Let's be honest with ourselves though, if someone voted for Brexit and they work in international goods transport that is 100% karma. Like in what world did they think it would turn out any other way?
@Gaz W So what did Remainers lie about then? More and more of what the remainers were saying are becoming apparent with every day and what Brexiteers were saying being proved flatout lies. I was a non-EU overseas student in the UK and worked there for a while after graduation. Sitting here back in Asia I'm shocked at the stupidity of the referendum outcome. Boris is pushing for the UK to join the CPTPP, to be more "global". Funny thing is the EU is also in talks to join the CPTPP. So what has it all been for? Even Mogg hasn't found any benefits he can explain to the British public, but I bet there's been benefits for his bank account from his disaster capitalist chums (same goes for Farage). And that was the plan, the UK is a disaster.
@Gaz W They ruined the life blood of the economy, literally that's what truckers are. "abit more paperwork" You obviously know very little about how "Just in Time" delivery system works and how truckers make their living. Coming out of the customs union and introducing border frictions is like docking an animal's tail, wrapping an elastic band around the tail, cutting off the blood supply, waiting for the tail to slowly die and fall off... And the UK is the tail. Truckers don't just pick out one cargo consignment, they pick up multiple, in the tens if not more and each of those has to have their own sets of paperwork where there was none before. Those all needs to be checked at the border now where there weren't any checks before. This leads to gridlocks as trucks have to wait to be checked. Truckers get penalized for late delivery, in some cases sacked and blacklisted through no fault of their own. And it's not just the driver who has to do the correct paperwork, it's the company sending the goods. Truckers also used to be able to piggyback deliveries, they deliver a consignment, pickup another from near by and deliver elsewhere in a circle to maximise efficiency of being on the road. Now UK truckers can't do that in the EU and EU drivers can't do that in the UK making cross border journeys much less attractive, if not altogether counter productive for the drivers' bottom line, why would an EU driver deliver to the UK when they can countinue friction free within the EU. I could go on, but I'm not being paid to school you. The short of it is if businesses don't get their supplies the economy stalls and earns less. You can see the knockon effects on UK industries. Prices of goods will also rise as you'll have to begin paying truckers more, because their jobs has gotten much harder and they can't pick up jobs on the go like they used to. Not to mention lack of key migrant workers cause by Brexit in different industries, hence the pig burning episodes. Foriegner = Bad. Typical chav thinking... International students don't create debts. We have to pay full tuition which goes to subsidize the tuition caps for British students. In my case I was private boarding school then university educated, the fees of which would have been taxed. I worked and paid national insurance and taxes in the UK for about 10years, recieved no benefits, didn't use the NHS and I won't be drawing a state pension from the UK, so the taxes I've paid I won't benefit from and will go to help some poor bastard in the UK, my 28 years in the UK costed the UK tax payer the sum total of £0 and was a net gain for the British coffers. The amount of taxes I've paid to the UK was in the 10s of thousands over the years. The UK is like my second home, I grew up there. It pains my to see a country I love, effectively doing self harm.
but if your not in the UK at e the momment, my god it is funny to watch! I know a farmer in scotland that was shunned because he was pushing brexit. a year after and it turned out his buisness was only alive because of forign workers, forign markets and EU SUBSIDIES! that farm was in his family for hundreds of years, and he had to sell it just to cover his depts. He still works there, as a basic labourer, he came out the end of it with a house and nothing else, no extra money. And works for the neibour he hates that bought his farm.
@@ThomasBusby The 'United Kingdom' refers to a political union between, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Although the UK is a fully independent sovereign state, the 4 nations that make it up are also countries in their own right and have a certain extent of autonomy.
@@ThomasBusby England IS a Country just as are Scotland and Wales. The United Kingdom is a UNION of Countries, formed at swordpoint or Economic Blackmail. Unlike the EU which is a Union of Nations that have FREELY chosen to accept Membership and the Rules that go with it!
It's almost as if they felt they had little to lose. .... Sadly in the North East of England that WAS the prevailing sentiment - regardless of the fact that the region received loads of free money from the EU.
It's been the same with tax cuts. The ultra rich have enlarged their share of the total economy since the Great Tax Cut was signed in. It didn't come out of no where. It came from the middle class. Yet before the bill presented to the President. It wasn't the ultra rich who was seen stomping for the tax although it would ultimately benefit them the most. It was middle class people who were pushing and going to bat for the tax cut. The ultra rich has it figured every time. They can stand by and watch others do the pushing.
That pretty much goes for anyone working class who votes Conservative. The rich spend a lot of time and effort into making average income earners vote against their own interests whilst labelling the people fighting income inequality as elitist.
People are getting exactly what they voted for after being fed a lie playing on their fears and having no understanding of how trade/imports/exports worked in the EU
Nobody got what they voted for, on either side, a simple tracking back on the timeline will tell you that. If a driver asks me whether to turn left or right, I don't expect to be held accountable when he starts swerving the car and crashing into things.
I simply cannot understand this. People who made a living of _international transport_ , who traveled & worked with other countries on a daily basis, expected what? Some kind of magic waving of international rules, because _they_ wanted it?! They wanted all the advantages of being inside, while being outside?!
Because they didn't see the advantages. They had never known a time without the EU. Many people thought that open borders were just normal. And even if they knew the difference, many believed that the UK would get special treatment for being special.
Always amazes me the amount of people who took the EU for granted and were not aware or care about the advantages of membership. How could a haulier not know the damage brexshit would cause to that industry?
The problem is that people like this driver is just too young to remember the problems of a fractured Europe. Combined with the Tory lies they thought that thinks will work okay.
As a European I’m grateful for Brexit because it’s such a nice example of where ignorance can lead you and what the disastrous consequences of leaving the EU can be.
Whats even funnier is, you constantly hear them complain "This isnt what we voted for" YES. Yes it is. We TOLD them this was going to happen. The UK already had picked out the benifits, while contributing way less to the EU than other countries. But like an entitled child, they wanted the benefits, without paying a price. Everyone knew that was NOT happening and that they would lose their benefits.
@@michael_c137 while it was a stupid decision by the UK, the EU hasn't faired well post Brexit either, unfortunately not only did the UK self mutilate it's own economy it also damaged Europe. If you want ignorance, look over the pond and imagine being a yank!
No compassion here without taking at least some responsibility for results of that vote. I don't agree with the "conned"-frame. You're an adult, and you work in international logistics. Grow some brains!
@@You-tw4zs Contempt for both is more appropriate in this case, as the lies about Brexshit were extremely obvious and got repeatedly exposed for what they were, and yet they voted for Brexshit anyway. That's just willfull ignorance.
Did they really believe that the UK, one country, was going to out negociate the EU? A 27 member trading block with a point to make? I really can't believe anyone thought this was going to be easy, let alone better. Where's the accountability? Partying.
“Obviously we wanted Brexit. We didn’t want it to hurt that much” + “it was so much fun driving in Europe” (indeed…) Q - why did they want to leave? Honestly. Hate of their fellow “foreign” worker? Why?
@Ron S, I believe I can answer that. Foreigners tend to come from places where daily needs are harder to come by. When getting to England, you work, get a steady supply of money, the more you work the more you get paid. All needs are all of a sudden achievable. You work, you pay your bills, you buy some clothes, maybe a car or a house, live content and happy. And the dude next door watching starts getting jealous of your possessions. He doesn't care how hard you work, where you come from or how bad you had it before. All it matters for such individual is the 150 quid he spent at the pub on Friday, whilst watching the footie, and how skint he is for the rest of the week. Come Friday, do it again. Until his precious wife finds a dude that ends up being a hard working family man that just so happens, came from another nation. I didn't meet many hard working brits that had this feeling towards foreigners, just the low class, Stella drinking 8am at the jobcentre door, never worked 2 days in a row, uneducated and benefit claiming ones. I think this overview basically covers it.
@@silvao6589 very interesting. Thanks. When I see someone working very hard, I respect them. I want the best for them, as long as they’re decent people. I love speaking to “foreigners” (other nationals). I’m curious. I also traveled a lot. About 40 countries. With time I learned 2 additional languages (Spanish - my wife, and my Italian is ok). In Uni I also had many non British friends who spoke perfect English obviously, in order to complete 2 degrees in engineering. So bottom line - it does come from hate and jealousy. Miserable yobs.
EU procedures were very carefully designed by experts to facilitate trade. People who didn't trust the experts listened to ideologues who exploited their ignorance and prejudice. Now all the British are paying the price.
@@itsbboybumpit’s embarrassing how far we’ve fallen. We were respected as a stable and effective core member of the EU. Now we look like clowns. Even if we ever manage to rejoin it’ll take decades beyond that for our reputation to recover. So much damage. I think people see Brexiteers as more likely to be patriotic. But I was so proud to be British, for all our issues, and I’m heartbroken to see what’s become of us. And I say this as someone who has strong criticisms of the EU. The Euro seems like a terrible idea, the treatment of Greece was awful. But you don’t cut off your nose because you’ve got a couple of pimples.
From Spain, I work in the fish marketing sector. Spain is one of the largest consumers of fish in the world. There are many species of fish that are not appreciated in the rest of Europe and that are highly priced here. I can never understand why English fishermen voted in favour of Brexit, when Europe and Spain in particular were the destination of most of their catches and at prices they had never dreamed of. I remember that when Spain joined the EU our fishermen complained about the competition from fresh fish brought in from Great Britain. Today, our largest supplier of fresh fish outside the EU is Morocco, which has replaced Great Britain, with fish of equal quality and better price. Other great beneficiaries have been French fishermen. My company still imports fish caught by British fishermen, but in much smaller quantities and paying lower prices at source than those paid before Brexit. The biggest problem with bringing fish from Great Britain is not the customs bureaucracy, it is that the supply chain has been broken. Before Brexit, there were Spanish buyers based in Great Britain, joint ventures, regular fish transport... now everything is less normalized. British fishermen, as we say in Spain, have thrown stones on their own roof and have broken the tiles.
A lot of people say that they feel sorry for those who were "conned" by the Brexit party. I feel like if you are an adult and have the right to vote, you are responsible for making an informed decision! People who chose out of hatred, greed, and/or sense of exceptionalism deserve whatever befalls them. 🤔 Some people here are ready to vote for Trump again in 2024, so I'm not surprised Idiots like that exist in the UK too.
@@You-tw4zs People who get scammed over the phone don't have another person standing next to them cautioning them in detail about the mistake they're making. Brexiters chose to ignore what the rest of their compatriots wanted and took an opportunity from them for no other reason than hubris and xenophobia. I keep my pity for the Remainers who have to watch their fears become true!
@@lawsonj39 🧐 I think I "triggered" this keyboard warrior by ... stating MY opinion. 🤯Apparently, I am not allowed one!?! 🙊 Somebody is frustrated! Kisses from the US of A!
They are too many of them and they are arrogant, as if being stupid is not annoying enough. This needs to be stopped and those people need to be held accountable for the crap that we are going through because of their imbecile actions.
Totally. I feel more sorry for the people that were not conned, saw through the lies and voted remain but now have to live with the disastrous effects of the vote. Moaning brexiters? You won! Get over it.
“This isn’t the Brexit I voted for!” “Really? Because this is the Brexit I voted _against.”_ - Most common conversation in the UK, circa 2016 - present.
they voted for the brexit that would make everything better for them at the expense of others, but that does not matter because others is not them, so its all good.
@@Huuuuuuuuuuuu107 It's still relevant because it's yet another example of voters voting against their own best interest, and then complaining afterwards.
@AmericanTraitors-GOPignore the others, what you're doing is correct because they wanted immigrants out with no concept of what they provide. Now theyre paying you for their decisions.
I have a friend from grad school who is a pensioner who voted for Brexit. I am not a Brit--I live abroad-- but would hear him talk quite a bit about Brexit during the lead up to the vote. He was always talking it up on our Skype calls or our International Conferences (we're still in the same professional organizations). Now, get this: He's pissed because he now has to get a visa to live in the EU for his retirement!
@@mats7492 They need a visa to live in Spain since summer 2021, they need enough income proof and private health insurance as far as I know which many I presume dont have and cant afford as retirees so maximum 90 in a 180 days across the Schengen area.
Hilarious how the guy said the job was a pleasure before Brexit. So basically being in the EU wasn’t in any way making his life hard, but he still voted to end that. Utterly bizarre.
I don't think that your comment is really giving the EU enough credit - on a technical level, what the EU has achieved in aligning the rules and processes across nearly 30 countries so that trade between them can be significantly smoothed is essentially without precedent in history (it has happened within empires and such like before, but not really without someone basically conquering everyone and saying "now we're doing it my way!"). The EU's single market is a modern marvel that is the result of decades of tireless work to make things more efficient for all of its members and we unilaterally decided to cut ourselves off from its benefits based on xenophobia and idiocy.
This all stems from an "us" vs "them" mentality. Other nations are "other," we are better. We don't need anyone. We can stand on our own. We'll show you how great we can be on our own. Unless you manufacture/produce every single good imaginable on your own soil, how you still live life with this mentality is beyond me. Anyone who did not see this coming was a fool. This is what nationalism gets you. At the end of the day, no country is better than another because the people who inhabit one hunk of land aren't better than the people who inhabit another. Everyone contributes to the life you lead every day. Yes, even people on another land mass thousands of miles away. Want that to change? Change the life you lead and TRULY become independent. That won't happen, because they want change without really understanding how change actually looks and what it actually entails. THEY don't want their lives to change, they just want the nostalgia of perceived superiority. Kind of like the bigots here in the U.S. They swear they want war (another civil war) to reclaim a past they are nostalgic for without really understanding the past or being honest about it. They want the nostalgia of their perceived superiority. They don't connect the dots that they lost the last civil war, they lost each and every attempt establishing the world they envisioned and people who believe what they do ALWAYS lose and always usher in a more liberal society in their wake. But yet, they keep trying, because letting go of their perceived superiority will leave them with nothing. When we all let go of these faux nationalistic ideologies and stop believing we are better than others because of a pre-determined pedigree, or because we happened to be born on a particular hunk of land, when we all realize that we all contribute to each other's lives, we can actually work together for everyone's betterment. Until then, decisions such as this will be made and people will suffer for them.
The thing is, in the first three decades after WWII, the USA really was better than every other country on the planet and could competely stand on its own. But then we gave away our greatest asset; our mighty manufacturing base. Implementing protective nationalist policies now would be closing the barn doors after the horses are gone. We are never getting back the advantages that we had that were squandered and ruined by corrupt political and business leaders.
If they voted to leave, I have absolutely no sympathy for these people at all. They were told what would happen and chose not listen, or even shouted down those who were trying to warn them. Their greed or stupidity or xenophobia or whatever has ruined the lives and futures of millions of people: especially young people. They deserve everything they voted for.
@@detritiv0re144 I call it the "golf club syndrome" You no longer want to be in the golf club but you want to return with club discounts, take your daughter to the club house to get married etc. Who has ever heard of such a club????
I know people who voted Brexit and it was a complete waste of time trying to reason with them. They have zero knowledge of economics but they did not want to know. The damage it has done still makes me angry.
they're going to be the ones that suffer the most anyways. People who are involved in international business and affairs are going to be better off. Because they will be fine when this happens. People working domestically are going to get screwed, like these truck drivers.
@@deeanna8448 Yep. I follow a lot of US politics and watching MAGA morons being interviewed at Trump rallies who can't cite one _single_ policy decision of his that has benefited them (nor a Biden policy that hasn't) honestly makes me want to scrape my own face off... 🙃 And his apparent stranglehold over your Supreme Court is alarming - evidenced by this week's farcical (and tardy) decision to rule on his ridiculous immunity claim. In _April,_ ffs. 🙄
They thought that with some kind of magic they would get or keep all the good stuff and Europeans would be poorer. Well. It didn’t quite work out for those chaps. Now they have to live with the consequences of their actions. No sympathy at all.
@@dieseltinus6680 yes and no. Those who didn’t vote, absolutely no right now to complain. Those who did vote and chose BREXIT, still have no right. They were told it was a web of lies being dished to them, yet they still didn’t listen because of the misinformation they were being fed and their own stupidity.
@@danlynch8282 Funny how you perceive lies to be only things that don't support your narrative. We've left, it's over and you're never going back. If you want the EU pack your bags and off you go to France.
@@mrtappyasmr7702 Did you even watch this video? It is only 4 minutes long. Surely even a died-in-the-wool Brexit supporter has a 4 minute attention span….then again, probably not. Anything more than a dumb slogan would blow your mind.
They didn't have to leave the EU then because they already had cherry picked the advandages they wanted while being a member of EU. Now the U.K. must be the best place to live, I guess?!
American here who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. Many people voted for Donald Trump (the American Brexit) and were shocked when he carried out his campaign promises of screwing them over.
@@4plus20isHappy Hillary was evil but damn, you had to be a special kind of stupid to vote for Trump. It's not like it's better in Europe tho AFD, LePen, the mussolini party.
As. Lorry/coach driver. "I told you so". Every lorry coach/driver I know all voted for Brexit. Unbelievable, and a matter of common economic sense. 500 million customers on our doorstep. Unbelievable.
Why did people involved in transportation vote to leave an economic union that facilitates trade? It's like a fisherman voting against nets or a farmer voting against tractors.
Telling your people you would get rid of red tape by getting new borders where there used to be non is the most dishonest and disrespectful thing you can say.
Yes, but believing it is the stupidest thing that anyone could do. There are plenty of complexities to the E.U. but the basic way in which freedom of movement works can easily be understood by a seven-year-old.
@@icturner23 I don't know so much about in the UK, but in the US truck drivers tend not to be the most highly-educated critical thinkers around. There are exceptions, of course, but I was a dockworker all through my twenties who worked with drivers daily and most of them are a bit on the...special side.
@@peterflynn3657 Do you remember that skit about some officer in the army whose leg was bitten off by a lion, but he was so relaxed, "because it will surely grow back?"
Then he goes on to say you’d think that make it easier for us with the paperwork . No you prick that’s what Brexit meant being in the EU cut down the paperwork
@@steveosborne2297 When UK was in the EU, there wasn't much paperwork. What paperwork did he want to get rid of? I guess it wasn't about paperwork, it was about Johnny Furreiner being suspected of undercutting wages. The guy probably got a huge pay raise, but he doesn't look very happy with it
As a Canadian of English heritage, watching Brexit unfold has been like seeing your elderly father move out of a perfectly nice retirement home so he could hit the dating scene. You saw the delusions, but Dad still thinks he's all that and a slice of cheese.
Or Quebecers voting to split from Canada and then discovering that 92% of the province is owned by the Federal Government. Ultra-Nationalist views and politics never have had an happy ending. And yet, those pushing for this always seem to find more idiots to fall for it. Every single time.
i can understand some old ladies and gents voted for brexit, they didn’t really know what good it does for them. But a lorry driver who crosses the border on daily basis? He should have known better!
I did not hear any of them say that they voted to leave, in a Byline video they never do. The nearest I heard was "we voted for Brexit" so "we" as a nation, not "I" as in person. They always want to leave you with the impression of voter regrett, most of that leap is done in your own mind.
The idea that old people voted for Brexit because they didn't know any better and didn't realise the implications is no excuse. I told my friends as old as me (80) ask your children and grandchildren what they want because we won't be around much longer but they will and will have to cope with the mess. They didn't listen. . Thank God, I 've been living on the continent for the last 60 years!
If you don't know what good or bad something does for you, you should not have the right to vote. In no other field than politics amateurs are asked every 4 years for their opinion. That is insane. When did your local hospital contact you and asked you whether you're still okay with their methods of doing brain surgery? When did the local fire chief call you asking for your input in terms of firefighting? Amateurs should not have a say in politics. You want to have a say? Then here is the current citizen test. If you pass it and can prove that you have at least a basic knowledge of politics, the parties and their programs, you can vote.
@@Transformer-x6t Wha Wdym, I think most people went to Germany, because it is the most central one with great stuff in it (laws etc). And I know many brits which came to germany to work, but now had to go back.
@@Transformer-x6t Yes, they did. Many old retired Britons in Spain voted Brexit. More than likely they`ll spend the rest of their retirement wondering if the funcionario local will come knocking.
@@marianocalzada6472 The country is full of poles, lithuanians, Romanians, Serbians, and a shit load of other eastern Europeans. I mean it's fine, but I just don;t get why they want to be here, because the UK is miserable as fuck.
As an HGV Driver before the "open borders" came in, I have sat in Dover several times for over 24 hours, and often in Customs clearing in Italy, Portugal and France and Spain for 6 or more hours regularly. With the open borders you just need a CMR delivery note, and never get stopped by customs, except in the UK with customs searching for booze, cigarettes and drugs, which was fine. And now the UK has gone back to T1's/T2's;Invoices, carnets and allthe other confusing paperwork! I told several people that that was would happen, along with all the delays. Thank God I had moved to workand reside in Denmark!
It's always odd to see how easily people can be swayed into voting against their own interests. Sometimes it's as simple as telling them about random "benefits " another ethnic group received.
Not only did these people vote against their own interests..... you can hear it here, even when harmed by being voted against their own interest, they still wanted to vote that way because they both never understood they were voting against their own interest, and still don't grasp how their vote harmed their interest.
There's a fun statement on that I picked up from a documentary on the Prisoner's Dilemma: "Life is usually not a zero sum game." As you said, people see 'wait, the other guy gets a benefit' and then start vehemently opposing the cause without consideration as to whether it's aligned with their own long-term interest. Just because they got something, doesn't mean you lost something. And if there are means to give something to some people, without taking an equal amount from others, that is a net again for the society whole, and chances are it will come around and benefit you as well. But eh, why bother with thinking a thing through when one can instead just jump to conclusions and enjoy the endorphine rush from self-justified outrage.
"We wanted Brexit and they delivered Brexit. But ..they could have made it less painful." No, that IS Brexit. What did you think others were warning you about? No sympathy for those that voted themselves out. HUGE amount of sympathy for those that have to suffer because of it.
"They could have made it less painful." You can't leave an international trading organisation you have been a member of for over 40 years on a Friday afternoon and then rock up on Monday morning expecting to negotiate a better deal with that same trading organisation. The real world doesn't work that way.
You say that but I know someone who vote leave because he believed the lies that we wouldn't be leaving the single market. This guy was very intelligent (appeared on Mastermind and University Challenge!) but clearly was also very very gullible.
J'ai pitié pour les jeunes Anglais qui ne désiraient pas le Brexit mais cela a été choisi par des personnes qui soi-disant avaient de l'expérience et c'est une erreur
"Obviously we wanted brexit" Speak for yourself, others obviously didn't want brexit. The mess they're got themselves into, is entirely what they wished for.
This was 100% predictable and predicted but it was dismissed as project fear. It shows how a people can be manipulated especially when you through the idea of national identity into it!! So many times in history this worked and it worked here too.
@Gaz W Where? What bloody EU army? Do you mean NATO? Have you never heard of it before? What rock were you living under? You'll be trying to claim that Turkey is an EU member next...
From my POV (not British), Brexit was the last hurrah of Imperialism. Racist British wanted the foreigners out while willfully ignoring the fact that most of the foreigners they objected to were from their old colonies, not Europe. They thought the EU would be begging for their trade but they forgot that most of Europe doesn't value Britain as highly as Britain does.
and what's even stupider is that if the Posh priviledged twats that run the whole Brexit Campaign Actually negotiated in good faith instead of acting like toddlers, they might have lessened the worse impacts on the population. But then again, toddlers don't think about anyone else but themselves...
David Cameron flipped a coin and was, as an Etonian, surprised it didn't come down the way he called. His arrogance at not making it a 60-40 vote, or allowing 16-18yos the vote, was astounding.
@@mickeythompson9537 there are many sides in the brexit shambles: The obvious liars, cheats and grifters who used it for personal gain (Johnson, JRM, Cummings) The useful idiots who could be counted on (red faced ones with no skill or ability but still somehow are MPs) The remain side who didn't really try (Corbyn, a multitude of Torys) Then there's Cameron who I always get the vibe that he's somehow damp. And the public, somehow caught in the middle
@@mickeythompson9537 60-40 would make sense, most 16 year olds aren't worldly-wise enough to really understand, so their vote would really be someone elses idea.
No man is an island. From our French point of view, we are not sad to see England leave the European Union. It had only advantages and "Opt-outs" (currency, Schengen, justice, social) and has NEVER been satisfied with its situation.
No one is asking for your sympathy why do you people think you're so important? You are irrelevant to Brexit and the UK, always were, and always will be.
It's not delusion, it's people voting on something important with the most basic info and no research. And straight up lies being told, here in yorkshire a lot of old people voted for brexit because main thing being promised was NHS would get like £300m a week with the money that frees up if we leave. And immigration scare was another big one pushed by UKIP and similiar. Really the take away here is important votes should not just go to the public on such short notice, and politicians blatanly lying should go to prison, not just swap jobs after.
Same old crap. They just think they can ask the government for anything no matter how ridiculous and then it is up to the government to just sort it out. Just make Brexit painless. No biggie. Not like there is another side that you need to negotiate with or anything.
But why on earth did you vote for it? You were warned that these exact Problems would come.! How can this come as a surprise? There is nothing your ministers can do to remove any of these restrictions!
They were lied to - sold the dream that separation from the EU = more money for public services, less immigration into the country, no need to align certain laws with that of the international community. All bullshit.
Bit thick these people. We were in the eu and could drive from the northern tip of scotland to the far end of Greece and from Poland ,Latvia and the Russian border to Portugal with hardly a hitch give or take a ferry or two. We aren't in the eu anymore. We have to fill in whatever paperwork and follow whatever rules they devise for non member states. What don't these people understand?
So frustrating to see that people in this industry were so easily conned by the Brexit lie. Did they not understand anything about their jobs and international trade? Perhaps they were too spoilt by the benefits of the EU for the last decades.
Quite, the frictionless trade made possible by EU membership was to them like water to a fish, they just didn't notice it. Now the water's gone and all of a sudden the fish finds out it can't live without it.
"You would have thought that ministers behind this would have made it the least painful as possible" - are these people living in the same world as us? Do they not know how the government works?
As someone with a Masters Degree in EU Politics I weighed up the options on the table and spent weeks of indecision wondering whether leaving the EU would achieve my goals. My primary concern was the desertification of our coastal waters and the frankly rude treatment of Sea Angling industry, by Franz Fischler, in re-growing fish stocks in British Sovereign waters. I read everything I could but what made up my mind was talking with people I love and trust. They made me see that my small concern, leaving the CFP, was only a small part of our economy and EU politics. I was a Remainer, who flirted with leaving but returned to supporting the EU. So, "we" and "you"... I found leaving or remaining a question that for me wasn't a binary choice but that was what I was being presented with. I am concerned that this, frankly, fucking mess we have been dumped into has presented us with straight forward identity politics decision made to divide and hurt our polity. People now see their identity as "Remainer" or "Fukwit" more strongly than they feel Labour or Tory. I was told recently, that the 3rd most powerful indicator of whether you voted Remain or Leave is whether you enjoy "Mrs Brown's Boys". So for myself, I know I have been used politically by a government whose only values is power for itself and I know that "Leavers" have been worked upon just as I have. So Mr Harris, the conclusion to my story is that we have all been harmed by our Government and state. The Gov, the BBC, all our media lied and manipulated us all...all of us hurt by them. I could rant on about us becoming a Democracy whilst we are outside the EU but I hope you take my point. Best Wishes Mr Harris to U and Urs.
@Brian Harris, he was saying "we" as a natIon, he was not referring to himself, that would be - I wanted Brexit - if that is what he had voted for. Chances are he is more in the remain camp than yourself.
@C J, you have to be careful with that 'majority' word, the zealots will be out to get you. Regardless, why is it necessary to try to overturn what they voted for. Why to not recognise it as legitimate because a lesser number of voters feels that it is not right for the nation. Since when has any vote required the most voters to explain their reasoning.
@@jocelynstephens7058 Being Irish we were never asked our opinion but it does not really effect me too much anyways. Its like watching a slo-mo train wreak.
"I wanted my hands cut off, now I have no hands, the Government should help me... but not anyone else who didn't choose to cut their hands off. The owe me 'cos I did what they commanded"
@Gaz W what do you mean? They signed the protocol to allow concessions to the UK that other countries don't have and that despite Brexit meaning out,!!! It doesn't mean superior British ministers can negociate a deal to leave the game, take their ball home but still win the game!! The UK is subject to EU regulations and rules like any other country outside the EU. Even so, they have been granted concessions that do not, however, compromise EU standards. I mean, really! Brexit is Brexit! and it's not the EU's fault as Johnson/The Tories will have us believe.
Tom Pearce…..it’s painful listening to these guys. They don’t have the mental age to vote . Instead of watching football 24/7 , they should have watched 3 Blokes in a Pub, because this was all predicted.
Never mind ,the reformed UK party under the leadership of dickie nice and are nige are going to win the next GE, and they will make britshit work. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Sarcasm by the way .😂
What did they _think?_ You're clearly not familiar with how these peoples brains work. They're utterly incapable of what you or me would consider 'thinking'.
They were probably thinking that the rest of Europe would bow down to britain when in reality no one gives a damm what an arrogant nation britain still is... a large number of british people think in that way how sad.. so they need to learn the hard way how to behave. and old christian proverb states: "he who exhalts himself will be humbled" There you go!
I have spent the last few years asking a simple question. What can I do NOW that I could NOT do when the UK was in the EU? I have not, to date, had an answer from a single leaver. Not one.
I can help you, "get stuck in que" and dont forget all that nice paper work, you did not have the chance to do that before, now did you? ohh you ment GOOD things.. sry cant help you there ^^
We now have control over our laws and wont be dictated by EU. So get ready for shittier employment laws. The funny thing is people I know that voted for Brexit have been most affected by it lol.
And then there is the all important: And what can you _NOT do now,_ that you _could DO_ pre-brexshit? Like I cannot just drive my truck to Europe, or I cannot swim in a UK river or at a UK beach without serious risk to my health, or I cannot sell a product to a guy 30 miles away in France without filling out 20 forms and paying for the privilege.....etc. etc.
100% karma on members of Road Haulage Association, National Farmers Union and Fishermen. They all dismissed the genuine concerns as 'project fear'. 0% Sympathy from me I'm afraid, for the 8 years of insults.
Typical clickbait video title we've come to expect from Byline TV. There is no actual regret expressed in the video - just a whole lot of complaining about the consequences with little to no acknowledgement that it was their vote for Brexit that caused it, with just a dash of begrudging disappointment that the libertarian government they voted for to deliver Brexit, has adopted a small-government minimal-intervention approach toward helping businesses transition to life as a third country outside the EU/Single Market/Customs Union
It just means that many people, need to be more politically aware, this is shocking that many regret the choices they made before the election and the EU citizens living in the UK weren't allowed to vote so from my point of view: serves you right all good luck
why should non-UK citizens be allowed to vote on UK matters? (Not talking about local issues like what time the waste is collected or what should the municipal pool open)
It's not just politically aware either. For example all the BS regarding the fishing business. All the facts were and are easily accessible by anyone about where fish are caught what species and whom do the UK sell them to etc etc. however, it seems no one in the fishing industry took their data from these sites but rather from that "font of knowledge" that's called he "media" LOL.
Irish Govt ran Import and export week end courses so truckers, importers,exporters, manufacturers,etc. were ready for Brexshit. We export 90% of what we produce, so very necessary to be ready for Brexshit. Govt also invested in sea ports. We go long way round to European Union markets. It is the fastest way to go. Carry on up the Brexshit
@@valkyrie9553 Good call! I think many people move to places like France or the UK, because that's what they're familiar with, but might be missing out on other countries where they actually might do better and live better lives. And all just because they might not know much about those places or the language.
@@octavianpopescu4776 true. I know someone who moved from the UK to Greece 30 years ago! Yes, from the UK. He has only returned to the UK once in 30 years. Totally hates it and is saddened to what’s it become. He’s living a fantastic life there in Greece. I’m happy for him.
meanwhile UK being drowned in illegal immigration from France daily and Britons a minority in their own capital. And the UK still obeys a lot of EU policy.
The biggest irony is however when you look at what Brexit did to immigration. European immigration took a big hit, yet overall migration actually vastly increased, migrants are comming now predominantly from outside of Europe. Nothing inherently wrong with that but I am pretty sure that's not what the xenophobe Brexiteers had quite in mind. The bottom line is that the UK economy needs exploitable migrants and if they don't come from Europe, they come from further away.
I saw it coming from a mile away. It was obvious Johnson was lying to the people. I met a Brit while travelling years back. He explained to me why he supported Brexit. I remained silent, but on the inside I was just shaking my head.
In the case of Johnson he was just ignorant re' Economics (as post Boris Government discussions with civil servants etc have revealed) and is a shameless narcissist , but the wider 'reason' the Conservative Establishment wanted out of the EEC is that the 'Eton Class' was having to give up its 'rightful, god-given' power to a European meritocracy.
Remember that slogan (one of many): "Brexit means Brexit" So "Welcome to the Brexit Sir" - there is no way UK Ministers could have made it more simple for lorry drivers - the UK voted to make itself a third country outside the EU - that's what the June 2016 Referendum result delivered - the consequences of that decision are what drivers are now experiencing - there is no solution - you (people who wanted to vote for Brexit) were warned about the consequences - now you have to live with them; BREXIT MEANS BREXIT!!!
I have never worked as a lorry driver or in any way this line of work, yet I could see this happening if we left so why on earth did those who do work in this field vote for it? They must have known these difficulties would have occurred. Unless the reason they voted was for something that seemed more important to them than this reality, something that made them not to even concern themselves with what "Operation fear" was telling them? Well sadly much of what was sold to anyone who voted leave was based around xenophobia. I have heard many leavers state that "not everyone who voted leave is a racist" and this may be true for some but it was certainly a key part of the whole leave campaigns operation that tapped into that xenophobia which helped them achieve their goal. History is full of examples of where a nation brainwashed into believing that Johnny foreigner is the enemy, always ends badly. Now many of the working class who voted leave will be hit the worst by it and are still unbelievably in support of the Tories because they feel they share their "values"?
My family voted remain, following morning, couldn't believe that Brexit got the vote. I have absolutely no sympathy for these ppl. I Crack up laughing when I watch these videos, ho we didn't know things would be like this. Why do ppl vote against their own self interest, the mind boggles.
Even the oldest lorry drivers would only have been driven lorries to the EEC then EU, this meant that paperwork or going through borders of memberstates was already slightly easier than to a third country or since the EU full implementation it became as easy as delivering to the next street. A lorry driver also never ever fills out the paper work unless he is a one man show with no back-office personell. Those one-man-logistic-companies existed in UK and still exist in continental EU (1wo/man and the lorry)but GB ones are now out of this line of EUtransport jobs altogether, there is no way you could do paper work for filling your 42to load for 100s of different customers consignments. It is amazin that so many believed "the nothing will change for you"
I can't believe lorry drivers voted for Brexit. Having listened to the guy talking about how the government should have made Brexit less painful, he still does not understand Brexit or what it means. The only way the government could have made it less painful is to have stayed in the customs union or the single market, but the government wanted a hard Brexit and the people voted Boris in knowing he was going for a hard Brexit. In fact it could have been even worse if Boris had not agreed a trade deal with the EU, as then there would be tariffs to pay too. Some people just think the government was not hard enough, but it's like exiting a club and expecting all the benefits of the club without being a member, then thinking you would have got your way if only you'd threatened, blackmailed or beaten up the club secretary.
Yeah, you hear all these companies complaining about the lack of drivers, and yet they voted for brexit trying to oust people who came here to work; shame on the UK for that.
How very self-righteous of you. Ever stopped to consider that the majority of Brexit voters had other concerns they felt was more important? In full knowledge of what the customs situation might become? Nobody can predict the future, and a hit to the British economy is not the end of the world by any stretch of the imagination. Head out your arse please.
@@EarlHare and what other concerns would you like to mention . Please give me some tangible benefits of Brexit there’s no other person who voted for Brexit can tell me
@@EarlHare 48% of the voters did predict this but it was called project fear. Now you have to live with it and stop asking people who think you deserve this to get their heads out of their arse. And after all it is as you say, a small price to pay for sovereignty and xenophobia.
@@EarlHare "Ever stopped to consider that the majority of Brexit voters had other concerns they felt was more important?", No, we all know 'The concern" was "foreigners". Racists losing is always funny, which is why the world laughs at The British.
What suprised me, that even a haulier wasn't aware of the regulations of moving goods in and out of a third country. And then voting for to be a third country? Never picked up a load in a port from UD or China? Never made a trip into Switzerland? But no Minister could have changed the rules, cause they are agreed at the WTO. No one can change them easily, not even the exceptional and sovereign empire loving brexeteers
Like most people who voted for Brexit, if these people had taken the time to educate themselves about what the decision would mean for them personally, they would have realised that their vote was the equivalent of kicking themselves in their own arse. Over and over again. I have zero sympathy for them.
If that is the case then why was the EU created by the Nazis? And why has the political establishment not given a shit about the common man but gives more shits about their sidekicks and backhanders in Brussels?
What it would mean for them personally, aye. And... what about, you know, what it would mean for the entire country? Gee, Switzerland is not even a member of the EU, do they have it bad? No.
@@BriselanceSwitzerland has a bunch of treaties in place for free trade, as well as still commiting to a bunch of EU laws. They did it properly. They didnt have a tantrum and quit like an angry toddler. Your ignorance is telling.
The rest of the world watched this and wondered how could anyone think this was anything but a grift. I am in Canada and I was amazed, it was like watching people in the US vote for the orange Cheeto. How did people imagine this was going to work?
Well, all the folks who voted for the Orange Cheeto were thrilled with his performance. Everyone who voted against him suffered through his presidency. Now it’s going to happen all over again. tRump is not devious-what you see is exactly what you get. And lots of very greedy and immoral people want exactly that.
Fools can be duped around the world, one of the weaknesses of democracy is everyone gets to vote, its also its strength though. Education needs to start early about critical thinking, to combat misinformation and political grifters. I know the right wing governments would all vote hard against such education since they seem to rely on the ignorant.
He missed a spot 😀 At the end, there's a guy named Lucian. That's a very Romanian name and judging from the accent, I'm fairly certain he's one of us... must be awkward: "Hey! So I voted to kick you out! And... can't help but notice: you're still here!" 🤣
Good old Boris. Wealth, Prosperity, Lower taxes, a happy and healthy nation , all united and at peace. Prices falling. Warm beers in the village green as steam trains chuff by. Britains empire spanning the world. Respected and best of all...straight bananas, blue passports and over a trillion saved for the NHS...exactly as the bus said. Never been prouder to be British... Get me the fuck away from this nightmare.
No, he said "we voted for Brexit" not - I voted for Brexit -. He was using 'we' as a collective - we as a nation. This is how this channel works, gets you to think that there is voter regret.
Goods, services and even furniture was cheap in the UK until 2016. Now even IKEA stores have higher prices. Damn it, Boris may think Brexit is a success, but given the wars going on in world, it would have been better if we stayed back in the EU and had freedom of movement, goods and services. EU is our biggest export market. No point in trying to cut free trade deals with far away countries while we isolate ourselves from EU market.
@@tovsteh - empirical data shows it has hurt trade; that’s a fact established by the IMF and the Bank of England. Leaving trade agreements obviously hurts trade with those countries.
Always remember, when looking at this topic, that many brits do not see themselves at the same level as the rest of the world. That is how a british immigrant in Spain sees themselves as an expat, and had no problem voting Brexit thinking that will only affect Bulgarians and romanians in Britain. Same way a business owner in the UK with clients in Europe pushes for WTO terms without bothering to understand them thinking he can sell everywhere wihout affecting current trade conditions with EU customers/suppliers.
@@LiveFromLondon2I am British, and I have lived in Germany for thirteen years and I can tell you that even the most vitriolic, nationalistic Germans have absolutely nothing on the english. Their sense of entitlement and superiority boggles the mind.
I approached the referendum acknowledging my own ignorance of the issue yet tried to find out as much as I could in the run up to it. I was leaning towards remain purely on the grounds that being united is better than being divided, but I thought let's keep an open mind and at least hear what the leave side have to say for themselves, and I wasn't convinced by anything they had to say. Their whole raison d'etre seemed to come from a blind nostalgic romantic nationalism that completely disregarded all practical aspects of the issue. So I voted remain. I haven't changed my mind since.
Let's be honest with ourselves though, if someone voted for Brexit and they work in international goods transport that is 100% karma. Like in what world did they think it would turn out any other way?
They were tired of listening to the experts, so they listened to Gove instead.
The people most receptive to the lies depended the most on frictionless trade with Europe. Pure karma.
They explained in the clip: they expected ministers to sort things out. Tory ministers.
@@darkiee69 But they themselves were the experts.
101%
My sympathy is reserved for those people who didn't believe the lie of Brexit and were pulled kicking and screaming from the EU.
@Gaz W Ha ha ha. Clearly you are not a truck driver.
@Gaz W enjoy the shit hole you voted for
@Gaz W congratulations mister! You shot your own foot muahahahahaha
@Gaz W So what did Remainers lie about then? More and more of what the remainers were saying are becoming apparent with every day and what Brexiteers were saying being proved flatout lies. I was a non-EU overseas student in the UK and worked there for a while after graduation. Sitting here back in Asia I'm shocked at the stupidity of the referendum outcome. Boris is pushing for the UK to join the CPTPP, to be more "global". Funny thing is the EU is also in talks to join the CPTPP. So what has it all been for? Even Mogg hasn't found any benefits he can explain to the British public, but I bet there's been benefits for his bank account from his disaster capitalist chums (same goes for Farage). And that was the plan, the UK is a disaster.
@Gaz W They ruined the life blood of the economy, literally that's what truckers are. "abit more paperwork" You obviously know very little about how "Just in Time" delivery system works and how truckers make their living. Coming out of the customs union and introducing border frictions is like docking an animal's tail, wrapping an elastic band around the tail, cutting off the blood supply, waiting for the tail to slowly die and fall off... And the UK is the tail.
Truckers don't just pick out one cargo consignment, they pick up multiple, in the tens if not more and each of those has to have their own sets of paperwork where there was none before. Those all needs to be checked at the border now where there weren't any checks before. This leads to gridlocks as trucks have to wait to be checked. Truckers get penalized for late delivery, in some cases sacked and blacklisted through no fault of their own. And it's not just the driver who has to do the correct paperwork, it's the company sending the goods. Truckers also used to be able to piggyback deliveries, they deliver a consignment, pickup another from near by and deliver elsewhere in a circle to maximise efficiency of being on the road. Now UK truckers can't do that in the EU and EU drivers can't do that in the UK making cross border journeys much less attractive, if not altogether counter productive for the drivers' bottom line, why would an EU driver deliver to the UK when they can countinue friction free within the EU. I could go on, but I'm not being paid to school you. The short of it is if businesses don't get their supplies the economy stalls and earns less. You can see the knockon effects on UK industries. Prices of goods will also rise as you'll have to begin paying truckers more, because their jobs has gotten much harder and they can't pick up jobs on the go like they used to. Not to mention lack of key migrant workers cause by Brexit in different industries, hence the pig burning episodes.
Foriegner = Bad. Typical chav thinking... International students don't create debts. We have to pay full tuition which goes to subsidize the tuition caps for British students. In my case I was private boarding school then university educated, the fees of which would have been taxed. I worked and paid national insurance and taxes in the UK for about 10years, recieved no benefits, didn't use the NHS and I won't be drawing a state pension from the UK, so the taxes I've paid I won't benefit from and will go to help some poor bastard in the UK, my 28 years in the UK costed the UK tax payer the sum total of £0 and was a net gain for the British coffers. The amount of taxes I've paid to the UK was in the 10s of thousands over the years.
The UK is like my second home, I grew up there. It pains my to see a country I love, effectively doing self harm.
The lesson from this is simple. Ignoring facts and voting on feelings without regards to the consequences is rarely wise.
The crazy thing is that many Brexit voters don't want to learn this important lesson.
True.
One should never vote with their middle finger.
It rarely ends well.
We need this quote in all countries before anything is voted on.
but if your not in the UK at e the momment, my god it is funny to watch! I know a farmer in scotland that was shunned because he was pushing brexit. a year after and it turned out his buisness was only alive because of forign workers, forign markets and EU SUBSIDIES! that farm was in his family for hundreds of years, and he had to sell it just to cover his depts. He still works there, as a basic labourer, he came out the end of it with a house and nothing else, no extra money. And works for the neibour he hates that bought his farm.
Brexit voters thought they were voting on facts too. Convincing yourself your side is facts is how people get roped into these scams
England is that guy who left the group chat for attention and regrets it now
England isn't a country. The UK is.
@@ThomasBusby England is definitely a country
@@ThomasBusby The 'United Kingdom' refers to a political union between, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Although the UK is a fully independent sovereign state, the 4 nations that make it up are also countries in their own right and have a certain extent of autonomy.
Why is it so accurate? 😂
@@ThomasBusby England IS a Country just as are Scotland and Wales. The United Kingdom is a UNION of Countries, formed at swordpoint or Economic Blackmail. Unlike the EU which is a Union of Nations that have FREELY chosen to accept Membership and the Rules that go with it!
It is amazing how the working class keeps getting tricked into voting against their own interests.
It's almost as if they felt they had little to lose. .... Sadly in the North East of England that WAS the prevailing sentiment - regardless of the fact that the region received loads of free money from the EU.
It's been the same with tax cuts. The ultra rich have enlarged their share of the total economy since the Great Tax Cut was signed in. It didn't come out of no where. It came from the middle class. Yet before the bill presented to the President. It wasn't the ultra rich who was seen stomping for the tax although it would ultimately benefit them the most. It was middle class people who were pushing and going to bat for the tax cut. The ultra rich has it figured every time. They can stand by and watch others do the pushing.
@aiser If they had done the research they'd have known that in fact they had a lot more to lose than they felt they could lose.
That pretty much goes for anyone working class who votes Conservative. The rich spend a lot of time and effort into making average income earners vote against their own interests whilst labelling the people fighting income inequality as elitist.
They exploit your racism.. every single time
The old ‘this is not the Brexit we voted for’ BS …… people getting exactly what they voted for but won’t own it.
Yep, haven't learned a thing.
People are getting exactly what they voted for after being fed a lie playing on their fears and having no understanding of how trade/imports/exports worked in the EU
It's exactly what the rest of us voted against, though.
Nobody got what they voted for, on either side, a simple tracking back on the timeline will tell you that. If a driver asks me whether to turn left or right, I don't expect to be held accountable when he starts swerving the car and crashing into things.
He wanted the painless kind of brexit
“Truck drivers who voted for Brexit”
Turkeys who voted for Christmas.
@@AndyCapt893 😂
@@AndyCapt893Cant afford your brain medication post-Brexit, huh?
They may well have been hauling turkeys too!! 😂🤣😂
We eat more ham and whatnot on Christmas you're thinking Thanksgiving.
@@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket ah I’m in the UK. Can hams vote? How would they hold the pens?
I still remember how all those Brexit fans laughed in our faces when we told them it would be a bad idea.
Now look at them.
I simply cannot understand this. People who made a living of _international transport_ , who traveled & worked with other countries on a daily basis, expected what? Some kind of magic waving of international rules, because _they_ wanted it?! They wanted all the advantages of being inside, while being outside?!
If they didn't understand then 95% of the voters didn't either.
@@Top5Aircraft true, but that's the point: John Doe of the street might have argued ignorance on the subject, but these people?...
Exactly that. And the Tories (esp Johnson) were clever / cunning enough to make it sound feasible to many, many people
Because they didn't see the advantages. They had never known a time without the EU.
Many people thought that open borders were just normal. And even if they knew the difference, many believed that the UK would get special treatment for being special.
Like Norway?
Why did no-one tell them that voting to leave a club that reduces friction to trade would increase friction to trade? 🙄
Plenty did. A lot refused to listen. Or worse, those telling and those hearing pretended it wasn't true.
@Alice Milne pretty sure that was sarcasm from Wayne!
@@WillCarrollHamilton Yeah. I got it. I was explaining things for those that didn't or wouldn't 😝...
@@alicemilne1444 They preferred to listen to Nigel b@_+£$ Farage.
@@alicemilne1444 Oh dear, can't spot obvious sarcasm. Life must be very confusing for you
Always amazes me the amount of people who took the EU for granted and were not aware or care about the advantages of membership.
How could a haulier not know the damage brexshit would cause to that industry?
Don't forget all the funding for agriculture.... Price of food going to go up
They didn't care, they just wanted "immigrants out".
Perhaps you overestimate their mental abilities or crítical thinking. 🤔
@@caballoloco100 While it is stupid to be racist, not all racist people are stupid, if you see what I mean.
All Brexiteers are both though.
The problem is that people like this driver is just too young to remember the problems of a fractured Europe. Combined with the Tory lies they thought that thinks will work okay.
As a European I’m grateful for Brexit because it’s such a nice example of where ignorance can lead you and what the disastrous consequences of leaving the EU can be.
its actually not brexit. its migrants and voting leftie morons.
Whats even funnier is, you constantly hear them complain "This isnt what we voted for" YES. Yes it is. We TOLD them this was going to happen. The UK already had picked out the benifits, while contributing way less to the EU than other countries. But like an entitled child, they wanted the benefits, without paying a price. Everyone knew that was NOT happening and that they would lose their benefits.
I agree it was the stupidist thing we've ever done but it's damaged Europe too, though not as badly as it damaged the uk.
@@jonathantatlerit was great for us. Stubborn Brits 😂
@@michael_c137 while it was a stupid decision by the UK, the EU hasn't faired well post Brexit either, unfortunately not only did the UK self mutilate it's own economy it also damaged Europe.
If you want ignorance, look over the pond and imagine being a yank!
"we wanted Brexit and they delivered brexit. But..." Taking no responsibility and blaming others always works
No compassion here without taking at least some responsibility for results of that vote. I don't agree with the "conned"-frame. You're an adult, and you work in international logistics. Grow some brains!
@@You-tw4zs Contempt for both is more appropriate in this case, as the lies about Brexshit were extremely obvious and got repeatedly exposed for what they were, and yet they voted for Brexshit anyway. That's just willfull ignorance.
@@mmaas1966 Spot on. Gripe or pull up your big boy pants, speak to your local MP and take it further - you were duped.
Sort of describes the whole of the UK membership of the EU unfortunately.
Did they really believe that the UK, one country, was going to out negociate the EU? A 27 member trading block with a point to make? I really can't believe anyone thought this was going to be easy, let alone better. Where's the accountability? Partying.
The sympathy I was starting to feel died a swift death when I heard, "We wanted Brexit..". Oh, this is not the Brexit you voted for?
It's the berxit remainers voted against.
"We wanted all of the benefits and none of the conditions and they wouldn't give us that"
“Obviously we wanted Brexit. We didn’t want it to hurt that much” + “it was so much fun driving in Europe” (indeed…)
Q - why did they want to leave? Honestly. Hate of their fellow “foreign” worker?
Why?
@Ron S, I believe I can answer that.
Foreigners tend to come from places where daily needs are harder to come by.
When getting to England, you work, get a steady supply of money, the more you work the more you get paid.
All needs are all of a sudden achievable.
You work, you pay your bills, you buy some clothes, maybe a car or a house, live content and happy.
And the dude next door watching starts getting jealous of your possessions.
He doesn't care how hard you work, where you come from or how bad you had it before.
All it matters for such individual is the 150 quid he spent at the pub on Friday, whilst watching the footie, and how skint he is for the rest of the week. Come Friday, do it again.
Until his precious wife finds a dude that ends up being a hard working family man that just so happens, came from another nation.
I didn't meet many hard working brits that had this feeling towards foreigners, just the low class, Stella drinking 8am at the jobcentre door, never worked 2 days in a row, uneducated and benefit claiming ones.
I think this overview basically covers it.
@@silvao6589 very interesting. Thanks.
When I see someone working very hard, I respect them. I want the best for them, as long as they’re decent people.
I love speaking to “foreigners” (other nationals). I’m curious. I also traveled a lot. About 40 countries. With time I learned 2 additional languages (Spanish - my wife, and my Italian is ok). In Uni I also had many non British friends who spoke perfect English obviously, in order to complete 2 degrees in engineering.
So bottom line - it does come from hate and jealousy. Miserable yobs.
EU procedures were very carefully designed by experts to facilitate trade. People who didn't trust the experts listened to ideologues who exploited their ignorance and prejudice. Now all the British are paying the price.
"Expert" has been redefined as an insult to American right-wingers by our version of the Tories, who are experts at nothing but lying.
I want to like this a million times!
Also don't forget that the vast majority of EU directives and procedures were drafted BY THE UK. We were a centrepiece of the EU since we joined.
@@itsbboybumpit’s embarrassing how far we’ve fallen. We were respected as a stable and effective core member of the EU. Now we look like clowns. Even if we ever manage to rejoin it’ll take decades beyond that for our reputation to recover. So much damage.
I think people see Brexiteers as more likely to be patriotic. But I was so proud to be British, for all our issues, and I’m heartbroken to see what’s become of us.
And I say this as someone who has strong criticisms of the EU. The Euro seems like a terrible idea, the treatment of Greece was awful. But you don’t cut off your nose because you’ve got a couple of pimples.
Tell that to all the farmers across Europe who are protesting.
From Spain, I work in the fish marketing sector. Spain is one of the largest consumers of fish in the world. There are many species of fish that are not appreciated in the rest of Europe and that are highly priced here. I can never understand why English fishermen voted in favour of Brexit, when Europe and Spain in particular were the destination of most of their catches and at prices they had never dreamed of. I remember that when Spain joined the EU our fishermen complained about the competition from fresh fish brought in from Great Britain. Today, our largest supplier of fresh fish outside the EU is Morocco, which has replaced Great Britain, with fish of equal quality and better price. Other great beneficiaries have been French fishermen. My company still imports fish caught by British fishermen, but in much smaller quantities and paying lower prices at source than those paid before Brexit. The biggest problem with bringing fish from Great Britain is not the customs bureaucracy, it is that the supply chain has been broken. Before Brexit, there were Spanish buyers based in Great Britain, joint ventures, regular fish transport... now everything is less normalized. British fishermen, as we say in Spain, have thrown stones on their own roof and have broken the tiles.
Sad
Nice story bro
They were took in by Johnson and Farage..twobull sh1T artists who fooled uninformed people whilst enriching themselves.
And now they cry because the rain enters in the living-room
Cool but that's a really sh*t saying
A lot of people say that they feel sorry for those who were "conned" by the Brexit party. I feel like if you are an adult and have the right to vote, you are responsible for making an informed decision! People who chose out of hatred, greed, and/or sense of exceptionalism deserve whatever befalls them. 🤔 Some people here are ready to vote for Trump again in 2024, so I'm not surprised Idiots like that exist in the UK too.
@@You-tw4zs People who get scammed over the phone don't have another person standing next to them cautioning them in detail about the mistake they're making. Brexiters chose to ignore what the rest of their compatriots wanted and took an opportunity from them for no other reason than hubris and xenophobia. I keep my pity for the Remainers who have to watch their fears become true!
@@You-tw4zs Sayitlikitizz was referring to the warnings that the Remainers provided in advance of the Brexit vote. Get a clue.
@@lawsonj39 🧐 I think I "triggered" this keyboard warrior by ... stating MY opinion. 🤯Apparently, I am not allowed one!?! 🙊 Somebody is frustrated! Kisses from the US of A!
They are too many of them and they are arrogant, as if being stupid is not annoying enough. This needs to be stopped and those people need to be held accountable for the crap that we are going through because of their imbecile actions.
Totally. I feel more sorry for the people that were not conned, saw through the lies and voted remain but now have to live with the disastrous effects of the vote. Moaning brexiters? You won! Get over it.
“This isn’t the Brexit I voted for!”
“Really? Because this is the Brexit I voted _against.”_
- Most common conversation in the UK, circa 2016 - present.
they voted for the brexit that would make everything better for them at the expense of others, but that does not matter because others is not them, so its all good.
@@zeroclockgaming You're always someone elses other :)
"We wanted Brexit, They delivered Brexit, but .."
Don't forget many who voted for brexit voted because they didn't like foreigners.
Oh look more lefties moaning about Brexit
Takes two to lie successfully. One to tell the lie - the other to be stupid enough to believe the lie.
We have seventy-four million of them in the US.
@@northernbohemianrealistI came to say almost the same thing
Lied to? Poorly educated? Communities left to rot by consecutive governments?
Same in the US. @@barking_mad6649
@@barking_mad6649 Still clinching on that cringe arguments?
"Everything was great and I was happy. So I voted to destroy it."
Because the grifters exploited my racism and stupidity for their gain
"oh look. It's the consequences of my own action"
@AmericanTraitors-GOPClearly we arent talking about your type of profession. A lot of big and small businesses got hit. Not yours? Cool celebrate.
@@Huuuuuuuuuuuu107 It's still relevant because it's yet another example of voters voting against their own best interest, and then complaining afterwards.
@AmericanTraitors-GOPand this is how you are part of the problem
@AmericanTraitors-GOPignore the others, what you're doing is correct because they wanted immigrants out with no concept of what they provide. Now theyre paying you for their decisions.
Every company in the world@AmericanTraitors-GOP
I have a friend from grad school who is a pensioner who voted for Brexit. I am not a Brit--I live abroad-- but would hear him talk quite a bit about Brexit during the lead up to the vote. He was always talking it up on our Skype calls or our International Conferences (we're still in the same professional organizations). Now, get this: He's pissed because he now has to get a visa to live in the EU for his retirement!
Brits living in spain for most of the year voted for Brexit..
coming next year, they will need a visa to do that and many wont get one!
@@mats7492personally that is a good thing. Brits abroad are absolute muppets and a pain. Thank God most of em wont get visas.
@@mats7492 They need a visa to live in Spain since summer 2021, they need enough income proof and private health insurance as far as I know which many I presume dont have and cant afford as retirees so maximum 90 in a 180 days across the Schengen area.
Literally a nation of brain-dead idiots. All that lead everywhere during their generation.
How unfortunate to hear that 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Hilarious how the guy said the job was a pleasure before Brexit. So basically being in the EU wasn’t in any way making his life hard, but he still voted to end that. Utterly bizarre.
I don't think that your comment is really giving the EU enough credit - on a technical level, what the EU has achieved in aligning the rules and processes across nearly 30 countries so that trade between them can be significantly smoothed is essentially without precedent in history (it has happened within empires and such like before, but not really without someone basically conquering everyone and saying "now we're doing it my way!").
The EU's single market is a modern marvel that is the result of decades of tireless work to make things more efficient for all of its members and we unilaterally decided to cut ourselves off from its benefits based on xenophobia and idiocy.
Now let them eat their cake
@@RuntyMcTall wron the EU is the oposid what it really was.
@@ShabanAjetiyour inability to spell properly already shows the poor quality of your opinions
That’s not true because all the lower pay EU migrants will come drive these trucks for pennies.
As a truckdriver from Holland i'am shock to hear that there ar UK truckdrivers who voted for Brexit!!
This all stems from an "us" vs "them" mentality. Other nations are "other," we are better. We don't need anyone. We can stand on our own. We'll show you how great we can be on our own. Unless you manufacture/produce every single good imaginable on your own soil, how you still live life with this mentality is beyond me. Anyone who did not see this coming was a fool. This is what nationalism gets you. At the end of the day, no country is better than another because the people who inhabit one hunk of land aren't better than the people who inhabit another. Everyone contributes to the life you lead every day. Yes, even people on another land mass thousands of miles away. Want that to change? Change the life you lead and TRULY become independent. That won't happen, because they want change without really understanding how change actually looks and what it actually entails. THEY don't want their lives to change, they just want the nostalgia of perceived superiority.
Kind of like the bigots here in the U.S. They swear they want war (another civil war) to reclaim a past they are nostalgic for without really understanding the past or being honest about it. They want the nostalgia of their perceived superiority. They don't connect the dots that they lost the last civil war, they lost each and every attempt establishing the world they envisioned and people who believe what they do ALWAYS lose and always usher in a more liberal society in their wake. But yet, they keep trying, because letting go of their perceived superiority will leave them with nothing. When we all let go of these faux nationalistic ideologies and stop believing we are better than others because of a pre-determined pedigree, or because we happened to be born on a particular hunk of land, when we all realize that we all contribute to each other's lives, we can actually work together for everyone's betterment. Until then, decisions such as this will be made and people will suffer for them.
Agreed! But unfortunately, the winds are changing, and not for the better, in the USA and in Europe as well.
My words, sister/ brother in mind!✌
Well put 👍👍👍👍
Thks for the insights
The thing is, in the first three decades after WWII, the USA really was better than every other country on the planet and could competely stand on its own. But then we gave away our greatest asset; our mighty manufacturing base. Implementing protective nationalist policies now would be closing the barn doors after the horses are gone. We are never getting back the advantages that we had that were squandered and ruined by corrupt political and business leaders.
If they voted to leave, I have absolutely no sympathy for these people at all. They were told what would happen and chose not listen, or even shouted down those who were trying to warn them. Their greed or stupidity or xenophobia or whatever has ruined the lives and futures of millions of people: especially young people. They deserve everything they voted for.
"We wanted all of the benefits and none of the conditions and they wouldn't give us that"
@@detritiv0re144 They keep saying they wanted "all of the benefits", but I still haven't worked out what they expected to actually gain.
Absolutely spot on, ruined their kids generation through ignorance. What a waste.
@@detritiv0re144 I call it the "golf club syndrome" You no longer want to be in the golf club but you want to return with club discounts, take your daughter to the club house to get married etc. Who has ever heard of such a club????
It's called evolution weeding out the unfits.
I know people who voted Brexit and it was a complete waste of time trying to reason with them. They have zero knowledge of economics but they did not want to know. The damage it has done still makes me angry.
For real.
This is exactly how those of us in the US who are not fascists feel about our fellow citizens in the Trump cult. It's incredibly frustrating.
do zou have knowledge of economics ? bcs i can you give a good reason that brexit was a good idea. and i am even against brexit as a concept ^^
they're going to be the ones that suffer the most anyways. People who are involved in international business and affairs are going to be better off. Because they will be fine when this happens. People working domestically are going to get screwed, like these truck drivers.
@@deeanna8448 Yep. I follow a lot of US politics and watching MAGA morons being interviewed at Trump rallies who can't cite one _single_ policy decision of his that has benefited them (nor a Biden policy that hasn't) honestly makes me want to scrape my own face off... 🙃
And his apparent stranglehold over your Supreme Court is alarming - evidenced by this week's farcical (and tardy) decision to rule on his ridiculous immunity claim. In _April,_ ffs. 🙄
“I thought Brexit would just hurt OTHER people!” Is what I’m hearing.
They thought that with some kind of magic they would get or keep all the good stuff and Europeans would be poorer. Well. It didn’t quite work out for those chaps. Now they have to live with the consequences of their actions. No sympathy at all.
Precisely.
This is it exactly.
No sympathy whatsoever. If you voted for BREXIT, you have no right to complain about the situation you put us all in.
I don' t agree. Anyone that voted has a right to complain. Whatever the vote. The ones who did NOT vote have no right to complain. Bye from Holland.
@@dieseltinus6680 yes and no. Those who didn’t vote, absolutely no right now to complain. Those who did vote and chose BREXIT, still have no right. They were told it was a web of lies being dished to them, yet they still didn’t listen because of the misinformation they were being fed and their own stupidity.
"We wanted all of the benefits and none of the conditions and they wouldn't give us that"
@@danlynch8282 Funny how you perceive lies to be only things that don't support your narrative.
We've left, it's over and you're never going back. If you want the EU pack your bags and off you go to France.
@@mrtappyasmr7702 Did you even watch this video? It is only 4 minutes long. Surely even a died-in-the-wool Brexit supporter has a 4 minute attention span….then again, probably not. Anything more than a dumb slogan would blow your mind.
Oh, so you imagined Brexit meant you could cherrypick all the advantages of the EU while bearing no consequences? No sympathy here mate.
They didn't have to leave the EU then because they already had cherry picked the advandages they wanted while being a member of EU. Now the U.K. must be the best place to live, I guess?!
American here who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. Many people voted for Donald Trump (the American Brexit) and were shocked when he carried out his campaign promises of screwing them over.
@@4plus20isHappy Hillary was evil but damn, you had to be a special kind of stupid to vote for Trump. It's not like it's better in Europe tho AFD, LePen, the mussolini party.
As. Lorry/coach driver. "I told you so". Every lorry coach/driver I know all voted for Brexit. Unbelievable, and a matter of common economic sense. 500 million customers on our doorstep. Unbelievable.
Did you have discussions with them beforehand?
Why did people involved in transportation vote to leave an economic union that facilitates trade? It's like a fisherman voting against nets or a farmer voting against tractors.
IMHO it seams like people voted for all different reasons and thought it would magically resolve all their problems…
Push a Brexiteer on why they voted for it and sooner or later you'll get some version of 'cuz foreigners bad'.
@@diarmuidkuhle8181 that’s exactly my opinion too
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
Telling your people you would get rid of red tape by getting new borders where there used to be non is the most dishonest and disrespectful thing you can say.
Yep, but these idiots were too blinded by bigotry to see it.
Yes, but believing it is the stupidest thing that anyone could do. There are plenty of complexities to the E.U. but the basic way in which freedom of movement works can easily be understood by a seven-year-old.
@@icturner23 true
Believing such tripe is non-sense anyway. The British education system needs a serious overhaul.
@@icturner23 I don't know so much about in the UK, but in the US truck drivers tend not to be the most highly-educated critical thinkers around. There are exceptions, of course, but I was a dockworker all through my twenties who worked with drivers daily and most of them are a bit on the...special side.
"I voted to leave the EU. Then we did 😭"
With the sad music, it's like a Monty Python sketch🤣.
The EU is now in recession you Muppet while the UK is thriving. I guess we got the last laugh 😂😂😂
Hilariously spot on. Be careful where xenophobia takes you.
@@peterflynn3657 Do you remember that skit about some officer in the army whose leg was bitten off by a lion, but he was so relaxed, "because it will surely grow back?"
This is more of a ‘Benny Hill’ situation as they panic and run around in sped up motion about how to save their jobs and businesses.
In his own words "we wanted brexit they delivered brexit", He chose to listen to the charlatans and not to the experts..... deal with it
Then he goes on to say you’d think that make it easier for us with the paperwork .
No you prick that’s what Brexit meant being in the EU cut down the paperwork
I.e. you made your bed, lie in it.
@@steveosborne2297 Yeah, and he probably gave up his Tesco Clubcard and moaned that he didn't get Clubcard points anymore....
@@steveosborne2297 And being a 3rd country
@@steveosborne2297 When UK was in the EU, there wasn't much paperwork. What paperwork did he want to get rid of? I guess it wasn't about paperwork, it was about Johnny Furreiner being suspected of undercutting wages. The guy probably got a huge pay raise, but he doesn't look very happy with it
This is why you don't let fear and xenophobia guide your decisions!
No problem. They can just use more fear and xenophobia to blame the effects of Brexit on everyone else.
Most typical brexiter ever. “Well I wanted out. But I wanted to keep everything good. This is unfair” 😂
low IQ is easy to take advantage of by appealing to emotions
I also want a thousand euros every time I fart, but the best I can get is a chuckle if it sounds extra funny.
Superiority complex mindset. Wants everything in exchange for nothing.
Don't read books, wants to lead the book club because it is "unfair!"...
This is the problem with referendums. When every Johnny lunch-pail has his say, nobody gets what they want.
As a Canadian of English heritage, watching Brexit unfold has been like seeing your elderly father move out of a perfectly nice retirement home so he could hit the dating scene. You saw the delusions, but Dad still thinks he's all that and a slice of cheese.
Wonderful analogy 😂
Or Quebecers voting to split from Canada and then discovering that 92% of the province is owned by the Federal Government.
Ultra-Nationalist views and politics never have had an happy ending. And yet, those pushing for this always seem to find more idiots to fall for it. Every single time.
😂😂😂
The best analogy of the situation I’ve ever heard
Yeah, but retirement homes are filled with syphilis. So they left to go get AIDS instead, and still say they would do it again.
The educated and intelligent people tried to tell you, but you listened to the idiots. Well done.
I dont remember leftists being against brexit.
@@herpderp3131 Anyone with a functional brain would've voted against brexit, that excludes any rightwing people.
you dont have to be educated or intelligent for that. Just should be able to used Wikipedia to see the benefit of the EU - ESPECIALLY for Britain.
@@herpderp3131 Correct. They weren't.
Now with that in mind, re-read the original comment and figure it out.
As an Irishman living in Ireland who is part of the EU
I can laugh and not worry bout waiting for paperwork
i can understand some old ladies and gents voted for brexit, they didn’t really know what good it does for them. But a lorry driver who crosses the border on daily basis? He should have known better!
Well said.
I did not hear any of them say that they voted to leave, in a Byline video they never do.
The nearest I heard was "we voted for Brexit" so "we" as a nation, not "I" as in person.
They always want to leave you with the impression of voter regrett, most of that leap is done in your own mind.
The idea that old people voted for Brexit because they didn't know any better and didn't realise the implications is no excuse. I told my friends as old as me (80) ask your children and grandchildren what they want because we won't be around much longer but they will and will have to cope with the mess. They didn't listen.
. Thank God, I 've been living on the continent for the last 60 years!
If you don't know what good or bad something does for you, you should not have the right to vote.
In no other field than politics amateurs are asked every 4 years for their opinion. That is insane.
When did your local hospital contact you and asked you whether you're still okay with their methods of doing brain surgery?
When did the local fire chief call you asking for your input in terms of firefighting?
Amateurs should not have a say in politics. You want to have a say? Then here is the current citizen test. If you pass it and can prove that you have at least a basic knowledge of politics, the parties and their programs, you can vote.
The fishing industry also voted for Brexit now look at them!
Unfortunately people in Kent voted for this chaos, they actually celebrated in Folkestone when the referendum was announcing
Yep! Fuck 'em. I hope they drown in all of the excrement their ignorant vote has produced in the shithole they've created Kent!
They thought the Europeans would suffer and they are but they didn't think their lives would be FLICKED up
Now everyone with a brain can celebrate Kent's pain.
What they got out of it was free human fertilising for their gardens. Well I guess that is a benefit!
My daughter and family live in Folkestone. They definitely weren’t celebrating🙁
Imagine being able to live, work, travel and retire anywhere in Europe and then voting for Brexit.
No one did that though. They all came here
@@Transformer-x6t lol who? I don't know any European retiring there, only arabs and blacks.
@@Transformer-x6t Wha
Wdym, I think most people went to Germany, because it is the most central one with great stuff in it (laws etc).
And I know many brits which came to germany to work, but now had to go back.
@@Transformer-x6t Yes, they did. Many old retired Britons in Spain voted Brexit. More than likely they`ll spend the rest of their retirement wondering if the funcionario local will come knocking.
@@marianocalzada6472 The country is full of poles, lithuanians, Romanians, Serbians, and a shit load of other eastern Europeans. I mean it's fine, but I just don;t get why they want to be here, because the UK is miserable as fuck.
As an HGV Driver before the "open borders" came in, I have sat in Dover several times for over 24 hours, and often in Customs clearing in Italy, Portugal and France and Spain for 6 or more hours regularly. With the open borders you just need a CMR delivery note, and never get stopped by customs, except in the UK with customs searching for booze, cigarettes and drugs, which was fine. And now the UK has gone back to T1's/T2's;Invoices, carnets and allthe other confusing paperwork! I told several people that that was would happen, along with all the delays. Thank God I had moved to workand reside in Denmark!
It's always odd to see how easily people can be swayed into voting against their own interests. Sometimes it's as simple as telling them about random "benefits " another ethnic group received.
Not only did these people vote against their own interests..... you can hear it here, even when harmed by being voted against their own interest, they still wanted to vote that way because they both never understood they were voting against their own interest, and still don't grasp how their vote harmed their interest.
There's a fun statement on that I picked up from a documentary on the Prisoner's Dilemma: "Life is usually not a zero sum game."
As you said, people see 'wait, the other guy gets a benefit' and then start vehemently opposing the cause without consideration as to whether it's aligned with their own long-term interest. Just because they got something, doesn't mean you lost something. And if there are means to give something to some people, without taking an equal amount from others, that is a net again for the society whole, and chances are it will come around and benefit you as well.
But eh, why bother with thinking a thing through when one can instead just jump to conclusions and enjoy the endorphine rush from self-justified outrage.
Hence the term “simpleton”.
"We wanted Brexit and they delivered Brexit. But ..they could have made it less painful." No, that IS Brexit. What did you think others were warning you about? No sympathy for those that voted themselves out. HUGE amount of sympathy for those that have to suffer because of it.
"They could have made it less painful." You can't leave an international trading organisation you have been a member of for over 40 years on a Friday afternoon and then rock up on Monday morning expecting to negotiate a better deal with that same trading organisation. The real world doesn't work that way.
You say that but I know someone who vote leave because he believed the lies that we wouldn't be leaving the single market. This guy was very intelligent (appeared on Mastermind and University Challenge!) but clearly was also very very gullible.
J'ai pitié pour les jeunes Anglais qui ne désiraient pas le Brexit mais cela a été choisi par des personnes qui soi-disant avaient de l'expérience et c'est une erreur
@@moniquesilverans3842 Oui. Ce sont les innocents qui souffrent.
@@simeonayling9882 Obviously that guy is NOT intelligent at all.
"Obviously we wanted brexit" Speak for yourself, others obviously didn't want brexit. The mess they're got themselves into, is entirely what they wished for.
Wished and voted for.
This was 100% predictable and predicted but it was dismissed as project fear.
It shows how a people can be manipulated especially when you through the idea of national identity into it!! So many times in history this worked and it worked here too.
@Gaz W Where? What bloody EU army?
Do you mean NATO? Have you never heard of it before? What rock were you living under?
You'll be trying to claim that Turkey is an EU member next...
@Gaz W Rather an odd rant. What would Nanny say?
@Gaz W 😂
From my POV (not British), Brexit was the last hurrah of Imperialism. Racist British wanted the foreigners out while willfully ignoring the fact that most of the foreigners they objected to were from their old colonies, not Europe. They thought the EU would be begging for their trade but they forgot that most of Europe doesn't value Britain as highly as Britain does.
What’s supremely dumb about this, is that everyone told them this would happen.
Mob-mentality, combined with the Dunning-Kruger effect… rarely ends well for the mob.
British ppl think they are special. Yeah, "special ed" xD
and what's even stupider is that if the Posh priviledged twats that run the whole Brexit Campaign Actually negotiated in good faith instead of acting like toddlers, they might have lessened the worse impacts on the population. But then again, toddlers don't think about anyone else but themselves...
Self inflicted wounds are the toughest to accept.
And this is why you don't put complex international treaties to a simple vote.
David Cameron flipped a coin and was, as an Etonian, surprised it didn't come down the way he called.
His arrogance at not making it a 60-40 vote, or allowing 16-18yos the vote, was astounding.
@@mickeythompson9537 there are many sides in the brexit shambles:
The obvious liars, cheats and grifters who used it for personal gain (Johnson, JRM, Cummings)
The useful idiots who could be counted on (red faced ones with no skill or ability but still somehow are MPs)
The remain side who didn't really try (Corbyn, a multitude of Torys)
Then there's Cameron who I always get the vibe that he's somehow damp.
And the public, somehow caught in the middle
@@mickeythompson9537 Camerons boss Rupert Murdoch ordered him.
@@mickeythompson9537 60-40 would make sense, most 16 year olds aren't worldly-wise enough to really understand, so their vote would really be someone elses idea.
I'm going to assume you are a remoaner, and therefore I think you havent got a clue, obviously, but on this point I do agree totally.
No man is an island.
From our French point of view, we are not sad to see England leave the European Union.
It had only advantages and "Opt-outs" (currency, Schengen, justice, social) and has NEVER been satisfied with its situation.
It's everyone who DIDN'T vote Leave who get my sympathy, not the blinkered mugs who did.
No one is asking for your sympathy why do you people think you're so important? You are irrelevant to
Brexit and the UK, always were, and always will be.
@@johnt4768 oh shut up, you sad idiot! 🤣
@@Spangletiger , he is, indeed and unfortunately some people never learn.
@@johnt4768 - is that the great britain and UK that will disintegrate in the next 10 years...? Did you brexshitters ever play chess?
"We wanted part of our legs chopped off, but we wanted the government to make that painless for us." The delusion with these people...
The EU is now in recession you Muppet while the UK is thriving. I guess we got the last laugh 😂😂😂
Kind of like chopping your dick off because you think you’re a woman and are shocked when no one agrees with you
It's not delusion, it's people voting on something important with the most basic info and no research. And straight up lies being told, here in yorkshire a lot of old people voted for brexit because main thing being promised was NHS would get like £300m a week with the money that frees up if we leave. And immigration scare was another big one pushed by UKIP and similiar.
Really the take away here is important votes should not just go to the public on such short notice, and politicians blatanly lying should go to prison, not just swap jobs after.
Same old crap. They just think they can ask the government for anything no matter how ridiculous and then it is up to the government to just sort it out. Just make Brexit painless. No biggie. Not like there is another side that you need to negotiate with or anything.
But why on earth did you vote for it?
You were warned that these exact Problems would come.!
How can this come as a surprise?
There is nothing your ministers can do to remove any of these restrictions!
What did you think being a foreign country would mean?
They were lied to - sold the dream that separation from the EU = more money for public services, less immigration into the country, no need to align certain laws with that of the international community.
All bullshit.
Poorly educated people
@@jamesbong4928Ironically, brexiteers turned the UK into a third-world country themselves.
Who would have thought that sticking your middle finger up at your biggest trading partner would be a negative thing
Bit thick these people. We were in the eu and could drive from the northern tip of scotland to the far end of Greece and from Poland ,Latvia and the Russian border to Portugal with hardly a hitch give or take a ferry or two. We aren't in the eu anymore. We have to fill in whatever paperwork and follow whatever rules they devise for non member states. What don't these people understand?
But Britain special.
They didn't think that they'd lose free movement. They thought only foreigners would.
@@henriikkak2091 Exactly.
"What don't these people understand?"... all of what you just said!
It's as if Nigel was pushing BREXIT not for Britons but for someone else.....🤔🤔
Russia
one might say, the Kremlin?
His own exposure
Uhhh. Intresting. Putin do have deep pockets.
Putin do you think..
So frustrating to see that people in this industry were so easily conned by the Brexit lie. Did they not understand anything about their jobs and international trade? Perhaps they were too spoilt by the benefits of the EU for the last decades.
Should have listened to "project fear"
Very true.
Quite, the frictionless trade made possible by EU membership was to them like water to a fish, they just didn't notice it. Now the water's gone and all of a sudden the fish finds out it can't live without it.
"We wanted all of the benefits and none of the conditions and they wouldn't give us that"
I find it frightening that at the front-line of Brexit they both vote for it and now accept it...knowing that worse is to come.
"You would have thought that ministers behind this would have made it the least painful as possible" - are these people living in the same world as us? Do they not know how the government works?
Ah yeah, the famous Tory compassion for the working class. We need to start teaching politics basics in highschool
"We" wanted Brexit- not we mate- YOU!
As someone with a Masters Degree in EU Politics I weighed up the options on the table and spent weeks of indecision wondering whether leaving the EU would achieve my goals. My primary concern was the desertification of our coastal waters and the frankly rude treatment of Sea Angling industry, by Franz Fischler, in re-growing fish stocks in British Sovereign waters. I read everything I could but what made up my mind was talking with people I love and trust. They made me see that my small concern, leaving the CFP, was only a small part of our economy and EU politics. I was a Remainer, who flirted with leaving but returned to supporting the EU.
So, "we" and "you"... I found leaving or remaining a question that for me wasn't a binary choice but that was what I was being presented with. I am concerned that this, frankly, fucking mess we have been dumped into has presented us with straight forward identity politics decision made to divide and hurt our polity. People now see their identity as "Remainer" or "Fukwit" more strongly than they feel Labour or Tory. I was told recently, that the 3rd most powerful indicator of whether you voted Remain or Leave is whether you enjoy "Mrs Brown's Boys". So for myself, I know I have been used politically by a government whose only values is power for itself and I know that "Leavers" have been worked upon just as I have.
So Mr Harris, the conclusion to my story is that we have all been harmed by our Government and state. The Gov, the BBC, all our media lied and manipulated us all...all of us hurt by them. I could rant on about us becoming a Democracy whilst we are outside the EU but I hope you take my point.
Best Wishes Mr Harris to U and Urs.
@Brian Harris, he was saying "we" as a natIon, he was not referring to himself, that would be - I wanted Brexit - if that is what he had voted for. Chances are he is more in the remain camp than yourself.
Yes him but a majority did also.
Sadly.
@C J, you have to be careful with that 'majority' word, the zealots will be out to get you.
Regardless, why is it necessary to try to overturn what they voted for. Why to not recognise it as legitimate because a lesser number of voters feels that it is not right for the nation.
Since when has any vote required the most voters to explain their reasoning.
@@jocelynstephens7058 Being Irish we were never asked our opinion but it does not really effect me too much anyways. Its like watching a slo-mo train wreak.
"we wanted Brexit, they delivered Brexit" - despite all the horrors unleashed and things directly affecting him...still not questioning why Brexit?
"I wanted my hands cut off, now I have no hands, the Government should help me... but not anyone else who didn't choose to cut their hands off. The owe me 'cos I did what they commanded"
@Gaz W Brexit certainly isn't done yet. More red tape added throughout the year.
@Gaz W what do you mean? They signed the protocol to allow concessions to the UK that other countries don't have and that despite Brexit meaning out,!!! It doesn't mean superior British ministers can negociate a deal to leave the game, take their ball home but still win the game!! The UK is subject to EU regulations and rules like any other country outside the EU. Even so, they have been granted concessions that do not, however, compromise EU standards. I mean, really! Brexit is Brexit! and it's not the EU's fault as Johnson/The Tories will have us believe.
Tom Pearce…..it’s painful listening to these guys. They don’t have the mental age to vote . Instead of watching football 24/7 , they should have watched 3 Blokes in a Pub, because this was all predicted.
@Gaz W So not the Brexit you voted for, care to describe the Brexit you wanted?
What the heck did anyone voting for Brexit think would happen. It is genuinely surprising that anyone would be surprised by this inevitable outcome.
Bunch of suckers that think “non whites are bad for economy” 🤷♀️
Maybe they think that they are unique and special hence they would keep all the benefits of the membership whilst being outside of the club
Never mind ,the reformed UK party under the leadership of dickie nice and are nige are going to win the next GE, and they will make britshit work.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sarcasm by the way .😂
Exceptionalism! The British have had this problem for centuries.
What did they _think?_
You're clearly not familiar with how these peoples brains work. They're utterly incapable of what you or me would consider 'thinking'.
They were probably thinking that the rest of Europe would bow down to britain
when in reality no one gives a damm
what an arrogant nation britain still is...
a large number of british people think in that way how sad..
so they need to learn the hard way how to behave.
and old christian proverb states:
"he who exhalts himself will be humbled"
There you go!
Zero sympathy for all who voted for Brexit and against their own best interest.
Those are the people who need it
Tories: We have Brexit freedoms. We have the freedom to wait long queues in Dover
And build bigger car parks around Dover don't forget that one
And fill out all the paperwork we didn't have to before...
Free fertilizers along the main roads in Kent. Pick as much as you want for free.
@@trident6547 but that's only for a small group of the whole nation's needs as not every one can get there to use these benefits
I have spent the last few years asking a simple question. What can I do NOW that I could NOT do when the UK was in the EU? I have not, to date, had an answer from a single leaver. Not one.
I can help you, "get stuck in que" and dont forget all that nice paper work, you did not have the chance to do that before, now did you?
ohh you ment GOOD things.. sry cant help you there ^^
We now have control over our laws and wont be dictated by EU. So get ready for shittier employment laws.
The funny thing is people I know that voted for Brexit have been most affected by it lol.
Anything that EU law mandated against like dumping raw sewage into rivers and Seas
go to a eu country for 6 months without a visa?
And then there is the all important: And what can you _NOT do now,_ that you _could DO_ pre-brexshit? Like I cannot just drive my truck to Europe, or I cannot swim in a UK river or at a UK beach without serious risk to my health, or I cannot sell a product to a guy 30 miles away in France without filling out 20 forms and paying for the privilege.....etc. etc.
100% karma on members of Road Haulage Association, National Farmers Union and Fishermen. They all dismissed the genuine concerns as 'project fear'.
0% Sympathy from me I'm afraid, for the 8 years of insults.
"Lorry Drivers Who Voted Brexit Regret Everything"... with the exception of voting for Brexit in the first place.
I noticed that. Too brain dead understand the consequences of their actions.
Typical clickbait video title we've come to expect from Byline TV. There is no actual regret expressed in the video - just a whole lot of complaining about the consequences with little to no acknowledgement that it was their vote for Brexit that caused it, with just a dash of begrudging disappointment that the libertarian government they voted for to deliver Brexit, has adopted a small-government minimal-intervention approach toward helping businesses transition to life as a third country outside the EU/Single Market/Customs Union
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This should be an Onion headline.
It just means that many people, need to be more politically aware, this is shocking that many regret the choices they made before the election and the EU citizens living in the UK weren't allowed to vote so from my point of view: serves you right all good luck
Or the UK citizens living in the EU. I had no vote so I returned my passport and am no longer a UK citizen.
why should non-UK citizens be allowed to vote on UK matters? (Not talking about local issues like what time the waste is collected or what should the municipal pool open)
It's not just politically aware either. For example all the BS regarding the fishing business. All the facts were and are easily accessible by anyone about where fish are caught what species and whom do the UK sell them to etc etc. however, it seems no one in the fishing industry took their data from these sites but rather from that "font of knowledge" that's called he "media" LOL.
@@LiveFromLondon2 because they contribute towards the UK system they pay tax so surely they should have a say in it right?
Irish Govt ran Import and export week end courses so truckers, importers,exporters, manufacturers,etc. were ready for Brexshit.
We export 90% of what we produce, so very necessary to be ready for Brexshit.
Govt also invested in sea ports.
We go long way round to European Union markets.
It is the fastest way to go.
Carry on up the Brexshit
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Glad I just moved to Ireland and not the UK from South Africa! 🇮🇪🍀😉
@@valkyrie9553 Good call! I think many people move to places like France or the UK, because that's what they're familiar with, but might be missing out on other countries where they actually might do better and live better lives. And all just because they might not know much about those places or the language.
Brexshit... very good! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@octavianpopescu4776 true. I know someone who moved from the UK to Greece 30 years ago! Yes, from the UK. He has only returned to the UK once in 30 years. Totally hates it and is saddened to what’s it become. He’s living a fantastic life there in Greece. I’m happy for him.
The British Public: *shoots themselves in the foot*
Also the British Public: "why would the government do this to us?"
The effects of Brexit were not only insanely predictable, but we were literally warned about the specifics. But xenophobia prevailed.
Yes, they wanted Bulgarians out but got half of Nigeria and quarter of India.This is what I call "take back control"Long live Brexit!!!!!
meanwhile UK being drowned in illegal immigration from France daily and Britons a minority in their own capital.
And the UK still obeys a lot of EU policy.
The biggest irony is however when you look at what Brexit did to immigration. European immigration took a big hit, yet overall migration actually vastly increased, migrants are comming now predominantly from outside of Europe. Nothing inherently wrong with that but I am pretty sure that's not what the xenophobe Brexiteers had quite in mind.
The bottom line is that the UK economy needs exploitable migrants and if they don't come from Europe, they come from further away.
I saw it coming from a mile away. It was obvious Johnson was lying to the people. I met a Brit while travelling years back. He explained to me why he supported Brexit. I remained silent, but on the inside I was just shaking my head.
It wasn't just Johnson. The Labour leader Corbyn was complicit too.
We know Johnson is lying because he is speaking.
@@occamraiserbollocks
@@occamraiser lol how
In the case of Johnson he was just ignorant re' Economics (as post Boris Government discussions with civil servants etc have revealed) and is a shameless narcissist , but the wider 'reason' the Conservative Establishment wanted out of the EEC is that the 'Eton Class' was having to give up its 'rightful, god-given' power to a European meritocracy.
Remember that slogan (one of many): "Brexit means Brexit"
So "Welcome to the Brexit Sir" - there is no way UK Ministers could have made it more simple for lorry drivers - the UK voted to make itself a third country outside the EU - that's what the June 2016 Referendum result delivered - the consequences of that decision are what drivers are now experiencing - there is no solution - you (people who wanted to vote for Brexit) were warned about the consequences - now you have to live with them; BREXIT MEANS BREXIT!!!
Leave your Breakfast Rolls at home 😂
Why everybody talking about a "third country"? What is a second country?
Thank Nigel Farrange for masking the truth about Brexit.
I have never worked as a lorry driver or in any way this line of work, yet I could see this happening if we left so why on earth did those who do work in this field vote for it? They must have known these difficulties would have occurred. Unless the reason they voted was for something that seemed more important to them than this reality, something that made them not to even concern themselves with what "Operation fear" was telling them?
Well sadly much of what was sold to anyone who voted leave was based around xenophobia. I have heard many leavers state that "not everyone who voted leave is a racist" and this may be true for some but it was certainly a key part of the whole leave campaigns operation that tapped into that xenophobia which helped them achieve their goal.
History is full of examples of where a nation brainwashed into believing that Johnny foreigner is the enemy, always ends badly. Now many of the working class who voted leave will be hit the worst by it and are still unbelievably in support of the Tories because they feel they share their "values"?
They value racism and xenophobia more than making a living, until their livelihood is actually threatened.
They know their serfs all too well.
They'd rather drive of a cliff than admit they aren't on the road anymore. Sadly the bastards will insist on us being along for the ride.
My family voted remain, following morning, couldn't believe that Brexit got the vote. I have absolutely no sympathy for these ppl. I Crack up laughing when I watch these videos, ho we didn't know things would be like this. Why do ppl vote against their own self interest, the mind boggles.
Even the oldest lorry drivers would only have been driven lorries to the EEC then EU, this meant that paperwork or going through borders of memberstates was already slightly easier than to a third country or since the EU full implementation it became as easy as delivering to the next street. A lorry driver also never ever fills out the paper work unless he is a one man show with no back-office personell. Those one-man-logistic-companies existed in UK and still exist in continental EU (1wo/man and the lorry)but GB ones are now out of this line of EUtransport jobs altogether, there is no way you could do paper work for filling your 42to load for 100s of different customers consignments. It is amazin that so many believed "the nothing will change for you"
I can't believe lorry drivers voted for Brexit. Having listened to the guy talking about how the government should have made Brexit less painful, he still does not understand Brexit or what it means. The only way the government could have made it less painful is to have stayed in the customs union or the single market, but the government wanted a hard Brexit and the people voted Boris in knowing he was going for a hard Brexit. In fact it could have been even worse if Boris had not agreed a trade deal with the EU, as then there would be tariffs to pay too. Some people just think the government was not hard enough, but it's like exiting a club and expecting all the benefits of the club without being a member, then thinking you would have got your way if only you'd threatened, blackmailed or beaten up the club secretary.
Yeah, you hear all these companies complaining about the lack of drivers, and yet they voted for brexit trying to oust people who came here to work; shame on the UK for that.
They effed it up for everyone and yet they have the cheek to moan about it.
Spot on. I worked with a leaver and EVERYTHING is STILL the EU's fault as we are being "punished"
@@inger233 theres no known cure for stupid
Delivered as ordered. What did you think when you voted for Brexit? Did you think at all?
Of course they didn't think, these morons listened to Gove, Farage and Johnson, no thinker does that.
like he said "they wanted it" so they can deal with it, I have no sympathy at all for brexit voters.
How very self-righteous of you. Ever stopped to consider that the majority of Brexit voters had other concerns they felt was more important? In full knowledge of what the customs situation might become? Nobody can predict the future, and a hit to the British economy is not the end of the world by any stretch of the imagination. Head out your arse please.
@@EarlHare
You mean they wanted to get rid of foreigners, right? I think all these consequences were warned of before the plug was pulled.
@@EarlHare and what other concerns would you like to mention .
Please give me some tangible benefits of Brexit there’s no other person who voted for Brexit can tell me
@@EarlHare 48% of the voters did predict this but it was called project fear.
Now you have to live with it and stop asking people who think you deserve this to get their heads out of their arse.
And after all it is as you say, a small price to pay for sovereignty and xenophobia.
@@EarlHare "Ever stopped to consider that the majority of Brexit voters had other concerns they felt was more important?", No, we all know 'The concern" was "foreigners". Racists losing is always funny, which is why the world laughs at The British.
Boris Johnson never claimed Brexit was a good idea, until people of Britain voted to leave and he spotted his chance at becoming the PM :)
was a remainer until he realised he could be PM if he voted leave
Then spent the next 3 years lying and got in
Well said.
Well said!
@@eddjordan2399 blokes been lying and still does
3:03 ”We wanted Brexit” says the man in the reflection west, and I say ”You won” get over it! 🤦♂️
I don't think he meant as him or his industry but more like the government and the country wanted Brexit, not them.
"A people that elect corrupt politicians, impostors, thieves and traitors are not victims...but accomplices." - George Orwell
What suprised me, that even a haulier wasn't aware of the regulations of moving goods in and out of a third country. And then voting for to be a third country? Never picked up a load in a port from UD or China? Never made a trip into Switzerland? But no Minister could have changed the rules, cause they are agreed at the WTO. No one can change them easily, not even the exceptional and sovereign empire loving brexeteers
It is logical. British entitlement, they thought others will be 3rd country getting in UK. And keep all the benefits of EU, because they deserve it.
Like most people who voted for Brexit, if these people had taken the time to educate themselves about what the decision would mean for them personally, they would have realised that their vote was the equivalent of kicking themselves in their own arse. Over and over again. I have zero sympathy for them.
If that is the case then why was the EU created by the Nazis? And why has the political establishment not given a shit about the common man but gives more shits about their sidekicks and backhanders in Brussels?
What it would mean for them personally, aye. And... what about, you know, what it would mean for the entire country?
Gee, Switzerland is not even a member of the EU, do they have it bad? No.
@@BriselanceSwitzerland has a bunch of treaties in place for free trade, as well as still commiting to a bunch of EU laws. They did it properly. They didnt have a tantrum and quit like an angry toddler. Your ignorance is telling.
@@barzdinstone3831 Quit like an angry toddler? Just like the Remoaners did?
@@Brecconableno u
The rest of the world watched this and wondered how could anyone think this was anything but a grift. I am in Canada and I was amazed, it was like watching people in the US vote for the orange Cheeto. How did people imagine this was going to work?
Well, all the folks who voted for the Orange Cheeto were thrilled with his performance. Everyone who voted against him suffered through his presidency. Now it’s going to happen all over again. tRump is not devious-what you see is exactly what you get. And lots of very greedy and immoral people want exactly that.
Fools can be duped around the world, one of the weaknesses of democracy is everyone gets to vote, its also its strength though. Education needs to start early about critical thinking, to combat misinformation and political grifters. I know the right wing governments would all vote hard against such education since they seem to rely on the ignorant.
Cheeto Man cultists were huge supporters of Brexit too. Right wingers are so easy to grift 😂
@@barzdinstone3831sadly we are seeing exactly that grift in Florida and Texas, expanding to other states
You have a problem with Trump but not Trudeauscu?
Brexit: when no one got what they wanted, even the people who won the vote.
Looks like he's got brexit done.
Why would a young guy like him vote leave? Kicking Bulgarians out I guess. He won.
of course ot was always about Bulgarians everyone knows that it is common knowledge here in the UK 👍
He missed a spot 😀 At the end, there's a guy named Lucian. That's a very Romanian name and judging from the accent, I'm fairly certain he's one of us... must be awkward: "Hey! So I voted to kick you out! And... can't help but notice: you're still here!" 🤣
@@octavianpopescu4776 maybe he didn't vote to kick out Romanians.
@@johnt4768 he did, and now he complains about it. Like a spoiled brat
@@Cashdummy you people are so ignorant it hurts my brain listening to you.
Good old Boris. Wealth, Prosperity, Lower taxes, a happy and healthy nation , all united and at peace. Prices falling. Warm beers in the village green as steam trains chuff by. Britains empire spanning the world. Respected and best of all...straight bananas, blue passports and over a trillion saved for the NHS...exactly as the bus said. Never been prouder to be British...
Get me the fuck away from this nightmare.
Feel your pain bro, but much more of this to come.
Yeah wasn't it going to be the land of Milk and Honey
Vote for the single alternative. If you care that much get other people to vote for the single alternative.
The guy who said “we voted for Brexit” still thinks he could/can have his unicorn.
I think the German car industry is holding the unicorns hostage
@@ffi1001 Not the unicorns!
Sad. He really thought he could have his unicorn. He still doesn’t get that it was all a lie.
No, he said "we voted for Brexit" not - I voted for Brexit -.
He was using 'we' as a collective - we as a nation. This is how this channel works, gets you to think that there is voter regret.
@@jocelynstephens7058 I was referring to the part where the guy said words to the effect of “why didn’t the government do it differently?”.
Goods, services and even furniture was cheap in the UK until 2016. Now even IKEA stores have higher prices. Damn it, Boris may think Brexit is a success, but given the wars going on in world, it would have been better if we stayed back in the EU and had freedom of movement, goods and services. EU is our biggest export market. No point in trying to cut free trade deals with far away countries while we isolate ourselves from EU market.
You live in an island that depends 100% on international trade. Who would guess Brexit wouldn't work, right??
xd
The nationalists believed otherwise, but they’ve been brainwashed by Murdoch and the Mail
Where do you get this nonsensical drivel from?
Brexit didnt mean shutting down international trade, do you people even know what youre talking about?
@@tovsteh - empirical data shows it has hurt trade; that’s a fact established by the IMF and the Bank of England. Leaving trade agreements obviously hurts trade with those countries.
God, if only someone had warned them this would happen before they voted... Oh wait a minute.
Some of us truckers saw this as a disaster and voted remain
But I know hundreds of drivers who voted leave , therefore condemning us all to this chaos
How many British registered trucks ever drive outside of the U.K?
If you go to any port it will be 80% foreign plated trucks.
Lorry drivers voting for Brexit are like Flat eather's finding out the earth is a globe. You gonna learn today what stupidity is
"Damn. I didn't think the leopards would eat my face."
The EU is now in recession you Muppet while the UK is thriving. I guess we got the last laugh 😂😂😂
"everyone makes mistakes" yes that's right indeed. If you didn't know that leopards wouldn't eat your face, well, now you do! Good luck!!
Always remember, when looking at this topic, that many brits do not see themselves at the same level as the rest of the world. That is how a british immigrant in Spain sees themselves as an expat, and had no problem voting Brexit thinking that will only affect Bulgarians and romanians in Britain. Same way a business owner in the UK with clients in Europe pushes for WTO terms without bothering to understand them thinking he can sell everywhere wihout affecting current trade conditions with EU customers/suppliers.
You will find that zee Germans and the French also see themselves on a different level. And thee are plenty more examples.
@@LiveFromLondon2 no, not the decision makers. They've had contact with other cultures and are able to walk their shoes.
Source: immigrant in Germany.
So true. I had a place in Menorca and the utter idiots who voted for Brexit were as thick as they come. Thick as you know what
@@LiveFromLondon2I am British, and I have lived in Germany for thirteen years and I can tell you that even the most vitriolic, nationalistic Germans have absolutely nothing on the english.
Their sense of entitlement and superiority boggles the mind.
No, I see this level of exceptionalism only in Russia's imperialist behavior
I approached the referendum acknowledging my own ignorance of the issue yet tried to find out as much as I could in the run up to it. I was leaning towards remain purely on the grounds that being united is better than being divided, but I thought let's keep an open mind and at least hear what the leave side have to say for themselves, and I wasn't convinced by anything they had to say. Their whole raison d'etre seemed to come from a blind nostalgic romantic nationalism that completely disregarded all practical aspects of the issue. So I voted remain. I haven't changed my mind since.
Ah well. I regret your vote too, but you're the guilty one, not me.