Do BRITS MISS the EUROPEAN UNION? | Easy English 177
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Fortunately, the voices in Denmark who were talking about a Dexit have been throughly silenced. No one is talking about leaving the EU now.
X2 in Portugal .......love Danmark by the way
@@antonioguerreiro1615 I just wished the Dutch were as smart.
@@julianneheindorf5757 same here in Finland. The populist Finns party have it in their objectives to leave the EU and drop the Euro. They were utterly defeated in the EU Parliamentary elections last month, support falling from 3 MEPs to just one. They pick up support from some only because of their anti immigrant rhetoric .... almost nobody wants to leave the EU or the euro currency.
Especially after seeing the destruction done to the UK.
There is no way in hell that there will be an Eirexit.
You're welcome... I guess.
I'm a UK passport holder and I moved to France on 31st Dec 2020 to retain some of my EU rights.
I am very angry that many of my former work colleagues who voted for Brexit were Irish passport holders. They thought it was funny that they could vote but wouldn't be affected. One person in a different department was Australian, he was permitted to vote (for Brexit) then he went back to Australia.
Oddly over a million UK citizens living in the EU were not allowed to vote.
I recall when Brexit was being pushed, commentators like Max Keiser said that leaving the EU WOULD cause hardship
that going it alone WOULD cause hardship, but that that hardship of rebuilding your own economy would be outweighed by the independence from EU rules.
The only reason I liked Max Keiser was because he and his partner Stacey Herbert spoke out against Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) caused by the fossil fuel industry and selfish consumers' car dependence.
So, my question is: how many, how much of those predicted benefits of being free from EU rules came to pass?
Uk people be play with emotion sentiment, issue of immigration, Brussel and Islam, to made people vote to leave EU, British people vote because of fear and false information give by Farage and others, people who dont have information and knowledge with vote out of EU, the price will go up because of alot papper work, permit etc so price will go up, and fishermen who want to control all water, now they cant sell fish at EU anymore, that what happen when you play with sentiment, racism, immigration and blame other country and religion, Brexit will created more Scottish to become own independent country, thank it happen before Brexit. North Ireland and Scotland will broke from UK in future, price of food, goods etc will go up, UK will more Isolated with support Israel genocide in Gaza it created more global south hate UK, UK leader destroyed the country Farage, Douglas Murray, Tommy Robison are people who will destroyed Uk Just like racist Hitler and Mussolini done to their country. after EU DID UK Immgrant from middle east, sub-sahara africa, india and china stop??? NOO it become more worse did Uk health care become more better??? did UK currency and economy do good today??
@@theultimatereductionist7592 ...so far he has been proven simply wrong!
I very Sorry that Britaon Is out of EU.I Always loved everithing British,they are really so part of Europe,especially culturally. I want them back! I am italian,by the way.
That last thing you say about leave Britain, lose your vote is entirely fair or I'd be allowed to vote in every UK constituency where I've ever lived. About 9!
I'm a Brit living in Austria. I came back to visit my family the thing I noticed (amongst a few things) was the lack of staff at pub restaurants. It use to be a night out and you had waitress serving you. Now apart from bringing out the meals you did it all, get the menu and your knife, fork and spoon then go back into the bar to give over your order AND PAY FOR IT. When I asked why the change the girl told me. A lot of the staff when COVID came they went back to their countries and because of Brexit they just found it too much hassle to come back.
That’s a really good spot… and tip you have there. Isi and I have had to tell a few tourists that are just sitting, waiting to be served, they need to go up to order. 👍
It’s the same reason, I will have to leave the UK soon. I’ve been absent for a long time during Covid, and because of that an extension for my pre-settled status will not be granted. In addition, I do not think applying for a visa is worth it as there are better opportunities in the EU.
So, Europeans that are facing these challenges are being called to make the rational decision to leave the UK.
Laughable some restaurants have been doing that long before Brexit.saves on there costs!!
Poverino all'inglesino hanno tolto la servitù..... 🤡
@@martinrye712No doubt. When costs increase the number of people doing the same tasks decrease. I saw that in Latine America. They have more people for something that in Europe we would use half the people or even less.
Some naive people in the comments saying "you can come back whenever you wish". No. It's fine to accept the UK back, but not under the same conditions. It would being a blatant disregard for every other country still in the EU.
If the UK would accept the Euro, for example, then maybe. Otherwise you are setting up a bad precedent for everyone that just shows contempt for the EU. Not that it's a draconian state or anything........but as an institution, that represents a GROUP effort....you can't just have members do a 180º arguing they lose their sovereignity etc...and not have ANY consequences.
It's not going to happen,I personally don't know one person that's changed there minds about brexit.remoaners just need to get over it.
@@martinrye712
Right!
We don't need toxic toddlers over here
Stay on turd island.
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Sounds like you want to punish ordinary British people for the mistake of some old people? It is 8 years since that vote. Some of the elderly that voted for it are dead. Do you really think punishing the English helps young people in Europe? I see your moniker is French. Quelle surprise. A French person sticking the knife into the English. Young people have moved beyond this nonsense.
@@martinrye712 You cannot know many? I know plenty of people who voted Brexit who realise not one aspect has been realised. What was it Boris said "oven ready"? Oven ready what exactly?
That is why it will be more difficult to persuade the British public to rejoin the EU. At the moment they do not realise they won't be returning to the old terms. Brexit may be more permanent than many think. The mess Remainers got us into is going to be more difficult to get out of than they realise.
I got poor. Has been harder to get ends meet.
Every week I find at my local supermarket empty shelves.
I had complait about it and I was told by the manager that before brexit they had two big trucks delivery goods everyday. Now they just get one truck.
He told me "blame f**king Brexit".
My cat needs to take medication that comes from the EU. I had waited 3 weeks for medication to get delivered. I had to start buying 2 month supply every time I ordered it on line.
What empty shelves, you clown?
That won't change your situation but I'm really sorry. This is tragic.
Maybe go and live in your wonderful EU shambles.
That's awful. So sorry
There is an assumption that the UK could return to the EU with the same privileges that they had and indeed rejected before. It will not happen because the EU will insist on the UK proving their capability of being non-disruptive.
Margaret Thatcher negotiated hard when joining the EU …and managed to have a great status inside the Union. Theresa May struggled and was unable to make an honorable Brexit till the magician Boris came along and “made Brexit happen “ . Wonderful statesmanship! Now the UK NHS is the best funded , best staffed , best managed Health system in the world…. Right ?
Recently drove to Scotland from Berlino, crisscrossed England, and across the isle the folks we talked to had a real melancholy permeating their words. Beautiful landscape & lovely people, but there was much despair & longing to be elsewhere when I mentioned whence we came.
Hope it can eventually get sorted out.
Half the country is sad that we left the EU. The other half is sad that leaving didn't stop immigration. The whole country seems to have lost it's sense of humour
You might missing EU after voting Brexit but EU is definately not missing UK , we can honestly say we are finaly relevead such a pain in our ass is finaly gone .
GDP has gone up, total population has gone down, homelessness has gone dow, yeah, the EU seems better off
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Arrogant,selfish,prejudist,racist english😂😂😂😂
EU is doing very well thank you! Looking forward to Scotland joining shortly
UK had some special rebates during their stay in the EU. This will never happen again. No UK Governemt can afford to rejoin EU with worster conditions as it was before Brexit. Brexit was a loose-loose situation for UK and I am unhappy that UK left EU. Maybe Scotland will return separately to EU. I am half German and half Italian, born and living in Germany, speaking both languages. I like to have this different cultures, food, beverages and way of living, same money more or less everywhere in the EU. It makes life better and easier.
@@mikedutch6113 Scotland is part of the UK and we always will be.
No one fesses up to having voted to leave the EU. Who voted then? Same scenario with Trump!
Trump is crazy and clown!,,,
Go to Jaywick and other parts of Essex. You'll find loads of proud Brexiteers who will tell you how they voted for Brexit & tell you how great it's going
Although dont forget that only less than 50% of the population actually voted, the small excess that made majority that voted leave have since died, leaving the voting population overwhelmingly remain and, there are lots of people like me, who couldn't vote, because at the time I was a few months too young, and now im 25, living with a Brexit I didn't ask for.
@LunaLuna-jz1uq both are bad…how about a maximum age of 65 to run for President….two terms would still see them into their mid-seventies.
What‘s happening right now in the states is a geriatric joke
@LunaLuna-jz1uq well, at least economic data of the USA seem to be looking quite good. Given the circumstances I think the current government has fared quite well.
I think we Europeans should make a monument to Brexit, "never have so few given such a great gift to so many".
This is pure gold
09:06 Sorry, I don’t mean to be rude. But do European really care about this? I’m from Sweden and at least here people don’t care about it because we think it’s not our business to interfere with your sovereignty. Only time there’s been discussion is because of the UK government blaming us for their own mistakes and poor agreements at the exit. Otherwise no hard feelings or anyone care about it! 🤙🏻
I made 210 people redundant and moved my production to France ...... Was impossible to export with Brexit !!!!
What people missed was many of those NHS millons from the bus we generated by the trade exchange with the rest of EU members. But much like rich individuals, rich countries tend to think they are the sole source of their own wealth.
Apparently the bus we ass read as a statement was a an if and maybeee literally if ppl had asked, EXPLAIN the bus it would have been harder for them.
1:55 I will never not find it strange when people use “Europe” to mean continental Europe. But then again I am from “Europe”. 😂
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Being on the European Continental shelf, Britain is geographically a part of Europe... However, historically and politically it has always been separate... Until the British people accept and embrace their European heritage, they will always remain an island race, wary of the potential threats from across the water...
@@AaRr-bn3xx this mindset of saying Europe in the UK and not meaning themselves is exactly the main reason Brexit was even possible in the first place
@@lynnm6413 Not sure I fully understand your point ?
@@AaRr-bn3xx really?
As a German, we were deadlyannoyed by the endless cherry picking and blockage the UK did while in the EU, only looking at possible opt-outs and ‚special solutions‘, reducing the idea of the ‚EUROPEAN PROJECT‘ to keep war from tearing up Europe to an economic benefit barely worth it.
Brit’s always had a fun relationship with the EU, they never even joined the euro, some even struggle to perceive themselves as Europeans!!! I suppose many must already hold dual citizenship as retired people living in Portugal, Greece, Spain or Italy…
Spain at least, doesn’t allow British nationals to have dual nationality. If a Brit gets Spanish nationality, they lose their UK citizenship in Spain’s eyes.
EU =/= Europe
@@garethking1639 But that is general, Spain doesn't allow other countries from the EU to have double nationality, like me as a Romanian. So, I hired a lawyer to change my flag because to be able to use all the "privileges". The only way to get the double nationality is being from another country outside Europe, but more easier to get it if you are from any country of South America.
@@sergiostube Spain has recently done deals with France and Romania so those citizens don’t need to give up their citizenship but yes in general it’s only Portugal, Andorra or former colonies that don’t need to renounce their nationality on acquiring Spanish nationality.
@@garethking1639 Oh yes! Thanks for remember me that Portugal, France and Andorra can get the double. I was discussing this with my cousin because me and him were interested to acquire the Spanish citizenship, he has heard that we can get it without give up. When I hired the lawyer to do it for me, she said: You actually can get it, it's not going to be an issue. And 2 weeks after also said: Hello Sergio, I'm sending this message to notice you that I read the BOE (which is the main info for all the laws that have been approved, renovated or improved) and you have to give up your Romanian citizenship. I was vey disappointed for that, because it's a nice country to visit, very friendly people in general, tasty food but not cheap. But in other point i'm going to live all my life in Spain, so yeah.
The first step into creating a prison is to raise a fence for isolating an area on the pretext of keeping others out. The next step is control everything that comes in and goes out, and the third is to remove some of the freedoms and rights that people used to have. After these first three steps are achieved, then follows a decline in the quality of products and services, together with a decrease in safety standards.
Ever since brexit there are less british tourists in my country and I will be forever thankful to them 🙏
Precisely why we voted leave. You never liked us, only our money! 👋🏻 🇬🇧
@@newblackdog7827 your money? Your country's poverty rate is 20x higher than mine. What we want is less tourists.
@@sergiogarpla2902
The U.K. squandered £509,000,000,000 on EEC / EC / EU membership, and was a net contributor to the budget from day 1 of membership on 1 January 1973.
We were left poorer BECAUSE of membership, not in spite of it! Membership wrecked our manufacturing base, our traditional trade with the rest of the world, caused an instant flood of cheap European goods. Latterly it caused a 7,000,000 increase in the U.K. population with disastrous effects on healthcare, infrastructure, wages, & housing.
Frankly, take that European 🇪🇺 and stick it where the sun doesn’t shine!
@@newblackdog7827 I honestly could not care less, you can see how the UK has been only going downhill and your plain prepotency shows.
The fact is that the EU is fine without the UK, the UK used to be one of the biggest contributors but yet at the same time one of the biggest benefited.
Ever since the UK left, my country has had a steady economical growth, which maybe not be linked to brexit, but shows how little relevance it actualy shared.
@@sergiogarpla2902
The U.K. is not “going down”! We now have our own tariff & quota regime, control of our industrial & agricultural policies. We have replaced or bettered all of the previous EU trade deals, we’ve agreed AUKUS and have joined the CPTPP. In 2020 we were the world’s 9th largest manufacturing nation. Today we’re 8th and the 4th largest exporter.
The U.K. 🇬🇧 needs the EU like fish 🐟 need bicycles 🚲! I genuinely couldn’t care less what happens in or to the EU. 🤷🏻♂️
It's wicked to tell lies but also stupid to believe them... Be careful for what you wish for...
What lies
@@JohnRice-vb2ze Any lies...
@@JohnRice-vb2zeThe ones Johnson and friends served up? Like there would be no additional red tape for businesses after Brexit? Remember that one?
This is filmed in a very affluent part of Brighton, a place that voted 70 percent Remain in the referendum, and frankly a bit of a progressive middle class echo chamber that’s not particularly representative of the country at large. If you asked these questions in towns a few miles away you would get a totally different set of answers. But at least that guy has his escape to Thailand sorted!
"Affluent" and they are complaining about the price of food!
@@Richard1A2B Are they struggling for food? The guy who has bought somewhere in Thailand is doing alright.
It’s cheaper to retire in Thailand. However your pension will be frozen at the rate on the day you arrive there. But you can reset it from time to time.
It’s not who is arriving you need to worry about, it’s who is leaving….
They may well be walking around on an affluent part of Brighton but they do appear to be echoing what people think all over the uk.
I mean Brexit was kinda an upper class thing so...
Really interesting but where are the people who voted for Brexit? Did they not want to be interviewed?
He went to Brighton which is one of the most heavily pro-EU areas
The two guys were clearly for Brexit, the way they hedged their answers to the question about rejoining the EU
Trust me we are here and would vote leave again tomorrow.
A lot of them died of old age.
That was yet another shit about the "referendum": a lot of older folk voted for it, screwing the future of the generations to come, then promptly died.
Obviliously just those has been interviewed who wanted to stay. This is a kind of propaganda.
I'm moving to Ireland this year. So long suckers!
Ireland where tents line the streets and they have hotels full of migrants. Enjoy!
Ireland where tents line the streets and they have hotels full of migrants. Enjoy!
@rolex0071 wait.... aren't your towns full of migrants in tents?
Scotland 🏴 freedooom
@rolex0071 so true. Ireland’s not perfect but it’s a damn sight better than clusterf*** Britain.
Nobody talks about all those Brits who lived in Spain or Portugal after retirement, and now kicked out of Europe. Imaging having all your savings put in a nice little Spanish house and having no house in the UK anymore.
They had the right to apply for a permanent resident status if they had registered properly and paid taxes in Spain and Portugal. If they didn't that was their choice and had consecueces
@@MF-se1zl They don't speak the language and they rarely get out of their inner british circle of friends.. I would sometimes see them at a clinic enraged because the nurse didn't speak english and they didn't understand a word of spanish.
I Found Out years ago, before buying Property in Spain , make sure there are No PLans or Future plans to build Anything in that Area ,as Outsider's have No Rights , THey'll Bulldose right through without a Bye your leave . Best Way to Safeguard yourself make sure you've got Spanish Neighbours on all 4 sides .
@@abelnicolaebaritone poor people, after 20 years of living in Spain they can't say a word in Spanish, we are just pressuring them. And being unfair, how are they going to pay taxes in another country, even though they use for free all the public services, but it's still offensive, they are British
@@douglastodd1947 Well... we all know that is a load of bull caca. That's the kind of mentality that will bring you no good while being here.
Best thing ever happened to Europe
Certainly was in my area. My family has a house in CHERBOURG, France. Because of Brexit, most commerce travels into the EU via Cork Ireland, (instead of the Tunnel or via Calais) right to CHERBOURG. 10 years ago was a city on economic life support and now the economy is booming! they have just started to break ground on a new freight terminal as well as new train lines to Bordeaux (and eventually into Spain).
So Yeah, Brexit has been going gangbusters for many...just not in the UK.
I live in Bologna, in northern Italy. After Brexit, the EU invested with funds by renovating a huge abandoned factory behind my house and moved the European meteorological centre there, which before then had only one location in Reading in the UK. Thanks to the arrival of this meteorological centre, my neighbourhood has been completely redeveloped with cycle paths, parks and trees. All I can say is that thanks to Brexit, my home has become much more valuable. Many thanks to Farage!
Not yet, the EU is still about, only once that is gone, would it be the best thing, worst thing Europe ever did, hand over it's freedoms to a central bureaucracy that is thousands of miles away, but then claim they know what is best for you and your area. when they have never even been there.
Localised change will always be superior that bureaucracy a world away.
Irony is, people claiming they support devolution then on the other hand say they also support the EU. So which is it, you can not have both
We kept sending the most awful ppl to represent us... 😅
@@goblinwisdom Senor You allowed guys like Nigel Farage and his gang to screw all of you in UK.
Just what exactley did Brexiteers think OUT of EU meant? Should have got the dictoinary out before voting 'OUT'.!
would be nice if you guys did the same video but in an area that predominantly voted to leave (would make a great balance with this video for English classes where students have to debate)
Sadly most of the people who voted for Brexit wouldn’t have noticed or understood the consequences, because they would either be in farms, retirement homes or in a casket, dead.
"not controlling our spending", "need to wait 10 or 20 years to see benefits": those guys can't see the fallacy and contradiction in their opinions? UK now has allegedly a lot of money for itself: still, lots of cuts on social spending, highest taxes in 70 years, council budgets reduced to nothing.... Are they so thick as to not see the trend there?
Yes, ….obviously!
I must say, I thought they were pretty valid the whole interview but when that segment came on screen, I did go "oh wow, oh no no no, don't go there" but I prefer to tell myself it was the pressure from the interview and that specific set of questions that does indeed have a huge scope of opinion to verbalise.
What has that got to do with Brexit?
@@markaxworthy2508cause due to the uk leaving, the uk has massively higher required spending for border checks etc. Every penny and Alot of extra saved by no longer giving money to the EU, the uk has to spend on border security now. Similarly in Alot of other sectors
@@zhufortheimpaler4041 So you are saying that money the UK was sending to the EU is now being spent inside the UK? Two points:
(1) That was what Brexiteers wanted.
(2) This is a net gain, because for nearly 50 years (by coincidence almost exactly my entire tax paying lifetime) the UK was sending more money to the EU than it was receiving back.
Interesting video and I agree with most of the points. True enough, we are living with the after-effects of Brexit 5 years on. However, the people interviewed were all from Brighton, a very cosmopolitan and eclectic city, a generally pro-EU place and not a 'typical' British town at all. For a more representative sample, it might have been better to go to nearby Worthing or Eastbourne too for example, for more extensive views.
I don't know about that. I've watched other channels where brexiteers were interviewed and it was extremely mind numbing.
@@deviousdescent9010 That’s true, more than mind numbing, but I was just referring to this channel.
Coming from seeing so much content from America, it is so refreshing to see people being able to have critical thinking. Like how they listen to what comes out of their mouth and reflecting, and not just looking for someone or something to blame…..
Voting Brexit is like hiring a great white shark as your kids swimming instructor
useless comment
@@HelenCrane-jl1nv Useless vote
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They say that everything got more expensive, but that happened all over europe too. In my country austria prices went up 30% at least for groceries and electricity doubled since 2019.
Except that, in addition to inflation and rising costs, we also have Brexit to contend with.
Food prices in the Netherlands have rocketed as well.
Well done Easy English! Beautiful Brighton!
Thanks guys! Looking forward to watching your episode later! 🫶🇪🇺🇫🇷
How delusional the guy at the end, "not seeing benefits yet, but in 10 or 20 years"
That first lady was right. It's even on tap now 😂
Good idea to ask shelf stackers in the supermarket
60-70 of seasonal farming workforce was from East Europe, there is a large crisis on that sector, and eastern european workers are top notch compared with africans/asians .
Yes, and those who voted that seasonal migrants were taking their jobs didn't and don't want to do those jobs now.. I watched a documentary on British veg growers and they were having to plough half their veg back into the ground because there was no one willing to harvest it.. and didn't know if it would be commercially viable for them to continue...
Don't care, your choice, enjoy
I still feel their pain.
Not all of them voted for it. Let's not be unfair.
Don't let anyone tell you that the majority voted to leave the EU. Actually only 38% believed in LEAVE. 35% BELIEVED in remain. 27% couldn't or wouldn't decide either way. THAT'S 100% But guess what? BRITS living outside the UK for more than 15 years were not given a say. They, like me, may have voted FOR our membership in 1973 but were denied a vote in 2016.
When You Immigrate to another Country, Australia , New Zealand you Adopt their Nationality , same applies if you immigrate to an EU Country..
@@douglastodd1947 No. That is not the case. I've been living in an EU country for over 20 years but I have kept my British citizenship. I know many Brits here but I don't know anyone who has abandoned their British nationality or they're identity.
@@hauskalainen But Should BE the Case ,IF You Abandon Your Country of Birth , Your Country should be able to Abandon You.,, If you want Benefits etc Your Adopted Country should pay them .
@@douglastodd1947 so if you are born in England you should not be able to claim benefits in Wales? WHY NOT?
@@douglastodd1947 housing benefit is paid by local councils. You would have paid council tax in England before moving to Wales. Why should Welsh tax payers pay benefits to English migrants?
I've not personally noticed much. I got my passport stamped on my last holiday, but passport control was quick. I'm sure the problems are there in the background, but I've not been inconvenienced myself
They was blaming Us from Poland for everything ?
I was feeling very discriminated really.
Oh they were so much and now they have third world working everywhere
You don’t want to trade with your neighbor (EU), and will buy from countries 1000 miles away…
Silly isn't?
The UK will always trade with other European countries... and with other countries. Life goes on.
Greetings from Spain 🇪🇸 😂😂😂
I know this has nothing to do with the video but where is this being filmed it looks beautiful!
Brighton
I'm from Poland, and I work on my English every day. I adore the British accent so much.
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Unfortunately, to Canadians and the States, that accent now just states, ‘stupidity.’
Videos other title: "Britishers discover the concept of consequences and the existence of visas"
Never during peaceful times in European history have so many done so much harm to their own country.
The USA and trump will be similar
@a.wgilbert5001 fuck trump tariffs
More like worse
I love how everybody in the video refers to "Europe" as if the UK wasn't in it. It's still is, you know. The UK isn't in Asia or Africa now. It's still Europe. But it seems to be a sign of a certain state of mind in the UK, that "Europe" is something out of the UK. No wonder the Brexit happened.
It amazes me how people don'tknoww what the uk was like before it joined the eu. There are enough people there of age to remember. It was miserable shite.
@@jillmortlock8439 that's why we managed to free Europe of the Nazis.!!
@jillmortlock8439 No it was not actually. Just shows how little you know. In the 60s and early 70s, the UK was a major contributor and had heavy industry. We started losing that in the late 70s then it all got sold off in the 80s. And for the record, I'm an EU supporter, but the UK was actually not in a bad state in the 60s. Go and do your research.
The fact you still talk about being a power house says it al....arrogance never dies
How are they being arrogant? Most of the people in this video fully admitted Brexit is a disaster.
It makes me so sad that my children won't be able to study or work in mainland Europe. My son who is currently 15 has resigned himself to thinking it will take 30 years to get back in the EU. Sad state of affairs
They can still study and work in the EU. It is just more difficult.
You are probably the first British that I've heard referring to it as mainland Europe. The vast majority of British just call it Europe as it is a completely different from them and they aren't part of the European continent. Your kids should check out the opportunities in Germany. ALL international students have tuition free education here (the tuition is roughly 63€ per semester). I work for a university (Deggendorf Institute of Technology) and they offer a lot of degrees taught in English
@@dimiathan All Britons know they are part of Europe geographically. It is just easier to say "Europe" or "the continent" when referring to the mainland from over here.
Do we feel culturally semi-detached from Europe in a way that other Europeans usually don't? Probably, because we also have what the French call the "Anglosphere" that pulls us in a different direction in terms of language, history, popular culture, legal systems, accountancy practice, etc., etc..
A bigger question is whether "Europe" really exists as a distinct entity? It looks a lot like the western peninsula of Eurasia, to me.
@@markaxworthy2508 I would say impossible. My daughter trained to be a doctor in Malta and now works for the NHS. She got zero support from the UK Government but thankfully the fees were zero as at the time we were in the EU. There were probably 200 or so UK students at the Medical School.
Once we left the EU all UK students had to pay overseas student fees on top of living expenses. At the time these were £30k per year for 5 years. Needless to say the UK contingent have been wiped out.
And that was just one EU country training UK doctors.
It is such a shame this opportunity is now lost to future generations.
The same issue has now hit EU students wanting courses at UK Universities. Admissions have plummeted and universities are struggling financially to run courses.
@@RushmoorFizzbomb As the UK was paying more into the EU than it got out, I would suggest that it could be argued that it was not only indirectly paying for your daughter's training but for that of some other foreign nationals as well. The EU has no money of its own - just what its member states give it.
The inflation its 4% but the prices on food higher and higher each day ,a coffe now cost between 4 pounds to 7pounds in London.
Stop buying coffee in London then. Supply and demand. Why would they bring their prices down if you keep buying it.
Food inflation is higher than the average inflation index.
I spent a month in London about 10 years ago. I had never seen a country more chauvinistic, full of itself. Looking down on every other country as if they were still the empire they had been 200 years before..
Did you actually meet any British people in London?
I was just in the UK last week and it was sad to see how it has declined in such a few years & it was expensive.
I am from holland,when brittain left the eu it felt like a good old friend was leaving us😢
Lucky enough to have worked and lived in Holland, best place with the best people. Holland and the UK were usually pretty closely aligned on matters European and we always seemed to have each others backs....the only problem was that I was amongst the shortest of the population so was starved of sunlight! Happy memories and blessed with some great friends.
Das wird eine der größten Herausforderungen werden die Europa zu bestehen hat.
We haven't left you. We are still friends :)
There are still a lot of English and Irish pubs in Budapest Hungary. Plenty of expats. They stayed after Brexit.
Immigrants would be the correct term
That man saying "it's not Brexit but British Farming" ... so British Farmers do not used to have lots of EU workers? 🤦🏻♀️
Yes, British 🇬🇧 farms made a killing relying on cheap EU labour, rather than investing in machinery & automation. Zero sympathy for them!
Nothing to do with that.
The guy, wanted to move to Italy ... on what visa ?! HELLLLO ! Brits are OUT of EU 😂
That's what he's saying..
He didn't vote to leave the EU...
I've been living in Rome for the last four years my gf loves UK? 😊hates Italy she doesn't understand all the fuss about brexit 😮 she is like a loud brexite 😂 with a great singing voice ❤ I think brexit is like when your bread falls butter side down... Very dumb 🤪... I love Italy great food great coffee excellent. No nescafe 😁 no supply problems prices are going up but wine remains cheap 🎉🎉
The UK was, is and will be in Europe, regardless of whether institutions such as the EU exist or not.
Yeah. Like Madagascar to Africa.
Sure, Gibraltar will be in Europe, Scotland and a united Ireland eventually as well. The rest will stay in their dillusional state for a very long time...
@@rosshart9514 Madagascar is in Africa!
@@guyspearing4608 I didn't say it's not...
Indeed so too.
Skyrocketing prices, declining GDP, unemployed. And the customs issue is in chaos. The "leave" is showing all its damage. And in Scotland the push to return to Europe could start again
Great Britain is still a beautiful country and worth to visit. You need to make the best out of the situation. 🙏I still wanna come and enjoy my time. 😊
You will be very welcome :)
@joelevi5433 thank you ❤️
A small sample of short term thinking individuals from a South East coast beach.
Nah they're against brexit
Ok, ist nice hear the people talk on the road.
I've considered UK always as quite pricey when visiting. After brexit UK became quite affordable which was a weird experience.
How is it possible to snub and ignore a market of over 400 million people at your DOORSTEP? And claim better and bigger markets far away ? Australians and Indians are still laughing at us …. The commonwealth was a century ago !
But now the NHS is the envy of the world with fantastic infrastructure and superb staffing …. Right ?
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As a french, we totally can feel the brits lack of desire to be part of our european real adventure! 🇪🇺 Unfortunatly 😢
Ahhh we miss you too! 🇬🇧🇳🇱 Great video, Easy English! 😀
Thanks guys! Right back at you 🫶🇪🇺🇳🇱
oh really you do? not enough of these clowns ??? ua-cam.com/video/j1OGW19fjpU/v-deo.html
From Spain: We do not miss you on the slighlest. Never come back 😊
See you never again. Brexit was a blessing
@@rubencouso7497 You don't have to be a xenophobe you know.
As a German, I agree.
Hopefully the British will get better soon and get the problems under control.
Recent holiday back in the UK and I found everything very expensive and quiet in the pubs. Charity shops were very busy
As a mainland European I have to say: while I do feel sorry for the British people for falling for the propaganda, never have I felt more united with my other fellow Europeans in laughing my ass off at you guys the day the realisation you made a mistake set in.
What mistake only the EU fanatics in the uk feel that way.Brexit has had hardly any effect on a majority of the population.all the nonsense you see and read in the media is so exaggerated or lies.from the fuel crisis to food shortages.the only problem the uk has is our own inept clueless politicians .
It's a huge mistake. There isn't a single benefit. Brexit has caused me, my family and my business constant grief.
@@lukegray2835 really how?
@@martinrye712 I can no longer work in Ibiza (or wider EU) for summers, my mum struggles to get medication as the supply lines are disrupted, sorting out my wife's settled status was a nightmare, marrying her was a lengthier more costly process, longer waiting times at the airport....
@@martinrye712 Things that I had freedom to do in my 20's, my children would not have the same opportunity to do, if not for their dual passports.
Nobody has ever shown me a single benefit to this economic self sabotage
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oh well and there I was after 38 years of living in the UK, paying my taxes and obeying the law!!..thinking after that referendum I was to blame for the UK's problems, poor little old Bargoning chip me !! so I left for my own sanity and before I done some serious damage to the next gammon to insult me.back in Portugal and loving it...village of 7000 ......723 british immigrants..... THE IRONY !! and they are welcome!! STAY AWAY FROM THE UNION I DO NOT WANT YOU BACK !!!
Don't worry, there is absolutely no way the UK will ever return to the EU. The reality is that the future is Asia and Australasia, not the EU.
@joelevi5433 This is precisely why the UK shouldn't have left. We're small irrelevant countries. That's why we need the EU.
@@mantuition EU is one future superpower, uk will fade into irrelevance
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The worst thing about the Brexit vote, was that at the time, if you had been living outside of the Uk for over 15 years, you couldn't vote in the UK. So people living in the EU who would be hugely affected had no say in the matter.
I hope this is an eye-opener for those living in The Netherlands that want to have a Nexit. Luckily, it's only a small part of the population that wants it now, but things can change. Anyhow, I wouldn't mind the UK to return, but that won't happen anytime soon. Despite that, we're still good friends, with or without Brexit.
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the Netherlands citizens will never leave the EU because we know we European union stands for and WW 2 the Netherland was one of 6 member states that found the EU (original coal and steel union )to prevent any more wars and distractions and death os its citizen and to live in harmony solidarity and respect for each other and the citizens of Europe to learn from each other hence the FOM and commerce and politically llias and use common currency even wilder(PPV) right wing leader knows no one will support him and having hard time forming any government to his liking even the other right wing are centeristy parties who respects the Dutch constitution and our court system are not appointed by politician but by local councils panel of citizens even Wilder made A promise to enshrine that the Netherlands will not leave the EU and oh we do not refs in the Netherlands and we have A PR election system where our senior citizens farmers and other group can get votes and at least have one PM in the parliament and also have 2 elected chambers and live time house of lords even PVV and Wilders only got 37% of citizens vote and 63% voted against them and voted for center right left and others like the citizens groups and farmers so please learn our Dutch history before you post your nonsense we Dutch citizens are very proud to be Dutch and are very proud to be EU citizens and Europeans and also very proud to be the founding fathers of the European unions that brought peace and prosperity to our beautiful Europe and put to stop the never ending wars of centuries past that killed our citizens and devastated our Economy and beautiful land land.greetings from A very proud Dutch and EU citizen and very proud European.
@@henna6126 That was a long sentence.
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happy to be in the EU with you!
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wrong flag 😂😂😂
Prices of everything have gone up EVERYWHERE in the world since covid and everyone is blaming someone or something. But if companies are making record high profits.. it’s their greed that’s responsible.
Scotland 🏴 never wanted to leave. Wants to leave the shitty unfair union.
Why didn't you vote for it then, or don't you like democracy
@@JohnDuffy-bq8wg I did
And shitty unfair nationalism is even worse. Nationalists are pure hypocrites.
If nationalists think they are justified to break apart from the EU and physically stay put where they physically live, then so too can separatists.
Unions and Marxism are JUSTIFIED forms of collectivism:
they fight to INCREASE equality of labor and wealth produced by that labor.
Unlike nationalism or tradition or culture, which actively fight against equality of choice, freedom,
when doing so goes against their nationalistic or monarchist or theocratic delusions and ideologies.
FYI: far too many "Communists" turned out to be Communist in name only: fanatical fascist rightwing dictators.
If Brits are free to leave the EU without being shamed and humiliated and called traitors
without being forced to physically move from where they were born,
then Brits are free to leave the stupid childish monarchy and are free
to overthrow the nation/the country & punish it for imprisoning Julian Assange
without being shamed and humiliated and called traitors
without being forced to physically move from where they were born.
It is called LOGICAL CONSISTENCY: either ALL separatism movements
are justified or NONE is. Nobody is entitled to a nation or status quo.
There is nothing sacred about nations over any other form of collectivsm.
The INFINITE hypocrisy of nationalists to complain or ridicule or insult European collectivists who wish to remain with the EU.
If you get to separate from the EU without physically moving, then anyone in the UK is allowed
to break free of stupid unelected monarchy and form THEIR own separate province, without physically moving.
I respect Sovereign Citizens and Anarchists who voted for or supported Brexit, but NOT hypocritical nationalists.
And ZERO respect for Brexiters who don't take Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) seriously.
You are free to Brexit, but you must be forced to live in a bubble and not force YOUR CO2 emissions onto anyone else.
I remember back in 2011 when Greeks rose up against European banksters that THAT was the motivation for Brexit:
to prevent banksters in Europe forcing austerity onto citizens. That was what Brexiters feared. So, did that happen?
Did Brexit prevent massive austerity caused by European bankers or not?
A so-called "criminal" of one country is the hero/patriot of another.
Every individual is forced into the world without their consent by their breeders and therefore has ZERO obligation
to maintain the status quo. Therefore NOBODY has ANY reason to feel ashamed about having political views
that go against the status quo or nationalism.
Does the UK allow OTHER separatist movements within the UK?
Does the UK deny prisoners the right to vote?
If not then the UK is corrupt, anti democratic, unaccountable, declining, protectionist,
mafioso organisation run by a bunch of childish, vindictive, self serving, gravy train riding,
free loading parasites. Oligarchs and unelected monarch.
I will never forgive those that forced their hard hard Brexit on us.. we should be in the EU..
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I spent 2 yrs in England. Plus I met only one UK person in my live who was able to speak a "foreign" language.
You made your Bed. How about stop crying and sleep in it?
No, other misinformed people made my bed!
You would not believe how easily you can survive on jacket potatoes.
I recall when Brexit was being pushed, commentators like Max Keiser said that leaving the EU WOULD cause hardship
that going it alone WOULD cause hardship, but that that hardship of rebuilding your own economy would be outweighed by the independence from EU rules.
The only reason I liked Max Keiser was because he and his partner Stacey Herbert spoke out against Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) caused by the fossil fuel industry and selfish consumers' car dependence.
So, my question is: how many, how much of those predicted benefits of being free from EU rules came to pass?
Being in the EU has its advantages and disadvantages. I think though we are a poorer nation for leaving whether it be economically, politically or culturally.
Hello miked4122 "... we are a poorer nation for leaving ..." you say. Odd then, that the UK has still maintained it's place in the global GDP rankings (ahead of France). How can that possibly be? Do you actually understand what kind of organisation the EU is and what it is aspiring to become?
@@4tnine It's hardly a ringing endorsement that we have maintained our position in the world economic rankings when so many wonderful promises were made about Brexit.
You don’t mention the fact it is now more difficult to travel, live and work in Europe or that many parts of our economy (even those who voted for Brexit) complain about the lack of foreign labour.
Both importers and exporters are unhappy about the extra bureaucracy which increases costs and time that has persuaded some to abandon trade with Europe.
The trade deals that have been negotiated are almost insignificant compared to our gross GDP. Many of them are no better than what we had in the EU. In the case of the farmers they consider themselves to be at a disadvantage with some of the trade deals. The big trade deals with countries like the USA could be years away and we’ll probably have to make significant concessions to get them agreed.
The EU is not perfect but you imply some sinister motive of them but don’t elaborate on our own personal conspiracy theory.
@@4tnine You tell me! I see a rightwing vote in the polls and a more sovereign stance for countries in the EU.
@@miked4122 Hello miked4122 The fact that the UK has maintained its global economic ranking clearly demonstrates that things are not as bad as many remainers would have us believe. The gap in GDP between the UK and France was not that great to start with, so why hasn’t France (an EU member) overtaken the UK?
Fact is, the EU has done everything possible to scupper brexit, it has not negotiated in good faith because it knows that a successful UK would threaten the EU project. I recall that during the referendum campaign many remainers argued that it would take at least 5 to 10 years to recover from brexit. Strange then, that many are calling brexit a disaster well before their own time scales have come to an end. And just how many years of normal trading under brexit have we had? Taking into account the transition period, the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the global cost-of-living crisis, it’s been about 2 years, hardly time to call brexit a disaster.
It should be noted that 4 out of the top 5 economies in the world are not members of the EU, proof then, that you don’t have to be in that wannabe “empire,” (to quote Guy Verhofstadt) to have a successful economy. With respect to travel, ‘yes,’ it is more difficult to travel across the EU as that organisation has applied the same rules to the UK as to every other country that is not a member; though Switzerland and a few other European countries do have agreements in place.
With respect to me implying that the EU has a “sinister motive,” you are wrong - the EEC / EU has made no secrets about its goal to create a “United States of Europe,” you just have to take the trouble to read the organisation’s own literature. The only objection I have to people wanting to rejoin the EU is that time after time they have demonstrated (to me) that they do not understand what kind of organisation it is and what it is aspiring to become. Perhaps you would like to explain or are you going to be like almost every remainer I’ve come across and demand that I explain? As if that response in some way counters my question.
@@Joey-ct8bm Hello Joey. “You tell me!” you have demanded to know in response to a question I posed miked4122. Sorry but I do not know the level of understanding that miked4122 has of the EU; you will have to ask him that question.
With respect to polls you really shouldn’t take any notice of them, the only result that matters is the one at the ballot box. However, perhaps the stance on sovereignty that you see some EU countries making is due to the fact that many European politicians and citizens are finally starting to understand the EU’s objective: the creation of a “United States of Europe”. This would mean that the policy decisions that are currently made by each members state’s parliament will eventually be made by all EU members in Brussels. Ask yourself, if the UK had remained in the EU, what then, would the EU’s foreign policy have been on Gibraltar, Northern Ireland and the Falklands? If you want the UK to be part of an “empire,” to quote Guy Verhofstadt or a “mega-state” (Mario Draghi) then that’s fine by me, just as long as you understand what that would mean.
It’s British farming. Which was also affected by brexit tape
When will Brits get things into their own hands and really fight for it. They are so so so complacent and shy when it comes to get important things done, unlike the French.
Or the Dutch.
The fact that so many have nothing to mention but the minor inconvenience of travel, demonstrates how little people know about the EU, even now after all this time.
There couldn't be anything less important about the EU than that.
What a beautiful view at 5:17
Rotingdean! First time I had been there, I just fallen in love with this place.
Every timebi go back to England from Austria, the place just looks worse and worse. Honestly, its shocking just how run down everything seems!
Tory government. But for not much longer.
I am actually amazed nobody talked about the rising debt. They must be the rich Brits.
Because it doesnt belong to EU. My country has been devoping rapidly, our society have been getting richer and richer. Our towns are safe 24/24. Talking about POLAND 🇵🇱, of course.
@@Hadża13 Poland is special. I have been there many times. Nice people.
We had 14 years of abject failure under the Conservative Government. They didn't do anything right.
The whole country has to band together and force politicians to make a deal to re-join. Take any deal they offer, take the euro, take anything. Get back in.
So how many of the promised positives of Brexiting came to pass?
Did those promised positives outweigh the predicted negatives?
lady who said "if I go to Europe, I tried to make a point of making letting people know that I did not vote to leave", I don´t see the point in it, because we don´t care who vote for brexit and who was against, if they come to visit, we look at them as tourists, if they act normal we have nothing against, but we had some visitors from UK(mostly young people) who came here to getting drunk, vomiting at street, piss on our churches, cultural building, those we don´t like, cause they don´t care about our country and don´t came here to see cultural heritage, they came because of cheap alcohol and they make mess here and think " we can do whathever we want"...and right after Brexit I was suprised that UK citizens thought everything will be same and that mess what they do in airport, cause we send them to gate for people who came outside of Europe was ridiculous, they thought that we make exception cause they are brits, but we have rules and laws and no one never complain about it...I never complain about rules and laws of others countries, when I go to Turkey I must go throught passport control because I leaving Europe same if I go back from Turkey, even I´m citizen of Europe and I landing in my home country, still I must go through passport control, I do not mind...but brits have so big problem about it, I think in every Europe country, cause I saw them complain about it in Spain, in Greece, in Germany, in Italy...some of them scream on whole airport, that we are bad people, cause they are brits and we make them going throught passport control with someone from third world country
Why was this Brexit vote not left up to each INDIVIDUAL? i.e. A given INDIVIDUAL chooses membership in the EU or not, gets a special ID if they do, and gets the responsibilities and the benefits of joining EU.
To be fair, those Brit tourists who made such a fuss got one thing right, that they indeed come from a third world country. 😂
Barbora, I do apologize for the bad behaviour of a certain set of our society. This is mainly because we are a very unequal society in wealth and education; and it was fairly easy to convince a small but just enough minority that the cause of inequality was because we were in the EU! The Remain side of the argument were very, very poor at demonstrating that is was only beneficial to be in the EU and that our inequality was a case of our poor politics that are still polarised Right and Left in a two party system. Brexit was the politics of Party before the wellbeing of the Country! The next time you see Brits shouting at the airport in the NON-EU line tell them this is what they voted for, they deserve no less a lesson, and maybe they will lose some of their arrogance and exceptionalism! I hope!
@@bryangeake5826 to be fair, also the policies pushed mainly by Angela Merkel's Germany to let anyone into the EU solely to maintain a cheap workforce did not help. Many EU countries weren't happy and aren't happy with totally uncontrolled immigration. It has created more problems than benefits. But yes, Brexit should not have happened and makes no sense at all for the UK.
@@AP-yd1wz But that was Merkel's failing, not a EU one, and we still controled our borders with passport controls!
Hi! Thanks a lot. I 've watched it with pleasure. What is this town ,please?
Every country in Europe needs to be in the EU. Together we have more power. For me Britain is an important part of Europe and I hope they will find their way back in the EU. British people are great and Britain has so much impact on our European culture. I never understood who benefits from the Brexit ?
The EU is a complete shambles. It can't even secure its own borders. Fance is a mess, Germany is a mess, Italy is a mess. Greece is a mess, Ireland is a mess. Spain is a mess. It looks like a club of losers to me.
as someone born and raised in LA, you don’t want our food even if it’s fresh here
Is Labour in favour of rejoining?
They are currently non committal. I can see them making an argument for re-applying.
I think they will try to build better relations with the EU, but the reality is that the EU has rightful doubts wether the UK would leave again.
They will try and undue some of the damage which will hopefully make things a bit easier. Sadly I don't think we'll rejoin in our lifetime.
of course not, they are busy collecting right wingers.
The Labour Government has ruled out rejoining.
Saltdean???? lived in there. Nice place but felt a lot of racism to be honest. And i lived in the UK for almost 20 years.
We’ve left and not going backm
@@clivewalford3148 thankfully! You Brits were the weak link, and a bit embarrassing.
Left uk twenty eight years ago my flights and hotel have gobe up about 60% since 2018 i was paying 1000 pounds for 4 days now i am paying 1550 pounds for thesame hotel and stay... increrable
Amazing that the Brits still talk about Brexit! The EU and the world has moved on!
@GeirRssaak They still talk about Brexit because of the damage it's done to the UK and many completely regret it. Of course they're not going to move and forget about it. Other countries have moved on because it obviously hasn't affected them the way it has affected us. What a ridiculous comment to make.😑
@bunchberry9957 Dear Berry! As an old Norwegian fart, who has allways loved Britain, i believe that you will overcome!!!!
i have lived in the UK for 14 years, its going downhill. Even hungary seemed better off both socially and financially when i last visitd. Luckily i have a hungarian passport and i can leave to any EU states i like if things get unbearable in the UK. Shame that my british friends cant do the same.