Brexit breakdown: southern discomfort | Anywhere but Westminster
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- Опубліковано 23 січ 2019
- As parliament falls into uncertainty and deadlock, John Harris and John Domokos go back on the road, sampling a very English mixture of frustration, boredom and seething anger.
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En route to Dover, a lorry driver complains about the mounting political chaos, while in Portsmouth a Brexit debate in a Wetherspoons pub gets rowdy. From warehouse employees to tech workers, everyone has their own take on Brexit. But one big question cries out for an answer: which way will get us out of this mess?
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@@DeanINQUISITORYatesnwo m8t Dyson the brexit supporter has lift the country and you still don't get it.
I like that you guys are showing both sides of the story! This is great coverage! Way better than things I've seen on Fox. I was a fan of Fox than I saw how they only put one side of the story, and I saw how people go on like theres only one side of the story. People are so fast to pick a side, specially when they feel threatened. Its important to draw both sides in, and show both sides as much as you can.
@@DeanINQUISITORYatesnwo Dyson is a smart business man and left you in your misery. 😂😂😂😂
@Deano.. keep those smiley emojis coming when that rug is pulled from under your feet..
@Dean.. are you talking to Siri?.... what's with the word salad?
That lorry driver is more intelligent than most politicians.
Especially when he said "The EU sometimes protects us from our own government".
the dumber someone is the more likely they become prime minster or get into politics
@@matchbox555 - That's been, more or less, my main fear. I mean, somebody is going to be telling us what we can and can't do (else it would be anarchy) and I'd rather it was (for instance) the local council rather than my next door neighbour. And given that the few Brexiteers, that I have come across, have been mostly obnoxious idiots - I have a horror that it's going to be them peering over my fence and ordering me to put weedkiller on my Dahlias. The EU, on the other hand, has bigger fish to fry. Ah... Fish! The unlimited supply of fish. Oceans teeming with too many fish and we're currently not allowed to enjoy. I'm being fiercely sarcastic about the fish.
facts vs words
@@matchbox555 right on. That's the neoliberal wet dream of JRM, Farage et al: make money by screwing everyone else. People who voted for Brexit don't have a clue, just dreams of a non-existent past that they probably weren't even around for.
That truck driver (6:34) is an absolute legend. He completely nailed it! What a guy!
Oliver Winks
he was proper.
We don't talk politics, we don't talk Brexit, we don't even talk to each other.
Love it! So incredibly British. 😂😂😂
Untill the millionaire starts preaching to the poor, and then we go nuts
Britain today summed up in one statement
Britain doesn't have a culture. It's multicultural that's why.
Walter Bishop - Im currently watching you in Season 2 of Fringe! Show is AWSOME!
"Europe protects us from our own government" rofl so true
If that was indeed the case than why is it that the most vulnerable people in the UK are being penalized because of the Government's dim witted move of handing over 500 billion quid of tax payers money to the banks in 2008 pushing The UK into its austerity crisis? Seems to me the EU should have stepped in on that lovely little blunder instead of allowing IDS and his ilk to put already desperate people into deeper poverty and over 8 million people in debt.
@@billijomaynard8924 There was no Austerity in 2009 / early 2010 it was simply Osborne's ideology which was unnecessary, there was more than enough money.
@@xm3405 This is the saddest thing about it. The UK could have borrowed at near 0% interest rates for infrastructure but didn't.
I like his videos.
He asks people why THEY voted (particularly leave) and LISTENS. Rather than talks down to them that they were wrong.
Fact he visits outside London is almost unique.
I listen to ppl too and I do hear a lot of weirdly worded arguments from everyone like they read it somewhere in a newspaper or the internet. It's difficult to understand how when people are so disengaged with normal politics, local and national that suddenly they are chapter and verse experts. Brexit is about feelings, people felt fed up with being ignored, newspapers made them think that the EU was telling them what to do and Farage and others made people feel that it was valid. I worry the most about the poor who live payday to payday and I worry about the influence of those millionaires like Rees moog pushing for Brexit.
Almost unique? So not unique then.
I love brexiteers for winning but hate remoaners for losing lol
@Spinler Muckflitt we just passed a number of new laws last month, due to hopefully pass a law allowing pregnant MPs to nominate someone to vote in their behalf either today or tomorrow. No EU involvement there other than ensuring it doesn't contravene the human rights laws we have agreed to follow.
So to answer your question, it's Westminster.
@Spinler Muckflitt I just said so long as it doesn't contravene the human rights laws..
You're just changing the subject now I've proven you wrong. Our laws are passed in Westminster 👍
This is like watching an Alan Partridge documentary
"I put in an order for 30 people, I only get 15"
That's an interesting mindset. He seems angry at the idea of having to attract staff to work for him rather than just ordering automatons from an agency. When employers compete to attract staff the working man wins, this was the crux of the immigration argument
Exactly. Hes a millionaire that because of Brexit may have to actually attract employees
It's just a shame to see someone can't even speak German without being targeted for abuse, what has our country turned into smh.
Love watching these pre Brexit videos post brexit.
I will never enter a weatherspoons again.
The conversation with the biker outside the factory was amazing
I think one of the things that hits home here is the homeless woman who in the past would have had support, but under the conservative government has had her benefits stopped and is now living on the streets, for missing an appointment! I've been out the UK for 9 years now and every time I come back the drop in living standards becomes more obvious
Truck driver is talking so much sense
"all the lorries come in via Dover full, and they go back empty"...
That's a damning indictment
* drops off cliff * 'IT's ALL FEARMONGERIIIIIIIIIII.....* splat *
@me hee Are you condoning violence against people who disagree with you?
@@peter9162 Take away the concept of democracy and the principles of the British constitution, and you may very well get violence. Violence or disruption of traffic, is the last resort option. We still have democracy, right? Those who say we no longer do, think very carefully for what you're advocating here.
@@craig581 Where will this violence be directed in the event of Brexit being overturned?
@@craig581 Public opinion is always changing. If there is evidence, through a second referendum, that public opinion has changed, then that is equally democratic.
Spinler Muckflitt Ill throw in some verifiable economic and trade facts in your mix:
UK imports 53% from Europe. The remaining 47% comes from other Nations UNDER EU trade deals. In case of a hard Brexit, UK will have to negotiate new deals under WTO with dozens of countries individually. But: When UK tries to make deals that will undermine EU trade, EU as a block will put pressure on the Nation or country that tries to do so by threatening a boycott on their products.
So who will that nation choose? UK with 67million inhabitants, or a market of 550million inhabitants?
Think big or go home. EU = Big. You = home.
Say what you want about the Guardian, this series of videos are excellently made.
Not necessarily all true though
What do you disagree with in the video?
@@@MrJason005 The way the pro-Brexiters have been edited out because they don't fit the narrative being pushed by the guardian globally. That's what I disagree with.
How do you know they're being edited out?
Because @@MrJason005 that's what the guardian does with textual comments that are credible- editing out any voice that shows how socialist principles have failed is the stock and trade of the guardian.
Do you really think the guardian is going to have 2 sets of rules for its content?
"They were telling [lies], but we believed them". It's important to realise that, even if it's a little late.
Brexiteers always angry. Will always be angry. No type of Brexit will ever solve that. Being angry is the only identity they have left.
Exactly
Actually you misunderstand. There is no anger about Brexit but about politicians both in Parliament and the EU along with institutions. Most people recognise there is a swamp and Brexit has shown this in full.
@@W..949 I think it is pretty self explanatory.
@@W..949 remainers are worried and concerned about the direction the country is in after a 10 years of Tory government which has destroyed the living standards of millions and Brexit will not make the situation better.
Leavers on the whole are fearful and angry largely because of the rightwing media which during the past 30 has misinformed them about the EU - demonised people on benefits and blamed immigration for falling wages. They have a right to be angry but they are any at the wrong people and are infact supporting the very people who have made them angry.
Jay R that’s your opinion in an ocean of many. Next please...
Same people first voting for Brexit and complaining on its consequences afterwards. New level of logic.
Don't blame people for being gullible, blame the ones who lied to them and the ones who are too stubborn or thick to admit they were wrong
At least they now realize their mistake. I wouldn't criticize them for that. What's more concerning is those who still stubbornly cling onto the fantasy that they will be better off with having no trade deals with anyone else in the world.
I mean seriously. Do you spect a government, who can't even agree on a deal with themselves, to be able to form trade proposals that won't be outright refused by other nations?
The UK will be out of the EU and that means they no longer can just have whatever their point their finger at. And negotiations don't currently seem to be the UK's strong suit.
@@Thor.Jorgensen From the day one people knew that Brexit will mean cutting previous ties with EU. That's was it all about, right? If you trade on a regular basis with EU countries it does not take a rocket scientist to imagine consequences of Brexit and hard Brexit in particular. Some of these people look smart enought to should have foreseen posible economical outcome yet still they voted leave. Polititians can't take all the blame casue people should think on their own.
@@rabidfurify I am far from blaming anyone. I am just more than surprised that people took voting so reckless. There was a remain campaign as well, so people should egzamin potential benefits and drawback accordingly. Are you trying to say, that just now they have discovered that Brexit is not so superb? In the end their own wellhood is on the edge.
@@mecenasmahon6903 I stand by my statement. Politicians like Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage knew that they lied to the British people, and these lies are being repeated by the fooled Brexiteers, like that of which was plastered on buses around the UK, that the NHS would receive "the £350 million a week". That lie still echoes among the Brexiteers, whom most I think aren't dumb, but rather just fooled and trusting of their politicians.
Brilliant comment at 3:52. Not sure that mess was his first choice of word.
It's only a mess if you think like that. I'm thinking about the opportunities.
Smart guy.
The EU is better if you are in a mainland country
Forza223 Bowe or a bit simple !
I came to UK with own scientist project and own grants. After 4 years of work and very good promising results, my British supervisor robbed me from all this and effectively destroyed my scientific career by telling 3 weeks before the end of my contract that there will be no other contract available and that I can still work in his lab but ... without being paid... ??? Yet, for the for the entire time of my stay he was always repeating that I should not worry because it is his priority for my project to go on... You can imagine that in a highly specialised scientific field finding a new job in 3 weeks is impossible. This had also a devastating impact on my family which has fallen apart but the university did of course say that all is fine ... Decent and responsible people do not do things like this. They do not deceive others in their trust and willingness to cooperate but my story and the current Brexit issues show it clearly what the true nature of British people is and always was throughout history... I only pity Scots whom I love for being deceived once again by Cameron and his government.
7:10 "Europe almost protects us from our own government at times" - spot-on!
11:06
In these divided times, there are small heart-warming exchanges like this, that regardless of whichever side of the aisle you’re on, remind us of the unique Britishness that binds us all together.
People are divided every time there's an election. This is the first time one side has ever refused to recognise the result. Thats where the division comes from
@@awesomeavenger2810 vote leave was a highly dishonest campaign marred by misinformation and spurious claims about saving £350,0000. I think it's reasonable for the remain side to be somewhat peeved.
@@homosexualpanic nobody believes a person of politics, if anyone did they more fool on them
a politician is a born liar that is a fact
they always trying make running the country look harder than it is or it needs to be
why would leave be peed ?oh right you lost to a lie (so you claim)
look at any promise before a vote name any pm who upheld it in full word for word ?
@@mabisfab77paintball What a odd stance to take. It makes the idea of Brexit being about "taking back control" nonsense as it means no mechanism exists for rational decision making by the electorate. It a pretty basic belief in human society that a transaction is invalid if the proponent misrepresents the benefits of a decision. To use a everyday analogy, because used car salesmen are known to commonly lie, therefore no car buyer should have the right to compensation or reversal due a specific act or acts of dishonesty. I doubt you would accept this in car purchasing, why do so in the far more impactful situation on people lives?
If a political side wins via a series of lies then that force can't claim legitimacy in a working democracy.
@@homosexualpanic I forget the details now, but the £350 million figure is accurate, if you don't take into account some kind of rebate. So sure, you could say it was 'creative accounting', but then thats just how politics works. So its certainly no worse than any other claim made in any other general election.
And the point was that the UK can better spend its own money than the EU.
As for misinformation, a lot of promises where made by the remain campaign that they knew very well weren't true. Like plans for an EU army, that would undermine NATO, and mean that foreign policy would be set in Brussels. An argument that the remain campaign didnt want to have to get in to, so they simply denied it all.
On the one hand you have the businessman (4:30) saying he can't find enough employees and in another of your videos a worker was complaining that every job he applied for had 100s of applicants.
Is this an issue of education and training? Are our education and training schemes training people for the wrong types of jobs?
Forget taxi drivers, it's truck drivers we need to be consulting.
Taxi drivers just take people from place to place, but the truck drivers appreciate the value of what their hauling.
I like that Jason from 3blokes in a pub is in Wetherspoons
Just before the owner's minders told him to leave the building.
And he's told to shut up by an old fella who came to listen to Tim Martin's simplistic BS. 🤦🏼♂️
@Bjorn Santens; Yes I enjoy their videos, very clear and to the point - 'current affairs for dummies' and boy, are there a lot of dummies about who need to watch them.
@@secondtimearound2539 absolutely, as a Belgian it think they are the best English speaking objective videos available about Brexit.
Have a nice day 😉
immigrant voting for brexit, that has always make me smile.
it's like that black guy who joined the KKK...
Well if you felt the government wasn't really committed to lowering immigration (not unreasonable if you looked at the stats) you may have assumed Brexit would make immigration between EU and non-EU countries fairer. i.e. that Brexit meant more Asian immigrants.
oNNN1 - Are you dense? How is it like a black person joining the KKK? The educated ones voted to leave because of the benefits they heard Brexit would bring like more money for the NHS but that and other benefits have been proven a lie hence why many educated Brexit voters want another referendum and regret voting leave.
Ive not met one person that voted leave that wants to change there minds and i know hundreds of people that voted leave most of them want a no deal brexit.
chris conway Yeah that’s probably the idiots that think they live in the past when Britain had its empire and all other European nations were out to get them. No educated person would still be wanting Brexit
"They were telling you lies" ... "Yes, but we believed it"... laughed so hard, but its a bit sad lol.
Well done excellent journalism and very entertaining.
When Churchill said there should be a united Europe he did not believe the UK should be apart of it.
He also had no problem with thousands of indians dieing...
Churchill was a great man but he was very, very far from being a saint or allways right.
Velr ch If it wasn’t for Churchill, we might well have been speaking German by now
Love this. The interviews showcased how the UK is an epitome of diversity, and to think that the fate of such a vibrant land is decided by a simple stay or leave which most voters did not fully comprehend at time of voting.
Speak for yourself, perhaps you didn't fully comprehend...
English seems such a nice place. Great weather, charming people, everyone slim, healthy and good natured.
you must be English lol i can see the sarcasm from miles away lol
Said Russian troll account
@@mabisfab77paintball would never live in England that's for sure. People are by and large polite, but OMG what a depressing place lol
Sorry but I don't think you're familiar with the English vocabulary. Our country is called England......
You mean England right?
A cameo from Jason Hunter of 3 Blokes in a Pub.
Chris Talbot With some wacko silly old sod, getting aggressive with him ( Jason Hunter ). It was interesting to see that other people were challenging the owner of Weatherspoons, not just Jason Hunter.
@@californiadreamin8423 It was the associates of Jason that you are referring to. Sadly aggression will only get worse with Remainers like Jason forgetting basic civil discourse. Portsmouth amongst other areas has a lot of people that aren't shy about that side of things and god forbid they come to London in force which is where this appears to be heading thanks to both sides.
Andrew Foster When the head of some pub chain whose name is eminently forgettable , stands on his soap box preaching rubbish to the public, he invites questions. Remember free speech ? It goes both ways you know.
Well I'm up for any intimidation you want , because you Oswald Mosely clones, live in the dark ages and need to be opposed .
@@californiadreamin8423 and people who are ruled by emotion and not logic are those who must be confronted. Your assertion that everyone for brexit is a Mosely clone shows your ignorance. Your level of intelligence and knowledge of recent history shows you have no idea that you are playing with fire. Doubt your even old enough to remember the poll tax. California delusional is more appropriate.
Andrew Foster Andrew....I voted in 75 to leave, and I still remember why. Firstly I saw the EEC as a "club" and felt that no other country would do the UK any favours. I was wrong in that after a lifetime of hard work, and a career change accelerated by the Thatcher years of Tory dogma, "lame duck" industry, "on yer bike" advice from Tebbit, the U.K. has really benefited from much simplified trade within the EU, common standards, and improved workers rights. We have the European Court of Justice which is available as a last resort because in the UK we have the best Justice THAT MONEY CAN BUY, and very little if you're broke. Well I see this Brexit nonsense as hogwash , to benefit the extreme right of the Tory Party , at the expense of everyone else. We are allies with our EU partners, not ruled by them, but the likes of Redwood, Rees Mogg etc... don't like that ....they want to impose their ideas on the UK by hook or by crook. We've gone from nearly bankrupt to the 5th richest country in the world. However UK manufacturing has fallen from about 23% of our economy, to about 12%.....so how on earth going onto WTO trade deals with 95 countries on 29th March will benefit us is ludicrous....through the EU we already have free trade agreements fully or partly in force with 68 countries, and of course free trade with our EU partners. No wonder the rest of the world are looking on in shock and amusement, because they are outside our bubble and see the stupidity.
I also voted to leave the EEC in 75 because we had abandoned Australia and New Zealand which I felt was wrong. Having no choice, today they trademore with Japan for example, and I doubt very much there will be much substance in the deals Liam Fox claims to have agreed.
You have taken this Brexit nonsense on board, hook line and sinker, threatening my and my families future....and your future too, you just can't see if yet....but you will.
You don’t miss the water till the well goes dry...............
I'm hoping for a hard brexit so I can watch from the sidelines as I enjoy my popcorn.
Bez11 Edgy af
Me too
Lol ,whole worlds economy is gonna feel . So there's a chance you might feel it as well
Bez11 So your be up early then with the chickens
@? I'm not in the UK so hopefully I won't feel the impact. Pray for me bros.🙏
Why doesn’t the Guardian keep reporting on Brexit
Love the way they are pretty much saying only immigrants from Europe can only do minimum wage jobs and the English are lazy , pretty racist. but the only reason we are in this situation is because of immigration has pushed wages so low that a normal job can not afford a normal life ,if you have a normal job in the uk you will be very unlikely to afford your own property,can you blame them for getting down and refusing to do slave like jobs. People worldwide should have equal opportunities to come here not just Europeans.
Not to mention if you think education makes someone intelligent then you should really look at all the people that have gone on to further paid education and are poor jobless in debt and only looking at a minimum wage job .......
right on that. Only, the UK establishes its minimum wage it is not imposed by the EU, should it be higher maybe more nationals would be attracted to it. But of course, if you think thar you have to many europeans and much less of other nationalities I understand Brexit can help. In fact is very likely that a lot of the worst policies the EU has against the working classes are very likely proposed by the UK collaboration in the European construction. Nowhere in Europe the working class is as despised by its gobernments as I think it is in the UK. I understand your anger only you have pointed in the wrong direction, only hope it makes your politicians take note it is a really loud wake up call anyway.
How about the UK increases the minimum wage...? Moreover why don't you blame your own politicians for immediately allowing people from the new EU member states to immediately come to the UK, while Germany waited 7 years (only in 2011 was it possible for people from those new EU member states to freely come). It just showed that (surprise, surprise) German politicians knew there could be an impact to the economy and decided to prepare for it
@@TurinStark5 Yes. One of the truths about the EU is that because of their stance on workers rights UK government HAD to keep things like holiday and sick pay in as part of your contract. NMW would've gone or been kept at a lower rate and also hours we can work capped the same as overtime. Uk government well THIS current mob were all for scrapping the lot. There's a lot wrong with the EU for sure but on that point I give them a thumbs up.
@@TurinStark5 the UK had the same provisions with regard to newest EU members. What you don't take into account is that most of Eastern Europe learn English as a second language, to the UK is a natural choice for immigration, especially for low-wage labourers.
You're saying the workers are the ones responsible for lowering wages? You need to rethink that, that's....not it
"there are other things to sort out like AI and machine learning"
oh God please tell me we are not leaving that down to Teresa May
Sit down, I've got some really bad news for you.
It's worse than you thought, they've put a clown and a pack of liars in charge.
Casual racism has risen high in the UK. Not just against colours but against Nationalities is well. It is so sad, like that woman said.
'Didnt feel like a immagrant before Brexit.'
It is so true.
Agreed. English have always had a sense of superiority, so the anger with the effects of austerity seems to have been somewhat easily misdirected towards immigrants. Happening in my country too, but we don't have the emotional baggage of empire to contend with.
Then you clearly don't know what racism is. There is also no evidence for you statement. The people who claim racism is on the rise are the same people that think "everything is racist, everything is sexist, and you have to point it ALL out" if you feel like an outsider after brexit that's only because that's what the far left has told you, you should feel like. Especially considering it hasn't even happened yet.
ME 0020 yea no evidence..exept crimes against immigrants is on the rise. Nor just hate crime(since you dont care about that) but also violent crimes like assault and murder.
@@matthewnevin9156 so when someone comes to you and is pissed off because you are speaking another language, what's that other than racism?
@@almerindaromeira8352 When I'm on my phone speaking german, spanish or portuguese and somebody not involved in this conservation complains about it, I'll have some courteous words in english for this person!
Everything is a metaphor for Brexit!
Everything is a metaphor for Brexit!
Everything is a metaphor for Brexit!
I did a large metaphor for Brexit in my toilet this morning.
Brexit not even started yet
it only brexit if we ever leave
A bunch of idiots arguing, nothing interesting gets said, and it just goes on and on and on. UA-cam comments are a metaphor for Brexit.
And a new word was born: "Metaphorxit".
Funny and scary at the same time, if you look again at the pre-Brexit predictions after the exit. Thank you, John & John, for your extremely interesting insights into Brexit Britain.
8:14 *"What is Brexit?"* ... I imagine most (perhaps even a 'decisive majority') have at least a little envy for her innocence on our favourite subject :)
Why are Brexiters always so angry? Anyone else noticed the trend?
Cause they have problems and they've got to blame someone.
And it's the scapegoat that gets the blame, when in fact the problem was created by them in the first place.
yup
@Russian Troll so Im told You arent even English ..🤔
@Russian Troll so Im told "Regime" No, you fit my description perfectly. You're using the EU as a scapegoat.
Mark my words, your problems won't go away by simply leaving the union. Your problems started with your own government. Quit blaming everyone else, man up and face your own faults.
@Russian Troll so Im told Speak for your own country. There is no such problem in my country.
And even then you've no solid argument as for why it would be the EU's fault, or why the EU is a so-called regime. And yet again, as I said, you perfectly fit my description of an angry scapegoating Brexiteer.
Perhaps the best piece of journalism on the Brexit issue I have seen to date.
remember most people as they said we would get 350 million, but what they did not say we would loss 350 billion in trade, 350 people in if a war breaks out in northern ireland.
Wetherspoons what a hole.
“Old people are wise” they said
Spinler Muckflitt I’m sorry to have to remind you that the rise in house prices was due to a worldwide economic crash which caused a major recession, not least on the British housing market. Add to that a particularly rubbish tory government and you get where we are. I struggle to see how the EU has affected the affordability of homes seeing as they were still deemed affordable until 2008, unless that is you just want to blame the EU for everything. Mind you, they did put regulations on standard pillow sizes so i can see why you’re angry.
@Spinler Muckflitt so, does the average American or Canadian afford a house in the capital of his own country? Or within a major city? ( don't quote detroit trash City )
@Spinler Muckflitt Most immigrants come from outside the EU, UK has full control on non EU migration, you can't blame the EU for things the tories do.
Brexit
How did they get into the mess?
Britain traded POWER for MONEY.
When the EU rules started taking affect, the British said ooooopsy.
The UK joined the European Communities (EC) in 1973 under the Conservative government of Edward Heath, with continued membership endorsed by a referendum in 1975. In the 1970s and 1980s, withdrawal from the European Communities was advocated mainly by the political left, with the Labour Party's 1983 election manifesto advocating complete withdrawal.[2] In the late 1980s, opposition to the development of the EC into an increasingly political union grew on the right, with Margaret Thatcher - despite being a key proponent of the European single market - becoming increasingly ambivalent towards Europe.[2] From the 1990s, opposition to further European integration came mainly from the right, and divisions within the Conservative Party led to rebellion over the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. ;-/
@Amanda Hughes I assume you have proof of this?
Edward Heath was a child killer
HistoryGeek M I voted to remain in EEC in 1975 (my first vote) I didn’t vote for an unaccountable EU super state. That said my instinct was to remain, that is until I did some research into the operation of EU.
@@petercameron5562 there is rumours that may be true. But it has no bearing on this issue.
@Theresa Dalmare Brexit is not a Rugby Game where you can pick and choose "Champions" every year. Your belligerence, arrogant attitude was felt all over the EU until Brexit. As a EUROPEAN who's ROMAN ANCESTORS STEPPED FOOT in your "Royal Island" FIRST, and as much as I was AWARE of how you Britons where MANIPULATED into a Brexit vote, I must say that BREXIT SHOULD BE HONORED. But....and I say BUT within the Brexit deal a caveat of a NEW REFERENDUM within a certain amount of years SHOULD BE AND MUST GE GRANTED. Brexiteers shouldn't be worried of a second referendum IF they THINK they are GENIUSES and found the "HOLY GRAIL" of salvation, and are CERTAIN that second referendum will have the same results. Bottom line... BREXITEERS SHOULD PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS. So PLEASE SUPPORT BREXIT... and you will ALWAYS BE WELCOMED TO JOIN US AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. YOU ARE CORRECT... THE EU WILL CHANGE AND EUROPE WILL PROSPER BY 2020... so the sooner you get this BREXIT DEAL DONE... the sooner you can have your second referendum. AGAIN.... YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WELCOMED BACK.
Wetherspoons was like a cave of orcs 🤣
Love the Weatherspoons bit. But I have a feeling that smug remainer would have been glassed if that had happened in Gateshead!
2:00 Funniest end to an interview ever lol, did the guy just walk away xD
Overseas multi nationals set up in the UK to have a foothold in the EU. So they are moving!
-HSBC: moving 1,000 jobs from London to Paris, where it will set up its EU headquarters.
-Lloyd’s of London: moving 100 jobs from London to Brussels; EU HQ from London to Dublin.
-JPMorgan: “hundreds” of jobs from London to Dublin, Frankfurt, Germany, and Luxembourg.
-Barclays: 150 jobs from London to Dublin, where it will set up EU headquarters.
-Bank of America: moving EU headquarters from London to Dublin.
-UBS: under 1,000 jobs from London to EU offices, including Frankfurt.
-Moneygram: moving EU headquarters from London to Brussels.
-European Medicines Agency: moving from London to Amsterdam, including 890 jobs.
-European Banking Authority: moving from London to Paris, including 180 jobs.
-Dyson, Sony, Panasonic going
-BMW Mini already has a plant in the Netherlands with plans to expand that operation THERE!
-P&O go to Cyprus,
-EasyJet registering 100 jets in Austria,
-HQ's Bentley stockpiling parts and saying Brexit is a killer,
-Dixon Group stockpiling TVs and laptops,
-Pets at Home stockpiling pet food,
-Rees Mogg transfers billions of pounds in funds to Dublin
-Nissan exiting out of Sunderland will happen, despite a deal with the UK. There is a guarantee that contains "sensitive commercial information"…..so how much then!
-Airbus will go, they have a fine tuned JIT assembly line that is dependent on all sub parts in and assembled parts out...without the delays of customs! As for the interchangeability of staff from all over the EU.....not an instant and streamlined multinational assembly line
Paul Furey yeah, all those poor bankers having to move, what wonders they did for the UK in 2008.
Jaguar Land rover leaving. 4500 jobs cut
@@buildingabout3505 Thanks for that! And now look at Nissan with the Xtrail U Turn in Sunderland!
This is a good documentary.
It's not - its really bad and one sided
@Phil Macaulay What did you disagree with?
@@philmacaulay7956 Please elucidate the overwhelming bias then.
@@user-nf5ye4vn7z The filmaker constantly projects his anxiety about the future of Britain (Brexit) - Makes a mockery of Tim Martin in one of his pubs - by editing the film to make it look that way - whatever you think of Martin - it clearly showed the event in a poor light - 11.00 am drinkers in Whetherspoons is not ever going to look good. All his interviews are with people fed up or confused with it, or people who have voted Brexit and then changed their minds subsequently - not one comment of positivity - did you actually watch the same film - but maybe the negative persepective suits you - because you're a remainer maybe???
It's funny people are pretending the establishment hasn't been trying to make it as hard as possible to run your own country? Is it the case no one is for brexit? Does anyone believe this?
As a 2 software engeeniering student from Spain I must say that start up guy is right,we wont go there any longer.
NO DEAL NO PROBLEM
Wait that woman who said "why should we have our freedom of movement taken away" Well lady it wasn't taken away, You opted out.
I think she voted to remain, it was her countrymen who opted out. She sounds like a rational person so she most likely voted remain
i will never spend my money on weatherspoon anymore
We don't talk about Brexit, we only want to get drunk.
Being taken home by your wife after a bender =Drunxit
You can see the plant in the section about Wetherspoons, of these men who do anti Brexit videos on UA-cam.
Wow this was authentic, funny and informative. Very nice piece. More please!
what the hell are the tags on this video, gdnpfpnewspolitics.. Can anyone tell me what this is?
Finally, been waiting for a new video! Best of luck to my friends in the UK, from Canada!
Come on lads, let's sail out into the open world of success.
Is that the world we trade with as part of the biggest,most powerful trading bloc in the world?
Quite biased but that's what can be expected from the guardian. What about the lies on the remain side?
It's a wonder Wetherspoons has produced so few Nobel Prize winners with that calibre of clientele!
Mezz Mezzrow 😂😂👍
That was deep.
It looksh liyhe a shurkel, but itsha horshshoo. - dude so Dutch
How's your Dutch, then?
@@notroll1279 ik spreek prima nederlands gozer. Maar ik ben zelf Brits.
@@windmacher Then you are a rare exception.
I'm tired of types like Jeremy Clarkson who mimick foreign accents and speak no foreign language at all themselves...
Thanks for helping me understand. Take care 😍
Laughed so much at my fellow Nederlander, glad they put it in
12:05 he flips off the camera 😂
Don’t go to weatherspoons that is the best thing to do,support smaller pubs and businesses
The pub scene is like the sermon scene in the "Life Of Brian".. So funny... "I was only asking her to shut up, so I can hear what he's saying, Big Nose."
You’ve got a point. The colmans mustard bit enlightened me.
Can I retract my vote ? Hope we get a 2nd vote now to remain !!
Globalisation + colmans mustard is the way forward .
The mustard that was stated as being for Farage in the UK but was being exported not imported. Yeah I can really see us not increasing costs to cover overheads. Such one sided drive!l
@@AndrewFosterEsquire If we are to increase costs without risk of losing sales or business altogether, why aren't we already doing that?
People’s vote! Peoples vote!
I'm British and have been living in The Netherlands for eighteen years. BREXIT IS A SHAME REALLY. Not so much for myself as I will shortly have the best of both worlds! I feel sorrow for England. Divided on so many fronts, yet now hoping to go it alone. Unfortunately a United Kingdom is merely a distant memory. Leaving the EU will not regain the Great Britain of old, maybe theoretically but unfortunately not in practice. Trying to achieve unity after such diversification and dilution of self, is not even worth contemplating. The energy, resolve and positivity necessary to attain such a result, unfortunately will not be found in the majority of the British population. Broken promises, forlorn and a complete lack of trust across the spectrum. Good luck with that one!
@Grow Junkie Agree on so many points, especially unity after such diversity. 'Great' Britain though is and was only a geographical term, as opposed to 'Lesser Britain' (Brittany.) As to whether we will be 'great' again or ever were 'great' for much of the population past the elite is questionable. I love this country but even re-reading Bill Bryson's 'Notes on a Small Island', almost 30 years after its publication, much of what was good (more fairness, community etc) has already gone and much of the remainder seems fast disappearing.
Grow Junkie depends on how bad the developing political situation inside the Eu gets really. This is just part of a complex of problems the eu is nursing. My prayers for our troubled world. Love your I got mine attitude though. Brightened my day for sure.
You don't need to earn a lot of money if your monthly outgoings, including housing costs, are low. People just want to get a job, buy a house and have a family this is an unattainable aspiration to most low paid workers in this country.
Good to see one of the 3 blokes in a pub laying into Mr. Whethspoon in his pub.
Just heard that Airbus will leave the UK! And a few other big global companies!
Bo Hogland and what’s ur point? We don’t need global companies we need British companies making British products or are u happy to send all this money abroad. The country has been completely hollowed out and has nothing left to give or should I say sell
Seems like the most british thing I've ever seen.
Great video as always. I love it when you talk to real people outside of the bubble.
😂😂😂 Jason hunter reminded me of the stuntman from Kentucky fried movie
It better happen because I've boarded up my windows and doors, house is full of dried foods and I am ready for the hordes. ⚒️⚔️🔫🏹☠️☠️☠️💩
I think you are being ironic - sounds like it
@@philmacaulay7956 i would suggest everyone in mid March finds out wtf is happening and preparing for food shortages may be a good option
Oh those poor millionaire company owners. Now they're going to have to pay people a decent wage!
but the problem is post Brexit the companies will apply pressure to the government to allow NON Eu residents access to the country so they can exploit them....they will do that rather than pay people a decent wage
skyblaze eterno so everyone has an equal chance of employment based on merit and regardless of their country of origin? Outrageous!
Edgar J Rimkus when people use this argument it’s blindingly obvious that you’ve never taken a a basic economics class at secondary or tertiary education. Go learn about demand and supply
Or maybe the factories and farms will increasingly use automation, and most people will be redundant on the job market. Just maybe...
No they're not. Some will no longer be competitive so they will go under. Others will move their companies across the channel. If you HAVE to be in the UK then you might be able to employ more UK workers if (when) the pound takes a further massive nosedive, but a raise in a devalued currency may not be a raise at all.
-are you worried about the traffic jams?-
-no, not at all, i have my fridge, i have my microwave and i have my bed!-
pure comedy gold
"Goin' Mobile", from Who's Next (1971): "I don't care about pollution, I'm an air-conditioned gypsy, that's my solution, watch the police and the tax man miss me...WHEN I"M MOBILE....YEEE HAW!
As much as the information here saddens me greatly, excellent video!
1:49 give that woman a medal
I voted remain (just) and am left wing, but I'd vote leave now because the more I've had time to reflect on the purpose of the EU and the way it functions, the more I'm recognising it as a neoliberal organisation that cares little for the rights of its citizens. That said, the tories care less but they are on our doorstep and easier to change.
Given where our food comes from and the amount of Brits in the EU/EU citizens living here, I think its best to stay in the single market and have free movement of people.
We just need to get tougher on big companies who want to exploit immigrants for cheap labour, which would benefit everyone. Also we need government policies to create full employment in jobs with a clear benefit to society, not cold calling, pyramid schemes, pestering people in the street and low paid warehouse work like this government keep boasting about.
The tories have only prosecuted one person for paying below the minimum wage in this office- I have heard through the grapevine of more employers paying below the minimum wage to asylum seekers than they've convicted and honestly, I don't know what the best thing to do is given the governments negligent deportation policies.
I sometimes think its better to leave this sinking ship. Surely the majority of right wingers want the same things as me- decent employment, healthcare, safety, good schools and well maintained cities with low poverty and homelessness. Oh and an end to the climate crisis. Why wouldn't you?
You're left wing and think that the Tories are easier to change? Not likely.
The thing is some media outlets have it wrong brexit is not s left or right wing issue.
What I find humourous is that while people claim your racist for not liking uncontrollable migration it's actually far more complex.
By having more supply the demand goes down and so does wages so the natives get paid less and the migrants while earning a good wage compared to there own nation they are also then leaving there own country to fall behind in its own development.
I don't want to steal the best migrants from other countries as I'd like them to help there own people first. All migration does is cause harm to the poorer less skilled workers and harm the country that the skilled worker came from
Go on Jason.
I'm still baffled about how Britain thinks it's going to be better off without the EU. They will be fine, sure, but not better off. For instance, it's not going to stop immigration, but it will make it harder to combat it.
Ooooo a Hard Border, get over it. Canada, USA and Mexico have hard borders and life is great!
But do they have a Good Friday Agreement?
Mexico is fine? Or America? Sure... If you don't leave your hotel, / resort....
A lot of Brits are there to do jobs if the GOVT did it's job for once and built housing and infrastructure near the jobs...
Yeah, right.
I hope you've never voted Tory in the past then...
they outsourced that to the private sector
@@joejones4582 indeed not.
Look at all the clips in the different parts of the country and compare them with London. London looks like a different country compared to the rest of the UK. Brand new and shiny, all glass and steel. new buses, billions spent on the infrastructure Then they wonder why the rest of the country voted leave!
Brilliant shot of that gambling machine with Deal or No Deal on it!
The 2 business owners imply that it will be hard to get employees, under current non EU working visa applications, the threshold for a job is £25K. Are these people paying only minimum wage?? If a side effect of Brexit is higher wages, then bring it on!
I think it will be hard to get employees because a lot of companies have built themselves on employing cheap migrant labour with zero hour contracts. They just request workers from agencies when they need them and then drop them when they don't. A lot of these companies couldn't function paying a decent wage with normal working contracts. You can blame the UK government for that situation. I think most of these kind of companies will shut down or relocate to within the EU after Brexit.
Couldn't have said it better -
Higher labour wages in a country which already has the strongest currency will make manufacturing goods non competitive on the open market as it just costs too much to make something you can make for a fraction of the cost in country with cheaper labour. Ultimately, it can play a role in causing a massive recession.
So the prevailing logic in the comments is that companies will move to the EU, either to places such as France or Germany (much higher costs of employment) or out in the outback where money goes further but there is a huge compromise on living standards........? I think not. Whatever happens, the FX rate may falter further, but the GBP will be more attractive compared to the politically underpinned Euro. Remember that services are WTO exempt, all tariffs are on manufactured goods.
Think about it. The U.K. has the 5th or 6th largest economy, and only 15%of U.K. exports goes to the EU. The EU needs our purchases, if a spanner goes into the works there are hundreds of thousands of livelihoods in the EU on the line......
@@sibience In fact the EU is working on a law to make zero hour contracts only usable in certain special situations - what's the bet that post-Brexit UK won't align with that EU law?
And all this in Tory foodbank uk 2019 ?
Democracy: Where do I live? Greece can't afford me, America has a fascade democracy, and now I'm suffering in my oldest abode too....Great Britain.
the walls are closing in...
Why, if you are a Remainer, are you patronizing Weatherspoon's? Put your money where your mouth is!
this is the thing all they care about is brexsit and there is so meany other problems such as NHS, crime, povity, schools, people need to come to gether and help each other. the other day there was a news artical on the BBC that over a 100 people were killed in afgan and it was the story before the weather which is normaly the nice story come on people this should be the way.
What a brilliant report. Love it...
You're expression at 5:02 is priceless 😂🤣😂
On the basis that you don't know the background, this video is produced by a left wing newspaper run from London. A city that mostly voted remain. In the north of England many more Labour supporters voted leave, but the Guardian ignores them and puts out one-sided videos like this one.
The Labour Party, and its leader in particular, refused to discuss a compromise and criticise everything the government do, instead of putting the country first and coming up with an agreement that will benefit us all.
When criticism is all you can provide - like this newspaper, like this party - you have no recourse when things don't go your way. It's time to stop your playground chants and start helping the country.
Nice try
@@corvus2512 Ta
I guess they have been in Wigan as well.
...and so you think everything is well in UK? 🤣
@@GeorgRusbeck God no! But we are seeing what happens when the people disagree with parliament; it looks like Brexit may not happen at all if the politicians have their way. We don't really have a democracy in the UK, it's more of a politocracy. Roll on proportional representation...