The UK Has Left The EU, But What Exactly Changed?

[@sebastijan5894]

I'm from Croatia and I just find it slighty upsetting and annoying that Croatia became and will still be refered to as the 28th member of the EU, although the EU only has 27 members now

[@vincenzorutigliano5435]

Lol

[@welldeweye4233]

This is actually comical.

[@Jotari]

Well, still the 28th to join.

[@5lake]

Oh god, right the uk needs to rejoin rn as a member. Oh wait

[@Jotari]

If the UK did rejoin would they be the 29th?

[@jauntyangle5667]

It's not clear whether you voted for Brexit or not: I like that.

[@sushi777300]

I'm sure he did which I find very odd

[@darrenr49]

I agree it’s very hard to tell

[@jauntyangle5667]

@@sushi777300 Yes it's weird. I'm split 52% to 48% that he might not have.

[@Jotari]

Based on the majority of his videos, he always seems quicker to point out problems with leaving than problems with staying. So I reckon he voted remain. Though I also like the neutrality of it.

[@briocheoleary5043]

I am neutral. But voted remain because of our opt outs.. Academics shouldn't be binary. History isn't.. There is good and bad in nearly every situation. Toycat produces the best analysis I've found.. V cool

[@ICXCTSARSLAVY]

"Ruhr" is not a city in Germany. It is a collection of cities, including Cologne, Dusseldorf, Dortmund, Duisburg, etc. That chart is misleading.

[@iamstuff4478]

Ruhrgebiet

[@VolkerHett]

The "Ruhrgebiet" is usually seen as a metropolitan area nowadays and Düsseldorf and Cologne are not part of it.

[@masterofdiesaster4001]

The chart shows the largest population centres not cities.

[@victorselve8349]

Ruhr is a river...

[@negativenancy9482]

it's the name of the whole of the western industrial area, right?

[@Shashu_the_little_Voidling]

The only people that want to speak French are the French... Everyone already speaks English because of the internet and other things anyway. So much so that I often forget English exists as a native language at all and end up saying things like "wow, your English is really good for a 14 year old." expecting them to have learned it as a second language and not realising there are people that are just born in English-speaking countries and don't even speak a second language.

[@Oddi92]

Maybe we can switch to Esperanto. Then it would finally have a purpose 😂

[@mjcgwmjcgw1522]

Kaiko Noyen if there ever is a globally spoken language it will deffo be english

[@cautarepvp2079]

@@mjcgwmjcgw1522 english is already global language lol people, and it will remain so for some time

[@jtcash2005]

Would the UK join an English speaking trade alliance: US-Canada-Australia-New Zealand-UK?

[@paullavelle8892]

From an american perspective, that sounds pretty fun :) Anglo Aliance

[@tusharsingh4543]

More like the Anglo-Western imperialist alliance.

[@Tonnredein]

51st state

[@jauntyangle5667]

I'd find it strange if it didn't.

[@ifunanya]

There’s many more English speaking countries

[@timhocking529]

Hmmm the UK is not a member of the EU anymore but it is still part of the economy of the EU during the transition period so adjusting the economic stats would be somewhat inaccurate but including the uk stats in the the eu stats would also be inaccurate. Messy.

[@biocapsule7311]

No, technically it wouldn't. The transition period is just that, the transitional period. The economic stats is also just that. Analyzing economic outcome, you will be including those they trade with (members or otherwise, which is a lot of countries) but you don't list stats that way. The UK will simply be consider under the next closest relationship for 1 year. It also depends on what you are analyzing or pretending to analyze. Most Brexiteers analysis is far more messy and erroneous. For example... they offend like to think in terms of trade between UK vs EU but it doesn't work like that before now. They were all in the single-market so analyzing them in competitive terms was wrong and it wouldn't be 1 vs 1 but more 1 vs 27 even if it was a combative nature. The trade will only truly be combative once their relationship after the transitional period is over.

[@Luke-Sando]

I really appreciate how you try to stay neutral whilst also covering a highly divided subject. Please keep up the vids on this topic in the future

[@helloweener2007]

One thing that has changed, I just read it. The speaker of our (Germany) ministry of justice did a statement: German citizens who commit an crime in the UK and go back to Germany must not be handed over to UK officials as it is againts article 16 of the constitution. It is only legal to hand over German citizens to other EU members and the UK is not as a 3rd country. Crimes that were commited in the UK by German citizcens can be liable for prosecution in Germany.

[@SRampley]

Correction: The wiki was updated within minutes! I checked. 😆

[@OnlyGrafting]

Prepared before hand. Probably around 3 years ago

[@peterebel7899]

Easy job due to Wikidata, the database behind Wikipedia.

[@lucasceleste4743]

@@OnlyGrafting I'm sure some of the things were changed a while ago, but if the statistics were changed years ago it would be very inaccurate. I highly doubt the population, language, religion, etc stats were changed three years ago

[@maccannaj]

The big change from Day one. Non compliance with EU copyright directive article 13.

[@NickGrumpy]

Yes even as a supporter Brexit I didn't expect to see any tangible benefit happening so quickly.

[@f_f_f_8142]

The copyright directive is a directive meaning it has no force of law. The member states have to implement it themselves and so far the majority has not implemented it including the UK. What's the point?

[@KiraFriede]

@I Have Crippling Depression France is the problem at the moment. They are the ones who want the upload filters.

[@MrAapasuo]

@@nattygsbord Thing with EU directives is that they have an goal, not the means. Each nation is supposed go figure out the means fitting for themselves to adopt the directives, thats why directives have years to implement. I got no idea how any nation, even france, will go about enforcing article 13 tbh considering it is notoriously hard to enforce anything on the internet

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

5:16 _"It's time to learn geography NOW!"_

[@Wichnam]

What we do know and this is a fun little tidbit fact: With the UK having left, they took with them. 1/10th of the wealthiest regions with them… London. But also. 6/10th of the poorest regions with them, on the worst spot, Northern Ireland. Which requires billions in fundings each year to stay afloat. So let us praytell, that the UK solves this massive difference in wealth.

[@LP-xj7pm]

Wichnam that means the uk could give an extra billion to the poor places instead of giving it to the Eu and in most of the places the main reason they are in the state is due to fishing not being a employer anymore but with brexit fishing comes back under uk control which means in 10 years the cities will thrive

[@checkcheck1579]

yeah right! *sarcasm

[@Wichnam]

@@LP-xj7pm Ok a few little facts: 1) Liverpool does not survive on fishing, was a city that London decided to let 'die off' in the 70's. What is that city now thanks to European assistance? 2) NI's economy is not based largely on fishing. And yet it is THE poorest region. The EU needed to fund it with over 2 billion a year alone to keep it afloat. … Will the UK provide that?! Doubt it. 3) If you understand the history of the fishing debacle, you would not have made the comments you did and actually understood that the quotas and regulations provided were to Ensure that fishing populations weren't being decimated like in the 70's... Some have finally been able to regain their population again. Based on where fish goes at what part of the year, more or less is allowed to be catched. But food isn't interesting to many Brexiteers to talk about… So why am I trying… 4) Cities thriving in 10 years time... On a part of the economy that is worth 0.2% of the total economical strength the UK has. Granted it is 1/10th of the manufacturing. So I'll give you that. … But do tell, to who will you sell the fish?

[@Wichnam]

@@checkcheck1579 I doubt they'll provide the billions needed to pay the needs of those people. Seeing the UK already threw NI under the bus, is going to do the same with Gibraltar.

[@checkcheck1579]

@@Wichnam I doubt you too

[@johncross5339]

Malta's first languange is maltese, man. They have the only arabic dialect recognize as a language in the world. A lot of old maltese did not speak English for second language, they speak ( a really strange) italian

[@ssssaa2]

On the note of Scottish independence, I don't think most people realize how financially problematic that would be. It's budget would be woefully unbalanced at current spending rates if independent. The older, less dynamic part of a country probably shouldn't split off if it's concerned about the economics of the situation. It would affect most peoples lives more than leaving the EU will easily.

[@nattygsbord]

If they really cares about freedom and are accept paying the price of poverty for achieving it, then all respect to them. The EU is not going to save them even if they would be allowed to join - which I highly doubt they would. I think SNPs nationalist stance is unlogical, funny and stupid. But Scotlands distrust of the Tories is however valid after all pain austerity measures have caused that part of Britain.

[@ThrE3-GeS]

Google made me change my name damn it you voted brexit. Now take the consequences and watch your united kinngdome falling apart. Welcome Scotland to the EU.

[@darrenr49]

Nattygsbord I don’t believe for. Second the SNPs would try to take Scotland back into the EU. They want Scotland for themselves

[@kristofsportingdogs3549]

Well, England did contributed more to the eu then it received back. But the other 3 did not. They did received more then they payed. So in a year, after the transitionperiod, it has to be seen if engl and will step up and takes eu his place in that regard. It would be the logical thing to do. But it is not a certain thing. But if they don’t, or they will fund less as the eu, and Scottish people are starting to feel that financially after a few years/months. Independence would become an even bigger talking point. If England does step up, independence will be over, then they are really reliable on England. (But perhaps some English people will start to grow angry as the most of their former eu-taxes are just shifted to Scotland and they don’t benefit from it as much as they could)

[@Wichnam]

The Scots current financial issue lies mostly with the laws from Westminster not allowing Scotland proper governance on themselves. Studies already shown that the Scots if left alone and full independant would achieve a GDP and wleath of Denmark, one of the better nations within Europe. They have resources and trade aplenty for it. Granted and I'll admit if they left immediatly, then indeed their economy could not coop with it. Still, they wish for this and as a sovereign nation themselves, they should be allowed to. But the Brits do not wish to see their resource rich north cecede.

[@trimsclapped2667]

"you would expect it would take more than a year" but there is a majority party now, its gonna go way smoother, for good or for bad

[@stephenwright8824]

The Blond Devil isn't capable of smoothly.

[@vincenzorutigliano5435]

Now we gotta update all the wikipedia maps of Europe

[@tomasz6871]

Vincenzo Rutigliano no

[@tomasz6871]

They’re still in europe but not in EU

[@NiskRanThawll]

Wow so an island nation suddenly moved? 😂 We left the European Union, we still have an umbilical to France, we left a parasitic system of unelected rule.

[@BlaudracheLP]

well lets sink britain

[@TAILSORANGEs]

Toycat, Could you say "meow" instead of "hello, I'm toycat, welcome back, it's a second channel video" for the next video?

[@sklitterbeer106]

I'd like to see this

[@TAILSORANGEs]

@@sklitterbeer106 Like "meow, it's a second channel video,..."

[@lucasceleste4743]

"Toy! I'm Meowcat."

[@richie2550]

This is a good thing for the simple reason that now British politicians will no longer be able to blame Brussels for ever political issue and crisis that comes about. Now Westminster will be forced to take responsibility for what goes on and have to deal with real accountability.

[@t.mijnnaam9916]

Which they won't. They will just blame Brussels and the hoi polloi will lap it up.

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

I see a lot of comments on how a CANZUK could replace the EU for the UK, that ain't happening. New-Zealand, Canada, Australia and the UK have a combined GDP of 5000 billions dollar, the EU has a gdp of 18 000 billion. Your CANZUK would have a smaller economy than Japan. Not to mention than 50% of the UK exportations are going to Europe and all of those countries are separated by continents and océans and have far more interests economic interests with their Neighbors. This is just a British neo-imperialist fantasy. Face it, the empire is dead and is never coming back.

[@Adam-mi3hb]

defeatism is punishable by death

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

@@Adam-mi3hb Taking economic and political décisions without considering actual facts should be.

[@mjcgwmjcgw1522]

Count Noctilus I mean sure it won’t be as economically powerful as the eu but surely CANZUK is better than just UK?

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

@@mjcgwmjcgw1522 Yeah but to think that it can be a replacement to the EU is just silly, it's a way smaller market and the UK had 4 décades of trading with Europe, you can't change your economic fundations overenight. Not to mention the fact that the countries supposed to join have shown little interest of doing so, and what would they ? Australia and New Zealand are way more inclined to trade with the rest of the Pacific and with Asia while Canada is completly turned toward the USA. They too would also have to completly change their economic fundation and have no reasons to.

[@nickwall2497]

I threw my continental quilt in the bin

[@krin8831]

With the most pro-American country leaving EU, let's hope EU now starts caring for its own interests, not american ones. I would also like to see European Army. Only united Europe is strong, otherwise global politics will be dominated by USA, Russia and China.

[@stafer3]

Germany with Russia are building gas pipeline through sea to go around eastern EU members. Which is already showing “unity” of EU against Russia. France has its own neocolonial policy in western Africa which shows “unity” of EU in foreign policy. Poland will continue use coal which shows “unity” of EU on environment. Fertility rate of major EU nations 2017 (2,1 is replacement level) France - 1,90 Germany - 1,57 Italy - 1,32 Spain - 1,31 Poland - 1,48 Everyone except France has horrible demography (and even France doesn’t look that good). So all resources of EU will just go to fund retirement for old population. And since France has it best, they will be expected to help the most. And I have this certain expectation that they won’t really be that thrilled to do that. So there goes unity in social cohesion. While Germany was economic engine of EU, it was easy. All you had to do was mention ww2 and holocaust and being more pro EU on their part was easier. You won’t have it this easy with France. We can make European army, but will you be so thrilled when that army will be fighting in western Africa to keep French economic interest. And at the same time, it won’t be defending eastern members of EU against Russia because there won’t be any interest there?

[@krin8831]

@@stafer3 And what do European armies do now? They fight for american economic interests in the middle east. NATO is US-led and fights for american interests. Those have disastrous consequences for people in Libya, Iraq, Syria... At least European army would defend Europe not just be America's puppet. Also, there is no unity against Russia, because most Europeans who aren't affected by US propaganda don't hate Russia. We have economic deals and this is good. Russia will not attack their economic partner, especially if we have a huge army and some nukes (France).

[@stafer3]

@@krin8831 Libya was European operation, I still remember how countries involved there run out of precision munition so US literally had to take over and carry out most of those bombings. It was literally reversed Iraq. While US got Europeans into Iraq. Europeans got US into Libya. You can see that on different approach. Americans usually take the place over, get some government there, try to stabilize the place at least for one election and then gradually get out. That’s how they did it in Iraq and Afghanistan. European approach was, “we are not doing that” and bail out. European countries leading that intervention were France, UK and Italy. So how exactly did that help to Europe? And if Russian threat it just propaganda. Why is western part of EU deliberately going around eastern members with pipelines from Russia. What are they afraid of? Why are they placing their energy lines outside of those places if they believe that Russia won’t attack those places? Or do you mean by “we” only western part of EU, which won’t be attacked by Russia? In that case sure, that part of EU is outside of reach and won’t be attacked. But once again … so much for unity of EU.

[@mjcgwmjcgw1522]

krin Why do you want an army? So you can protect yourself in wars? It’s like the whole spiders and flies thing. We need spiders to make sure there’s not too many flies, but I’d sooner have no spiders and no flies (ignoring all the other problems that could cause) than both spiders and flies. In the same way I’d rather have no armies and no wars/conflicts between people than armies so that people can fight each other

[@krin8831]

@@mjcgwmjcgw1522 true, in the ideal world we would have no conflicts and thus no need for armies. But we don't live in utopia, and there is no way every single country will be without a military. So an army is needed for protection, and to avoid being subordinate to great military powers like USA and Russia

[@NicolaiParsons]

Wikipedia is good, but self-referential pages are an issue for teaching. Students should always cite primary sources so they learn where information comes from if they need to do things with it formally in the future. Yes, most Wikipedia pages are useful aggregators of information, but that doesn't make them an actual source.

[@Mr__Chicken]

0:50 Why do teachers think that a website like Wikipedia (which has lots of people that are dedicated to updating it) is a bad source of information which has no references/citations, but then tell students to instead reference say someone's book that is filled with the author's biased opinion which they themselves may not support with evidence and is over 30 years old with outdated info?? Teachers should just tell students to use whatever source they want so long as it has evidence and is credible...

[@nattygsbord]

Wkipedia is good for many things. But much of it is also filled with gigantic errors, such as their pages about healthcare and diseases.

[@DarkDutch007]

what is evidence and credible for one person could be seen as fake news and BS for someone ells even though the articles are about the same event it is the way it is written, and what you said personal bias on the topic, or with some documentaries/articles pushing your ideas/facts and ignoring the other parts of the story you don't agree with to try and get more votes or following. (depending on the end result writer/director want from it of course )

[@awijaya2116]

There's a lot of comments here on how the UK should entice its former settler colonies into an economic bloc (CANZUK). It's a good idea at first glance- common cultural heritage, similar legal systems, (basically) identical political systems, and economically developed at the same levels (unlike the EU, where there is a noticeable difference between members in the West and East). The CANZUK idea also falls flat once you realize the reality of the situation. Proximity to the continent practically guarantees that the EU states (collectively) will remain the UK's largest trading partner. AUS, NZ and CAN aren't even in the top 10 UK trading partners. _Germany_ is a more important trading partner for Australia than the UK. Canadian trade is absolutely dominated by the US. In truth, it makes far more sense for these nations to focus on the United States. The UK is a developed and wealthy country by global standards, but it doesn't hold a candle to the market available in the US.

[@idrinksoup9564]

Some people think the US will also be in this anglo trading bloc. I've seen some include South Africa. What are your thoughts on that?

[@awijaya2116]

@@idrinksoup9564 Super long reply ahead South Africa doesn't really fit with the UK/CAN/AUS/NZ in an economic sense. For example, mining/natural resources is a major part of SA's exports, but that's aimed at China, the US and (in the near future) India. CANZUK isn't high up on the list. SA's economy also has other pressing issues that just make it a horrible candidate- unemployment is between 25-40% (4-5% for the other CANZUK), income and wealth inequality is insanely high, and more than half of the population lives below the poverty line. SA in the (hypothetical) CANZUK would be like Romania in the EU, but several times worse. As for the US, that all depends on the direction the American government decides on. In really dumbed-down terms, CANZUK needs the US more than the US needs CANZUK. Canada should be taken out of the equation when discussing a CANZUK/US trade bloc, since Canada already has the USMCA (NAFTA 2.0). Canada is also by far the most important of the CANZUK as a US trade partner (thanks to proximity). Also note that Mexico and Canada combined are approx. 1/3 of the US exports and 1/4 of imports (UK+NZ+AUS combined won't come close to that). The American economy is about half as reliant on exports as the CANZUK economies. 12% of GDP (US, and only 8% if you exclude CAN/MEX) is small potatoes compared to 28-32% (CAN/UK/NZ). AUS' exports are 21% of GDP (still higher than US, but significantly lower than the other CANZUK). International trade isn't really about increasing wealth/GDP for the US. They could overnight cut off trade with everyone outside of North America and still be (comparatively) wealthy and prosperous. This, btw, is why tariffs/trade wars don't affect the US economy all that much. This means that trade deals for America are political and strategic in nature- to cement alliances and make them airtight, basically. Applying this to the CANZUK- Canada will 100% choose the US over the rest of the Commonwealth combined (they don't have a choice, economically speaking). AUS/NZ need the US to counter a rising China. The UK can't offer more there. I think you'll see a US-UK Free Trade Agreement within the next few years. It cements the political alliance, and even if it leads to a trade deficit for the US they can afford to 'take the hit'. I don't see why the US would go along with the CANZUK idea, however. CANZUK has a distinctly British flavor to it, and that won't really benefit America's position in the world. It also allows collective bargaining on the part of the CANZUK for a better deal, and that (again) doesn't benefit the US. Better to sign individual FTAs from a position of dominance/strength. (Also don't know where to fit this part in: NATO binds the UK and Canada to the US already in the military sense, and AUS is basically a non-signatory member of NATO. US joining CANZUK won't bring in benefits there either.)

[@VolkerHett]

@@idrinksoup9564 BMW moved production of engines for it's south african plants from the UK to Germany to fullfil rules of origin required by current trade agreements. The USA won't enter into a trade agreement which does not favour them to some degree. The current US government left the US-Mexico-Canada treaty to renegotiate the conditions to their advantage just few years ago. As far as I know, Canada hasn't ratified the new treaty but does adhere to it.

[@awijaya2116]

@mininmalta 123 I'm afraid I don't understand what you're saying. What do you mean by the EU is an 18-bill market? As in, currencies? Because most EU members are also in the Eurozone, including their largest economies (now that the UK is out). All the CANZUK nations have different currencies. And why would Canada have to give the EU a better deal? What's that got to do with anything?

[@awijaya2116]

@mininmalta 123 Why are we talking about Canadian trade deals? My comment was basically that the US is far more relevant to the individual CANZUK economies than the UK is, and that they'd be better off seeking a deal with the Americans than they would the Brits. The problem with this idea is that American trade agreements aren't really focused on trade (from the American perspective), but rather tying up other countries to be allies/dependent on them. CANZUK is _already_ tied up with the Americans, so the US would have all the leverage in setting the terms of the trade agreement. I think you're talking about a completely different idea. (Assuming English isn't your 1st language), do you want to post what you meant in your original language?

[@joaquinbaranchuk2863]

YES I FOUND SOMEBODY SMART THAT SAYS WIKIPEDIA IS GOOD! YESSSS!

[@KiraFriede]

My history professor at uni also recommended it. Seems like the sites on antique history were very well researched.

[@Tatalote]

e verdá'

[@BVSchaefer]

The biggest problem with Wikipedia is the list of source links at the bottom of any page. Since those links can expire or become dead links, whole sections of a Wikipedia article can be invalidated for lack of supporting documentation simply because somebody didn't pay their web domain hosting fees. Wikipedia is great as a source for source documents, but it's not inherently a source any more than a chapter index in the front of the book is an equivalent to the book itself.

[@ignacioburkhardt789]

Aguante River 9/12/18

[@joaquinbaranchuk2863]

riverplatense 2000 no 26/06/11

[@Jonassoe]

So the exit deal was just a deadline for settling on an actual deal. In other words, just another extension.

[@MrAapasuo]

You are officially put of EU, the transition period is meant to give time for UK to replace EU systems it had, and what it thinks it needs to. And to negotiate possible trade deal (which ideally wouldve been talked and agreed by both parties at this point but brexit be brexit). It can be extendet but once more both UK and EU need to agree on that and UK parliament actually ruled out extension

[@kalyka98]

Right now the uk still follows eu rules but has lost every rapresentative in the eu parliament, this situation will continue until, among many other problems, the NI border is solved. How can the british can prevent goods from flowing between the border without putting a wall? It looks like an impossible task

[@stephenwright8824]

Easy. Do like the Blond Devil did and draw the border through the middle of the Irish Sea.

[@kastriot3017]

Oh no... Germany is getting stronger again

[@myview5840]

They can have a 3 nil tally if they really want

[@mjcgwmjcgw1522]

TacoBeans21 third time’s the charm?

[@tomasotepka8679]

yeah its only your fault lol... again

[@CrunchyNorbert]

its like the western roman empire all over again; both times britain was the first to leave

[@OnlyGrafting]

Whilst Romans made a decent way up Scotland they didn't even have a great amount of control in it. Great Britain was never fully conquered. Unless you count a Scottish King becoming the English king and joining the nations.

[@acegarcia3719]

What I want to see happen is the CANZUK idea of having an economic block similar to the ECC with the Anglo nations of the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The UK can not only retake it's place as a global power by uniting the Anglosphere but have an economic block that can compete with the EU but far more democratic and more fore trading one.

[@Jotari]

Why would an Anglo trading block be in any way more democratic or fair than the EU? Any issues with the EU would no doubt pop up in the new trading block.

[@acegarcia3719]

@@Jotari Because it would be done using British style insututions. It won't have some wired commission that seems foreign, it wouldn't be a direct invested instead letting the individual nations deal with that, it would be more have nations parliaments giving aprvoval to laws instead of a foreign entity, and unlike the EU have 4 nations with the same laugauge and national outlook.

[@SociallyStrandedBrad]

We got the common wealth? Feel like people forget about the over 2 billion people market haha

[@FOLIPE]

Gotta ask them first.

[@jakebarnes3054]

@@Zelnyair yes thats far less foreign than those goshdarned continentals

[@MS-pu4js]

It's worth mentioning that when referring to english in the EU we're talking about american english, and not british english. It's still going to be in use as a means of language cooperation with the USA, and as an international language. Most people in the world don't even make the connection between english and England or the UK, let's be fair. They all think about the USA.

[@MS-pu4js]

@@tomo_ov_da_ghetto4112 American english is being taught in most schools that teach english, not to mention we're used to it from using the internet and all the TV shows. People actually have a hard time understanding british people talk. Also, no we would not be calling it american, since the americans themselves call it english.

[@mjcgwmjcgw1522]

mininmalta 123 that’s much better than the way I was taught in the uk tbf. They’ve pretty much never taught anything about American English and in most cases American spellings aren’t accepted (I know because I always used to spell colour color)

[@Nightcaat]

“Welcome back so a second channel video” How can I undo this?

[@DrWrapperband]

So will all my eBay orders from Europe get through, or will I have to start paying customs duty on items value over £15, like from the USA?

[@ibx2cat]

We're still in the customs union for a while

[@DrWrapperband]

@@ibx2cat So yes, my current orders will go through but future orders could be or will be subject to import duty?

[@DrWrapperband]

@mininmalta 123 It's a rhetorical question, you don't know.

[@DrWrapperband]

​@mininmalta 123 You don't even know you don't know, great.

[@segir187]

9:57 the real viewpoint is the friends we made along the way

[@mjcgwmjcgw1522]

sexygiraffe187 underrated comment

[@williamwallace234]

I never realized how late a lot of the countries joined the European Union. I always had the image that as soon as wwII was over most of Europe made the EU. I guess it’s because I’m so young and a lot of the countries joined while I was still a kid, just shows how much the time one was born effects the way you see history

[@nattygsbord]

This is probably the reason why young people are so EU positive. They have no idea that countries could work perfectly fine without being members of the EU.

[@meandmetoo8436]

@@nattygsbord ok boomer.

[@nattygsbord]

@@meandmetoo8436 I am not even middle aged. Most people still think I look 25.

[@zaixai9441]

@@nattygsbord Hmm, lets look at europe pre EU. Hmmm, well I see a lot of war. Fucking idiot.

[@nattygsbord]

@@zaixai9441 Sweden managed to have 200 years of peace without the EU before we joined. And our economy was doing better. And we could travel to other European countries without EU. And we wrote our own laws instead of getting forced to accept fascist censorship shit like Article 13. So fuck you idiot.

[@dracovenit9549]

Yay second channel! Have a nice day!

[@LittleWhole]

Someone reverted the "last polity withdrawn" edit ;( I really liked seeing that, idk if they WP:CYCLE-ed or something but someone reverted or deleted the eidt :(

[@DavidvanDeijk]

european court of justice is still the highest court in the UK, UK is still in the common market, UK still has to abide by all EU rules, but they have no longer a say in the european parliament. UK is still in the EU effectively.only without power.

[@JerEditz]

So not 2 minutes in, the union of Europe lost it's biggest city and economic provider to a scale...

[@jonnyreid4202]

Plz do a video on how Wikipedia is great and teachers r lazy, so that I can link it to my teachers

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

Time for the CANZUK union 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿

[@stephenwright8824]

Notably excluding the ROI? As if blaming its economic success ON its EU membership? How thoroughly Victorian of you.

[@louisromero2320]

Stephen Wright dont see why they would even want to join

[@checkcheck1579]

it sounds bad. I mean when you read it 😁

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

@@stephenwright8824 I wish they'd join but sadly I doubt it

[@marcelh7864]

The EU-Canada Trade deal makes this union impossible. If Canada would negotiate any agreement more favorable than the one it has given the EU it would have to change the terms to favor the as well. Or to put it simple: You can't spell CANZUK without EU!

[@hugo57k91]

I'm glad that it happened on February 1st. It's much easier to remember tbh

[@Radek494]

It happened on Feb 1st in your country but in UK it was January 31 23:00 (11PM)

[@stef1896]

Yesterday the UK was still on the map. I just wanted to check it out, but watching this video first. But now, as I see the article remove the UK from the map, I'm going to check it by myself to see how it looks like.

[@neworleans75]

On language. Cyprus uses English de facto. Its a former UK colony

[@bestgameplay831]

For a trade deal with the USA it has to take its bleach chiken right?

[@calvinhoward3808]

A hell of a lot more than that. GMOs and milk-less cheese for everyone. We'll even sell you the heart disease and diabetes medication.

[@bestgameplay831]

@@calvinhoward3808 gmos arent bad but still their food is shit

[@popelgruner595]

Frankfurt am Main hasn't a population of over 2 million people. The city has about 750 000 inhabitants, only if you count in surrounding cities and districts you get to that number. The agglomeration Rhein-Main is even bigger, it is over 5 million. So what ever number they chose for that chart is wacky.

[@vicinusmb3357]

Toycat needs to create a European Realm but delete UK and wait for the players to realise.

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

You have not left the EU. The UK is no longer an active voting member during the negotiation period. But you are still paying contributions and obeying rules till you leave after the transition period.

[@acericafort8836]

Britain leaves: Weebs: Code Geass intensifies

[@mjcgwmjcgw1522]

Ace ricafort weeb gang rise up

[@_leo.png_3208]

And the series is coming back too

[@thejatangamer_1877]

Great video

[@freddienor123]

You didn’t talk about the euro and how they are going to all have to be re-minted

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

The Euro wont be affected, the UK didn't use it.

[@StardollLoverXD]

@@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 i think the uk is printed on the map on the euros

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

@@StardollLoverXD Well that's a mistake then.

[@parallelll]

Brexit Means Brexit.

[@dummiebrummie]

Okay mrs.may

[@connor9568]

No cap

[@sohopedeco]

I'm sure the word "Brexit" wasn't in the dictionary when the referendum happened.

[@peterebel7899]

Stupidity beats stupidity!

[@5lake]

If in doubt

[@halfcool5014]

I would like if norway joined EU and stopped just being in EØS(i dont know what it is called in english)

[@nattygsbord]

EU is a shit sandwich without bread. Sweden is ruled by the EU, but the EU is not ruled by Sweden. We only got 2.8% of the votes in the EU parliament. Nobody cares a shit about Sweden. And if this is how they treat Sweden, how do you think it would treat Sweden's slightly smaller brother? Most of your laws would be written by the EU, and you will have no say what those laws should say. You will become as much ruled by Brussels, as Norway was ruled by Germany in 1941. I think Sweden would be better off outside the EU, just like Norway. Finland and Denmark should leave it too. Then all Nordic and Scandinavian countries should work more together as equals I think. Some say we should become a Scandinavian union... but after the EU experience I do not want any more talk of a union. I want independent nations. And if even I as Swede do not like to be ruled by Stockholm, then I guess Norwegians and Danes would like the even less. Our Nordic corner of the world have anyways performed impressively well, and I hope things could remain that way without the EU telling us that we cannot keep our Nordic ways of doing things - which it now seems intended to do by destroying our labour market model, and crushing our welfare state with the Bolkestein directive among other things.

[@lankyyyyyy]

Love how committed you are to being as unbiased as possible, the BBC should start taking notes...

[@magnificenteris4828]

I very much doubt that they will.

[@mjcgwmjcgw1522]

Jordan Pudds Ok so this isn’t exactly related but BBC, or B - ruining B - good C - tv shows Can’t believe what they did to doctor who and top gear. New top gear isn’t awful but the old one was wayyy better imo. New doctor who is shite. And no, not because the doctor is a woman, I couldn’t give two shits whether the doctor has a dick (or two?) or a fanny. Most of the episodes are boring af. Out of all of time and space, who the fuck cares about America within the last few hundred years? On the grand scale of things that’s recent human history! I want further into the past or the future (or present with other sci-fi elements somewhere other than fucking Sheffield)

[@lankyyyyyy]

@@mjcgwmjcgw1522 Fingers crossed, they'll loose the TV License and be forced to compete with other outlets on a level playing field. At that point, they can either continue to stay 'woke' and go broke, or actually try putting out decent shows to stay afloat. Tough competition is the best way of getting a company to improve it's products; as long as the BBC has guaranteed state funding and an effective monopoly on British media, they'll never have a reason to give people the content they're desperate for.

[@oliverfasola19]

Can we point out how weird it is a group having control of both Berlin and Paris

[@bullivon]

Congratulations to the UK one Brexit! You finally gave your country back

[@stephenwright8824]

Yours is good and I don't agree.

[@cautarepvp2079]

@yeye yeye your* not "you're" damn man, native speakers,

[@zexal4217]

We always had our country...

[@FittedSheet2000]

Is it just me or does anyone feel like history is the same as the future now, cause everyone is always talking about how something will be remembered in history but they're talking about later on

[@bobingabout]

Malta doesn't speak english as their main language, they speak Maltese! I should know, I'm half Maltese. English is a secondary language, and a lot of people speak it because tourism.

[@PatrickSnowyote]

You should make a video on the concept of CANZUK. Basically an EU but with the commonwealth countries

[@NighthawkNZ]

CANZUK wouldn't be like the EU maybe more like the EEC, (European Economic Community) and based on trade. Not saying stop trading with current trading partners, but trade more with CANZUK and open the free movement between countries which should encourage more growth. (in theory) There won't be any central parliament like the EU controlling everything. And CANZUK won't stop the countries getting separate trade deals outside the CANZUK nor will those deals have to go through CANZUK... There is where it is majorly different from the EU.

[@Lixsna]

Yes, it's time Britain reclaims the Empire and its rightful place as a Power on Earth. "Rule Britannia!!", as the British sang in Parliament Square on Feb 1. :)

[@Gia1911Logous]

Scotland: Ight imma head out

[@alexandrub8786]

IRA:Ight imma head in.

[@markewins1233]

Wales: Ight imma goin’ stay here

[@checkcheck1579]

@@alexandrub8786 I think they already solved the ira problem even before eu

[@checkcheck1579]

they head out where? pakistan or syria?

[@alexandrub8786]

@@checkcheck1579 ireland and uk joined the Eu at the same time in the 70' but they weren't a part of Schengen area and the a very important part about the Good Friday Agreement was a lack of borders between true Ireland and Brexit occupied Ireland.

[@jaybee27D]

UK for US 51st state!!

[@Iamtheliquor]

Will never happen

[@roman648]

Better then being the EU’s 28th state

[@BlaudracheLP]

@@roman648 explain

[@LP-xj7pm]

Blaudrache it’s fairly obvious the Eu is basically a country and the uk was just a state

[@BlaudracheLP]

@@LP-xj7pm The EU is a fairly far away from being a country. It is a Union between different member with free trade and the ability to travel between the member states without a visa. There are certain laws within the Union made by the european parlament but every member is deciding its own laws without being able to force a law upon the other. It plays a huge role why Europe economically in such a good condition.

[@estraume]

Idea for a future video: Commonwealth free trade area or maybe include the US and call it an Anglo-sphere free trade area? Can India become a commonwealth manufacturing hub like China is for the world economy today? With UK leaving the EU and the US realizing that they have become too dependent on China, could this kind of alternative trading area have a fair chance to develop?

[@paulhartson1]

Boom! EU is gone and Fanta Orange with High Fructose Corn Syrup is for sale in stores all over the UK! BOOM! that's what's changed. LMAO

[@paulhartson1]

All the US food with HFCS floods the UK tee hee

[@OnlyGrafting]

You lot fail to realise how bitchy the UKs food and drink regulations are...

[@spmiles98]

@@OnlyGrafting how much of those are linked to eu regulations though? (genuine question, not trying to blame the eu)

[@bestgameplay831]

@@spmiles98 almost all

[@bestgameplay831]

Fanta is german

[@klaasdeboer8106]

Speaking December 2022, to me, it seems the EU has become far more efficient since Brexit.

[@texasrepublic2332]

When you realize Norway can invade u.k now Happy noises intesifies

[@BsBsBock]

Ursula lifes a few houses away from me :D

[@gubusgubus6322]

The goodness question is that: should UK be a full Independent country OR a province/ state of the United States of Europe ? 🤨

[@inwedavid6919]

Hey, no German is the most language spoken in EU. UK has been imposed by colonial history over Ireland, scotland and Welsh that still have their own langage.

[@paullavelle8892]

On Wensday Scottish Parliment is voting on another Independence Referedum. Good luck Scottish Brothers (Im Irish)

[@OnlyGrafting]

Snp are utter tits. A nationalist party who want to gain independence to sell out to the EU is absurd enough, but the fact that its been made clear they can't rejoin and they claim they will, that they can't hold another independence referendum yet and they claim they will and that they only get seats because they're the only big Scottish party at Westminster really hits the nail in the coffin for Nicola and her goons. I remember this one country that had one major political party that had all the power because there were none to go against it... China maybe? Perhaps? Possibly? Except instead of communists its globalists.

[@buuhan6808]

@@OnlyGrafting The last official referendum that UK actually cared about was in 2014 where the UK didn't start Brexit (that was 2016)and still, it was very close. Now that the UK left the EU I find it reasonable to make another referendum.

[@jakebarnes3054]

@@buuhan6808 democracy is dumb anyway

[@McCov1]

Can we have a union between the UK 🇬🇧 and the US🇺🇸 . On a separate but equal terms? Free movement of people, businesses, services. But keeping their own laws?

[@zi8gzag]

This video would be easier to watch if you fixed your hair a bit :P

[@Bluesonofman]

UK Leaves: Time to rebuild Empire Chaps?

[@mjcgwmjcgw1522]

Blue Son of Man English empire 2, electric boogaloo?

[@Bluesonofman]

@@mjcgwmjcgw1522 I mean America is bored

[@obscurehistory4355]

Me 40 seconds in Brain: don’t say it Me: smiles Brain: don’t even say it ever Me: Poland is free German real estate Brain: the media is gonna be mad now

[@Radek494]

Triggered

[@bubbabluehorn]

Lol as a American citizen who is also a Portuguese citizen I am unaffected. I’m still getting EU benefits and I can still travel to the UK the same way as before because of that great alliance 👌🏻

[@henrybarber288]

Toycat: Hello I’m Toycat Subtitles: Hello I’m so camp

[@donaldboughton8686]

Very little it has only been a day or so. It will take years for the UK regulations etc to diverge from the EU's.

[@therealdave06]

pls no use mercator

[@bestgameplay831]

Will Scotland now try and leave the uk.

[@adresadini]

You don't know geography

[@bestgameplay831]

@@adresadini typo xD

[@anonduckduck]

Regarding a US-UK trade deal, woul the current US administration be bad for the formation of a new trade deal?

[@stephenwright8824]

TRUMP IS BAD FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE.

[@MarkLsixtyseven]

Didnt feel like we "crashed out".

[@magnificenteris4828]

It felt more like an "escape".

[@EffMTee]

CANZUK IS THE WAY FORWARD

[@patricksmith3135]

I love your 'show': I love 'fun facts': I love how you depict the world's situations so clearly. You have not told us if you were for or against Brexit. Though, it would be your personal choice to believe as you do, so also is it your prerogative to abstain from stating it too. Should we (Americans who did Brexit several centuries ago) send Aid packages again? Do you need anything that the new economy does not provide you? Peace and Love. Patrick

[@ibx2cat]

Thank you Patrick!

[@gtgodbear6320]

The UK just gets to make all their decisions on their own now without asking permission. One less level of bureaucracy. Cheaper and more efficient.

[@amongusaxolotl]

Well, at least if something "bad" is decided at the European Parliament, you can now say that it's not your fault.

[@OnlyGrafting]

I mean do you think they'll decide something bad openly? They've told their MEPs to be uncooperative with the UK. Aka they plan on trying to sabotage our trade to make an example out of us, because if we leave and strive their pawns might try the same.

[@amongusaxolotl]

@@OnlyGrafting I'm referring to things like article thirteen, most people on the internet didn't really like, I'm not really being serious with that comment. Plus, responding to what you said, that's how politics work, each participant will only care about what benefits themselves and not the others.

[@buuhan6808]

@@amongusaxolotl But with EU it's different, ofc France and Germany for example can trade better etc. but they pay more than they get out of it. EU is also a way to increase the economy of the more poor countries like Bulgaria or Romania that get more than they pay. In the long term (if EU runs how its supposed to run) every country will benefit from it, even France or Germany but only the time will tell. It's sad that the UK already gave up on it but I guess that's how it is (there was also a kind of cultural barrier from what I've heard that said British people don't think European because they aren't main land(don't know if that's true)).

[@jakebarnes3054]

@Stacey Raven UK wasn't built on immigration, it was built on greed, and Rothschild and Sassoon banking families. I'd be interested to see how Britain was built on immigration when mass immigration is a phenomenon from the 60s onwards whilst Britain has been around for a long long time before it.

[@buuhan6808]

@Stacey Raven I knew that those in particular are isolating themselves and only see the British isles. For me, London wasn't 'the' city of Europe, that would probably be Berlin, Paris, Rome, Strasburg, Luxemburg or Brussels but I would still consider them European even though they are a huge island in the Atlantic Ocean (same goes for Iceland as well(even though it's devided in two separate earth plates)). As a German it's probably normal to think European because after the napoleonic wars, Germans went on the street and tried to demonstrate against the Monarchs, for a kind of Democracy and a united Europe between countries like (I think those were mentioned) Italy, Poland, Denmark, France, Spain, Austria etc. The napoleonic wars were very influential on German unification but also on European unification (even though we had two world wars on between now and then).

[@OiiRobbi3x]

its not inflammatory to say the EU is doing badly and probably failing thats not to say britain will the 100% better off but probably..

[@meandmetoo8436]

It's not inflammatory it's just wrong.

[@OiiRobbi3x]

@@meandmetoo8436 denial is a burden just get educated about because its true germany has been playing around with the euro to keep it afloat its only a matter of time before it crumbles.

[@bookinator2367]

@@OiiRobbi3x if you think this then you are lost

[@OiiRobbi3x]

@@bookinator2367 youll see

[@CookieCat712]

This is better than the news...

[@acerimmerz]

nothing has changed after 1 day aside from those remainers facing reality that brexit has happened. they are going through the 5 stages of grief and some are more ahead than others - denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

[@jakebarnes3054]

@Stacey Raven why does anyone actually care either way about Brexit, economics are such a vacuous thing to argue over

[@nattygsbord]

@Stacey Raven Your side lied and was wrong time and time again. You said that an EU army was "just a conspiracy theory" and crazy talk... but now Merkel says she wants just such an army. Your side said Britain would never get any trade deals, because USA would be uninterested and trade agreements would take decades to make.... but Britain have already signed trade deals with Norway, Iceland and Latin America. And both USA and Japan have expressed interest to trade with Britain. Your side is the one who cannot accept democracy. Who insults opponents. Who made public debate toxic. And over what? Only because people have a different opinion than you, then you think you have the right to treat other people like shit. It is good that the mask of Europhiles have come off. You just pretend to like democracy. You only like it when it goes your way, and when it doesn't.... well then you think it needs to die. I have nothing but contempt for the remain camp after these 3 years. Britain should have already been out by now and it should not have been necessary for leave to win 3 elections to get the will of the people implemented. If you don't like your country and its people, then I suggest that you move to Belgium with your big brain and superior intellect. You are so smart so learning a new language will not be a problem, and getting a job will not be a problem. So I say move away. People will not miss a bitter person like you.

[@acerimmerz]

what facts are these? the only think tank i've seen who said anything is ran by Tony Blair, the man who entrenched us in the EU in the first place. and please don't call people stupid, i did my research before voting and yes the EU has benefitted areas of the uk, in particular london and edinburgh, the net loss we give to them every year is sorely needed in the north, whom have lost all their industry and tourism thanks to that same body.

[@jakebarnes3054]

@@nattygsbord nothing wrong with loving Europe, you should visit sometime and democracy is big gay

[@nattygsbord]

@@jakebarnes3054 EU and Europe are not the same

[@danielkrcmar5395]

I enjoy your impartiality

[@harmsy1296]

Well at least now we know for which one the brexit was bad lmao

[@stugeh]

I'm worried other countries start leaving and we lose the freedom of travel and work within Europe right before I'm able to do so.

[@stugeh]

@mininmalta 123 nope.

[@bosniangamesms8957]

why did they leave?

[@grahamlive]

Cos idiot ex prime minister David Cameron was shitting himself when the Tories were losing votes to UKIP so he stupidly held a referendum and lost. Then he ran away and left it in the hands of halfwits like May and crooks like Johnson. Now the UK is screwed. Now we in Scotland need to find a way out of this mess. The fightback starts now!

[@nattygsbord]

Yeah, fuck democracy! Long live dictatorship!

[@mjcgwmjcgw1522]

Nattygsbord big up the monarchy

[@mjcgwmjcgw1522]

BosnianGames MS Something about not liking the eu I mean I think it’s fair enough. You shouldn’t have to ask permission to leave something imo. What if the uk instead of leaving just stopped paying/following the eu’s laws?eould they be kicked out? (Realistically that wouldn’t help anyone and would just cause more problems) I think it’s dumb to have to get permission to leave something.

[@craigrennie8895]

Nothing has changed because we haven't actually left yet that happens on the 31st December.

[@UndoneFakeJesu]

Without going into more details about whether I agree with Brexit or not, I would hazard a guess that it's a good thing that it finally got done, and both parties can move to a more stable future after a period of quite some uncertainty. A lot of stuff's still gonna be very uncertain, but at least now something's finally happened, and people can go for the next steps. In the end, it'll probably turn out alright, because generally people and political entities want to do well rather than badly, but oh boy is there a lot of work to do in any case. Uncertainty is not over, but at least there's less of it now. Will be fun to see how it plays out, especially with some euroskeptic nationalists gaining traction in different countries. Maybe this will give them more support, maybe not.

[@qinby1182]

The UK is still in the EU in all but name, it is the transition period, still same laws, rules and trade deals.

[@gubusgubus6322]

When the citizens inside Europe voted for the Single Market to metamorphosed into the United States of Europe ? 😱

[@mididoctors]

Not much cos we are in transition stage ie not really left yet.

[@bestgameplay831]

Nothing will change untill the end of december and now one knows Whats gonna happen now

[@meteoman7958]

Thanks

[@hurri7720]

So what, the EU is a work in progress and will remain a work in progress, new countries will join and so forth. My advice to the British is to concentrate more on Britain, the EU will continue more or less as before while the change in Britain is a lot more unpredictable. Also the rules that Boris can change are domestic rules, workers rights and such, not international rules, laws or standards.

[@mjcgwmjcgw1522]

Hurri yeah. We should stop caring so much and for some hoping for other countries/ places to fail. Why can’t we all just fucking get along what are the politcians? 12 year olds?

[@salvatorefugarino3195]

Definitely better than the news.