Why the UK is Doomed After Brexit

[Kenneth Blaabjerg Fog]

Before Brexit there also was a lot of discussion in Denmark weather or not we should leave the EU as well. But after Brexit, no one talks about it anymore.

[Frick scratchie]

Had it not been for the Northern Ireland problem, things would have gone much smoother.

[Matthew Branagh]

Very wise the amount of issues even taking away the NI issue is ridiculous.

[Frick scratchie]

@Matthew Branagh perhaps if our government hadn’t continually lied to and ignored the British working class (and I’m talking about all parties) when they finally had a chance to be heard, when their views actually made a difference, they might have made a better choice.

[Ath3lwulf]

@Frick scratchie Its a manufactured problem no one making a fuss with Gibraltar

[7thsealord]

Remember hearing a comment at the time - that the Brexit mindset was like going into a divorce expecting to keep the house, the car AND the bank account, while the ex keeps the mortgage and the credit card debt. Yep, sounds like that assessment was spot on.

[Jessica Miller]

Ooh ,I like this analogy.

[Moses Thor]

Very true. They wanted all the privileges that come with the EU but not paying for it.

[Ed Poletto]

2016 was a year of weirdness. So much global political divide and irrational thoughts took to the stage with American politics and Brexit grabbing the headlines. Brexit from the outside seemed clearly a disaster in the making. Time has proven it to be correct. All scales of economy indicate a stronger trading relationship benefits any and all countries but this was ignored by the British populace.Back peddling is an option that should be considered. Britain together is stronger,better and keeps the future more promising.

[Ed Poletto]

This analogy should of made the ballot.

[Prabuddha Ghosh]

Should have filed in a california court. They just might have got what they want.

[timlamiam]

I was in University in the UK a year before Brexit. My EU Law professor was adamant that the only way Brexit would work was if the UK compromised and agreed to all EU regulations until they could each be negotiated separately, a process which would take decades. The fact that the Tories snubbed that idea and shut the whole thing down is why there is economic and judicial chaos.

[Nick Gulijk]

Exactly that. Both where so intertwined that just graping a sissor and cut it self out would meen you destroy wat you have build. Slowly pul treat by treat wouldn't do so much harm and then there was a way to keep some intact. There are literally thousands laws and treaties within the EU from small to verry big ones. To have them all salved and renegotiate at ones is just wishful thinking As a Dutch person I felt sad they did what they did because both have a lot in common. And have the same norms and values

[jacob cohen]

Did it ever occur to you that what your 'EU' professor was adamant about did not constitute an 'exit' from the EU? Suppose there is economic chaos here in the UK with a growing economy albeit slow growth. What then would you call the situation in the Eurozone which is in recession and has double the unemployment of the United Kingdom? 'judicial' chaos' such as? I'll wait.

[Jiri Tichy]

Did UK exists before EU?

[jacob cohen]

@Jiri Tichy The United Kingdom is over three hundred years old. The EU is less than thirty years old. You're welcome.

[ezio lua]

UK: "But we had an Empire." Spain: "Don't worry, you'll get over it."

[Dead account 💀]

😂😂😂

[shenanigans]

Nobody under the age of 70 can remember Empire as talking point or being proud of it. I have lived my entire life with post Colonial conversations. Britain emerged from that period AND heavy manufacturing to be a rich and stable country and by the way , the most multicultural country in Europe.

[Finn Eogan]

@shenanigans While that is true (and the multicultural heritage of the Empire was a strong point in favour of the UK not just culturally but also economically), chauvinistic "rule the waves!" nostalgia very much _was_ a talking point of the reactionary press from the Mail to the Telegraph. And for whatever weird reason, people in the country that once had the best and now arguably has the worst press in the world are massively influenced by it, whether they realise it or not.

[Damian Butterworth]

An EU Empire??

[MD]

Another issue with the universities is that until Brexit, EU students would not have to pay enormous fees to study. Now it's almost impossible for most people. I was accepted at all of the UK unis I applied to but just couldn't afford them.

[starfthegreat]

Some unis like King's College are even opening campuses in EU countries to avoid the problem you mentioned

[jon smith]

Nothing to do with Brexit.

[Tommyleini]

Yeah for example a bachelor degree Before Brexit for EU/EEA/Swiss Students, Tuition Fees: £9,250 Help from UK government: Tuition Fee Loan covering the tuition fees, and maintenance loan if in UK for 3 years, covering rent, food, basics After Brexit: Tuition fees usually double, for example £19,500 Help from UK government: Nothing

[gloin10]

@jon smith "Nothing to do with Brexit"? POST-Brixit, this has EVERYTHING "...to do with Brexit."

[Rick T]

​@jon smith it's that kind of ignorance that led to the Brexit vote in the first place

[Werners Gaming Lounge]

The fatal mistake of many Britons was to think they still were this global power, the huge empire they once were and somehow thinking they would be better off alone.

[J. A. W.]

Yeah, it's called exceptionalism. In fact, that's the key to the whole Brexit case. Exceptionalism and racism.

[shenanigans]

​ @joanandreanoweyland57 LOL. Talk is cheap these days eh Joan? . Britain is the most plural, diverse and multicultural society on earth and some would strongly argue largely successful. Most Brits see exceptionalism as a noun taught in burger flipping, sorry, humanities courses at Unis these days. Explain your nonsense pls.

[Marc van den Boogaard]

@shenanigans Very simple ''they need us more than we need them'' You are so exceptional that nobody gives a toss about you leaving the EU or wishes to throw you a bone'' ''Most Brits see '' Brexit as a dismal failure, Nigel Farage inclusive. Imagine that!

[Gilles de Brouwer]

Billionaires who benefited from brexit will never have to worry about food prices

[DreamingFlurry]

I doubt they did profit! Their companies (or investments) are hit by this as well!

[Alastair Wallace]

​@DreamingFlurry offshore accounts.

[jon smith]

@Alastair Wallace How did Brexit benefit offshore accounts? They have always been there.

[1stfloorguy]

@DreamingFlurry well they are already rich so they really won't care. About food prices that is

[badda_boom]

Food prices are not from Brexit. If that were the case, then Brexit is responsible for a global food price hike.

[Brendan Walsh]

How did people ever think that leaving one of the world's big trading groups twenty miles from your front door was a good idea?

[skyblaze eterno]

Because people believe GB was popping up European countries and that we have always stood on our own 2 feet and never has had to import food

[AV]

@skyblaze eterno No, it was the people of England who thought that. Scotland and Wales want to stand alone, but Westymoinster will NOT allow it. I wonder why - (Electric, gas, fresh water, forestry, oil , multi billion exports which have to be counted as UK exports. Finally, that Scotland's taxes and total income has to go directly to Westminster which then allows Scotland to receive much less than half back for all of its expenses.)

[Doni Ramdoni]

@AV Scotland Wales ni doesnt exist

[Zeyad Saeed]

@Doni Ramdoni ah yes, all of britain is english and english alone. Totally not colonization.

[Ozan Erzos]

prawn chips.

[Milney]

One neglected detail is that the EU spends its funding from member states on poor areas within the bloc, not just on poorer countries. The UK's wealth is very centralised leaving some areas in the North and Southwest as the poorest in Northern Europe, these areas received funding from the EU which has been slashed since Brexit, for example Cornwall was to receive 100 million pounds per year in EU funding but post-Brexit will only get 44 million per year from the UK government

[Aletheia]

That's an internal political problem though. One which Labour will presumably remedy when they're in government next year. But it's something we can do for ourselves. It's not necessary to yoke ourselves to Brussels to achieve this.

[Milney]

It's a problem that the UK government is now less equipped to rectify given the massive hole brexit has blown in its tax revenues even if some hypothetical future administration is willing to try

[MrAvant123]

This isnt the fault of Brexit though

[Ealing Broadway]

I think some conservatives were motivated to exit the EU because of this redistribution to poorer parts of the UK. They then convinced those same people to vote for it.

[Jon Simmons]

it was UK money sent to brusseles, repacked with a EU sticker on it then sent back to cornwall

[Paul Fitzpatrick]

As an EU citizen, I wouldn't go to the UK anymore - France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Austria are much much better options with none of the BS

[Bigoun Big]

same

[Allan McInnes]

As a Scottish citizen from from birth in Edinburgh it's now obvious that Brexit was a disastrous mistake for the UK precipitated by misinformation and unfulfilled promises. The Ruling Class might also regret in great measure condemning the UK to a slow death in terms of economical and international political power. I rest my case.

[Ed Poletto]

Britain would be in a better position in the EU and the EU would benefit with Britain as a member.

[Gerard Flynn]

Saor Alba

[J. A. W.]

The Ruling Class never regrets anything. They're above the mere mortals. That said, are you family with the McInnes writer of 'Absolute Beginners' fame? Such a fantastic novel.

[Future Man 420]

Word. I think The UK is gonna fall apart sooner or later with you guys leaving first

[romanvampire]

as a belgian, it was clearly extreme unfair espicially to the scots.. the stay in UK vote, had as biggest argument that scotland would remain in the EU that way, without uncertain times trying to apply as new EU state.. witch would have been bothersome too, cause countries like Spain make it clear they don't want to accept countries that sepperated from a bigger EU country, cause of their catalonia situation.. but now... UK is already out, so scotland joining on it's own would pose less resistance.. so actually, Brexit made a future track for an independent scotland actually a lot better!

[Kevin Athans]

The problem with Democracy is that sometimes people make the wrong decision...

[Clive Wright]

By definition, all the time - according to the minority.

[Kevin Athans]

@Clive Wright Nah, sometimes the minority is with the majority.

[Newer Swagger]

60 million people CAN Indeed bé wrong.

[jason kingshott]

Exactly, that is why the EU electorate is not allowed to vote for their president similar to the Chinese system.

[POKENAR]

I distinctly remember a tagline being that "We'll be able to negotiate on *our* terms", so brexit always rang as an overinflated ego in my mind.

[VIRTUAL REALMS]

Being fed up with paying everyone else's expenses and having little or no say in it is NOT a sign of an overinflated ego.

[GLYDR]

@VIRTUAL REALMS Who's expenses did you have to pay for?

[Elias Bac]

@VIRTUAL REALMS still the same old song eh ? But now the lyrics please ! How did the UK “pay for everyone’s expenses and had nothing in return ? Did you watch the video or did you just hear “more money for the NHS” again ?

[paragorn]

@VIRTUAL REALMS Fed up with what? I mean you are paying for it now but you weren't before, but I guess a big red bus does make a good arguement /s

[caliph20]

That's sovereignty for you. "I don't want you to negotiate for me unless I ask"

[Marius Puiu]

I doubt tourism in the UK will ever recover to pre-brexit levels. It's just much easier to go to another country in the EU.

[Aaron Small]

So being apart of a big government including 2 big governments when you count parliament and the second being the EU was better if that's the case thank God I live in America where there's only one government and we can handle it except for our president right now apparently

[mikatu]

Except that the UK was never part of Schengen, therefore the tourism remains exactly the same, you still need to show your passport when you want to enter the country!

[Balls]

I live in one of the poorest areas in the UK and Europe. Brexit has been an absolute disaster for us, most of us can barely afford everything we need. Which is a separate area from England that everyone forgets about.

[BuildingAbout]

Strange... Since mostly poor areas voted in favour of brexit. Hull , stoke on trent , Sunderland etc

[GCS 88]

@BuildingAbout Yes maybe its a coincidence that people from poorer areas and the less educated seemed to have voted to leave, strange that...

[Bavarian Car Enthusiast]

@BuildingAbout yeah the poorest areas felt the hardest for the Brexit lies - go figure - I mean thats not a surprise is it?

[CaptainX]

3:49 You always needed your passport to enter mainland Europe. The UK was never part of the Schengen area. However, entering the Schengen area used to be much quicker as they basically just checked to make sure you were British and on you went, it didn't even need to be stamped. There weren't any customs checks.

[SPESS]

You could enter the UK with just a EU ID card before Brexit though

[RAFAEL SESEÑA]

Main difference is that before you did not need a passport if you had an European ID card. Now you need a passport to enter the UK from the EU. In most European countries ID's are mandatory so people only get or renew their passports if they are planning to travel outside the EU. No need for a passport even if travelling to Switzerland, Norway, Andorra, etc.

[Stephen Shilcock]

Slightly incorrect, you could travel with photo ID, such as a driver’s license.

[b r]

I might've needed my passport, but no one could stop me living abroad, unlike now.

[Steffen Schmitt]

You could travel and stay as long as you like. Now UK citizens are limited to 90 days (as visa on arrival) within 6 Months. Enough for a vaccation maybe, for work definately not. There are lots of british shipscrews in the Med facing issues.

[Jason O'Rourke]

I’m so glad I’m Irish. I live on this windy island of the United Kingdom and everything is rediculously high price wise. I just want Ireland to become united. I can leave and work anywhere at anytime but for those who didn’t want Brexit and didn’t vote it’s unfair for everyone who has lost their rights to live and work in EU and membership rights.

[Uchihasasuk5]

Good for you Jason. So many years of Ireland being the underdog. Now y’all get the longer end of the stick 👏

[Maskell Maolseachlainn]

I'm assuming you mean the northwest of Ireland (i.e. six of Ulster's counties)

[Redmond Peters]

A united Ireland seems to be more likely since Brexit. As an Irishman I think it should happen but it's probably not going to happen anytime soon.

[Dorpie]

unite with brexit or no brexit for Ireland because north- Ireland has brexit and the other not so??? how is that going to work.

[Nikolaucz Naum]

Good!

[John Ord]

It might happen sooner than you think as Sinn Fein are now the largest party, and the catholic citizens have outgrown the protestants.They will get their referendum

[Ealing Broadway]

@Dorpie The newly united Ireland would remain a member of the EU.

[MadTechnocrat]

@Dorpie i think the majority of northern irish wanted to stay in the EU, so i don't think this would be a problem for them. Also the religion kind of stopped being a problem some years ago, so that issue is also probably gone.

[Mike B]

If the UK rejoined the EU, they would almost certainly lose their exemption that let them keep the Pound Sterling. That alone might keep them out for much longer than polls might suggest.

[Spectacular Disaster]

Given that Russia's economy is growing faster than the UK, the Brits might bite the bullet on that

[Max Davis]

@Spectacular Disaster nah they won’t. Also Russia’s economy has a lot of room to grow.

[Spectacular Disaster]

@Max Davis When you're at rock bottom their is always room to grow

[A E]

In theory, but so should any new member. In practice they can delay it indefinitely. A Polish politician once said "Poland is six years from adopting the Euro, and it always will be."

[Max Davis]

@A E the EU will probably force any new states to adopt the euro.

[Hodak Teral]

The UK may want to rejoin the EU, but the prospect of that hinges entirely on the Union's desire to admit them. There is a lot of lingering resentment over the UK's feelings of entitlement and exceptionalism, not to mention good oldfashioned English arrogance (the fishermen mentioned are a perfect example), during the withdrawal negotiations that it may be a very hard sell to let the UK back in. Afterall what stopping them from changing their mind again, and cause even more headaches for the Union in 3-5 years time?

[Road Runner]

You can guarantee if the UK joined the EU it would heavily put a clause in to prevent them leaving, or should they do it they would be heavily penalised. There is plenty of hatred towards British / UK now since leaving the EU, I've seen plenty of comments on KZbin videos related to brexit about "letting them suffer" and that we made our own choice etc. I don't think UK would ever rejoin the EU no matter how bad situations become.

[DrJams]

This video is biased

[jasper pike]

​@DrJams absurdly so

[Geerlig Lecluse]

Correction: passport checks between the UK and the rest of the EU were NEVER skipped while the UK was still in the EU. That's part of the Schengen treaty and has nothing to do with the EU. In fact, there are several non-EU members of the Schengen treaty, like Norway, Swiss, Iceland and more.

[Anonymous]

Why wasn't the UK part of Schengen?

[Mark Simons]

@Anonymous Mrs Thatcher didn't like it.

[Ethan L.]

I’ve been living in the uk my whole life (unfortunately) and ever since brexit I can confidently say it’s been significantly worse here. I can’t wait to leave after I go to university

[sean doherty]

UK won't rejoin for at least a decade, if ever. The Brexit debate virtually tore the country apart and few people want to reopen it. The visceral hatred for the EU from the right wing in the UK is still there and the reprehensible way they behaved on the way out means very many in Europe have no interest in the UK returning and certainly not until they see clear signs that that group are a small minority with no chance of ever returning to power. As you said Brexit has gone fairly well for the EU. Their economies have thrived well since with many jobs and much investment that might have otherwise gone to or stayed in the UK coming to the EU instead. The dire state of affairs post Brexit in the UK has served as a warning to others who might have been considering it. That has strengthened cohesion in the EU dramatically. They are in no rush for the UK to join again.

[Rob Lyn]

I agree with the decade, but not the "if ever"

[Lloyd Naylor]

Hatred of Europe from the right wing! Explain the red wall . Unemployment in the UK stands at 3.8% very low compared to EU standards and there's a million job vacancies. There's no hatred of Europe, we just rejected the EU.

[n04n1m0u5]

@Lloyd Naylor Do not be happy about,,the million job vacancies'',even if some big mouth politician who's name begins with Fa... told you so. The economy is a balance ,and a fenomenon like the lack of working hands is fatal. Why? you would ask... Because the companies begin to compete with higher salaries to cover their vacant jobs,but in the same time,raising the prices to cover for the augmented salaries,that means the british curency devaluates,causing inflation. So you receive more money,but you will be able to buy less, and Inflation once started it's like a dog running in circles ,trying to bite it's own tail,breaking down the things in the house. So,i repeat myself,don't be happy about,,the million job vacancies''

[Julian Hall]

The main point of Brexit was for the Wealthy to avoid paying their tax , stashed in off shore accounts, new eu laws would have meant those accounts having to be declared.

[GG-Private]

Mr Dyson in mind anyone? He advocated for leave and immediately left for Singapore when Brexit happened.

[tazy97]

I’m surprised that they didn’t say one of the biggest reasons Scotland voted to stay in the UK. The biggest reason Scotland stayed was because they wanted to stay in the EU. It would have taken years for them to get back in so they stayed. Little did they know.

[Forsagebone]

Oh that is unfortunate

[Nick Castings]

So Scotland are just where they would have been anyway… oooops.

[Bomby Von Bomberson]

@Nick Castings The issue was the Leave camp at the time was spinning the threat of Spain refusing Scotland EU membership. Amongst a lot of other promises that the Tories broke under the agreement if Scotland chose to stay. If Scotland had chosen to go, it would have likely been through the application process and re-joined by the time the UK had left the EU. Which then would have made any sort of Brexit deal as stands even harder since there would be 2 land boarders with the EU, which goes against the hard leavers wishes. Why the NI boarder agreement took so long, on top of the delicate situation that NI is in anyway on top of that.

[London_Nomad]

I remember there was alot of other EU nations thinking of their own Brexit, like Denmark, France, Poland and Hungary. But now looking at the UK, their all very quiet.

[marcelo cipriani]

Same in Italy 🇮🇹 all those EU separatists have disappeared.

[Tada_WAV]

Most people in the UK know Brexit was a huge mistake but its become so politically toxic that neither party wants to address it. Even the Tories don't talk about Brexit anymore. Labour will not discuss it before the 2024 general election because it could backfire massively. I think we will have to wait another election cycle before there can be a serious discussion about re-joining the EU. The good thing is that support for re-joining the EU will only increase in the meantime.

[J Gard]

I live in Dover (UK) and voted the leave! What a waste of a vote though!? I can still see France on a clear day 😠 ☀️

[Jeff Zimmerman]

After all of these undeniable problems, I bet most Britons have united in recognizing their collective mistake and are looking for solutions - right guys? Guys? We're not still arguing over whether it was a good idea, are we...?

[BigHenFor]

Only the right wing client media in the UK are, and those who don't know better are.

[Dave Strider]

I would just like it if the country didn't break up, personally.

[Sander Fitzwilliam]

The problem is not only that the UK no longer benefits from the EU. As one of its largest partners, it has of course also lost the ability to steer the EU in to a more favorable direction.

[kasegi Yabu]

It never had that ability. On paper: yes. In practice: no.

[Uchihasasuk5]

@kasegi Yabu even less so now though…

[kasegi Yabu]

@Uchihasasuk5 Less than zero is still zero, meaning no change.

[John Snow]

​@kasegi YabuThe UK was one of the most influential countries in the EU and was very powerful in getting their way. What you might be describing is more a personal victim mindset to feel helpless although you can do anything you like.

[kasegi Yabu]

@John Snow What I *am* describing is an absence of ability to stop the evermore disconcerting slide into a communist dystopia. EU only tolerated UK for its financial contribution and to hinder any push to compete with Europe's economy.

[Ag456 6]

Grown up in London and to watch my country decline with my own eyes is so sad

[James Philip]

You’re in London. That’s why.

[jorge gonzalez-larramendi]

great kgb ratPutin work like trøn

[curezilla]

Try America my friend. It's ridiculous here right now.

[Tommy D]

The man with an American accent, telling us in the UK to be happy with a system that no one in his own country would ever have signed up to !

[0atheist]

"the EU enforced rules on sustainable fishing" 10 seconds later: "fisherman will fish less because of a lack of access to the single market"

[Daniel Large]

That and the fact they sold their licences to overseas companies. Talk about the tail wagging the dog.

[Clive Wright]

Actually, neither is true. The UK was prevented from declaring marine parks, as well as controlling the catch size, because these were powers reserved for the EU. The UK has already acted on this. UK fisherman are already landing record catches in some areas, because the UK now has a greater percentage of the fishing rights in UK waters. This will take some years to be 100% under UK control, but it has already started.

[David Palk]

@Clive Wright So a bit more control of fishing - an economic sector smaller than theatre for goodness sake - was worth all the negatives? And when you've caught those fish, exporting them is now far more difficult. Brilliant...

[Uchihasasuk5]

@David Palk grateful that you have the ability of long term thinking and foresight. The people who voted for Brexit do not. It’s about how much can I drain for myself in this very instant for these kind of folks

[Moshe Mizrahi]

As a Brit living in the EU, Brexit has ruined my life 😔

[YOYO]

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[kasegi Yabu]

How? The Agreement forces EU nations to treat Brits living in Europe as they would be if UK had remained.

[Eli Potter]

​@kasegi YabuI don't think so. They were given a window to apply for stuff like staying and driver's licences, but many chose to ignore it as they thought they were too special, and now don't have the money to be allowed to stay.

[Paul Anderson]

......then why don't you do the honest thing and become a citizen of wherever it is that you live.

[Moshe Mizrahi]

@Paul Anderson still years to come. If I could I would do it in the blink of an eye.

[Yankee Hussar]

The thing is a lot of these problems come from the weakness and complete lack of action on the part of the British government especially with the Torys. These issues weren't an inevitable consequence of Brexit but of the poor handling of the situation.

[Steve of the Dead]

The worst thing about Brexit is the number of people who still refuse to accept it was a bad idea and that we should be taking steps to rejoin as soon as possible if we want to come anywhere close to how good we had it back in 2015.

[Gary Smith]

There are a few errors. When the UK was an EU member there was still passport checks when travelling to say, France. But the checks were minimal, they were only really allowed to check you match the passport picture. Also, with regard to post brexit food imports, they are not doing customs / safety checks at the moment so at least importing food is not a problem.

[Nick]

Importing food not a problem. Tell that to my local greengrocer when he comes back empty handed from new Spitalfields

[Altrop_5544]

Well yeah I live in the EU and if I fly to a random country they will check my ID to see if it's me of course. Airports have a special status and it's a security thing. But I can stay, live and work in any of the 27 countries as long as I want. I kniw some people living the Van Life that just roam Europe and work here and there to pay fir their minimal costs, which is pretty cool, though not for me. Did these checks you mention also apply to going to france through the tunnel? I would have expected not since it's a road between 2 countries but maybe it has a special status just like airports.

[fatalityInOne]

Food imports are a problem, try to get a netherland tomato. A friend sent me videos of three supermarkets where he tried to get greens and there were basically none. Most EU members no longer export quickly expiring food, because they can expect at least a week of custom checks, not even from the EU side, but from the GB customs. Have you seen, how long the dover tunnel is backed up?

[Bryan Geake]

....we are not checking imports that may no longer are being produced to EU standards, its a smugglers charter!!! Recently some checks were done and sub standard meat was found!!! So, to say 'not a problem' is rather euphemistic!!

[All things AMAZING]

This is a prime example of brexit blindness, probably shops in harrods lol

[qo92]

Passport checks were always necessary between France and the UK as the UK was never in the Schengen area. However, there were minimal customs checks.

[POG]

I firmly think the EU should become a federation, and not just a union. The issues are 3 - we speak like 20+ different languages, most people (especially the older ones) are very patriotic and identify as their country before "European", and lastly - politics are so diverse that they would never come to an agreement xD

[Sharknadoclash]

It would be a dream come true, but as you said, our politicians wouldn't agree on anything 😂

[Nathan Clark]

The best part about out of touch older generations is they die out

[Emanuele]

I used to buy a lot of stuff from uk via e-commerce but the customs fees are now so high that I prefer buying from east Asia

[uwe in Hamburg]

Same for me in Germany - delivery time from Shenzhen in China is shorter now than from Liverpool also. The UK has thrown a lot of sand in their own gears...

[Jürgen Koks]

I used to order everything from UK and now I order everything from Germany, greetz from Estonia

[Sioioos]

@uwe in Hamburg Or...ask yourself why your own nation has made it easier to import from China than the UK?

[uwe in Hamburg]

@Sioioos One side's imports are the other side's exports! Nothing has changed in the economic relation China - Germany! Did anything you know of happen in the relation UK - Germany?

[collared]

@Sioioos its easier because china sends stuff as a "letter" rather than package. when you check your tracking code, it'll say shipment type is "Shipment type: Small packet/letter" letters and "proper" packages go through different channels in customs. so you're likely to pay less in import fees if it arrived as a letter, lol

[Princey]

Brexit probably happened to avoid britan having to give up its off shore tax havens in the commonwealth.

[Martini]

Not Off-shore Tax Havens of Britain but of the Super Wealthy British.

[Andreea S.]

For sure. Always see who profits from Brexit and who made the campaigns. Also who were behind the press funds that encouraged brexit

[David Collins]

so no EU countries have tax havens is that what you are aying?

[Eva C]

Bingo

[DC]

A fair few of my European friends left the UK after Brexit and I am just hoping that Scotland will become independent and can rejoin. People fell for the lies that Boris told - unbelievable!

[bhgtree]

One interesting note is that the Republic of Ireland has a agreement since Irish independence allowing free travel between the UK and Ireland (predating the Troubles in NI and going back before the EU was born 👶. I'm Irish and have relations from both sides of my family in the UK, several uncles and aunts went in the 1950's and 60's and settled down in the UK.

[Sneakykidugo]

But how come EU-Ireland free movement doesn't exist?...Ireland is EU right?

[Paul O'Hagan]

@Sneakykidugo EU-Ireland free movement does exist.The Irish can live/work etc. in the other EU countries and vice-versa.

[bhgtree]

@Sneakykidugo Are you thinking of Northern Ireland alone? The Republic of Ireland as EU member has free movement. That is one of the biggest problems of Brexit, having a border/no border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.

[Viqui Ben]

Bet your aunts and uncles are holding now an irish passport aren't they?

[bhgtree]

@Viqui Ben yes, by Irish law they would be entitled (Irish born) and so would my cousins (one Irish parent).

[Kbekla]

TBH in the UK the biggest thing affecting the lack of workers is the Benefit system being more lucrative than actually working. TBF the UK will come back its just toddler steps at the moment and toddlers fall on occasions what the UK needs is a solid reform and actually have everyone behind it rather than clutching to straws about being back in the EU, in theory once the leave payment to the EU that they demanded has been paid there will be a few more billion available in the kitty and we will see where we use it hopefully in a proactive way, although with our current group parties and leaders in the government cant see that happening anytime soon

[Bthsr71]

Here's the thing, even if the EU lets the UK back in, it probably won't be close to the position of prestige and influence they once had in the EU. They'll be going from a senior membership with perks to a junior membership on probation. Still better than going it alone, especially if the independence movements succeed, but it won't be as cushy anymore.

[V_Cpt- Phasma_V]

that fact alone will mean the UK NEVER rejoins the EU, the British people would never accept being treated as lesser than the likes of France or Germany, for the UK it would have to be the same position as before or better, neither side is likely to change their minds hence it never happens.

[Darren Smith]

I'm British and i wanted to remain in the EU this is one of the worst things this country has done, literally shot our selves in the foot!!

[Nikolaucz Naum]

Blame Merkel!!...

[Lucia Macakova]

@Nikolaucz Naum why?

[Sharknadoclash]

​@Nikolaucz Naum no, blame yourselves! You wanted to leave, don't blame others for your own decisions!

[Nemo]

The British people were conned into leaving the EU, before the vote we as given conflicting information and talking points to the point were many of us had no idea how to vote. I voted to stay because I didn't have the vital knowledge to make an informed choice. I just hope another referendum takes place to re enter the EU.

[Ian Hamilton]

Let's hope it's soon.

[Roger Andersen]

I believe there was another consequence: I've read that a lot of large financial and banking institutions are uprooting from England and going to Brussels and other Continental cities. And he who has the gold makes the rules.

[Astrée]

Mainly Amsterdam and Paris, also Berlin, not Brussels

[Stephen Derry]

For a British passport-holder, travelling from the UK to an EU country (or back) is not much different. You have to stand in the longer line, but generally just show your passport and get waved through (or use electronic gates) just like before. Once in the EU you can move around the Schengen area freely like anyone. Obviously if you are staying several months or looking to work things are MUCH more complicated now. We've never had ID cards in the UK that can be used in lieu of passports, and never had passport-free travel to any EU country other than Ireland. Visa-free, yes. Passport-free, no.

[Michael Kenis]

That is mainly because as you said, the UK doesn't have ID cards, while most EU, if not all, do. ID cards are used for various things, from purchases to identification in hospitals, government buildings and so forth. Since UK citizens don't have an ID, they always had to use their passport...

[quicksesh]

Actually there is one key difference and that is the 90 day limit in any 180 day period, that 90 days include any transit days as well. For some people who make frequent but short visits to the EU this is tripping them up. Oh and the 10 year expiry from date of issue (not the expiry date as shown on the passport) has been brought in for British passport holders.

[CwaveDave]

Travelling on holiday yes. Not a huge difference beyond not being allowed to bring meat across border etc Doing any kind of work, living or buying property or trading goods. Huge difference

[Lion Singh]

Lived in Germany and oft used my driving licence out and about.

[Jade Richardson]

I’m British and I’ve never heard a better summary of the damage of brexit 😂 it’s honestly awful and we haven’t seen the worst of it yet

[Matthew PD Lee]

If you was 'British' you would know your history.

[Jade Richardson]

@Matthew PD Lee What are you referring to?

[Matthew PD Lee]

@Jade Richardson I'm referring to the fact you've not got a clue in the slightest, if you was British, you would know the extent of the damage caused to this country since 1972, by successive governments. Not a single thing is correct in that video.

[V_Cpt- Phasma_V]

technically speaking we have seen the worst of it, brexit was always clear, the damage was immediate with the benefits coming later on.

[Stephen Flowerday]

As a Brit that's worked on farms and the NHS I knew this would be a disaster. I love my country, but also knew we were stronger in Europe. They were our main trading partners ffs. Gutted we left and hoping in time we'll be able to re join our continental pals 🤞

[P. de Zeeuw]

The best thing about brexit is that the EU has got rid of a member that was constantly annoying the others with cherry picking and opt-outs. If UK ever returns, the EU will never allow it again.

[Jon Simmons]

good!- albania and north macedonia are receiving Eu accession grants actually, their burgeoning economies, and technical window on science and manufacturing, plus their world class financial sector will be a boon to the lack lustre EU. added with freedom of movement, it will be excellant.. (lollor)

[Tada_WAV]

I think if the UK wanted to re-join the EU, they would get in relatively quickly. There's a political factor that nobody is talking about: Turkey is on track to to join the EU eventually, and when it does it will instantly become the most populous EU country and therefore hold the greatest political power within the EU parliament. Not only that but it will become a net beneficiary of the EU budget. The balance of power will shift away from France and Germany. If the UK re-joined the EU it would: 1) Reduce the economic burden on the EU net contributors. 2) Counteract the eastward shift in political power caused by the other candidate countries. 3) Bolster western-European influence within the EU.

[kasegi Yabu]

@Tada_WAV UK won't rejoin EU in its current form. The communist nature of the EU is a major obstacle to convincing a substantial percentage of Brits to vote for re-entry.

[Tada_WAV]

@kasegi Yabu The EU isn't communist

[kasegi Yabu]

@Tada_WAV Look at the EU's legislative structure. Compare the structure to that of the communist Soviet Union. Then tell me it isn't communist.

[gagaplex LPs]

The thing is - and I remember complaining about it years ago - the UK already was very selective about what cooperation with the EU to engage in and what not to. They were picking and choosing with the best advantages for their own country - not the community - in mind. Not exactly fair, but certainly their right. Yet despite this "Rosinenpickerei" resulting in very favorable deals that other EU countries could only dream of, they decided to leave. Their loss, honestly.

[gagaplex LPs]

Should the UK ever want to rejoin the EU (which I doubt, honestly), I would think such special deals should be off the table.

[Josipa G]

​@gagaplex LPs Not just should I am 100% that they would be off the table

[Jansen]

Brexit is the worst decision my country has ever made in living memory.

[Fearghas]

Lol, not even close

[shenanigans]

Name any other political or economic decision in your dim witted memory Jansen ( Nordic Brit ha! )

[GCS 88]

Atleast maybe in the next few year You can live in the same dimension as Your vault boy pp.

[Just Herby]

"Long time rival" is certainly one way to describe Anglo-Irish history.

[BlackDoveNYC]

I thought the same thing. Here’s to euphemistic descriptions.

[John Dooley]

@BlackDoveNYC 1169 Norman invasion was a "special military operation"

[Naraya Suiryoku]

@John Dooley we do a little trolling.

[Piedra Blanca]

hating the english is for the cultured people of the world

[Ezra De Guzman]

That or we have to admit Gundam writers were geniuses because in their shows, when the world forms into EU-like superstates everywhere, half the time Britain and Ireland go off and join a US-led superstate. That gets super complicated because 1) they've got a few huge island butted up against the EU and 2) if there's some kind of instability it's because the US super-state is the Monroe Doctrine plus Britain and Ireland, so basically it's the Ph-US War but with robots instead of people who just showed Spain that line infantry combat was long dead.

[Oscar O'sullivan]

Gundam?

[Aemaeth]

Qual versão do Gundam? What version of Gundam?

[Ezra De Guzman]

@Aemaeth the 2000s series - Seed, Destiny, 00.

[Aemaeth]

@Ezra De Guzman obrigado! Thank you!

[Ivan Bitunjac]

I feel sorry for all those who voted to stay, but at the same time I find videos like these strangely comforting. Just happy to be a part of the EU

[Edward Todd]

Biggest mistake ever - totally upset, angry and frustrated at how this happened 😢

[dean wright]

Why?

[catchaplie]

@dean wright you missed the video you are commenting under?

[Jack Kruese]

As a Brit I couldn’t agree more.

[Michael Mouse]

Britain lost an empire and has yet to find a role.

[Netto]

It was a scandal that such an important and complicated issue was allowed to be put to the public at all in the terms it was. It doesn’t help that the British public, like many other Western countries, is overwhelmingly thick, ignorant and xenophobic.

[Lennis01]

Be careful. Your elitism is showing.

[Netto]

@Lennis01 I fail to see the problem. Walk down any British high street and tell me you want the sundry mouth breathers you encounter deciding on complex economic and political matters.

[Netto]

It’s a representative democracy, which means we elect representatives to work out the details on our behalf.

[Uhorky Zavárané]

Wow who would have thought it would be actually bad to leave cooperation pact of 27 states? wow!

[HGHam]

For a country that doesn't really have legal gun ownership or even a massive problem with them, we really did shoot ourselves in the foot.

[AVoiceOfOpinion93]

Saying this as a Brit myself, leave it to the Little Englanders to achieve the impossible by shooting themselves in the foot even without a gun. Maybe they used a longbow instead?

[Bill Pugh]

Still to many nutters with legal guns though!

[Sierra Tango]

@Bill Pugh How so?

[Gordon]

Facts make your point mute

[Bekzadbek Nasirakhunov]

To be honest, it seems that all of these economic challenges can be solved rather easily from an outside point if view. For once there is a really big line here in Kyrgyzstan to work in British farms, they are replacing Eastern European workers. As long as they have money, people will come to work. I'm guessing it is just the beginner friction, which is bound to happen with any beginning. The only big problem they seem to have is an increased bureaucracy from EU.

[Conn Clissmann]

😂😂😂 Any challenges or difficulties are still "bureaucracy from EU" years after Brexit "got done". How can that be so?

[Eli Potter]

I agree the UK is going to have to draw workers from further away, but they British thought they themselves would get all the jobs once the EU workers were all sent home.

[Sean Clark]

I am convinced that within my lifetime England will rejoin the EU. It will be a long long time before that happens but I genuinely believe it will.

[Pelinore Geryon]

Dang! that'd be cold, leaving a club then rejoin leaving Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on the outside, almost evil 😁 I'm sure you meant to say the UK 😉 On balance I don't think so though, I'm not even sure the EU won't lose other members within the next two decades.

[BeastieBean]

@Pelinore Geryon I really hope the EU would't abandon the 48% of the population that voted to stay, maybe even allowing us to rejoin somewhat with an agreement similar to Norways. Still can't believe we left.

[Pelinore Geryon]

@BeastieBean There's nothing stopping anyone from the UK that wants to from immigrating to an EU country and my guess is that's pretty much the attitude the EU will have by now (ie 'if it matters that much to you just immigrate to the EU') and I doubt you'll be able to expect any special effort beyond that from them as a result .. the paths there, the door is open and clearly marked for those who want it and they're welcome to use it so the onus is on them > is I imagine how the EU looks at it by now .. you can't reasonably expect any more from them to be fair. I mean what else do you think they *can* do for you? .. land a military task force at Dover and march it to Westminster to arrest parliament and reverse Brexit? 😁 I can't believe it either, but in the interests of full disclosure, I'm glad we did 🙂

[Max Gain]

leaving one of the biggest single markets in the world was the dumbest thing Uk has ever done , how was that a great idea to begin with ?

[Tophat Owl]

He says "much of this can be attributed to covid" to many times for places where its not applicable. The UK is slower to recover from covid and the ukraine war than any other western country with a growth rate where poland is on course to over take them.

[Luriel Yedidyah]

That's because they already now how the people in the comments works

[Marcomanseckisax]

Stimmt alles. Das UK kommt nicht umhin, den Anschluss mit der EU erneut zu suchen. Diesmal jedoch ohne Thatcher-Extrawurst. Aber das passiert nicht, ohne dass auf der Insel ziemlich viel Porzellan zu Bruch geht. Am Ende (ca. 10 Jahre) kommt (zunächst) eine Norwegen-Lösung, so schätze ich das ein.

[TheKingLeper]

A good video but the EU is not the Schengen; travelling to the Schengen from the UK always required documents and going through border control. The same still holds true for Ireland which is an EU member state but not a part of the Schengen area. Also as an American who has lived in the EU for 15+ years, you don't need to 'learn another language' to visit the EU, virtually everyone speaks English; with the frequent exception of French people.

[Vũ Nguyễn Long]

This! Man this is so true, i toured Europe recently and was suprised at how little English the French spoke, like i had absolutely no problem using English back in Spain or Germany, but France seems to dislike the language for some reasons.

[Qnexus]

@Vũ Nguyễn Long because the french call the computer ordinateur and the bicycle velo and so on. if they're too proud to use a non french word, its expectable that they're too proud to speak english of all languages.

[Sebastien Gunn]

Didn't you learn another language whiles being in the EU ? It would have been a great opportunity. I can't believe someone could live in the eu without bothering trying to learn at least one of its languages, or learn a bit of multiple languages. I mean europeans make the effort to learn english, why not reciprocate that out of respect and learn another ? (I'm British btw, I respect europeans so much in their efforts to please anglophones like us, but in my opinion, the same efforts should go the other way).

[Derrick Bridges]

Shenengen, iceland,norvey,Danemark.

[Lucas Silva]

The French have no obligation to speak English with you. In their country people speak French and there's nothing wrong with that.

[Salaas]

On the topic of farming and fishing some bits were missed or misrepresented. The main issue for the fishing industry was that the local population did not like the fish caught in British waters so normally it was exported to Europe. The fish the British population liked was in turn caught in European waters and imported. With brexit the imports of fish continues mostly unaffected as the UK has little to no checks in place (they would have shortages of everything if they imposed checks) While exports to Europe are hindered by all the new checks. For farming the UK never made enough to feed itself hence why it imported massive amounts of food from Ireland. British farmers are suffering from dwindling financial supports (EU schemes and grants haven’t been replaced fully by the uk government) lack of a workforce since all those crying over jobs robbed by forgeigners don’t want to do the actual jobs and in some cases where they export to Europe have extra checks which results in food spoilage.

[myrddraal]

interesting, im an american so i wouldnt know: why don't they like the fish from their own waters vs those from EU?? is it the type of fish? btw fun fact: here in minnesota the king of fish n chips is the walleye... often american style restaurants and british/irish style pubs will serve a cod version and a more expensive walleye version

[James Buchanan]

As a Scottish person that lived in Mainland Europe at the time of the Scottish Independence and Brexit votes, I believe that Scotland will be an independent country by 2030 and then will apply to join the EU again. That will then mean that Northern Ireland will go independent, or join a United Ireland and the United Kingdom will collapse.

[Justforseeing]

Then hopefully the EU can pay for Scotlands education and healthcare

[James Buchanan]

@Rikki C Rich oil grounds in Scottish waters, already planned freeports and a developing biotech industry will comfortably cover that.

[proudream]

I'm not British but I live in the UK and I do not see that happening by 2030. Some Scottish people might want that, but nah not realistic.

[john jephcote]

Scotland should do a UDI....unilateral declaration of independence. The Scottish regiments would not fight their own country and the rest of the army would not invade Scotland again ...after the horrors of 1745.

[Jackie Haigh]

The UK is not divided into 'regions.' Scotland, England, Wales & Northern Ireland are the 4 separate countries that make up the UK. Only England voted for Brexit; the other countries didn't but because England is the biggest country & they counted all the votes of the UK together, Brexit won and went ahead.

[quicksesh]

One thing has to be said. The real reason for Brexit being pushed so hard by some of the politicians was that the EU were going to introduce a tax law that would have penalised these politicians but more so some of their rather shady non domicile benefactors. They wanted out as they wanted to maintain theirs and their friends cosy lifestyle and stuff the rest. It was an easy sell as parts of Britain suffer from rampant xenophobia, so the chant of “British jobs for the British” was manna from heaven for them.

[Eva C]

Yep.

[Liberty&Justice67]

Brexit was the triumph of “little England” mentality that may result in England going it alone as the other constituents of the United Kingdom wanting to remain in EU.😢

[shenanigans]

With a Referendum the people of the UK narrowly voted to Leave the EU. Do you remember?The vote actually had little to do with Europe and was more a kick in thr proverbials to the ruling class in Westminster. when will that simple fact enter and reverberate in your thick head? One day.. when the conditions are right the UK may vote to join the EU . Respect the vote

[Matthew]

Living in the USA I can’t imagine trying to break out of the EU. While my country is not in it, it would be like Texas following through on its many threats and trying to break off. Just wouldn’t work out well for anyone, but would hurt Texas the most. Though these days a disturbing number of Conservatives in our government think breaking up the country is a GOOD thing.

[Matthew]

@Carlos Furtado yeah that’s happened few times in recent years. Governor of course said everything was fine. Was fine that they allow the natural gas companies to not weatherize their pipelines and equipment to prevent from freezing up to save massive profits. Had zero to do with owner of one of the bigger ones from donating very heavily to his campaign. Fine that even if the main transmission lines work, doesn’t mean any other part of the electrical grid can handle the extreme weather.

[Ruy]

I remember something similar happened about 150ish years ago, things didn't go well.

[Sotch]

Texas would be way worse than uk Uk brexit did so badly in good part because their actual government and parties aren't able to discuss good plans and only check for immediate popularity wich they didn't even get They passed upon multiple prime minister since 2 years Brexit could have been much much less damaging, but it was only made with popularity in mind

[Rafal Pilat]

The difference is USA is a single country, while the EU is an international organization of sovereign states. We never agreed to give up our sovereignty to the EU

[Jocker]

althought i didn't like the UK leaving i still think we should give them atleast a decade before judging if it was right or wrong. i doubt it'll be better than before but maybe they can make it work.

[joeyfotofr]

You missed one of the most visible costs of Brexit. The loss of significant integration of the English language in EU communications and in Europe in general. As a native English speaker (well American which Brits consider technically English), I may notice that more than most people but it is important for a much wider distribution of reasons than concern me...jt

[Suhel Mullick]

english needs to be replaced by other european languages

[Doni Ramdoni]

​​@Suhel Mullick Russian seem ready for that

[Gregg George]

​@Suhel Mullick love me french luv me Hungarian bonname

[Eli Potter]

There's still Ireland.

[Ivailo Nachev]

English is still a big thing not because of UK but instead USA plus it is one of the major international languages alongside French and to some degree Spanish because of Latin America and to some small extend Chinese because you know why. German language is confined to central Europe for the most part and will most likely stay that way. Russian will never be a thing currently because of the war Putin unleashed on Ukraine. You miss something else as well just because a language is studied in school it doesn't it is spoken well. I can guarantee you that English is spoken leagues better in the Netherlands than my country Bulgaria in which some people think they know English but they are maybe around A1 or A2 level at best. What makes you think people are willing to learn grammatically difficult languages like French or German? Aside neither France or Germany are doing exactly hot right now. I don't see English being replaced considering it is easier to learn and it is backed by countries like USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada even if we put UK aside including the fact it is already spread and spoken by people around the globe and this is will keep pressure in EU as well.

[Michael Quinn]

This is the kind of KZbin video you produce when you do your research on KZbin.

[Devious Verendus]

Most of these issues are easily solvable if corporations just pay properly. Lacking a vulnerable foreign workforce to exploit is a well deserved problem for exploiters

[Max Versteeg]

Can be, but they will surely adjust their prices to compensate. Blaming corporations for complex problems is easy (and for good reason) yet solving these problems will need strong regulation. If you expect business owners and corporations to move against their own interests for the greater good is naive you will be in for a long wait.

[nb518!]

Interestingly, according to the 2021 census, Northern Ireland is now mostly catholic. This meant that on the centenary of the provinces' formation as a protestant state for a protestant people, it's now a catholic state.

[Dim Wit]

they still overwhelmingly want to remain part of the UK though.

[Czybmnxn]

They now have the greatest deal out of everyone. The new NI deal means they get the best of both worlds, which could also bring billions into the UK each year as this is very attractive to businesses.

[BrokenSoldier]

@Czybmnxnthis deal is actually going to push NI towards EU, as they will make sure their laws are more in-line with EU thus making their products expensive for GB to import

[Myles Gallagher]

@Dim Wit Actually ~50% want to remain part of the UK according to polls.

[Cantriple Plays]

@BrokenSoldier not really, all the new deal did was loosen restrictions

[mmadmic]

As a Belgian, I have to problem to go to Spain, Italy, or Greece for a citytrip or a few day, just need my ID card and a few euros, living at the French border, I do a lot of my grocery in France as it's cheaper, but I stopped to visit UK since Brexit as it's became a nightmare, borders, passports, currency exchange ... Before food were not good but at least there were food ... I work in a company organizing events all across Europe, before Brexit, we had at least two event per year in the UK, but now, we've stopped as it is too complicated and expensive.

[Adamast]

A passport (+ETA) and another currency is not exactly highly complicated or a nightmare.

[mmadmic]

@Adamast Indeed, but for a weekend, I don't want to lose my time and money in administrative stuffs when I can just buy my tickets and go wherever I want without worrying about passport, money exchange and other things that just didn't exist a few years ago. If the Britons reject Europeans, why as an European, am I supposed to spend my money for them ?

[Lloyd Naylor]

Nightmare, borders , currency controls incase you didn't know we had the pound even in the EU, we were not part of the EU open borders, incidentally like the Republic of Ireland. As for the silly comment, at least there was good , my biggest complaint when visiting a British supermarket is the staff blocking the aisles stuffing more products in the shelves.

[Lloyd Naylor]

@mmadmic we didn't reject Europeans or Europe we rejected the EU. Please, you are more than welcome to visit.

[Sharknadoclash]

​@mmadmicgood point. They rejected us, why should we spend their currency there?

[anest-uk]

Wonderful animations - just love the way everyone wiggles around, makes all the difference. p.s. how do you get 500k views???

[robert wagner]

Very sad UK left, but I hope UK will still do well. I like the people and culture. Maybe one day we can unite again.

[GCS 88]

LOL no. They made their bed.

[Marlin Perkins]

Brexit was the worst possible own goal. It was boneheaded, and obviously wasn’t going to improve anything in the UK. Unless it’s reversed, the UK will wither to irrelevance.

[mrfarenheit0323]

Brexit always struck me as an emotional decision.

[Eoin Burke]

The multi year process is only waiting for their legislator to align all of their laws with the eu's. Thats why some eastern European countries got in far quicker than others. As of now there are over 17,000 EU laws inherited in the UK. So the more they review and change in the next few years the longer it will take. But as it stands, it pretty much a matter of negotiation to be let back in.

[New Forest Pony]

That's why our legislator is going to get a shock at the next general election. Reform UK will rise as fast as the Brexit party if they go against the will of the people. We are very strong willed.

[Eoin Burke]

@Herrierecordsinc Thats the UK, not Scotland, they never wanted any of this.

[Staffan Johansson]

I'm thinking that regardless of how aligned the UK laws are with the EU, it's going to be hard for them to get back in - at least without an extremely strong commitment in a referendum. Brexit might have been more damaging to the UK, but it wasn't good for the EU either, and the whole process has taken a lot of money and effort that could have been directed elsewhere. We don't want to do that again any time soon. It would probably be more appropriate to rejoin the single market through EFTA/EEA first, rather than actually joining the EU.

[Eoin Burke]

@Michael Kelly you don't know if all countries would say no. The punishment of removing their special opt outs and the contribution reduction Margret Thatcher negotiated, plus the damage they caused to their own economy would be punishment enough and the benefit of getting them back is huge unlike any that are in the pipeline that will cost a whole lot of money to make them contributers.

[Michele Rossi]

it was never possible to travel to the UK without passport. They were never in the so called Schengen Area (the countries that abolished borders). The difference is that previously EU citizens had the right to travel to the Uk and live and work there. Now EU citizens still have the right to travel to the UK but not to settle down and work there (and of course it goes both ways)

[Power Smite]

You are incorrect. EU citizens have ID cards and before Brexit we could enter the UK with an ID card. People in the UK don’t have them.

[hedonaut]

I think the veil is slowly falling from the eyes of Brexit voters. The main goal of Brexit was to empower the xenophobic left and right. Xenophobia isn't a good reason for hobbling the economy.

[Eli Potter]

And if people in UK are xenophobic, they're going to be welcoming people from poorer, further away countries than EU because they still need more workforce.

[Matthew]

We didn't cross regularly. I live in the north and have never crossed the English channel via the tunnell & some (me) would never cope driving on the opposite side. The CTA with ROI was and is much more used

[Giovanni Rossi]

It was not diffcult to see that already before brexit. In a World where you try to remove any slow down of your business (taxes, burocracy, distances, etc.), "smart" Brexiters decided to go in the opposite direction. How you can think that your business is better if restricted to an island instead to a full continent?

[William]

Why did we leave? 😢 I loved Europe.

[Grunyit MacQuethal]

We left the European Union, not Europe. We left to take back control of our laws, borders and commercial policy

[akhs denlew]

you're still in europe don't worry. Unless if you turn your island into a giant boat and you float away in the sunset.

[dangriff12]

People care about the laws imposed upon them from Europe. Until you ask them to name a law they don't like. Then their argument collapses.

[Jozztime]

@Grunyit MacQuethal You definitely voted leave.

[Shaun Patterson]

I was 16 when the Brexit vote came around. Even at that young age, as naive as I was, I could see leaving one of, if not THE biggest, single market was a huge mistake. I resent every person that voted Leave, even more so the greedy opportunists pushing the idea.

[Sioioos]

You are only young, but if you resent the opposing view in a democratic vote every time it doesn't go your way, you won't have many friends left.

[Bastian Bux]

Don't worry, when your own kids are 16, you might see a Brentry. Sadly it won't be much earlier than that, as England clearly has to hit rock bottom first. Plus us europeans will also need some time to forgive all the lies sputtered by the brexetiers. But I'm quite certain, Russia and China will do their best to "encourage" the british people to search safety in numbers. And as talked about in the video, moving to NI or SCO might speed up that process for you personally.

[muddylondon]

How did you come to the conclusion that inflation is improving in Europe? I can say, first hand, that it's out of control here in France.

[joeyfotofr]

You must buy groceries here.

[Sam Watkins]

We have a similar movement here in the US with Texas. Hopefully, those proponents of that here will learn from this.

[SamI Am]

They won’t. I’ve heard other states have started the same talk. It all comes down to politicians promising things they can’t deliver and the average citizen not understanding the ramifications if they leave.

[Doni Ramdoni]

Freedom for Texas 👍

[Qweakers]

C’est vous qui voyez mais vous avez un grand territoire et beaucoup de ressources et de la place en Europe il y a du monde pas trop de place et pas trop de ressources

[Doni Ramdoni]

Texit is real

[Dorpie]

It's not due to covid because the EU also had covid so.. can not be the cause of it. The only thing the UK has different is the brexit and how they deal with things. I am indeed one of the Europeans that wanted to go to London for once, but when I saw what I had to take with me which I didn't yet have I decided to go to Rome instead.

[Martin Martin]

Despite having less labour force and exports being damped a bit more, I do not see major points where Britain would suffer, to be fair. The other points are all rather minor things.

[Max Gordge]

It should have never been to a public vote. We vote for people to make big decisions for us because they’re better informed… most said it was a bad ideas. But with misinformation and emotion it was left to the people to decide on something they knew nothing about. Nothing about the consequences, nothing about the cost. I think Europe should have some reforms, but leaving totally shot us in the foot.

[Benjamin Lynch]

Honestly surprised this didn’t turn into a video on how Brexit is going to help/hurt Ukraine win their war.

[Comfy Culture™]

LOL

[DDubb007]

Hahahaha yes. Dude sounds American, his content shows otherwise.

[Super Raegun]

It will hurt Ukraine, as The UK is one of its bigger supports and the lack of UK influence in The EU has meant that they haven't been able to push for tougher sanctions from The EU. To be clear, there are other countries in Europe, particularly eastern Europe, whom The UK could caucus with in that regard. This might help understand why Putin ran a campaign to get The UK out of The EU.

[Entropy]

Or Brexit's effect on climate change 😂. This video is so biased and basic which is a shame as I usually like these cartoons.

[Splashmedz Ankhoman I]

​@Super Raegun UK should keep out of eu

[Andreas Cassinides]

Another Brexit anniversary is coming up this month so it’s important to celebrate this great milestone.

[ozzie2612]

Rarely has a country shot itself in both feet with such enthusiasm.

[c. guibbs123]

The last time, perhaps, was when Germany declared war to the USA...after invading USSR !

[Lloyd Naylor]

Nope, no shots where fired, it was a democratic decision but as most Europeans have lived under Communist or fascist rule I can imagine that's difficult for you to comprehend.

[ozzie2612]

@c. guibbs123 yes and we know how that ended

[ozzie2612]

@Lloyd Naylor and the benefits from doing it was ?

[ozzie2612]

@Lloyd Naylor and my first comment remains valid

[ボロ EU]

I wish you good luck Scotish friends! I hope you can come back to the EU family!

[Andrew Brennan]

The census in NI is now majority Catholic, but that's a reductionist identity marker regardless. What's more important is that it's an artificial statlet or a region, not a province or country - the distinction demarcates a great deal about its creation, function, and future.

[Lloyd Naylor]

It's a country, one of four that makes up the UK.

[Andrew Brennan]

@Lloyd Naylor not a country under any international or historical criteria - sorry.