1:57 "Ok, just a couple of things there; first, Britain was already *INDEPENDENT*. In fact, it's what many other countries celebrate their independence *FROM*." ~ John Oliver
When an outside Parliament comprised of MEPs from twenty odd other countries can pass laws that are imposed on you then you are no longer independent. When a supreme court made up of judges from twenty odd countries can rule on laws and impose their decisions on you you are no longer independent. Ask Ireland about that. That supreme court ordered Ireland to change their tax rules and make Apple pay billions more in tax. If Ireland was independent they wouldn't have had to do that. It always amuses me that Remainers try to have it both ways. They claim we were still independent, being in the EU didn't affect sovereignty, the EU couldn't impose laws on us etc but then praised the EU for all the laws they had imposed on us, from banning roaming charges to imposing anti money laundering and tax evasion laws. Well which is it? Clearly if they can impose those laws on the UK we were no longer independent. That's pretty much why America declared independence a few hundred years ago, so they could make their own laws.
+Atomic Oranges when your defeat means a nation falling apart I think that's something worth fighting to the death..... Sorry that you hate your own nation that much...
Except you can know?? You can get the statistics. I'm having a hard time following what you're saying. Like you really thing google doesn't keep track of what people are searching and where they're searching for it. Really?
except Natasha Henstridge's character in Species: a movie made by a guy who couldn't find the words to tell his significant other he doesn't want children.
+Venky Wank I'm familiar with the story. I think, God killed him for his defiance more than anything else. God, like any proper mob boss, had to send a message: don't pull out.
Of course he left. He spent most of his life trying to get us out of the EU. He achieved his goal and he is old. Is the man not allowed some down time?
It's interesting that the Brexit video uploaded last week was filled with comments from Brexit supporters yelling at John Oliver for the video, but this video's filled with people complaining about how stupid Britain was for voting to leave
Probably because they're commenting on the video uploaded by con sumer since it was uploaded first. It's almost as if they're debating with people somewhere else rather than here.
That would be because they knew this video would just be another non-factually based circle jerk and decided to simply not attend. Look at it objectively. Was there anything other than appearance based insults, calling brexit voters idiots, referencing 10 seconds of an interview, and at one point digging into past content to say someone fucked a pig in this episode? They've just been skirting around the facts with this whole story and you all are just patting yourselves on the back and saying you were all right before we've even seen the outcome.
As a British teenager, I am appalled and terrified at the way the vote went. Ever since, the news and social media has been full of stories about the massive economic crashes and shocking acts of racism. I had no idea this country had such huge potential to fuck itself up.Funnily enough, when my school held a mock referendum, the vote was about 85% in favour of remain, a result that was cloesly mirroned by other sixteen/seventeen year olds though out the country. And we're the ones who'll have to live with the desicion to leave.
Dani Calle ok - so you want to abandon the UK and become another Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Poland...and any other small open economy that the EU has devoured just to prove a point? I know the issue is that Ireland and Scotland never forget because England never remembers. But even Quebec realized that stepping out of Canada was a bad idea.
@mr7wi: Poland was attacked by two countries and betrayed by third. You seriously want to bring that up? How would you feel to be beaten down by two thugs and your friend instead of helping you out asked for a cab fee to go home.
thor30013 okay so how do you know who made that google search? the country went through a major political change and i see even more portion of the populace trying to inform itself. stop giving stupid arguments.
My Great-Aunt who is English voted 'leave' because they promised to give the money to the NHS. The reason being because her husband died of cancer due to the lack of funding to the NHS. As soon as she heard that the money might not be going there she said she now felt like 'fool for thinking they could keep their promises'.
England is the only nation on Earth that exits Europe twice in less than a week. First the Brexit, and now Iceland knocked them out of the Euro. I love it.
+Oscar Davila trump is not even trying to win, his only purpose is to get rid of the angry vote. every time he gains too many votes he purposely does something to lose votes. for example telling people France is in Germany. he has no intention to win, he's just an actor that has been paid to a job and play his part. getting rid of some of the angry vote will change the winter of the election.
You're only in the comments section because of this comment about you being in the comments section. It's like writing a book about the book you're writing. i.e. not very sane at all, really
Nothing beats Stewart. That being said, Oliver is pretty damn funny and I think he's by far the closest thing to Stewart we'll have for many years to come...
+Frank Martin they just bored and anger against German austerity plus Bruxelles ridiculous laws. Also France, Italy and many other countries are fed up with German supremacy.
you're right, but wait, why are you using UA-cam, and the internet? what kind of device are you on? apple? android? it seems the STUPIDEST country in the world isn't actually stupid at all considering it invented most of the technologies we're using. it seems that you're just a hateful pathetic person instead "dur hurrt america is dumb".
Where has this idea come from that the Remain campaign were SJWs? Are the scientists, the business leaders, the lawyers, economists and other experts who opposed Brexit SJWs? Is the Chairman of the Bank of England?
the UK is better off in the EU, without it they still have to obey trade laws of the EU but they loose their say in the matter. And now they got to renegotiate trade deals that they will never get close to the profitability they had... England and Wales where idiots to leave.
+whowhatiz no that's China......And the USA.....And Russia......And well honestly all nations are Assholes....except for Norway those Vikings are alright.
+thedillon252100 Says, who? All they need to do is draw up a trade agreement, which had virtually nothing to do with why most people wanted to leave the E.U. to begin with.
You realize that the UK is a country with a trade deficit, right? Countries like Germany would be hurting themselves and their own workers by cutting access to a market like the UK. Norway was able to get a relatively amiable deal with the EU when it was a country with a poor financial situation. The UK has an excellent economic standing and is still one of the top economies in Europe. The EU would be hurting themselves more than the UK by making trade discussions difficult and if they do such a thing, it's going to be obvious that they're only doing it to make an example of the UK so that other nations don't follow it. Basically a child throwing a tantrum because someone didn't follow the rules in their pretend game.
Capt Char If there is economic destruction, it comes from the consequences of an exit. Such an exit implies important changes : to the legal framework, to the trade deals, to the financial structure of the country, to the fundings of diverse sectors of the economy and so on. Merkel already said that they did not want to be harsh on the UK, as did a EU representative.
I don't think anyone expected to get the same treatment from the EU, but the current rhetoric from Brussels and the EU big wigs is that of retribution instead of a way forward.
Referendums don't have a great history of well informed voters making a well informed choice. This is evidenced by the huge upsurge in UK google searches for "what is the eu" shortly following the referendum. The number of people regretting their decision also points to a less than perfect sytem. One could argue that Britons wanted out of the EU because they didn't like the way democracy was treating them in the union. Democracy always feels better when you get your way.
The people representing Britain in government are paid to be knowledgeable about the issues. The referendum voters were lied to by both sides. There was no prerequisite knowledge required to cast a vote in the referendum. The decision made for a referendum vote can often be a topical one influenced by passion. I argue this is not the best way to make decisions with long lasting consequences. For instance, the vote would have gone the other way if only younger people's votes were counted, and arguably they will be the ones to deal with the ultimate repercussions.
It was a democratic vote. They made the wrong choice. I'm not saying politicians are infallible, but they were voted in by their constituents, and would probably know what the cuss the cussing European Union is. I don't live in Britain, I just feel sorry for those that do.
My exact argument is that it shouldn't have been put to a referendum. Of course no one knew the outcome. They wouldn't have voted to make a point if they did.
You can learn some thing watching the likes and the comment section. The comment section is full of people that don't agree, but there are more 8 times the number of likes compared to dislikes. So we can understand few things: 1)most people agree with John 2)who agree usually leave a like and nothing more 3)who doesn't agree go to the comment section and start insult.
grizzdotcom Opinion is something that someone have after watching a movie. In politict you need ideal and plan to support that ideal. I see a lot of weird ideal and very few actual plan (because "get out from europe and profit" is not a plan). Now of course i will be insulted for this but this is my ideal "never play with a country's life without a good plan".
***** Politics have never required elaborate plans, although I'd be stupid to pretend like they weren't important. More important, in my opinion, are ideals. For example, justice is more important than economics - hence the decision to outlaw slavery despite the economic ramifications. Just as human beings have the right to own themselves rather than being owned by others, so too do nations have the right to govern themselves rather than being governed by other nations. The Leave voters risked economic hardship for the reward of being free from the EU, free to decide the course of their own country. It's always easier to leave governance up to a higher authority, especially when that authority has a huge economic influence over you. Easy doesn't mean right.
grizzdotcom Actually the slavery was abolished for an ideal but also economic reasons in america: of course slavery was a key element of the economy of the south but (based on agricolture) but not for the economy in the north based on industry and trade. For that economy abolishing slavery meant the creation of millions of people that were now free to buy and work, increasing the economy. So it was an ideal (all man are equal) but there was also a really practical reason (stimolating the capitalist economy of the north). Every decisions have pro and cons: if you decide to join the european market you can sell your product in one of the biggest market in the world (just think that in the EU live 500 millions people while in the usa "only" 300). Combined with the ability to move people without limit is an insane boost to the economy. Of course you also have cons, you have to limit yourself and accept the EU law. People said that UK will be like Norway but norway has a lot of EU law too. The brexit has a pro: UK is now free to move how they want. the cons are: -they need to decide if remove all the eu laws that they adopted (and those are a lot) -decide if stay in the EU market or not (with consequences on "freedom" or go out -if they go out they will have to face the loss of a huge part of the economy because the biggest trading patner of the UK is the EU (at the moment) so going out will damage the trade -immigration...is true that a lot of people migrate in the UK but over 2,2 millions of british live in the EU too. I just think that a lot of people voted without realizing all these points (and i'm sure i forgot something).
I have no opinion on this news subject. I just disagree with your comment. 1)Most people(of the FEW PEOPLE who click like/dislike button. 4 mil views only 70,000 people voted for like/dislike) might have no opinion on the subject but like the show and found the video to be funny and "liked" it. 2)How do you know if there is any connection between people who vote for like/dislike videos and people who leave comments? Some people may never comment on videos and they only vote like/dislike and others may only leave comments and never vote for like/dislike. 3)People who agree and disagree are both "start insult". It's called arguing and happens on 97% of political videos on UA-cam/the whole internet.
Brexit people are saying that their country is now "free"... Free from what?! Free from the" burden" of free trading? Free from economic stability? Free from being the economic capital of the EU?!
Re free trade, EU members are specifically _not_ able to trade freely with most of non-EU world, including with the world's largest economies, like the USA, China, India and Japan, the world's fastest growing economies, like most of Asia, and countries that Britain has historically enjoyed very close ties to, like Australia and New Zealand.
The Democratic Deficiency is hardly a thing, just because the members aren't elected doesn't mean they aren't chosen by The respective governments who are generally voted in. That would be like saying the American system has a democratic Deficiency which is something Illuminaughty theorists and the uneducated would argue.
eclairee33 I'm from Portugal, and I'm glad you guys will have your independence, even Trump made confusion you guys with the UK, what a twat.... I hope you guys join us, and probably Ireland as well. The Queen doesn't have any power, is just a +1, to screw you guys over.
Scotland has a 15 percent budget deficit(the figures are direct from the SNP government), that is 3 times larger than that of the UK as a whole. At the moment the UK government subsidises the deficit but that wouldn't happen if Scotland is independent. In a nutshell, 'Independent Scotland' could not afford 'United Kingdom Scotland', something would have to give. Tax rises, spending cuts(oh the irony), borrowing heavily. An independent Scotland wouldn't have a currency and it doesn't have a central bank so borrowing could be problematic . Will Scots vote for independence given the circumstances? You tell me.
Not so long ago, before the Internet and mobile phones came around, people had just one TV (if it blew up you rang the TV engineer), took one holiday (and not necessarily abroad), owned one car (not a big four-wheel-drive tank), would have thought it extravagant to have a TV in the bedroom (or to possess a credit card), took pride in a decent pair of trainers (not a fitness trainer), thought it beyond them to own vinyl records (cassette tapes were okay), took pride in the Sunday roast (not in strange pricey foods whose vitamins and minerals were in the very leeks and parsnips grown down the road), knew how to make a proper cuppa tea (not spend a bag of spuds' worth on a coffee drink), owned one or two cookbooks (not a library) - And that was how it was for MOST people! - And because of the UK's inequality in wealth terms, as a result of limited taxation on people's incomes at the wealthier ends of the income spectrum, the UK has had more people as a proportion living in poor conditions than in Scandinavian countries. Debt became a problem - no surprise in the ads-galore TV multi-channel age. Keep up with the Joneses. Surely, had Britain taxed its wealthier half a little more, the Remain camp should have won!? Okay, so you could not get the latest mobile? But remember how we all used to live please!
Yes, I believe that had the UK been more equal as a society, like the Scandinavian countries, a vote to Remain would have won. But everybody is all out for themselves. Too bad for them now if they also thought that leaving was not going to happen.
Man - for everyone harping on about how the market recovered and that the Pound's value is fine. News: The UK hasn't even withdrawn from the EU yet! How about we actually wait to see what happens AFTER you withdraw, which will be a process, to proclaim "We're alright, everything is great!". As if a EU withdrawal happens overnight. What a laugh.
They are replying to JO snap judgement. As it is France Italy Poland have called for realistic talks. Merkel changes day by day as she tries to balance realpolitik with her own agenda. The EU has many times been run to the rhythms of the German electorate. The Greek negotiations are a case in point.Stability is needed. Reruns, talking down the UK, speculation are not helping. How many stories have you read say "could, may, perhaps"
I could say the same about people claiming that the drop on the referendum day was a sign of the apocalypse. It will be at least two years before the UK leaves the EU. Until we get some idea what the new rules and regulations will be we're just throwing darts blindfolded. The EU can economically hurt the UK but the EU relies more on the UK than vice versa. There are a lot of industry positives that may be possible. Perhaps a return to heightened trading with their colonies or the return of the fishing industry are very likely outcomes.
perhaps, but i worry what damage we're doing to the UK too, the UK is one of the larger economies in the EU, and leaving would probably severely damage the EU for some time to come, i don't really think 52% is a large enough margin for a vote either considering half of the population that didn't vote but could have now regrets not voting. maybe the UK will be fine, or maybe we'll turn into a racist Walengland hoping to restore our former empire and show our superiority to the world, all i can hope is that we step up as a nation and take control of ourselves, because our foolish behavior to some people who aren't from this country is appalling.
Gregsplays A win is a win. Counting non voters assumes that they would have voted to stay in. The position of the Mayor of London was created on a turnout of 35%. No-one question the validity of that vote. Brexit is a chance to connect with the world rather than an insular European world view
i'd question it because that simply isn't large enough, from UKIP's perspective, you'd be pretty p***ed when you only get two or three seats despite having 16% of the vote, so why should that be any different in a national decision on an advisory vote (this vote was advisory, the government doesn't have to choose to stick with it, it's their prerogative. regardless, i wouldn't be too happy if the greens got into power missing out 70% of the electorates vote, not would i be too happy if the Liberal democrats did, because although i support those parties, i don't think it's fair to anyone for their voice to be shut out of an argument, so when over 4 million people of every background call for a new referendum, or when a 35% win is considered a majority win, i would listen to those people and not ignore the fact that somehow a mayor just got appointed with only 35% of all the vote, also that a national decision involving 52% of the electorate will take us out of EU ignoring the 48.1% who wanted to stay, all of this telling me that although we're leaving the EU it's far m,ore likely it's going to be very messy. plus the EU isn't insular, it has trade deals with Australia, new Zealand, Canada, the USA and India, all of which were trading in good faith with the EU which is probably going to make Ireland their top dog now. and if you really want to talk about insular views, let's talk about how we've been brought up to think about Britain, and British interests in the world, and whats best for Britain and how Britain can prosper, because i can't see how that isn't insular when a good percentage of the idiotic morons in this nation are now committing crimes because they think they're justified to do so. look, Brexit is going to be hard on people like me, people of my generation were told we'd be allowed to vote, but we weren't, most of us would have voted to remain because we consider ourselves European, and citizens of Europe, and the EU is a bit of a pain sometimes, but have you seen the UK? we've been the thorn in the backsides of many nations, some for noble intentions, and some not so noble, and like John Oliver said, the UK is what many nations celebrate their Independence from, and there may be more of them soon if we go full out Brexit, so i'm worried, my family is worried, even the people who voted leave because most of them didn't know what it would involve, the lack of communication was awful in this vote and it's lead to one of the worst referendums in history. so now you understand why all of us "liberals" and "pansies" and "Lefties" are upset, we're upset for the same reasons as you were before even the talk of a referendum, because we feel we aren't represented, and we've just been told to shut up, which to me, and 32 million people, that feels pretty undemocratic.
Having bulletproof armour and AR15 doesn't necessarily make you a good person. In fact if you told somebody you had them and that they are "boss-as-fuck" without letting them know why you own them, they'd probably never want to go near you.
***** At least I am glad the EU taught you some geography, probably you wouldn't even have heard about Romania if there was no EU. Your opinion's your opinion, although I am more inclined to trust Mr Oliver on this matter than you. The rest of my view on the issue you described in your comment would better not be posted online, considering how the people understood to behave nowadays when they hear something they don't agree with. And yeah, Romania may be shitty as you described, or may not be, but I just wonder how much you contributed yourself for that Great part in Britain... Furiously typing angry comments on UA-cam doesn't count.
***** Bosnian-American... You're certainly not a good example to advertise these cultures. I am not a Gypsy, just plain Romanian. Although I don't expect you to know the difference. Not that it matters much in this context. You chose to live in one of the most multi-cultural countries in the world, yet show xenophobic accents all along... No wonder your user name... I hope you won't get hurt with this attitude.
I noticed that whenever any democratic decision don't go their way (elections, general votes....) then left wing artists go full tilt mode. (like politicians lying, and manipulating in campaign is anything new... left and right wing politicians do it equally).
I've told my friends in the uk this was a bad idea. they love it. they see it as if it's the USA breaking away from GB, instead it's more like the south breaking away from the north. it wrecked economies everywhere and eventually they all rejoined not being able to last on their own.
Guy from V for Vendetta would be proud of the leave vote. The EU is a corupt centralized government and by breaking off of it, Britain has chipped away at the EUs power over people.
firexgodx980 Keep telling yourself that, and you might be able to drown out all the Brexit backpedaling now that they realize they don't have a clue what they're doing.
Minus the fact that it's literally unsustainable. Even with the help of a person of average intelligence from the distant past saving their crops from themselves, ultimately the fragile leftover technological infrastructure will inevitably implode. The survivors wandering off to live in the wild as Con Magnons 2.0
+firexgodx980 The pound has dropped to record lows, the U.K. Has made trading more difficult for themselves and honestly I'm just tired of explaining all the negatives this vote had on everyone involved, the EU bails out people in need, supports in military and finance and all around just is benificial to be in. If the UK doesn't re join it's a risk of losing two segments of its land, Scotland and NI, the most frustrating thing is that most of the Brexit retards didn't even fully understand what they were voting for
For the first time in my life I am genuinely and absolutely sad. I'm embarrassed to be English and I'm sorry to the Europeans living in the UK who have been left scared and confused by this result; I hope you can stay.
Which are what exactly? Increased food prices and taxes due to a decimated Pound Sterling? The finance industry leaving London to Dublin, Paris, and Frankfurt (which account for 22% UK GDP and will cost the UK 7.2 billion Pounds per week)? No businesses investing in the UK due to uncertainty till an agreement is signed between the UK and the EU?
thevine2010 The pound recovered less than 48 hours after the vote was final. The footsie, specifically, has been lower earlier this year than it was after the vote. The superior negotiating position that the UK now has with nations like Germany, France, The US, Japan, and China. Oh and if you believe for a second that the "fear" and "uncertainty" around investment isn't on purpose then you're naive. The actual Brexit won't happen for at least a year, so there's absolutely no reason for them to be scared right away. All of the volatility that you've seen has been specifically manufactured to make Britons anxious about their decision. These people want to control every facet of your life, and they're using every trick in the book to get Britons to vote to give them that control. If you're even the slightest bit in favor of individualism then you're barking up the wrong tree.
CravenTHC Tell that to HSBC who already started leaving for Paris. The Pound Sterling still dropped more than 10%, a 1% gain isn't worth shit. An economic meltdown takes time and the uncertainty will drive the FTSE rock bottom. Individualism has a cost, and I really hope you hate your kids and grandchildren at this point.
thevine2010 You're right. The cost of individualism is obviously hatred, not blood sweat and tears of those that work hard to earn their way. The cost of global socialism, however, is every last vestige of freedom that you could possibly hold dear. Welcome to 1984 folks. It was instituted by people that actually voted for it.
The original EU was pretty much nothing but a financial market. Not to mention people voted to join in the 1970s ffs. That was more than a generation ago you idiot
@@Sfcfan120 Yep, we the people voted to join a nice simple free trade, free movement bloc. Then over the following decades that became a full political union with Prime Ministers signing away rights and powers without ever asking us again. Treaties like Maastricht and Lisbon happened without us getting a vote. 2016 was the first time we had a chance to have our say. And John Oliver her starts off by acting as if giving the people a vote, democracy, is a bad thing! That is the mindset of the Remainer establishment. We the people should just shut up and let them do what they think is best, and how dare we throw a spanner in their works!
Or rather that this particular vote went ahead through lies and poorly formed opinion. In short, he suggested people got it wrong. If that's hard for you to handle, you might want to keep away from sensible topics.
***** The currency is irrelevant though, whats good for exporters is bad for importers in that sense. www.theguardian.com/business/live/2016/jun/29/brexit-stock-markets-shares-higher-pound-business-live apparentley its back to normal for now but remember, when they run the stories of the next crash, its from the sam epoint we started from last time....wonder if they will recover again lol
Its already stabilizing again. People were fearful because they never thought Nigel and Boris would score a victory like that. Give it a couple of months and the UK will be thriving the same way the Swiss and the Norwegians are, free to choose who they trade with and in what footing
This is a bit off-topic, but is anyone else getting pissed off with the increasing usage of the word 'salty' in comments sections? What a fucking lazy way to try and insult or discredit people you disagree with. If someone expresses an opinion in a passionate way, they're... 'salty'! Fuckin' empty non-insult, non-argument. You might even say I'm getting pretty salty about it.
Oh yeah, and 'butthurt' too. What are you refuting when you call someone 'butthurt'? What are you meaningfully saying about them or their position? It barely even qualifies as ad-hominem.
Why would you ever use direct democracy on an issue that most of the voters really don't understand/are misinformed about? For them it's solely about "independence", "we want our money back"! Yet they don't think about any of the other important issues. Wow, they deserve whatever happens to them.
You know representative democracy is just sending a person with little prior experience in anything except possibly journalism, professional politics or making their voters feel good, with the largest slice of votes of potentially 10 people to a place where they follow the orders of a small cabinet of people who listen to the people biased and sick enough to professionally advise politicians whilst they balance special interests and who can give them the largest donations. Why would you want that? but here we are.
The establishment is real butt hurt about this. Every TV show, every newspaper, everything the old guard still holds onto is crying about Britain leaving.
On the contrary, most of the press in the UK is absolutely delighted. While there may be a liberal bias in the US, there is a definite right-wing bias in the UK.
You don't have any say in who your boss is the vast majority of the time, and in many cases, beggars can't be choosers. Britain has a big enough economy to "be their own boss" and not deal with the EU's nonsense.
Admiral Fear ... In the scenario you could still be the same way, able to be self-employed. But to be self-employed you have to first stop being employed, so I'm not sure why you're muddying it with all this. Not to mention, while there may be cases where someone is fired for that, *and* the job wasn't worth having, it does not *mean* the job wasn't worth having. The point I'm making here is if the EU goes hard on us, it doesn't somehow intrinsically mean we shouldn't have been in there to begin with.
Vincent Freel yeah, was trying to go with the metaphor. Look, the EU is not a person. It is not some Walmart manager. It is a huge government that is on the path of becoming the ruling federal government over Europe. A certain level of maturity is expected. If it openly tries to screw over Britain's economy because their vote was offensive instead of just renegotiating a trade deal, it shows that the EU isn't after economic partnership, they're after power... which is bad.
He makes the EU sound like a big bully, saying that they will make an example out of Britain for leaving... so he is basically saying to just give in to a bully instead of fighting for independence? I'm a fan of his talk show, but his ideas surrounding the Brexit sound childish and I'm an American.
I m not a blind adorator or whatever but right there you are just putting word in his mouth... Everybody in these comments is acusing him of a load of stuff and even if it was biaised, most of the stuff he said was just facts or infos about the current situation... He didnt say EU was bully but said that thats what the EU is probably gonna do because of the mentioned reasons. Absolutely nobody in these comments has even tried to use the video as a conversation opener... All opinions are biaised but this guy (oliver) has always presented stuff in a very informative way. Yes the Tone and jokes clearly show the biais but doesnt make facts differents...
i can tell you're american - by the completely uneducated opinion you just shared and the ridiculous idea that this vote was a "fight for independence" rather than a bunch of populist conmen exploiting the discontent with the current situation and the irrational fears of the less educated people for their own political benefit...
The Brexit camp is being painted as racist and xenophobic, in order to detract from those who are concerned with soverignty. The EU is an unelected bureaucracy that can veto any national government, essentially it is a dictatorship in the guise of a democracy. Your elected MEPs can't initiate any democratic processes to repeal or enact legislation. The legislative body is unelected, and no one knows who they are unless you do a lot of digging.
First of all. Yes they are smart. They are smarter than you since they can see where EU was heading. They made decision on long term, not on short term. For Munich, Those old people were the ones who voted you in the EU in beginning with. They saw UK how it was before EU and noticed that EU didn't bring them what it promised to bring. Their vote was for their grandchildren's future, not to piss you off. You're highly hateful person and narcissistic since you lacked empathy to even consider that maybe your grandfather actually voted for your better future. The fact that you people feel like insulting voters because of this. Tells more about you than them. You're vicious little assholes. PS: Poor people actually have first hand experience in seeing that there is something wrong with the system. They might not have the best arguments, but they see clearly that system has failed. Not only that, but they are the first ones to always experience it. EU was failure, for that reason all poor people despise it. And intelligent leave voters knew very well what were the reasons why EU is failure.
Default User EU Commission (the unelected body), is the one that starts the legislative process through delegation. If we can't elect the trigger man, then that's not very democratic now is it? Furthermore, because of universal legislation application for member states, non-British MEPs effectively have a say in how Britain is directed. Non-British MEPs the British people didn't elect. Also, I should further add that the EU has a very low GDP growth rate of 0.5% as an economic superpower. New Zealand's GDP Growth rate dwarfs the EU, let alone China, and America.
There were 2 seperate 'Leave' campaigns. One was lead by Boris and the other by Nigel. The bus you mentioned was from the Boris campaign yet when Nigel is interviewed about it you make it look like it is his bus and slogan when actually he thought it was a bad idea all along.. Nice reporting..
There may be legitimate reasons for Britain to leave the EU. But many voters seemed to voting with mentality of anti-immigrant ideology, even though some of the 'migrants' they mentioned were born in their own country. I used to think that the Brits were more evolved than this and loved them for the humanitarian aid they've brought to my country, but this whole brexit thing seems to expose many introvert feelings within a few Brits that are shocking. If you need proof just go to a comment section in a Daily Mail article or check this out: Reports of racist abuse in Wales following Brexit - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-36640447 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-bbc-journalist-muslim-council-rising-islamophobia-racism-eu-a7106056.html
Civil Owl , which is funny cuz Boris Johnson had denied that immigration was the driving force behind rejecting the EU, saying that it was about "regaining control".
Boris Johnson is a world class bullshitter, but it hits on the main problem for "Brexit". There are two broad camps who voted for Brexit... a frustrated, working class vote, poorly represented by the First Past The Post system and angry at being ignored at what's perceived as a metropolitan liberal elite. For them economic security and migration were the main issues. And then the Conservative free market liberals for whom migration isn't a concern, but sovereignty, and cutting back EU regulations on worker's rights. Those two positions are completely orthogonal which is why the Leave camp have run away from taking responsibility. By keeping their campaign vague they were able to gloss over it, but now they will actually have to enumerate what Brexit entails.
I'm sure there were some people who voted to leave for what they considered good reasons. But let's be honest, if you take the racist fucks of the UKIP out of the vote, "STAY" would have won in a landslide.
What does cuckolding have to do with that, pray tell? Or is that just a random insult you throw around without any meaning or context because you can't voice your opinion and back it up with anything? Yeah, thought so.
UK made their best choice. Hope EU breaks once forever. Greece was fine before EU and now they're ruined, poor and forced to stay because they have crazy debts to Germany and EU that probably they will never can paid. Politicians choosed by EU instead of choosed by Europe Citizens. Big Enterprises that can made their headquarter in the countries with less taxes. Google in Belgium, and so many others Enterprises are in Luxembourg as well. Fiat, the International (Italian) cars producers have their Financial Headquarter in UK. Are we crazy? This needs to end now!!! Btw: Sorry for my English, but I hope you understood what I mean.
Your giving up economic prosperity and not getting ride of the problem. None of the EU nations are running anti corruption campaigns the corrupt politicians will stay with a more deadly strangle hold on your nations. People always blame everything execpt the source of the problem and the problem is internal.
There was no argument to begin with. 1) Leaving the EU did not reduce the red tape, it actually has increased it 2) Leaving the EU did not fix the economy (forcast show a shrink). Predicted by the "experts" 3) Leaving the EU doesn't mean you can escape the EU regulations. As if you want to deal with the EU you have to follow the rules. However while out you have a lot less power in negotiations. More precisely if the EU wants to make an example of England for leaving, So others countries do not. 4) The status of many non English born people are now up for grabs to be expelled or reviewed. However people are still trying to come to England. So leaving did not fix the "issue" 5) Control over the laws, does not mean those changes or revisions will be in the best interests of small or big business. It's up to unelected lawyers and back room politics. The leave action has now caused a Darwinian state in that it is everyone for themselves. 6)The impact of this change will not be seen for several generations.
Well put. Though it seems to me that fascists who vote leave don't bother reading anything longer than a few-words-sentences like "they're taking our jobs!!1" which is a big shame.
+scully how can you compare the leave to fascist? By partaking in democracy your area a fascist, but supporting people totally taking away Greece's democracy is totally not a fascist move.
I mean that pretty much sums it up. Noone knows because this has never happened. Leavers seem to think it's gonna be paradise while remain thinks it's all going to hell. I'm gonna go for we just don't know. Why does anyone feel entitled to predict the future? I would say it's likely it's gonna go badly but probabilities only go this far in individual cases...
Except that a remain vote doesn't necessarily say that you think it's going to go to hell. Believing in prudence when faced with such an extreme unknown doesn't mean you "feel entitled to predict the future".
Absolutely nothing. There are countries that function perfectly well outside of the EU, and there are countries within the EU that are regressing and degrading daily, and there are also opposite examples of the aforementioned. Whatever happens to the UK solely depends on how much work its people put into their infrastructure and economy, how they maneuver in regards to the aforementioned, and how open-minded and skillful they are in establishing trade agreements with other sectors and via other trade organizations, and how they decide to re-organize their nation. It all depends on what the people of the UK will do with their own hands and how skilfully they will do it, without any external stimuli or some Mary Poppins holding them by the hands. I frankly think this whole panic attack end-of-the-world shizz is a bunch of fart noise. Nobody knows what's gonna happen.
Moo Dunno. As far as UK under EU goes: While the violent offenses have been thankfully lowered (contrary to what some people say, because i actually care enough to look up stats), sexual offenses have been alarmingly increasing (with especially rapid increase between 2013 and today). The education of the masses has been falling down way too much. The economic output has overall decreased over time, the net investment of financial institutions has been making deeper slopes downward in the recent years, but the inflation has been continually lowering since the early 90's with some slopes upwards (like 2008/09) but an overall downwards trend which is great. As far as Internet goes, the UK is constantly converting its Internet into one akin to a mix of China and one of those theocracies that are filtering it on a morality/ethics basis. (There's a point in me delving into this in the next segment.) One of the things i could say is a benefit of staying within the EU, is the benefit towards the populace in terms of Internet openness and freedom. But why is the UK not progressive in regards to the Internet by its own accord, rather than needing external support? This is the crux of the argument. If UK had neutral or positive results a year or two after leaving the EU, it means that the system governing the UK, and the population of the UK, all have their shit together. For the EU to function properly, all its member states need to function properly on their own accord individually first. Refer to that old saying that a wooden arrow breaks but a group of wooden arrows doesn't. But what if that wooden arrow is an iron arrow and then a group of arrows is a group of iron arrows? A group is only truly strong if its individuals aren't weak or idiots, or if the individuals aren't using the group as an excuse to take it easy. If the UK is falling apart after leaving the EU, it means that the system managing the UK, and the people of the UK, are all doing a bad job and need to get their shit together, while they were using EU's "services" as excuses. A UK outside of the EU needs to be compared to the other nations outside of the EU who are doing better, and one needs to conclude why they are doing better without the EU whereas UK isn't. Of course, one can not also ignore the influence of the EU impacting the UK intentionally or by UK impacting itself negatively by shattering some trade agreements, or the media pulling their influence as well. TL;DR The argument i'm trying to forward is that while being part of EU is of course a good thing, the condition of the member state individually and whether or not it is misusing the membership (or being misused) is equally as vital if not more. What i can't argue is whether the UK would ever get a wake-up call on this point without experiencing looking into a mirror after leaving the EU, or whether it would ever fix itself with or without EU. Those are the big unknowns that are too complex to predict. So it's pointless to raise dust over the whole EU situation or even to talk about the EU and membership. Focus should be put on fixing the discrepancies that have showcased themselves WITHOUT the EU, and analyzing and adopting the methods of other outside nations that don't show the discrepancy, or finding one's own methods to fix the situation. One can whine about the situation, or one can choose to wipe all the emotions out, take an objective stance, and start analyzing and doing shit that the circumstances have now brought to light. That's my 2 cents at least.
*"The EU might make an example out of Britain."* Fuck me, that sounds like something real upstanding people might do, I should rethink this whole thing.
Ginger Biscuit would you rather me call you guys something else? you are the ones who sniveled and bitched all over social media when enough of you decided not to show up.
This seems less comedy and more like John Oliver going on a tangent and using the show as a platform to rant on. I know democracy sends you into a salty rage John when it doesn't go your way, but try to stop acting like a child.
+#159 Croconaw Well in the past when a member like Romania tried to oust a corrupt president who had also threatened the life of a reporter and they got the amount of votes needed according to their constitution Merkel came in and said the vote was invalid and made them revote for a higher percentage. Britain was required to pay more dues than they are supposed to to the EU when they had a good year. Are two of the instances that come off the top of my head.
She did basicly say "What good has the EU done for Brittain" before the vote and its easy to go eather way but the Queen is Old school and its most likely she is and or Was pro leave
She's not allowed to have political opinions, if it isn't in the constitution it is definitely somewhere in the laws. I don't think she's allowed to vote either, members of the house of lords aren't.
You realise that you just called people who voted to leave dumb. and before you make an angry comment: "He didn't think anyone was *dumb* enough to vote them out of the EU".
You seem to be oblivious to how the world works. Opinion is no sports game, it's not about picking the winning side. It's about defending what you think is right, especially when the chances to win are thin. Go back to school.
The grand adventures of shaniqwa latifa Okay - so you're going to take advice from this buffon. Do *you* find it ironic that we only *just won* the EU referendum? Yet and at the same time the EU only just had a marginal percentage on all the laws it could enforce on the UK/Europe. Somehow - I'd like to say - *we played by their rules and still won*.
The eu referendum? If you think the Brexit will end well for you, you didnt pay much attention ^^ If one thing is clear the eu has to take hard measures to show that leaving isnt a simple thing, so that other countries wont do the same. And if you dont get this, I am afraid you are mental. There is no happy end, immigration wont stop and you wont be rich in the next century. The laws you speak off are all laws in the human rights department and you are against those? You are just a racist little twat who slectively watches what he thinks is right. Hard facts like the eu subsidies and rebate or that france is holding back migrants from enetering the uk, north irelands and scottlands independence referendum and the already broken NHS promise or the 10% fall of the pound are indicators that this isnt a fucking game. I dont want to be prejorative but check your privilege.
If you were to arrive tomorrow at work and start screaming "fuck youuuuUUUUUuuuu" at your boss, would it surprise you if you don't get a recommendation letter when he agrees to your resignation? PS: God, I hope people won't get out of this that I consider EU a boss.
Ok I will let the "EU boss" slide, but if i work for an employer and i decide to leave I don't consider it appropriate that that employer try to destroy my life because they didn't want me to go.
Someone else here put it better in my opinion. Rather than a job you got fired from, after which your boss destroys your life, it's more like you left a club - you might not have to pay anymore but you also won't get any of the benefits. From now on, I guess both Britain and the EU will just try to get the best deal for themselves out of this.
I think the outcome is more important than the risk. Immigrants are flooding Europe and will lose control of their nation if they didn't exit and be bound by the EU Immigration policy. You have to remember this isn't your opinion tha t matyets and it isn't America where everyone of you are immigrants.
Ask Brexit supporters why they wanted to leave, you'll get stories about EU control, massive amounts of money sent to the EU, the English not being able to fish their own waters due to EU divvying them up to other countries, etc. Ask "stayers" why the UK should have stayed, and you'll get vague comments about the economy and no one having a plan.
So basically you'll get a bunch of crap from self-proclaimed rationalists like Sargon, who have used the cover of anti-feminism and the need to be frank about Islam, which many frustrated people agree with, to promote anti-intellectual garbage. The reason the English can't fish in their own waters is mainly because most of the North Sea was over-fished and depleted. It was EU regulation that turned the tide on that. Of course other nations can fish in British waters, but so too can Brits fish in the waters of other countries. And the same rules apply to all member states. In the context of the trade benefits Britain receives, a £6 billion net contribution (against the backdrop of £770 billion total spending) is very little. Of course, the real kicker is this... should this Brexit be followed through with, the deal that is being touted would require freedom of movement be maintained, paying into the EU budget (but with no rebate) and implemented the vast majority of EU regulations *regardless* but with no seat at the table. No budget savings. No migration cuts. Of course many British people seem believe that 27 other countries are going to roll over and cut them a special deal where they get to keep all the benefits of the club without any of the costs. They're going to be in for a rude awakening when their British Exceptionalist delusion meets hard diplomatic reality, and they have to confront the fact that there are 27 other countries with their own agendas, their own governments, their own angry electorates and, yes, their own problems with the EU.
I know Leavers are desperate to believe the EU is on the verge of imminent collapse, but it really isn't, even accepting that there are growing populist movements in some of the member states. In fact without the UK's obstructionism, the other 27 countries may find new ways to thrive. The union that *really* needs to worry about collapse is the United Kingdom.
What of the people's of Scotland and Northern Ireland? Essentially sovereign nations, who voted to remain. The British people decided that they would not get a choice in the matter, and both peoples are now seriously thinking about leaving the UK. Soon, there will be no UK. Just a shattered island. What happened to Sovereignty?
there has just been a major political shift in power, no shit things are going to be a bit turbulent for a while but if Norway and Switzerland are any indication the UK is going to be just fine in the long run.
unfortunately Germany isn't allowed to vote whether to leave or stay. They will need a revolution to overthrow their corrupt government. Their constitution doesn't allow referendums.
So great that the UK economy already crashed while chinese corporations and russia are talking about new deals with the EU, truly how terrible for the poor EU.
Laker Lefty Let's seee...idiots, people who think life is pointless, pretentious wankers, assholes who'll think they'll be some bad ass killer because they played CoD/Battlefied (yes those people exist).
It doesn't work though when a large chunk of those leave votes were on the basis of being told lies of what leaving would mean. The few people on my Facebook that voted leave are already saying they think they f'cked up.
Bored anole While part of the EU then the whole EU is trying to work on the problem. Out of the EU, they can just let them all wonder over to the UK as its no longer their problem/responsibility to help us. So if anything, I expect the refugee problem to get worse upon leaving the EU.
"Okay..." *John looks at the calendar to remind him of the current year* "It's okay..." *John nervously looks down into his lap* "This will all be over soon..." *He looks back up at the calendar, showing the current month as December, the current day as the 31st* "It can't ever NOT be the current year..." *He looks back into his lap, his hand holding the key to unlock his misery* "They will be sorry they didn't know the year..." *John puts the key to his head, and with one last breath, curses humanity before unlocking the door*
okay as an American there's still something I don't get why was the vote called for in the first place what is exactly so wrong about the EU that Britain decided to jump ship altogether
Because the leaders of the EU were unelected and they were making big decisions that affected Britain economically and culturally and the British people had no power to prevent them from making those decisions. It's more complicated than that and there are some more specific things that the EU imposed on England that contributed to the frustration of British people. But ignore whether or not the EU was acting in England's best interests, and you still have the fact the the British were not in control of their country. Hope that clears things up
It's turning into a socialist dictatorship like the soviet union. The political structure is almost identical to the ussr: president > commission > council > parliament > nations. It's legislators cannot be unelected by the people. It is expansionist. It micro-manages trade between countries. It imposes regulations that favor big business. It opposes nationalism. It's a heaven for political lobbyists. It overrules democratic decisions it disagrees with.
Rohan: For every cultural negative, i'm sure someone could point to a positive - it depends on the demographic. The point is, it's better to be poor and free than a rich slave.
+Joe Marriott any chance they could have stayed in the EU and tried to fix things on the inside because I can assure you Britain and Europe aren't the only people affected by this I can't help but think that the United States is going to be hit in some type of way maybe not economically but sure as heck emotional also politically
Randall Gavin: You make a good point. The global fallout and what happens to Ireland were the main points that gave me concern in supporting brexit. Unfortunately I don't believe for a second that the EU is capable of reform (towards decentralisation). To the europhile, any flaws in the EU stem from a lack of unification. This is further evidenced by post-brexit proposals of an EU army, criminal-law, bank and taxation system. I'm scared as hell, but convinced this was the only move available.
Honestly nobody really knows what the effect of brexit are because the negotiations arent done yet. However if you make educated guesses all of it points to UK being fucked, EU will make an example of it to ensure nobody else leaves. We'll see what happens but I think 2 years from now majority of people are gonna look back and realize how dumb their vote was.
Vodafone already trying to relocate back into the EU after Brexit, german state of Northrine-Westphalia advertising hard to make the german HQ in Düsseldorf into the european HQ. Thank you for helping our economy.
1:57 "Ok, just a couple of things there; first, Britain was already *INDEPENDENT*. In fact, it's what many other countries celebrate their independence *FROM*." ~ John Oliver
When an outside Parliament comprised of MEPs from twenty odd other countries can pass laws that are imposed on you then you are no longer independent. When a supreme court made up of judges from twenty odd countries can rule on laws and impose their decisions on you you are no longer independent. Ask Ireland about that. That supreme court ordered Ireland to change their tax rules and make Apple pay billions more in tax. If Ireland was independent they wouldn't have had to do that. It always amuses me that Remainers try to have it both ways. They claim we were still independent, being in the EU didn't affect sovereignty, the EU couldn't impose laws on us etc but then praised the EU for all the laws they had imposed on us, from banning roaming charges to imposing anti money laundering and tax evasion laws. Well which is it? Clearly if they can impose those laws on the UK we were no longer independent. That's pretty much why America declared independence a few hundred years ago, so they could make their own laws.
📂 Brexit
└📁 Plans
└📁 N.Ireland
└⚠️ This folder is empty
Remove the N Ireland folder but keep the folder being empty warning since there's been no plan.
@@RacingAtHome you can make false empty folder , to show that you have something in the Plans folder :3
And let’s not even mention Gibraltar eh
"Irish Unification of 2024"
Did that many British people really Google "what is the EU" and "what happens to the UK if it leaves EU", after Brexit? Lol
Trump is elected President, and folks who didn't vote ask 'HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?!"
+Atomic Oranges when your defeat means a nation falling apart I think that's something worth fighting to the death.....
Sorry that you hate your own nation that much...
Yes they did. There are many uneducated Brits, and even more pissheads
+Atomic Oranges +1
Except you can know?? You can get the statistics. I'm having a hard time following what you're saying. Like you really thing google doesn't keep track of what people are searching and where they're searching for it. Really?
And then Nigel Farage quits. I've never seen so many people upset about a man pulling out.
except Natasha Henstridge's character in Species: a movie made by a guy who couldn't find the words to tell his significant other he doesn't want children.
+Venky Wank I'm familiar with the story. I think, God killed him for his defiance more than anything else. God, like any proper mob boss, had to send a message: don't pull out.
Graff Fhe
I didn't talk about any of that. I just mentioned that he pulled out.
Of course he left. He spent most of his life trying to get us out of the EU. He achieved his goal and he is old. Is the man not allowed some down time?
Most of us are more upset that his father didn't.
It's interesting that the Brexit video uploaded last week was filled with comments from Brexit supporters yelling at John Oliver for the video, but this video's filled with people complaining about how stupid Britain was for voting to leave
Because it's too early for europeans to see this video. You see... Europeans are mostly against EU, because we know how badly it has failed.
Because all the people who were yelling about Leave are starting to realise what a terrible choice it was.
+Tespri I have voting data saying it's about 50/50. Makes your "mostly" claim less believable.
Probably because they're commenting on the video uploaded by con sumer since it was uploaded first. It's almost as if they're debating with people somewhere else rather than here.
That would be because they knew this video would just be another non-factually based circle jerk and decided to simply not attend. Look at it objectively. Was there anything other than appearance based insults, calling brexit voters idiots, referencing 10 seconds of an interview, and at one point digging into past content to say someone fucked a pig in this episode? They've just been skirting around the facts with this whole story and you all are just patting yourselves on the back and saying you were all right before we've even seen the outcome.
Brexit #2- England vs Iceland: England leaves Euro
that's what I said today to my mom
England attempts to use oversized jets to brexit itself from Earth.
Iceland fucked their shit up.That chant was awesome.
yeah they have pretty much embraced that quiter´s mentality... :D
England joins former American state Texas in new, ludicrously ignorant union.
Man this comment section is gonna be a shit storm
I know! I'm practically giddy with excitement
Tianyulong you're not alone 😂
+Erko Abdurahman SHIT STORM, SHIT STORM, SHIT STORM
Ooooh, let's have some fun! :D
Lol
come.on, Scottish independence, let's get #Sexit trending
so you wish to follow one poorly thought out decision for another.
That'll help things, I'm sure.
please, for the love of everything, do a better hashtag name! Sexit?! Really!!! Do you know what can be read in this?
+MrShadowtruth idiot
sexit , oh yeah baby
oh wait I mean ...
YAY SCOTLAND
XD guys the name is a joke I should mention
As a British teenager, I am appalled and terrified at the way the vote went. Ever since, the news and social media has been full of stories about the massive economic crashes and shocking acts of racism. I had no idea this country had such huge potential to fuck itself up.Funnily enough, when my school held a mock referendum, the vote was about 85% in favour of remain, a result that was cloesly mirroned by other sixteen/seventeen year olds though out the country. And we're the ones who'll have to live with the desicion to leave.
Terrified? Grow up Missy, you'll just have to scrounge a bit more off your parents to pay for your gap year...
+webtoedman what a stupid thing to say.
see the youth of Britain drunk the cool aid
When teenagers think something is good; it is a sure sign it is a terrible idea. Be happy your parents generation has more sense than yours.
Grow a set of bollocks and get on with it. The EU are a dwindling & flawed force. We will be much better off in the future without them burdening us.
it's almost as if leavers had absolutely no plan at all lmao
They didn't expect to win.
In the words of the Great Chuck D - Don't believe the hype.
+Wildheårt the Dow is also 30 companies so go figure
Dani Calle ok - so you want to abandon the UK and become another Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Poland...and any other small open economy that the EU has devoured just to prove a point? I know the issue is that Ireland and Scotland never forget because England never remembers. But even Quebec realized that stepping out of Canada was a bad idea.
@mr7wi: Poland was attacked by two countries and betrayed by third. You seriously want to bring that up? How would you feel to be beaten down by two thugs and your friend instead of helping you out asked for a cab fee to go home.
Well, this should be a fun comment section.
it always is
Agreed. I'll post something here so I can see all the hate.
Joseph Gamache Good luck lol.
You are so right, you don't even know.
Are you high, Bill? What the hell is wrong with you?
Someone should park that bus outside his house for a month.
It'd be top banter.
You know you fucked up when most of your population googles "What happens if Britain leaves the EU" the morning after the vote is passed.
is that even an argument? any person would like to be assured.
+Big Guy maybe they shouldve googled it before the vote
Big Guy Given that the other big google search for the UK on that same day was "what is the EU", I think "fucked up" is a fairly accurate descriptor.
thor30013 okay so how do you know who made that google search? the country went through a major political change and i see even more portion of the populace trying to inform itself. stop giving stupid arguments.
Fuck the EU
Anyone else feel like Boris Johnson is British Trump?
No, he is Trump without a tan.
because he's an old white male with gold hair, you racist!
No that would be nigel farage. But nigel farage is twice as stupid
+TallWizardLarry - No One
Said no one ever.
ONE DAY that's got to be a world record for a politician backing out on a promise
you never heard of a guy named Barry Soetoro?
there's more truth in this then the lies the pro Brexit people spewed.
Thank Goddess Britain doesn't take its political guidance from effete expats' facile viewpoints. Welcome to democracy.
My Great-Aunt who is English voted 'leave' because they promised to give the money to the NHS. The reason being because her husband died of cancer due to the lack of funding to the NHS. As soon as she heard that the money might not be going there she said she now felt like 'fool for thinking they could keep their promises'.
England is the only nation on Earth that exits Europe twice in less than a week. First the Brexit, and now Iceland knocked them out of the Euro. I love it.
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Glory hunting? I have been Real Madrid since I can remember.
Oscar Davila You even From Madrid? Probably not.
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Nope, but my dad is. I'm from New York.
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If Trump wins, he will fuck us all. If you think it'll only affect Americans, you got another thing coming.
+Oscar Davila trump is not even trying to win, his only purpose is to get rid of the angry vote. every time he gains too many votes he purposely does something to lose votes. for example telling people France is in Germany. he has no intention to win, he's just an actor that has been paid to a job and play his part. getting rid of some of the angry vote will change the winter of the election.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only sane person in the comment section
You're only in the comments section because of this comment about you being in the comments section. It's like writing a book about the book you're writing.
i.e. not very sane at all, really
+SoulSukkur actually there are several hundred books about that and at least two Anime.
those authors must be from the comments section
+Anarchy Empire That doesn't make it any more (or less) sane.
If everyone you can see except you seems insane, you're the one that's crazy.
last time I was here this early the UK was still in the EU
They are still in the EU pal. Will be for at least a couple of years.
Captain Steven Hiller: "I ain't heard no fat lady!"
It still is you moron.
Last time I was this early people made original memes.
the UK is still in the EU
John Oliver has become the King of satirical news. I'm glad that void has been filled, if at least somewhat.
Nothing beats Stewart. That being said, Oliver is pretty damn funny and I think he's by far the closest thing to Stewart we'll have for many years to come...
We still haven't replaced Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert, but Jon's the closest we've got
I thought that news was supposed to inform people. This one-sided political drivel is rarely true to the matters it's parrot-man host squeaks about.
Nick Johnson Apparently you don't know the definition of "satirical".
sa·tir·i·cal
səˈtirək(ə)l/
adjective
containing or using satire.
WCRoss0
I don't see the word "news" anywhere in that definition.
On this day, this day of all days, America doesn't feel like the stupidest country in the world.
really really hahahaha. north korea, saudi arabia and pakistan are smarter than the USA
It truly is an amazing feeling. I'm quite addicted.
+Frank Martin they just bored and anger against German austerity plus Bruxelles ridiculous laws. Also France, Italy and many other countries are fed up with German supremacy.
But wait, America still has their Trump card to fuck themselves over the most.
you're right, but wait, why are you using UA-cam, and the internet? what kind of device are you on? apple? android? it seems the STUPIDEST country in the world isn't actually stupid at all considering it invented most of the technologies we're using. it seems that you're just a hateful pathetic person instead "dur hurrt america is dumb".
The Brexit may very well be the dumbest idea since Donald Trump.
So you're calling nobel of economy prize winner in the last century as dumb guy? (talking about Milton Friedman)
yes
Oh look another idiot how thinks he understands politics because he based his entire opinion off of John Oliver's show.
From the sounds of it the slogan should basically have been, Make the UK Great Britain again!
+Eric Ling go sit in the bad pun corner, and think about what you've done.
Scroll back up. The comments section will make you lose some brain cells.
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Shouldn't you get to those calibrations?
because of all the SJWs whining about leaving the EU?
Where has this idea come from that the Remain campaign were SJWs? Are the scientists, the business leaders, the lawyers, economists and other experts who opposed Brexit SJWs? Is the Chairman of the Bank of England?
Martin Poulter
Aren't you in the know? "SJW" basically means "person I disagree with" these days.
Commenters, don't talk out loud, you lower the I.Q. of the whole street.
Boris Johnson looks a little like Gary Busey. Where did Gary Busey go?
LMAO!
Gary Busey and Boris Johnson are never seen at the same time either. I'm not saying they're the same person. However I'm not not saying it.
I heard he's searching for angels these days or something like that. Moral of the story is don't ride motorcycles kids.
Busey went crazy.
Boris Johnson looks like freakin' british Trump.
He's basically saying "Fuck democracy"
Nah, he's saying "Fuck Stupidity" since the Brexiteers are gobbling Nigel and Boris' shit and grinning about it.
+thevine2010 Your almost as salty as my potato chips
You're as dumb as my door, but less useful.
thevine2010 Man all this salt is going to be bad for my cholesterol.
No, that would be if he talked about how it isn't legally binding, which he didn't.
don't leave the EU because the EU will make an example of you to prevent other countries from exiting.. isn't that scary?
the UK is better off in the EU, without it they still have to obey trade laws of the EU but they loose their say in the matter. And now they got to renegotiate trade deals that they will never get close to the profitability they had... England and Wales where idiots to leave.
+whowhatiz no that's China......And the USA.....And Russia......And well honestly all nations are Assholes....except for Norway those Vikings are alright.
Yet these retards keep saying that EU isn't tyrannical or corrupt...
+thedillon252100 Says, who? All they need to do is draw up a trade agreement, which had virtually nothing to do with why most people wanted to leave the E.U. to begin with.
You realize that the UK is a country with a trade deficit, right? Countries like Germany would be hurting themselves and their own workers by cutting access to a market like the UK. Norway was able to get a relatively amiable deal with the EU when it was a country with a poor financial situation. The UK has an excellent economic standing and is still one of the top economies in Europe. The EU would be hurting themselves more than the UK by making trade discussions difficult and if they do such a thing, it's going to be obvious that they're only doing it to make an example of the UK so that other nations don't follow it. Basically a child throwing a tantrum because someone didn't follow the rules in their pretend game.
I love seeing John Oliver talk about British topics
EU may make an example out of Britain? Sounds like an organization I wouldn't want to be a part of.
The UK said it wanted to leave, the EU is only applying the rules. It is no punishment, it is what the country asked for.
+Marc R So in other words, Article 50 is a crock of shit and no one is allowed to leave for fear of economic destruction at the hands of the EU?
Capt Char If there is economic destruction, it comes from the consequences of an exit.
Such an exit implies important changes : to the legal framework, to the trade deals, to the financial structure of the country, to the fundings of diverse sectors of the economy and so on. Merkel already said that they did not want to be harsh on the UK, as did a EU representative.
I don't think anyone expected to get the same treatment from the EU, but the current rhetoric from Brussels and the EU big wigs is that of retribution instead of a way forward.
It's not so much retribution as the EU just has no incentive to give the UK a good deal.
You lot know that talk-show hosts aren't a reliable source of information.
But its (cureent year) !!!
Exactly. John Oliver has just as much credibility in the political arena as anyone in this comment section.
+JacoMaco This desu
Neither are buses apparently. ;P
Yeah, Fox News is more reliable, amirite?
I love how you keep referring to making the vote as a bad thing. Like there shouldn't have been a democratic fucking process.
Referendums don't have a great history of well informed voters making a well informed choice. This is evidenced by the huge upsurge in UK google searches for "what is the eu" shortly following the referendum. The number of people regretting their decision also points to a less than perfect sytem.
One could argue that Britons wanted out of the EU because they didn't like the way democracy was treating them in the union. Democracy always feels better when you get your way.
Unfortunately that /is/ how democracy works. Everyone gets an equal vote.
The people representing Britain in government are paid to be knowledgeable about the issues. The referendum voters were lied to by both sides. There was no prerequisite knowledge required to cast a vote in the referendum. The decision made for a referendum vote can often be a topical one influenced by passion. I argue this is not the best way to make decisions with long lasting consequences. For instance, the vote would have gone the other way if only younger people's votes were counted, and arguably they will be the ones to deal with the ultimate repercussions.
It was a democratic vote. They made the wrong choice. I'm not saying politicians are infallible, but they were voted in by their constituents, and would probably know what the cuss the cussing European Union is. I don't live in Britain, I just feel sorry for those that do.
My exact argument is that it shouldn't have been put to a referendum. Of course no one knew the outcome. They wouldn't have voted to make a point if they did.
You can learn some thing watching the likes and the comment section.
The comment section is full of people that don't agree, but there are more 8 times the number of likes compared to dislikes.
So we can understand few things:
1)most people agree with John
2)who agree usually leave a like and nothing more
3)who doesn't agree go to the comment section and start insult.
Those that leave comments have actual political opinions, those that leave likes just came to laugh at the clown.
grizzdotcom Opinion is something that someone have after watching a movie.
In politict you need ideal and plan to support that ideal.
I see a lot of weird ideal and very few actual plan (because "get out from europe and profit" is not a plan).
Now of course i will be insulted for this but this is my ideal "never play with a country's life without a good plan".
***** Politics have never required elaborate plans, although I'd be stupid to pretend like they weren't important. More important, in my opinion, are ideals. For example, justice is more important than economics - hence the decision to outlaw slavery despite the economic ramifications. Just as human beings have the right to own themselves rather than being owned by others, so too do nations have the right to govern themselves rather than being governed by other nations.
The Leave voters risked economic hardship for the reward of being free from the EU, free to decide the course of their own country. It's always easier to leave governance up to a higher authority, especially when that authority has a huge economic influence over you. Easy doesn't mean right.
grizzdotcom Actually the slavery was abolished for an ideal but also economic reasons in america: of course slavery was a key element of the economy of the south but (based on agricolture) but not for the economy in the north based on industry and trade.
For that economy abolishing slavery meant the creation of millions of people that were now free to buy and work, increasing the economy. So it was an ideal (all man are equal) but there was also a really practical reason (stimolating the capitalist economy of the north).
Every decisions have pro and cons: if you decide to join the european market you can sell your product in one of the biggest market in the world (just think that in the EU live 500 millions people while in the usa "only" 300). Combined with the ability to move people without limit is an insane boost to the economy.
Of course you also have cons, you have to limit yourself and accept the EU law.
People said that UK will be like Norway but norway has a lot of EU law too.
The brexit has a pro: UK is now free to move how they want.
the cons are:
-they need to decide if remove all the eu laws that they adopted (and those are a lot)
-decide if stay in the EU market or not (with consequences on "freedom" or go out
-if they go out they will have to face the loss of a huge part of the economy because the biggest trading patner of the UK is the EU (at the moment) so going out will damage the trade
-immigration...is true that a lot of people migrate in the UK but over 2,2 millions of british live in the EU too.
I just think that a lot of people voted without realizing all these points (and i'm sure i forgot something).
I have no opinion on this news subject. I just disagree with your comment.
1)Most people(of the FEW PEOPLE who click like/dislike button. 4 mil views only 70,000 people voted for like/dislike) might have no opinion on the subject but like the show and found the video to be funny and "liked" it.
2)How do you know if there is any connection between people who vote for like/dislike videos and people who leave comments? Some people may never comment on videos and they only vote like/dislike and others may only leave comments and never vote for like/dislike.
3)People who agree and disagree are both "start insult". It's called arguing and happens on 97% of political videos on UA-cam/the whole internet.
Brexit people are saying that their country is now "free"... Free from what?! Free from the" burden" of free trading? Free from economic stability? Free from being the economic capital of the EU?!
***** Suuuuuuuure. Those trading regulations are fascism in flesh.
+Michael You have officially misplaced your brain.
Re free trade, EU members are specifically _not_ able to trade freely with most of non-EU world, including with the world's largest economies, like the USA, China, India and Japan, the world's fastest growing economies, like most of Asia, and countries that Britain has historically enjoyed very close ties to, like Australia and New Zealand.
The Democratic Deficiency is hardly a thing, just because the members aren't elected doesn't mean they aren't chosen by The respective governments who are generally voted in. That would be like saying the American system has a democratic Deficiency which is something Illuminaughty theorists and the uneducated would argue.
Adam Thornton There are many reasons for that. Look at the US. They import cheap products from China, but they lose most of their manufacturing jobs.
Scotland independence, will finally happen, the EU will accept you guys ;D
eclairee33 I'm from Portugal, and I'm glad you guys will have your independence, even Trump made confusion you guys with the UK, what a twat.... I hope you guys join us, and probably Ireland as well. The Queen doesn't have any power, is just a +1, to screw you guys over.
Scotland has a 15 percent budget deficit(the figures are direct from the SNP government), that is 3 times larger than that of the UK as a whole. At the moment the UK government subsidises the deficit but that wouldn't happen if Scotland is independent.
In a nutshell, 'Independent Scotland' could not afford 'United Kingdom Scotland', something would have to give. Tax rises, spending cuts(oh the irony), borrowing heavily. An independent Scotland wouldn't have a currency and it doesn't have a central bank so borrowing could be problematic .
Will Scots vote for independence given the circumstances? You tell me.
sadly wrong after today
Not so long ago, before the Internet and mobile phones came around, people had just one TV (if it blew up you rang the TV engineer), took one holiday (and not necessarily abroad), owned one car (not a big four-wheel-drive tank), would have thought it extravagant to have a TV in the bedroom (or to possess a credit card), took pride in a decent pair of trainers (not a fitness trainer), thought it beyond them to own vinyl records (cassette tapes were okay), took pride in the Sunday roast (not in strange pricey foods whose vitamins and minerals were in the very leeks and parsnips grown down the road), knew how to make a proper cuppa tea (not spend a bag of spuds' worth on a coffee drink), owned one or two cookbooks (not a library) - And that was how it was for MOST people! - And because of the UK's inequality in wealth terms, as a result of limited taxation on people's incomes at the wealthier ends of the income spectrum, the UK has had more people as a proportion living in poor conditions than in Scandinavian countries. Debt became a problem - no surprise in the ads-galore TV multi-channel age. Keep up with the Joneses.
Surely, had Britain taxed its wealthier half a little more, the Remain camp should have won!? Okay, so you could not get the latest mobile? But remember how we all used to live please!
Yes, I believe that had the UK been more equal as a society, like the Scandinavian countries, a vote to Remain would have won.
But everybody is all out for themselves. Too bad for them now if they also thought that leaving was not going to happen.
Man - for everyone harping on about how the market recovered and that the Pound's value is fine. News: The UK hasn't even withdrawn from the EU yet! How about we actually wait to see what happens AFTER you withdraw, which will be a process, to proclaim "We're alright, everything is great!".
As if a EU withdrawal happens overnight. What a laugh.
They are replying to JO snap judgement. As it is France Italy Poland have called for realistic talks. Merkel changes day by day as she tries to balance realpolitik with her own agenda. The EU has many times been run to the rhythms of the German electorate. The Greek negotiations are a case in point.Stability is needed. Reruns, talking down the UK, speculation are not helping. How many stories have you read say "could, may, perhaps"
I could say the same about people claiming that the drop on the referendum day was a sign of the apocalypse. It will be at least two years before the UK leaves the EU. Until we get some idea what the new rules and regulations will be we're just throwing darts blindfolded.
The EU can economically hurt the UK but the EU relies more on the UK than vice versa. There are a lot of industry positives that may be possible. Perhaps a return to heightened trading with their colonies or the return of the fishing industry are very likely outcomes.
perhaps, but i worry what damage we're doing to the UK too, the UK is one of the larger economies in the EU, and leaving would probably severely damage the EU for some time to come, i don't really think 52% is a large enough margin for a vote either considering half of the population that didn't vote but could have now regrets not voting. maybe the UK will be fine, or maybe we'll turn into a racist Walengland hoping to restore our former empire and show our superiority to the world, all i can hope is that we step up as a nation and take control of ourselves, because our foolish behavior to some people who aren't from this country is appalling.
Gregsplays A win is a win. Counting non voters assumes that they would have voted to stay in. The position of the Mayor of London was created on a turnout of 35%. No-one question the validity of that vote. Brexit is a chance to connect with the world rather than an insular European world view
i'd question it because that simply isn't large enough, from UKIP's perspective, you'd be pretty p***ed when you only get two or three seats despite having 16% of the vote, so why should that be any different in a national decision on an advisory vote (this vote was advisory, the government doesn't have to choose to stick with it, it's their prerogative. regardless, i wouldn't be too happy if the greens got into power missing out 70% of the electorates vote, not would i be too happy if the Liberal democrats did, because although i support those parties, i don't think it's fair to anyone for their voice to be shut out of an argument, so when over 4 million people of every background call for a new referendum, or when a 35% win is considered a majority win, i would listen to those people and not ignore the fact that somehow a mayor just got appointed with only 35% of all the vote, also that a national decision involving 52% of the electorate will take us out of EU ignoring the 48.1% who wanted to stay, all of this telling me that although we're leaving the EU it's far m,ore likely it's going to be very messy. plus the EU isn't insular, it has trade deals with Australia, new Zealand, Canada, the USA and India, all of which were trading in good faith with the EU which is probably going to make Ireland their top dog now. and if you really want to talk about insular views, let's talk about how we've been brought up to think about Britain, and British interests in the world, and whats best for Britain and how Britain can prosper, because i can't see how that isn't insular when a good percentage of the idiotic morons in this nation are now committing crimes because they think they're justified to do so.
look, Brexit is going to be hard on people like me, people of my generation were told we'd be allowed to vote, but we weren't, most of us would have voted to remain because we consider ourselves European, and citizens of Europe, and the EU is a bit of a pain sometimes, but have you seen the UK? we've been the thorn in the backsides of many nations, some for noble intentions, and some not so noble, and like John Oliver said, the UK is what many nations celebrate their Independence from, and there may be more of them soon if we go full out Brexit, so i'm worried, my family is worried, even the people who voted leave because most of them didn't know what it would involve, the lack of communication was awful in this vote and it's lead to one of the worst referendums in history. so now you understand why all of us "liberals" and "pansies" and "Lefties" are upset, we're upset for the same reasons as you were before even the talk of a referendum, because we feel we aren't represented, and we've just been told to shut up, which to me, and 32 million people, that feels pretty undemocratic.
This made me officially a fan of you. Thank you! Thank you.
LMAO tarik you're pathetic and your picture says it all. Fuckin idiot.
Having bulletproof armour and AR15 doesn't necessarily make you a good person. In fact if you told somebody you had them and that they are "boss-as-fuck" without letting them know why you own them, they'd probably never want to go near you.
Why do you need body armour to serve that purpose? It's not like they're going to try and kill you...
***** At least I am glad the EU taught you some geography, probably you wouldn't even have heard about Romania if there was no EU. Your opinion's your opinion, although I am more inclined to trust Mr Oliver on this matter than you. The rest of my view on the issue you described in your comment would better not be posted online, considering how the people understood to behave nowadays when they hear something they don't agree with. And yeah, Romania may be shitty as you described, or may not be, but I just wonder how much you contributed yourself for that Great part in Britain... Furiously typing angry comments on UA-cam doesn't count.
***** Bosnian-American... You're certainly not a good example to advertise these cultures. I am not a Gypsy, just plain Romanian. Although I don't expect you to know the difference. Not that it matters much in this context. You chose to live in one of the most multi-cultural countries in the world, yet show xenophobic accents all along... No wonder your user name... I hope you won't get hurt with this attitude.
He seems quite butthurt
Like all the other establishment cunts. Let them cry, let them be butthurt.
I noticed that whenever any democratic decision don't go their way (elections, general votes....) then left wing artists go full tilt mode. (like politicians lying, and manipulating in campaign is anything new... left and right wing politicians do it equally).
You sound quite asspained. :)
+boxtears not really, I supported the departure. Indifferent at best
salwaby
Well ignorance is bliss. And you seem quite blissful.
I've told my friends in the uk this was a bad idea. they love it. they see it as if it's the USA breaking away from GB, instead it's more like the south breaking away from the north. it wrecked economies everywhere and eventually they all rejoined not being able to last on their own.
>looks at card< "Idiocracy and V for Vendetta" >holds card up to forehead< "Things that are becoming more true each day."
I'd actually like Idiocracy to Be real Those people Have ironically the best possible governmental system.
Guy from V for Vendetta would be proud of the leave vote. The EU is a corupt centralized government and by breaking off of it, Britain has chipped away at the EUs power over people.
firexgodx980 Keep telling yourself that, and you might be able to drown out all the Brexit backpedaling now that they realize they don't have a clue what they're doing.
Minus the fact that it's literally unsustainable. Even with the help of a person of average intelligence from the distant past saving their crops from themselves, ultimately the fragile leftover technological infrastructure will inevitably implode. The survivors wandering off to live in the wild as Con Magnons 2.0
+firexgodx980 The pound has dropped to record lows, the U.K. Has made trading more difficult for themselves and honestly I'm just tired of explaining all the negatives this vote had on everyone involved, the EU bails out people in need, supports in military and finance and all around just is benificial to be in. If the UK doesn't re join it's a risk of losing two segments of its land, Scotland and NI, the most frustrating thing is that most of the Brexit retards didn't even fully understand what they were voting for
I loved that.
Finally
Real journalism.
I have a question.
Can we get that kind of enthusiasm here in the U.S.???
For the first time in my life I am genuinely and absolutely sad. I'm embarrassed to be English and I'm sorry to the Europeans living in the UK who have been left scared and confused by this result; I hope you can stay.
oh wow, that joke with the ice cream is freaking hilarious!:D although the topic is serious i couldn't stop laughing..:)
5 to tu 66
Great job ignoring literally all of the economic upsides.
Which are what exactly? Increased food prices and taxes due to a decimated Pound Sterling? The finance industry leaving London to Dublin, Paris, and Frankfurt (which account for 22% UK GDP and will cost the UK 7.2 billion Pounds per week)? No businesses investing in the UK due to uncertainty till an agreement is signed between the UK and the EU?
thevine2010 The pound recovered less than 48 hours after the vote was final. The footsie, specifically, has been lower earlier this year than it was after the vote. The superior negotiating position that the UK now has with nations like Germany, France, The US, Japan, and China.
Oh and if you believe for a second that the "fear" and "uncertainty" around investment isn't on purpose then you're naive. The actual Brexit won't happen for at least a year, so there's absolutely no reason for them to be scared right away. All of the volatility that you've seen has been specifically manufactured to make Britons anxious about their decision. These people want to control every facet of your life, and they're using every trick in the book to get Britons to vote to give them that control. If you're even the slightest bit in favor of individualism then you're barking up the wrong tree.
CravenTHC Tell that to HSBC who already started leaving for Paris. The Pound Sterling still dropped more than 10%, a 1% gain isn't worth shit. An economic meltdown takes time and the uncertainty will drive the FTSE rock bottom. Individualism has a cost, and I really hope you hate your kids and grandchildren at this point.
thevine2010 You're right. The cost of individualism is obviously hatred, not blood sweat and tears of those that work hard to earn their way. The cost of global socialism, however, is every last vestige of freedom that you could possibly hold dear. Welcome to 1984 folks. It was instituted by people that actually voted for it.
Ironic that you invoke 1984, a book written by a socialist.
The UK celebrating an independence day from a union they joined entirely by their own volition is so absurd.
The original EU was pretty much nothing but a financial market. Not to mention people voted to join in the 1970s ffs. That was more than a generation ago you idiot
@@Sfcfan120 Yep, we the people voted to join a nice simple free trade, free movement bloc. Then over the following decades that became a full political union with Prime Ministers signing away rights and powers without ever asking us again. Treaties like Maastricht and Lisbon happened without us getting a vote. 2016 was the first time we had a chance to have our say. And John Oliver her starts off by acting as if giving the people a vote, democracy, is a bad thing! That is the mindset of the Remainer establishment. We the people should just shut up and let them do what they think is best, and how dare we throw a spanner in their works!
@@Sfcfan120
The treaty of Rome, signed in 1957 made it abundantly clear that this union was not solely economical.
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
He also said "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”
+Peter Murphy Yeah, both of them are great.
Everything he said is 100% spot on!
So many dislikes? Looks like some people are a bit salty...
Lucian Tritt I hate typos... :p
Lucian Tritt Best advice 2k16 10/10!
Now that's the best advice of the past thousand years and then some.
Not that many really
Dear Lucian, and Ian. Take your racism, & put it under your internet
hood & ram it up your ass. Bad news?! Your head is taking its place
NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT VOTING = BAD, THANX JOHN OLIVER
He never said voting was bad, man people are fucking idiots these days.
you're right, he implies voting is only good when the results agree with his opition
Or rather that this particular vote went ahead through lies and poorly formed opinion.
In short, he suggested people got it wrong. If that's hard for you to handle, you might want to keep away from sensible topics.
The hell are you on about?
So if we all vote to invade Iraq another time, that's a good thing right?
Or are you saying democracy can fuck things up?
#CryHarder Bremainers
It's the Brexit voters who are crying to change their votes.
^yeah, like 3 of them that the media found
lol cause 4chan trolled you to think that?
We are crying of how fucked our country is
+Hamza El Khazaani are you sure you should be for the brexit? Aren't you one of the people they want to get rid of?
calm down m8, the markets adjusted in 2 fucking days
There already a small queue for trade deals one week later
B-b-but their precious liberal pro-globalist narrative...
*****
The currency is irrelevant though, whats good for exporters is bad for importers in that sense. www.theguardian.com/business/live/2016/jun/29/brexit-stock-markets-shares-higher-pound-business-live apparentley its back to normal for now but remember, when they run the stories of the next crash, its from the sam epoint we started from last time....wonder if they will recover again lol
According to google the FTSE 250 is back up to $16.2k and the GBP exchange rate to the USD is 1.33, unless I'm reading the wrong thing.
Its already stabilizing again. People were fearful because they never thought Nigel and Boris would score a victory like that. Give it a couple of months and the UK will be thriving the same way the Swiss and the Norwegians are, free to choose who they trade with and in what footing
This is a bit off-topic, but is anyone else getting pissed off with the increasing usage of the word 'salty' in comments sections? What a fucking lazy way to try and insult or discredit people you disagree with. If someone expresses an opinion in a passionate way, they're... 'salty'! Fuckin' empty non-insult, non-argument. You might even say I'm getting pretty salty about it.
Oh yeah, and 'butthurt' too. What are you refuting when you call someone 'butthurt'? What are you meaningfully saying about them or their position? It barely even qualifies as ad-hominem.
Sounds like somebody's salty and butthurt.
earth star Not necessarily in that order.
Colin Wilkie Somebody's hurt and their butt's salty.
earth star Only when I've been exercising.
I still vome back here in disbelief. Why is Scotland not independent yet?
Why would you ever use direct democracy on an issue that most of the voters really don't understand/are misinformed about? For them it's solely about "independence", "we want our money back"! Yet they don't think about any of the other important issues. Wow, they deserve whatever happens to them.
You know representative democracy is just sending a person with little prior experience in anything except possibly journalism, professional politics or making their voters feel good, with the largest slice of votes of potentially 10 people to a place where they follow the orders of a small cabinet of people who listen to the people biased and sick enough to professionally advise politicians whilst they balance special interests and who can give them the largest donations.
Why would you want that? but here we are.
Not all of us
Whatever happened to the Britain that settled these sorts of issues with the Royal Navy?
Aleksandar M We ran out of oak tree's
The establishment is real butt hurt about this. Every TV show, every newspaper, everything the old guard still holds onto is crying about Britain leaving.
On the contrary, most of the press in the UK is absolutely delighted. While there may be a liberal bias in the US, there is a definite right-wing bias in the UK.
and russia is happy that this is causing instability
Deep down they, the establishment, wanted it. Though it remains to be seen as to why.
To make a good example of it.
+Chris James To opt toward the TPP I presume
Well, someone's salty... And doesn't the EU going hard on Britain kind of prove that the EU isn't a government worth staying in?
If your boss unceremoniously fired you after you told them to fuck off mean the job wasn't worth having?
You don't have any say in who your boss is the vast majority of the time, and in many cases, beggars can't be choosers. Britain has a big enough economy to "be their own boss" and not deal with the EU's nonsense.
Admiral Fear ... In the scenario you could still be the same way, able to be self-employed. But to be self-employed you have to first stop being employed, so I'm not sure why you're muddying it with all this.
Not to mention, while there may be cases where someone is fired for that, *and* the job wasn't worth having, it does not *mean* the job wasn't worth having.
The point I'm making here is if the EU goes hard on us, it doesn't somehow intrinsically mean we shouldn't have been in there to begin with.
Vincent Freel yeah, was trying to go with the metaphor. Look, the EU is not a person. It is not some Walmart manager. It is a huge government that is on the path of becoming the ruling federal government over Europe. A certain level of maturity is expected. If it openly tries to screw over Britain's economy because their vote was offensive instead of just renegotiating a trade deal, it shows that the EU isn't after economic partnership, they're after power... which is bad.
Admiral Fear I would be mad too if I saw my country being seemingly crippled.
I love John's metaphors and analogies
Charlie Booker's Black Mirror could never imagine a darker future Britain.
He makes the EU sound like a big bully, saying that they will make an example out of Britain for leaving... so he is basically saying to just give in to a bully instead of fighting for independence? I'm a fan of his talk show, but his ideas surrounding the Brexit sound childish and I'm an American.
I used to like him in the beginning until his blatant bias just started to reveal itself
DO you think Turner pays him so much to have an independent opinion ?
I m not a blind adorator or whatever but right there you are just putting word in his mouth... Everybody in these comments is acusing him of a load of stuff and even if it was biaised, most of the stuff he said was just facts or infos about the current situation... He didnt say EU was bully but said that thats what the EU is probably gonna do because of the mentioned reasons.
Absolutely nobody in these comments has even tried to use the video as a conversation opener... All opinions are biaised but this guy (oliver) has always presented stuff in a very informative way. Yes the Tone and jokes clearly show the biais but doesnt make facts differents...
i can tell you're american - by the completely uneducated opinion you just shared and the ridiculous idea that this vote was a "fight for independence" rather than a bunch of populist conmen exploiting the discontent with the current situation and the irrational fears of the less educated people for their own political benefit...
+Travelator Be specific. Show video segments and explain the bias within them to substantiate your point.
And I thought British people were smart...
The Brexit camp is being painted as racist and xenophobic, in order to detract from those who are concerned with soverignty. The EU is an unelected bureaucracy that can veto any national government, essentially it is a dictatorship in the guise of a democracy. Your elected MEPs can't initiate any democratic processes to repeal or enact legislation. The legislative body is unelected, and no one knows who they are unless you do a lot of digging.
First of all. Yes they are smart. They are smarter than you since they can see where EU was heading. They made decision on long term, not on short term.
For Munich, Those old people were the ones who voted you in the EU in beginning with. They saw UK how it was before EU and noticed that EU didn't bring them what it promised to bring. Their vote was for their grandchildren's future, not to piss you off.
You're highly hateful person and narcissistic since you lacked empathy to even consider that maybe your grandfather actually voted for your better future.
The fact that you people feel like insulting voters because of this. Tells more about you than them. You're vicious little assholes.
PS: Poor people actually have first hand experience in seeing that there is something wrong with the system. They might not have the best arguments, but they see clearly that system has failed. Not only that, but they are the first ones to always experience it. EU was failure, for that reason all poor people despise it. And intelligent leave voters knew very well what were the reasons why EU is failure.
And the fact that you called him a vicious asshole is saying more about your own personality than about him.
+Anthony
www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/13/is-the-eu-undemocratic-referendum-reality-check
Default User EU Commission (the unelected body), is the one that starts the legislative process through delegation. If we can't elect the trigger man, then that's not very democratic now is it?
Furthermore, because of universal legislation application for member states, non-British MEPs effectively have a say in how Britain is directed. Non-British MEPs the British people didn't elect.
Also, I should further add that the EU has a very low GDP growth rate of 0.5% as an economic superpower. New Zealand's GDP Growth rate dwarfs the EU, let alone China, and America.
So true. Loved it!
UK is going to be like the Holy Roman Empire
a place that is neither United or a Kingdom
Here come the Jacobites!
Don't you mean western roman empire?
There were 2 seperate 'Leave' campaigns. One was lead by Boris and the other by Nigel. The bus you mentioned was from the Boris campaign yet when Nigel is interviewed about it you make it look like it is his bus and slogan when actually he thought it was a bad idea all along.. Nice reporting..
It's not about facts. This guy is nothing but a liberal paid laugh machine to push propaganda for Globalists.
John Oliver or as I like to call it the hand puppet of the elite.
if you don't like what he is saying then don't watch him
+Eduardo Cantu So if I don't like terrorism I should just look away as well?
General Washington fight then , your a general you already fight for your people.
Eduardo, You're*. Your head is so far up your arse you eat your own shit, digest it and then eat it again.
Actually I think he's more like the hand job of the elite - a poor substitute for something really good.
There may be legitimate reasons for Britain to leave the EU. But many voters seemed to voting with mentality of anti-immigrant ideology, even though some of the 'migrants' they mentioned were born in their own country. I used to think that the Brits were more evolved than this and loved them for the humanitarian aid they've brought to my country, but this whole brexit thing seems to expose many introvert feelings within a few Brits that are shocking. If you need proof just go to a comment section in a Daily Mail article or check this out: Reports of racist abuse in Wales following Brexit - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-36640447
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-bbc-journalist-muslim-council-rising-islamophobia-racism-eu-a7106056.html
The vote was a referendum on migration for many people.
Civil Owl , which is funny cuz Boris Johnson had denied that immigration was the driving force behind rejecting the EU, saying that it was about "regaining control".
Boris Johnson is a world class bullshitter, but it hits on the main problem for "Brexit". There are two broad camps who voted for Brexit... a frustrated, working class vote, poorly represented by the First Past The Post system and angry at being ignored at what's perceived as a metropolitan liberal elite. For them economic security and migration were the main issues.
And then the Conservative free market liberals for whom migration isn't a concern, but sovereignty, and cutting back EU regulations on worker's rights.
Those two positions are completely orthogonal which is why the Leave camp have run away from taking responsibility. By keeping their campaign vague they were able to gloss over it, but now they will actually have to enumerate what Brexit entails.
I'm sure there were some people who voted to leave for what they considered good reasons. But let's be honest, if you take the racist fucks of the UKIP out of the vote, "STAY" would have won in a landslide.
As a white dude, this is what happens when you have 80% white population mostly 40-50 years old. Diversity isnt much of a thing outside of London.
Seeing this comment section makes it very clear that racism and fascism have not, and will never ever, go out of style.
Whoa there, you might cut yourself with that amount of edge.
bas nijland
#salty
Yeah mate, I'm salty. God, I'm so angry. :^)
you are right
What does cuckolding have to do with that, pray tell? Or is that just a random insult you throw around without any meaning or context because you can't voice your opinion and back it up with anything? Yeah, thought so.
UK made their best choice. Hope EU breaks once forever.
Greece was fine before EU and now they're ruined, poor and forced to stay because they have crazy debts to Germany and EU that probably they will never can paid. Politicians choosed by EU instead of choosed by Europe Citizens. Big Enterprises that can made their headquarter in the countries with less taxes. Google in Belgium, and so many others Enterprises are in Luxembourg as well. Fiat, the International (Italian) cars producers have their Financial Headquarter in UK. Are we crazy? This needs to end now!!!
Btw: Sorry for my English, but I hope you understood what I mean.
I don't understand how any of this is the EUs fault
How the fuck Greece's economy collapse was EU fault? Their government was built based on lies and illusions.
You're mixing something up. Greece was fucked by the Euro and not the EU! The Economy was/is too weak to be in a monetary union with e.g. Germany.
The Greek government went crazy on loans once being in the EU made interest unnaturally low for them.
They did it themselves.
Your giving up economic prosperity and not getting ride of the problem. None of the EU nations are running anti corruption campaigns the corrupt politicians will stay with a more deadly strangle hold on your nations. People always blame everything execpt the source of the problem and the problem is internal.
IT'S CURRENT
This is overly biased to an extent that it sounds stupid. Didn't even look at both sides of the argument.
There was no argument to begin with.
1) Leaving the EU did not reduce the red tape, it actually has increased it
2) Leaving the EU did not fix the economy (forcast show a shrink). Predicted by the "experts"
3) Leaving the EU doesn't mean you can escape the EU regulations. As if you want to deal with the EU you have to follow the rules. However while out you have a lot less power in negotiations. More precisely if the EU wants to make an example of England for leaving, So others countries do not.
4) The status of many non English born people are now up for grabs to be expelled or reviewed. However people are still trying to come to England. So leaving did not fix the "issue"
5) Control over the laws, does not mean those changes or revisions will be in the best interests of small or big business. It's up to unelected lawyers and back room politics. The leave action has now caused a Darwinian state in that it is everyone for themselves.
6)The impact of this change will not be seen for several generations.
Well put. Though it seems to me that fascists who vote leave don't bother reading anything longer than a few-words-sentences like "they're taking our jobs!!1" which is a big shame.
A comment like that demonstrates a superficial understanding of what the EU is about.
+scully how can you compare the leave to fascist? By partaking in democracy your area a fascist, but supporting people totally taking away Greece's democracy is totally not a fascist move.
What did you expect, when has a raging militant liberal ever been anything but monstrously bias?
Anything that John Oliver ever spews is pure gold!
Jesus, Calender Man is angry. Majority of this was just pejoratives and half-truths.
Are you normally racist or were your parents abusive to you?
True but might I remind you that it's currently 2016?
***** Come on man it's 2016.
not true at all.
this was an update on a piece he already did.
I still have no clue as to what the fuck is going on.
I mean that pretty much sums it up. Noone knows because this has never happened. Leavers seem to think it's gonna be paradise while remain thinks it's all going to hell. I'm gonna go for we just don't know. Why does anyone feel entitled to predict the future?
I would say it's likely it's gonna go badly but probabilities only go this far in individual cases...
Except that a remain vote doesn't necessarily say that you think it's going to go to hell. Believing in prudence when faced with such an extreme unknown doesn't mean you "feel entitled to predict the future".
Absolutely nothing. There are countries that function perfectly well outside of the EU, and there are countries within the EU that are regressing and degrading daily, and there are also opposite examples of the aforementioned.
Whatever happens to the UK solely depends on how much work its people put into their infrastructure and economy, how they maneuver in regards to the aforementioned, and how open-minded and skillful they are in establishing trade agreements with other sectors and via other trade organizations, and how they decide to re-organize their nation.
It all depends on what the people of the UK will do with their own hands and how skilfully they will do it, without any external stimuli or some Mary Poppins holding them by the hands.
I frankly think this whole panic attack end-of-the-world shizz is a bunch of fart noise. Nobody knows what's gonna happen.
Moo
Dunno. As far as UK under EU goes: While the violent offenses have been thankfully lowered (contrary to what some people say, because i actually care enough to look up stats), sexual offenses have been alarmingly increasing (with especially rapid increase between 2013 and today). The education of the masses has been falling down way too much. The economic output has overall decreased over time, the net investment of financial institutions has been making deeper slopes downward in the recent years, but the inflation has been continually lowering since the early 90's with some slopes upwards (like 2008/09) but an overall downwards trend which is great.
As far as Internet goes, the UK is constantly converting its Internet into one akin to a mix of China and one of those theocracies that are filtering it on a morality/ethics basis. (There's a point in me delving into this in the next segment.)
One of the things i could say is a benefit of staying within the EU, is the benefit towards the populace in terms of Internet openness and freedom.
But why is the UK not progressive in regards to the Internet by its own accord, rather than needing external support? This is the crux of the argument.
If UK had neutral or positive results a year or two after leaving the EU, it means that the system governing the UK, and the population of the UK, all have their shit together. For the EU to function properly, all its member states need to function properly on their own accord individually first.
Refer to that old saying that a wooden arrow breaks but a group of wooden arrows doesn't. But what if that wooden arrow is an iron arrow and then a group of arrows is a group of iron arrows? A group is only truly strong if its individuals aren't weak or idiots, or if the individuals aren't using the group as an excuse to take it easy.
If the UK is falling apart after leaving the EU, it means that the system managing the UK, and the people of the UK, are all doing a bad job and need to get their shit together, while they were using EU's "services" as excuses. A UK outside of the EU needs to be compared to the other nations outside of the EU who are doing better, and one needs to conclude why they are doing better without the EU whereas UK isn't. Of course, one can not also ignore the influence of the EU impacting the UK intentionally or by UK impacting itself negatively by shattering some trade agreements, or the media pulling their influence as well.
TL;DR The argument i'm trying to forward is that while being part of EU is of course a good thing, the condition of the member state individually and whether or not it is misusing the membership (or being misused) is equally as vital if not more.
What i can't argue is whether the UK would ever get a wake-up call on this point without experiencing looking into a mirror after leaving the EU, or whether it would ever fix itself with or without EU. Those are the big unknowns that are too complex to predict.
So it's pointless to raise dust over the whole EU situation or even to talk about the EU and membership. Focus should be put on fixing the discrepancies that have showcased themselves WITHOUT the EU, and analyzing and adopting the methods of other outside nations that don't show the discrepancy, or finding one's own methods to fix the situation.
One can whine about the situation, or one can choose to wipe all the emotions out, take an objective stance, and start analyzing and doing shit that the circumstances have now brought to light.
That's my 2 cents at least.
LOL there were lots of racists on the remain side.
*"The EU might make an example out of Britain."*
Fuck me, that sounds like something real upstanding people might do, I should rethink this whole thing.
-sarcasm
"You are racist and dumb, your vote doesn't count." strong-arming by the liberal hive mind.
+TRAILERSPOT
"I'll call everyone that voted leave a liberal because thats what /pol/ told me to do"
Back to 4chan for you.
Ginger Biscuit would you rather me call you guys something else? you are the ones who sniveled and bitched all over social media when enough of you decided not to show up.
"3 time cover model for Punchable Face magazine" almost made me spit my food out in laughter.
This seems less comedy and more like John Oliver going on a tangent and using the show as a platform to rant on. I know democracy sends you into a salty rage John when it doesn't go your way, but try to stop acting like a child.
He hates Freedom
I don't think "Didn't go your way" really described how horrible this whole situation is.
Actually, it´s more about how brexit voters didn´t really understand what they where voting for and now they have to deal with the consequences.
Is John Oliver a Corbyn supporter?
Welcome to Last Week Tonight, where Jon Oliver often expresses his personal views. May want to take your own advice there, champ.
The real scary part is that people use Google for other things than looking for porn. D:
finally a good comment
It is the true level of a moron to think google is the answer for information.
sacrilege of a religious artifact if you ask me. #godcreatedinternetforporn
It requires a virtual archeological dig.
Who the fuck uses Google to search for porn?
Hey! Bonus Clip!
no it was part of the normal show
mike10dude I meant that the channel normally only uploads one clip a week, but this week there was two
In light of the great comedic content, why not?
Chris Patry I'm not complaining or anything. It's just a surprise
Just brilliant.
Nigel wasn't part of the leave campaign he only supported it.
Wasn't he the leader of the party voting to leave
+whowhatiz
Give me "facts" as to why Brexit was a good idea.
I was a remain voter like 63% of Scots.
He is the leader of UKIP but he is not elected to Parliament so he could not take part in making promises. UKIP only have one MP
+#159 Croconaw Well in the past when a member like Romania tried to oust a corrupt president who had also threatened the life of a reporter and they got the amount of votes needed according to their constitution Merkel came in and said the vote was invalid and made them revote for a higher percentage. Britain was required to pay more dues than they are supposed to to the EU when they had a good year. Are two of the instances that come off the top of my head.
can anyone tell me if the queen has said something about this?
yeah, but less money for GB is less money for her, so, she should be worried right?
+Restryouis nah. Her wealth comes from investments all throughout the world. England's economy could completely crash and she'd be fine.
She did basicly say "What good has the EU done for Brittain" before the vote and its easy to go eather way but the Queen is Old school and its most likely she is and or Was pro leave
She's not allowed to have political opinions, if it isn't in the constitution it is definitely somewhere in the laws.
I don't think she's allowed to vote either, members of the house of lords aren't.
Wow. Why does Britain still have a queen/king again? At least they can declare war right? RIGHT?!
Ah John is so fucking upset Hahahaha. He just upset he was wrong
Wrong about what?
+Aaron Ryan Just that he didn't think anyone was dumb enough to vote them out of the EU, then just a few days later it went through.
+Corndog4382 he urged people to not vote for brexit. He wasn't sure of it not happening
You realise that you just called people who voted to leave dumb. and before you make an angry comment: "He didn't think anyone was *dumb* enough to vote them out of the EU".
You seem to be oblivious to how the world works. Opinion is no sports game, it's not about picking the winning side. It's about defending what you think is right, especially when the chances to win are thin.
Go back to school.
I always laugh if i see a Union Jack with 'Independence' on it xD
"Independence day!!!" WAT?!?!?!? They're like Birit-version of Donald Trump
John Oliver clearly has no understanding whatsoever of either the EU or the reasons to *LEAVE*
He is from England and a political speaker. He most likely knows more than you boo boo.
The grand adventures of shaniqwa latifa Okay - so you're going to take advice from this buffon. Do *you* find it ironic that we only *just won* the EU referendum? Yet and at the same time the EU only just had a marginal percentage on all the laws it could enforce on the UK/Europe. Somehow - I'd like to say - *we played by their rules and still won*.
The eu referendum? If you think the Brexit will end well for you, you didnt pay much attention ^^
If one thing is clear the eu has to take hard measures to show that leaving isnt a simple thing, so that other countries wont do the same.
And if you dont get this, I am afraid you are mental. There is no happy end, immigration wont stop and you wont be rich in the next century. The laws you speak off are all laws in the human rights department and you are against those? You are just a racist little twat who slectively watches what he thinks is right.
Hard facts like the eu subsidies and rebate or that france is holding back migrants from enetering the uk, north irelands and scottlands independence referendum and the already broken NHS promise or the 10% fall of the pound are indicators that this isnt a fucking game.
I dont want to be prejorative but check your privilege.
+TheDeathgod01 Thanks... I was starting to think everybody was retarded in this comment section.
You're a fucking moron Andy. He has much more understanding than you and in fact John Oliver is correct.
The EU will make an example of them? Yeah that sounds like it was a healthy relationship.
If you were to arrive tomorrow at work and start screaming "fuck youuuuUUUUUuuuu" at your boss, would it surprise you if you don't get a recommendation letter when he agrees to your resignation?
PS: God, I hope people won't get out of this that I consider EU a boss.
Ok I will let the "EU boss" slide, but if i work for an employer and i decide to leave I don't consider it appropriate that that employer try to destroy my life because they didn't want me to go.
Someone else here put it better in my opinion. Rather than a job you got fired from, after which your boss destroys your life, it's more like you left a club - you might not have to pay anymore but you also won't get any of the benefits. From now on, I guess both Britain and the EU will just try to get the best deal for themselves out of this.
If your scot girlfriend suddenly wants to leave you for your boss it only looks unhealthy from the view of that one man leaving
it''s more like quitting your job, and then your boss tries to screw up any potential job offers for you.
incomplete. please update the complete one pls. thanks.
Haha, the British made a huge mistake, thank god i'm not them
I think the outcome is more important than the risk. Immigrants are flooding Europe and will lose control of their nation if they didn't exit and be bound by the EU Immigration policy. You have to remember this isn't your opinion tha t matyets and it isn't America where everyone of you are immigrants.
I'm in America so I'm still fucked
Ask Brexit supporters why they wanted to leave, you'll get stories about EU control, massive amounts of money sent to the EU, the English not being able to fish their own waters due to EU divvying them up to other countries, etc.
Ask "stayers" why the UK should have stayed, and you'll get vague comments about the economy and no one having a plan.
So basically you'll get a bunch of crap from self-proclaimed rationalists like Sargon, who have used the cover of anti-feminism and the need to be frank about Islam, which many frustrated people agree with, to promote anti-intellectual garbage.
The reason the English can't fish in their own waters is mainly because most of the North Sea was over-fished and depleted. It was EU regulation that turned the tide on that. Of course other nations can fish in British waters, but so too can Brits fish in the waters of other countries. And the same rules apply to all member states. In the context of the trade benefits Britain receives, a £6 billion net contribution (against the backdrop of £770 billion total spending) is very little.
Of course, the real kicker is this... should this Brexit be followed through with, the deal that is being touted would require freedom of movement be maintained, paying into the EU budget (but with no rebate) and implemented the vast majority of EU regulations *regardless* but with no seat at the table. No budget savings. No migration cuts. Of course many British people seem believe that 27 other countries are going to roll over and cut them a special deal where they get to keep all the benefits of the club without any of the costs.
They're going to be in for a rude awakening when their British Exceptionalist delusion meets hard diplomatic reality, and they have to confront the fact that there are 27 other countries with their own agendas, their own governments, their own angry electorates and, yes, their own problems with the EU.
I know Leavers are desperate to believe the EU is on the verge of imminent collapse, but it really isn't, even accepting that there are growing populist movements in some of the member states. In fact without the UK's obstructionism, the other 27 countries may find new ways to thrive.
The union that *really* needs to worry about collapse is the United Kingdom.
Well the people of the UK made their decision and denying them to leave at this point is undemocratic and very totalitarian.
No you won't. Everyone said the pound would fall in the event of a Brexit and the remain camp made it clear
What of the people's of Scotland and Northern Ireland? Essentially sovereign nations, who voted to remain. The British people decided that they would not get a choice in the matter, and both peoples are now seriously thinking about leaving the UK. Soon, there will be no UK. Just a shattered island. What happened to Sovereignty?
The EU is going down and it's a great thing Britain is leaving now other will follow
The only country going down at the moment is the UK.
there has just been a major political shift in power, no shit things are going to be a bit turbulent for a while but if Norway and Switzerland are any indication the UK is going to be just fine in the long run.
unfortunately Germany isn't allowed to vote whether to leave or stay. They will need a revolution to overthrow their corrupt government. Their constitution doesn't allow referendums.
So great that the UK economy already crashed while chinese corporations and russia are talking about new deals with the EU, truly how terrible for the poor EU.
Norway and Switzerland are basically in the EU but with no voting power. Good job Brexit #takebackcontrol
Excellent video.
What a whiner this guy turned out to be
I never realized how socialistic this show truly was.
I hope Germany leaves the EU. If that happens WWIII will follow shortly after.
Yes, because WWIII will solve everything.
Who the fuck hopes for WWIII? You should reevaluate your life.
Laker Lefty Let's seee...idiots, people who think life is pointless, pretentious wankers, assholes who'll think they'll be some bad ass killer because they played CoD/Battlefied (yes those people exist).
you dont even know what that means
John Oliver Britain voted to leave the EU and the majority voted to leave. Hopefully someday you can understand how democracy works.
It doesn't work though when a large chunk of those leave votes were on the basis of being told lies of what leaving would mean.
The few people on my Facebook that voted leave are already saying they think they f'cked up.
Bored anole While part of the EU then the whole EU is trying to work on the problem.
Out of the EU, they can just let them all wonder over to the UK as its no longer their problem/responsibility to help us.
So if anything, I expect the refugee problem to get worse upon leaving the EU.
A slim majority though. And he can criticize what he wants, maybe one day you'll understand that.
Brilliant 4 minutes.
I love democracy.
The Brexit made England lose to Iceland!
No, England are just shit.
Bit of both really
+vDazzah so true
Tespri, cat said lose *to*, not lose.
vDazzah lol true
"Okay..."
*John looks at the calendar to remind him of the current year*
"It's okay..."
*John nervously looks down into his lap*
"This will all be over soon..."
*He looks back up at the calendar, showing the current month as December, the current day as the 31st*
"It can't ever NOT be the current year..."
*He looks back into his lap, his hand holding the key to unlock his misery*
"They will be sorry they didn't know the year..."
*John puts the key to his head, and with one last breath, curses humanity before unlocking the door*
What the hell
/pol/ retards slandering John instead of thinking...
John, you are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love you and your show!!! you ROCK guys!!! Best show ever!!!!!!!!!!!
okay as an American there's still something I don't get why was the vote called for in the first place what is exactly so wrong about the EU that Britain decided to jump ship altogether
Because the leaders of the EU were unelected and they were making big decisions that affected Britain economically and culturally and the British people had no power to prevent them from making those decisions. It's more complicated than that and there are some more specific things that the EU imposed on England that contributed to the frustration of British people. But ignore whether or not the EU was acting in England's best interests, and you still have the fact the the British were not in control of their country. Hope that clears things up
It's turning into a socialist dictatorship like the soviet union. The political structure is almost identical to the ussr: president > commission > council > parliament > nations. It's legislators cannot be unelected by the people. It is expansionist. It micro-manages trade between countries. It imposes regulations that favor big business. It opposes nationalism. It's a heaven for political lobbyists. It overrules democratic decisions it disagrees with.
Rohan: For every cultural negative, i'm sure someone could point to a positive - it depends on the demographic. The point is, it's better to be poor and free than a rich slave.
+Joe Marriott any chance they could have stayed in the EU and tried to fix things on the inside because I can assure you Britain and Europe aren't the only people affected by this I can't help but think that the United States is going to be hit in some type of way maybe not economically but sure as heck emotional also politically
Randall Gavin: You make a good point. The global fallout and what happens to Ireland were the main points that gave me concern in supporting brexit. Unfortunately I don't believe for a second that the EU is capable of reform (towards decentralisation). To the europhile, any flaws in the EU stem from a lack of unification. This is further evidenced by post-brexit proposals of an EU army, criminal-law, bank and taxation system. I'm scared as hell, but convinced this was the only move available.
Honestly nobody really knows what the effect of brexit are because the negotiations arent done yet. However if you make educated guesses all of it points to UK being fucked, EU will make an example of it to ensure nobody else leaves. We'll see what happens but I think 2 years from now majority of people are gonna look back and realize how dumb their vote was.
Vodafone already trying to relocate back into the EU after Brexit, german state of Northrine-Westphalia advertising hard to make the german HQ in Düsseldorf into the european HQ. Thank you for helping our economy.
I am so annoyed that these videos are so good yet so unavailable in my country