afford to pay someone else to provide them with all the necessities and most luxuries, so why bother to do anything themselves? This is the basic philosophy behind privatisation. It is an admission of laziness and incompetence on the part of the ruling elite. Why bother running an electricity supply/distribution system, or a water system, waste control system, transport system, etc. when you can just as easily have some johnny foreigner do it for you? What this attitude completely ignores is that the other 99% of the population have no such option. They need to be able to do things for themselves because if they can't, they will have nothing. The method by which economies grow is well understood, it is not rocket science. First is to provide an environment in which people and enterprises can invest and work with the expectation of a stable cost structure through control of essential inputs. Second is to have a market for the goods/services where there is a high probability of sufficient demand to justify the effort. Britain fails both these tests: Britain is a high cost environment and thanks to BREXIT, doesn't have an available market. The domestic market in Britain is neither large, or wealthy, enough to justify investment, therefore there won't be any. Forget about a trade deal with the US, Trump has made it abundantly clear that "America First" does not include Britain. There are no worthwhile trade deals available with the Pacific region, India, or anywhere else. Europe is where Britain's opportunities are, as Harold MacMillan recognized 70 years ago. BREXIT will go down as the most idiotic, stupid, ignorant self inflicted fatal wound in history.

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

Apart from THAT, Brexit has been a great success. 🤣😅😂😆

[@Curryking32000]

What would you prefer replace it? A socialist model based around Russia, China or Venezuela?

[@enricofromm4994]

@@Curryking32000 Perhaps with a more modern and fairer state. In the sense of reducing the enormous imbalances of wealth between the few and the many. With a democratic state (elected and not appointed chambers, an elective system more oriented towards governments that are truly majoritarian in the country and not only in parliament) with a written constitution.

[@xelakram]

Very well said. I couldn't agree more.

[@rocktapperrobin9372]

Well put

[@BugleCoops]

Yes and almost certainly.

[@russmarkham2197]

wow. If inflation hits next year, the UK debt burden will get even bigger.

[@michaelgoss9606]

Thanks Michael, a good talk.

[@darrylshamrock]

Always watch "this far" Michael.......subscribed many moons ago. Bon weekend à vous. Love from Alsace.

[@MichaelLambert1]

Thank you very much Darryl 😊

[@RobertSmith-di5ll]

At times I think we may have "small boats" going the other way.

[@stephanschmidt2334]

My energy provider in Germany sent me a letter that energy prices will go down 23% on 1.1.2025

[@janvanruth3485]

really? maybe read it again...

[@chiccabay9911]

Wo ?.

[@dimsylsodium1]

It sounds very much like "you reap what you sow". A few years ago, 2024 was the future. So if (sustained economic) growth was the objective for the UK (by 2024), what was the UK doing a few years ago to achieve it? I recall that there was a lot of austerity (cost saving) and withdrawing from the EU (political). Neither feels as if it would drive economic growth. And neither did. In particular, political goals like Brexit don't require any new activity except for campaigning and voting. On the other hand, economic growth requires vision/adaptabilty and doing something new/different/innovative and cannot be achieved simply by willing it to happen (like Brexit). As I said, "you reap what you sow". On a related note, I was thinking that you might be able to learn a lot from listening to Jacob Rees Mogg (and his father). You start by having a solid economic base so that you don't need Government help or any form of social security ("sovereignty of the individual"). You support long term dream projects that will take 50+ years to achieve anything (so you will not see it in your own lifetime). And in the meantime you campaign for low taxes (including inheritance tax) since you don't need any social services and you hold on to your current assets as free from tax as possible. The problem is that after 50 years, it's probably no fun being "the last man standing" while everything around you (from hospitals and schools to roads and bridges) collapses.

[@garrysinclair9767]

Those comments you began with should be aired as those show how out of touch some of your listeners are. I like your analyses - keep them coming.

[@chiccabay9911]

Michael is very kind to those who "aren´t very bright but can lift heavy weights."