Brexit Explained
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- On June 23rd, 2016, an entire country headed into the unknown when 17.4 million people in the United Kingdom voted to become the first country to leave the European Union. This is the story of Brexit.
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On June 23rd, 2016, an entire country headed into the unknown. That’s the day 17.4 million people in the United Kingdom voted to become the first country to leave the European Union.
This is the story of Brexit.
We begin 60 years ago. After World Wars I and II had brought unprecedented death and destruction to the continent, a simple theory gained traction: if countries form stronger economic ties, they’ll be much less likely to fight each other.
So, in 1957, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and West Germany signed the Treaty of Rome and formed the European Economic Community.
The UK wasn’t included. It tried to join in 1963 and ‘67, but was blocked by French President Charles de Gaulle. De Gaulle didn’t trust the British and their close allies, the United States, although de Gaulle’s official reason was that the UK’s economy wasn’t compatible with Europe’s.
A few years later, once de Gaulle was out of power, the UK became a member of the EEC in 1973.
But not everyone was sold on the idea. So, just two years after joining, the UK held its first ever national referendum to decide whether it should turn around and leave. The vote wasn’t close, 67% of the electorate chose to stay.
In the years since, the EEC has become known as the European Union, expanded to 28 member states, and enacted countless laws and reforms that have created a thriving political and economic zone with 500 million citizens.
In many ways it was designed to mirror the world’s most successful federal republic: the United States. Just like the American colonies had done two centuries earlier, the individual countries of Europe decided they’d be better off - economically, geopolitically - if they formed a unified group. It was a good decision.
For proof, look no further than the year-by-year, per-person GDP rate, which has skyrocketed across the entire euro-zone. Germany, the UK, and France, the EU’s biggest economies and the 4th, 5th, and 6th largest individual economies in the world, have seen their growth track right along with each other at roughly the rate of the United States. A look at the emerging economies of Brazil, China, and South Africa gives you a better sense of just how closely the Europeans have tracked together. Look at Turkey - who wants desperately to join the union - compared to Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain the four EU countries most affected by the global downturn at the end of the previous decade, and you see more evidence of the power of the EU in driving growth.
As it has became more and more integrated - as its members chose to give up more and more of their sovereignty - the UK kept negotiating ways to stay independent from key aspects of the union. It didn’t join the open border that the rest of the EU created in 1995 to create completely free movement within the union, and it chose to keep the British pound as its currency instead of adopting the Euro.
But the development that made the UK’s eventual exit most likely was the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty in 2009. Not only did it make the EU’s central institutions more efficient and more powerful, but - for the first time - it gave its members an official mechanism to leave, called Article 50.
At around the same time, the world was hit by a severe recession. Greece, whose public debt was far higher than most other EU members, was worse off. Its fellow union members forced it to implement severe spending cutbacks in exchange for money it needed to stabilize its economy.
This was followed by a migrant crisis, as millions of refugees fled war-torn countries across the Middle East and North Africa.
As immigration rates rose across Europe, the preferred destination was one of the big three economies: Germany, the UK, or France...
To fellow Americans watching this video, things can be best summed up like this: People in favor of Brexit are Trump supporters.
I am seeing a few parallels to our current situation
That's not true! Large swathes of the Labour Party (socialists) also voted for Brexit!
I voted for Brexit ... and you sound like a remoaner!
Brexit, Yes please. Trump, legend.
Everyone loved trump in the US until he ran for president. Strange how option shifted.... Media fake news to blame? Maybe lol
Neil Proctor he’s referring more to the rhetoric rather than whether it’s left/right. Far too many populous slogans and not enough factual detail has led to turkeys voting for Christmas. It’s unfathomable.
@@lindsayadsbroons5944 You speak for yourself mate! I know exactly what I voted for!
I make a conscious decision NOT to pay much attention to the brainwashing mainstream media. As did most Brexiteers, because the majority of pre-vote slogans were directing us to stay in the EU! They even sent Obama (then your President) over to us to advise us to stay (we obviously laughed in his globalist face)!
We knew exactly what we voted for and it wasn't based on slogans - the vote was based on personal preference!
We voted for independence - which is something you Americans talk about a lot (and quite rightly so)! We voted for democracy - which is disappearing fast all over Europe! We voted for a nation state model of government - not to be part of an ever expanding continental dictatorship!
We want to govern ourselves - it's simple!
To call us uninformed is a bit of an insult mate! We Brits can trace our democracy (of sorts) back to 1215 AD and the signing of the Magna Carta and we're not prepared to give anymore away - we want it all back!
Edit - typo
this is why you should have voted for lord buckethead,.
Lord Buckethead would have saved the UK from the shitstorn
He's still almost entirely unknown in the UK. Even now if you asked 99% of British people they would have no idea who you were talking about
What about fish finger man?
But he was campaigning to be mayor wasn't he?
Fair point
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Boris was worried that he would get a copyright claim on his hair from corn...
Thank you for helping to make a complex issue easier to understand. Well done 👍
This video helped me to understand what Brexit is. It's about a struggle for being a independent country.
"... plunged themselves entirely into the unknown."
Really? Great Britain has been an independent union for more that 300 years, and England has been an independent country for almost a thousand. Returning to that after twenty years in the EU isn't exactly "the unknown."
You lost me ten seconds into the video.
A lone wolf dies, but the pack survives - GOT
Not if I'm a dire wolf 🐺 and that's what England is it can survive with out eu
UK is a pack of its own but still I wish they did not choose to leave the EU
But wolves are solitary animals
just a little bit biased.
Alex Guiness Agreed, he makes several errors in interpreting the data and extrapolates to false conclusions. Post hoc ergo propter hoc.
Ya think?
just a little .... :(
Which parts are the biased ones? Just curious..
Too which side
DID SOMEONE FROMM THE BBC PUT THIS TOGETHER??????????
UK has democratically decided to leave. Go and do not ask for any special bargain. Bear the consequences and get on with it.
Ill educated people seem to know more than u do and if all ur going to do is continue in ur selfish ways and push for something that isn’t democratic then I think u are the one that is ill educated. This country has been a democracy since 1928 and I think I would like that to continue. So stop crying like a baby and grow up.
@trident3b The UK voted to leave the European Union and that is what we are going to do. We did that because we had a democratic referendum to leave and we voted yes. If the remainders had won then nobody would be complaining.....but they didn't and now they believe that throwing a hissy fit will solve their problems. They need to realize that the country voted for Brexit and we are now having it. The majority of people complaining haven't even educated themselves enough to know the benefits that brexit offers, they simply voted for remain because of their mates or because "young voters are expected to vote for it because they are young". Its cool these days to go against what the government says especially the Tories however if their was a second referendum I can guarantee you now that the British Public would yet again vote to leave the EU because we don't want to pay as much as we do towards the EU, we don't want to obey all of their laws, and we don't want to deal with problems like Greece anymore. The EU is a corrupt system that has for years negatively impacted Britain and has latched on to us like a vampire.
It's about time our incompetent politicians just admit that so many people voted leave that had absolutely no idea what they were voting for that brexit needs to be stopped now, the referendum was so close it's amazing the country is embarrassing itself to the entire world. Nothing is perfect, the same applies for democracy. It's only because of the egos of a certain few questionable politicians we are still in this mess.
@@sholtoroyle7844 Well in the real world that I live in a lot of voters voted leave because they were mislead and had no idea what they were voting for. What are these benefits you speak of from your own fantasy world?
@@KXF41 explain to me in a way that makes sense as to how brexit is bad for the country, and also as to why the British public was unable to educate themselves on brexit and why that is the politicians faults. The Scottish referendum for independence was closer than the Brexit referendum but you don't see them continuously complaining and demanding a second referendum. Grow up and realize that Brexit means Brexit and we are leaving for the benefit of the country.
Couldn't be more biased if you tried. The funniest part was 9:35 when you said that opinion polls were "consistently showing" that the result *would* be reversed if the referendum were held again, while highlighting only five out of fifteen polls! Each only had a 1 percentage point lead, and 11% undecided, each only of a sample of about two thousand people. Dismal analysis.
3:31 "millions of refugees fled war torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa" - then you show a boat full of mainly sub-Saharan African migrants who are not from the war torn Middle Eastern or North African countries
3:33 "As immigration rates rose across Europe, the preferred destination was one of the big three economies." Well already, since these people are cherry picking their destinations to be the most economically prosperous, this makes it clear that they are not refugees fleeing war, but opportunistic economic migrants.
3:45 "Anti immigrant, nationalist feeling." There is a difference between being anti immigration and "anti immigrant." "Anti immigrant" means just being against the migrants themselves, and while on the surface appearing to be an abbreviation, actually substantially alters the meaning, and puts those holding the views in a bad light, while failing to face the actual issues.
Oh come off it it was a well put together video - he tried to be as neutral as possible too.
Well said. I think that the video was okay, but the so called 'poor refugees' are the ones that can afford to leave the places they came from... The ones that are truly suffering haven't a hope
You are a fool, try to read. The are country in Africa that are in war
War torn because the British and French with the USA who wanted to steal their oil.
@@AlBowly thank you for saying this.
10:41 Talk about cherry picking statistics! In your table there were 15 polls conducted and fully 8 of them still favored Brexit, by a margin of 2-4%. Yet you decided to highlight the 5 that favored staying, all of them by a narrow margin of 1-2%!
Come on man! That’s a deliberate intent to mislead!
So true, as the sample increases (apart from the equal vote) the average swings the other way. Hmmmmmm...
That's mainstream media caught in the act of manipulating viewers, again.
Yes 15 polls conducted in chronological order. The last 5 he highlighted were the most recent. Not biased data, looks like people just changed their minds
I mean 100% people will have changed their minds and Remain will become the dominant force...
Harrison Angel Actually the five he highlighted weren’t the most recent I think he is just cherry picking the ones that fit his argument
Article 50 is pretty clear that a withdrawal cannot be revoked unilaterally. It unambiguously says that after the notification, the notifying member state will leave after two years unless all member states agree otherwise.
Just because the author says it's revocable doesn't mean it is. The UK tried to pull this stunt before in Hong Kong. The Treaty unambiguously said Honk Kong would be returned to China while the author of the Treaty claimed it was merely a figure of speech. Hong Kong returned to China.
Wow! This is the best explanation that I've had so far! Thanks for this video, it's amazing!
The U.K. had so many opt outs and exceptions that it almost didn't seem like it was an EU nation to begin with
And is why the result was so close, Remainers thought that we could opt out the major bits, but eventually we wouldn't have been able to.
1. Why the referendum was held at all wasn't mentioned. Cameron promised it to get right wing politicians on his side (or in short: to gain and keep power), but didn't believe it would have any consequence
2. The EU isn't hard to punish the UK or to discourage other member states from leaving. It's just a logical thing. If you want access to the common market you have to obey some rules. There cannot be exceptions that would put the UK in a better position than Norway for example (like it would be if the UK was allowed to trade withing the common market but not accept free movement) - or even a member state. Actually Merkel said that. And there are only a few issues that are a red line for the EU. For example the border between Nothern Ireland and Rep. of Ireland. And of course: if you want to act within the internal market without tariffs you cannot make your own trade deals. Otherwise the UK could circumvent EU tariffs (importing goods into EU states without the EU tariffs having any effects). Of course the UK thinks the same the other way around. Also no other country wants to leave, on the contrary.
3. Independency doesn't mean the UK can do whatever it wants. There's still the WTO and it has rules. A lot of the things UKIP promised would go against those rules. Of course the UK could also leave the WTO...
oh and 4. another important thing: The UK only joined because it was bankrupt. The political union was never wanted, just access the economic area (and so UK politicans told the EU/EC project was only about trade although they new it was more).
You have a very negative view of Brexit. I find it hard to believe the majority of people actually living in the country don't know better than you, especially given this video. Watch how it unfolds, the UK actually made the more rational move. Why settle for trading freely just with the EU when you can have both - make free trade deals with the EU, US, China, etc. without paying into the EU and being subjected to its laws. Would the United States ever give up any sovereignty to say Canada and Mexico? And using the US as an example for the EU isn't accurate. Britain and France are already countries like the US, and each with far longer histories.
I feel you missed some important factors leading to Brexit such as the rise of UKIP, a large influx of eastern European migrants to the UK during a time of austerity and a struggling social healthcare and education system. I voted against brexit but i feel the video isnt very balanced and makes it seem as though Britain voted to leave the EU because they didn't want to accept refugees from war torn countries.
isnt that kind of true?
Oh boy. This comment section shows why it's a gift for the EU that the UK leaves it. They have never understood the idea of a united Europe. They don't want to be equal, they want to be special. #Invarietateconcordia
How is being equal when we are forced to support countries like Greece and get bossed around by a German chancellor and the Commission?
If you're white you'll be all equally dead in 50 years
I am a migrant. I do not have higher education but i do have over 17 years of experience in industrial environments and i have never benefited from any social program in these 17 years from any country, neither i would ever accept such thing, i would rather kill myself than live with the thought that i need help to survive. I have worked 8 years in Czech Republic and recently got a permanent position here in England. All my friends are here, all my friends work here honestly. This Brexit will only open a clear dor to migrant exploitation through visa fees, lower wages, uncertainty and unpredictability, things that will probably deter most of us to leave the UK. We are polish, czech, slovaks, romanians, bulgarians, spanish, italians, french, portuguese and from every other EU member countries. We are not all doctors or engineers, most of us work in factories and warehouses on minimum wages doing maximum amounts of effort and sacrifice to be able to afford a sustainable life, doing the best we can under the conditions we have. This Brexit is not about migrants from outside EU, not about asylum seekers or benefit seekers. This Brexit is aimed at the honest working tax paying EU citizens. For me personally, i couldn`t care less, i can find work in two seconds anywhere in this world due to my experience. The only thing i hate about this is that i finally met with my childhood friends, you know... the type of friends lasting for a lifetime that you can`t really do later in life and now iwe might consider to leave, each of us, on different paths once again. But now imagine all the polish, bulgarian, romanian and all other EU partially skilled workers leaving UK. The factory i currently work in would remain with 10-15% of the current staff and this is the thing around most if not all warehouses. Most if not all medium size production facilities relly on this flux of people, who come, work, pay taxes and will never even get pension rights for the years spent here, most of us don`t even attend one medical exam per year, most of us have no idea about benefits, human rights or any other rights than the right to break your back 8 to 12 hours a day and be happy if the employer pays in time and fairly... Well, this is the situation from my perspective as an economic migrant who has seen and worked in 4 European states and does not want to be either glued in one place or claim any other benefit than the salary he has earned fair and square. Brits also benefit from the free movement of goods and people, also benefits from comon markets, common infrastructure, common waters and so on. The 35 billion investment in the EU is an INVESTMENT IN COMMON INFRASTRUCTURE and COMMON SERVICES, in laws, in security, in culture, in education things that will benefit us all regardless of the place we come from. Streinght is only found in unity, 1 milion people will always have more than 10 people and this is the ratio for together or alone.... Yes, Britain will not die under any kind of Brexit. But now, how many of you are royalty? Because only royalty and upper class can afford this, the hardship will be felt by the british undergraduate, by the british commoner and by the legal EU economic migrants, not by politicians, not ofshores but by small and medium businesses that can`t afford relocation to the Union. All i can say is Good luck Britain and God save the Queen!
As a Brit, who voted leave I feel you mischaracterized the most crucial aspect that forced us to vote for Brexit. It was the courts. I don't know if it's difficult to understand for an American but we British folk take a great amount of pride in our independence. The idea that we: the people elect a minister who then must answer to some bully in Brussels who nobody elected!? Absolutely not! this is not acceptable!
I understand this video was made a long time ago, but since then the polls show overwhelmingly that vastly more remoaners have become leavers since the shocking treatment of the Visegrad four and the absence of the Brussels Broadcasting Channel's fear mongering. I will quote one of our great British exports; Micheal Caine, to close.
Win, lose or draw on Brexit, I would rather be a poor master of my own destiny, than a rich servant of somebody elses! nuff. said.
Fine cinematography though, I enjoyed the video, jolly good work.
Beautiful Chlorophyll- It's not hard to understand for your average American. It IS hard for Young Mr. Plank to grasp. He is, after all, a self-appointed mouthpiece for the far leftist ideals he so cherishes, all the while masquerading as an unbiased political commentator!
First of all you can Vote for The EU Parlament so If you say that Theresa are not elected you are stupid. Second The UK is even with brexit by No Jeans idedipendble because 14 % of all The gpd ist Exported to EU so all CZcams businesses need to reach EU standards. Third now after tow years of negotiantions nur noch brexit The avrage brtish household hast 900 Pound less in the pocket. So WhatsApp so you think Happens when your Not Part of The single Market ? Then your forgein Policy ist highly depandeble of The USA anderen even If you leave The EU und NATO so you do Not gain any Independence. For The nhs relies havenly on migrants (130000) Many of them left already.
So as an european i See how you geht poor, ill and more depandeble of others while i laugh and Wonder how stupid brits can be
Well, I don’t like the EU but I don’t want to be a ‘poor master’ myself.
@@klickes Maybe try again when you've sobered up
independance is the only reason afaik.
From german perspective the current politics are working. Although its understandable if people critisise them or are discontent. Until 2021 the german politics are likely to stay similar.
All I can see is the UK, losing out in a huge way in the long run. This is a example, of people not appreciating, or understand what they have. The general UK public are ignorent, of the EU because they are not told or explined, what the EU is and the benefits that it gives them. All they hear and get through the different media's are all of the negatives and bias reports through the media . The EU, is the future for all the European state's, it's for the next generation , and the generations to come.
Yeah ..one world order and absolute control. This is just the first step, for the "elitists to control every aspect of mankind".
"making an example of the UK, scaring the other members do they don't leave". Sounds like a great club 👌🏻
If they want to be seen legitimately, then yes they will do. The point he made why the EU wants to make sure Britain gets hurt so that other EU nations can see the negitive effects of leaving. In which, it makes sure other countries wont try to leave. If the UK economy dumps down then that is their fault for leaving.
EUSSR
Sounds like Scientology
Heatproof.... So your in support of collective bullying tactics being used against minorities for the sole purpose of retaining power over those minorities? another example of left wing extremist hate. Any people should have the freedom to be independent without repercussions if that is what they choose.
@@iholkih360 well the repercussions here aren't intrinsic. If anything, its UK trying to play a fast one, so they can get all the benefits of being EU without sharing the burden.
And EU is simply saying you can't do that. That's the repercussion they face.
Its not bullying. If you wouldn't cook with the team, why would the team let you eat?
This is seriously biased.
UK sells weapons to Arabs, Arabs pays young victims and saying: Go to UK, they attacked you. ;)
Yes. Very biased.
Merkel said: we will handle the refugee/immigration in a decent way. We will house those who are here temporarily until they go back.
She is from the christian conservative party.
But it was much better to claim she said something else and advertise an other message also the migrants.
Merkel’s options were further limited by the constitution of Germany written by primarily by USA. (After winning WW2)
How would you explained Brexit?
Finally! A video about politics outside of the US! World news is what I described for! Don't get me wrong I like your Obama, Clinton and Trump videos too and I don't want you to stop making them at all! But more videos like this would be nice
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Thanks Sean, you'll like what we have coming up ;)
The Daily Conversation great work and thanks for responding
Sean Corcoran I love this, wish we could see other issues in Latin America, Asia, Africa and so on
FAKE NEWS: 85% of British voters voted for a pro brexit party this election. This means that they obviously do not regret their vote to leave in 2016. And the EU is no longer a trading union but has become a non democratic superstate, ruled by unelected far left globalists. So sad.
Incredibly biased report. And for the record, the latest oplnion shows that 70% of Britons now support Brexit. Add the fact that as well as the British, people across Europe are beginning to realise just what the EU is and what it stands for - deeply undemocratic and tyrannical.
How is it a tyranny? Everybody of the eu represents the people
Well done on this video and thank you so much! Had to watch the ad as well as a sign of gratitude.
I feel enlightened.
the staybehind " staaupetit Wembley "
Love watching American commentators on Brexit, they’re often very misinformed, or misinterpret information.
Then, please correct it so that people who are genuinely trying to understand get 'correct' information.
This video is 'tosh' - most of the people who voted for Brexit are frustrated that it is not moving fast enough and that the 'remainers' are busily trying to subvert the peoples decision via a so-called 'soft' Brexit (which is really no Brexit at all!)
Some of reasons I voted to leave the EU are:
- to halt mass migration which is swamping our public services - healthcare, council housing, education, transport, welfare - all need more investment in order to maintain standards. We have seen hundreds of thousands of people each year migrate from Eastern Europe to attach themselves to the UK welfare nipple.
- sovereignty - the EU is effectively run by the 28 EU commissioners - the EU commissioners are faceless and unelected. As a result, if you don't like a law imposed by them we have little or no ability to change the law via the democratic process. The UK opposed EU policies on something like 70 occasions and lost every time! The Lisbon Treaty was waved through in the UK without a vote.
- the huge regulatory burden imposed by the EU. Every regulation has a cost associated with it that crushes smaller competitors and increases costs for consumers. This is why the large corporates and special interests have 15,000 lobbyists working in Brussels to influence decisions on their behalf. The EU is great for the elite and large corporates but not so good for small businesses and the ordinary working man in the UK.
- the enormous cost of membership of the EU. The UK is the second highest contributor of funds to the EU - apparently our exit will blow a £20 billion hole in their budget! The EU bureaucrats are living large on our money - 10,000 of them are paid more than our Prime Minister and they have awarded themselves gold-plated pensions that are eye-wateringly high. This is why they are desperate to agree the exit bill before they will agree a free trade deal.
- the EU has not had their accounts properly audited since inception - this implies a high level of fraud and corruption is endemic within the institution, with billions of euros being misappropriated.
- the EU's share of world trade is declining rapidly as its economies stagnate compared to the rest of the world. It is highly desirable therefore to free ourselves up to trade with the rest of the world which is growing more rapidly. It is encouraging to see that the US , Australia and others want a free trade deal with the UK. (One professor has calculated that free world trade would drop consumer prices by at least 8% in the UK.)
- if we cannot agree a free trade deal with the EU, we simply go onto WTO rules i.e. a 3% tariff as I understand it. However, there is an 80 billion trade surplus between the UK and the EU in their favour,, so it seems to me that it would be as much in Europe's interests as ours to agree a sensible trade deal.
I could go on and on but you somehow managed to miss the mark in your video which seems to suggest that by voting Brexit we have made a mistake. I strongly feel it would be a mistake to remain in the EU which is part of the Globalist architecture which will do nothing good for the working man in the UK.
Thank you for explaining the real reason why people want Brexit.
Mark Salmon thank you for taking the time to explain man
Mark Salmon
Under-rated comment. Should have more likes
Mark Salmon you mean so that you would just get more non eu immigrants. Remember eu was not the ones regulation the non eu imigrants.
Also what are you going to do when 10 000 eu doctors leave?
Brittan is aginst these decisions? Have you ever looked at how eu laws are crafted and how eu parlament works?
1 almost all "eu laws" are directives witch means that Uk decied how to combat said probelm ( smoking laws for example for resturants). 2 english representatives dont join the club and all act tougther as a brittish group no. The all join diffrent european parties that represent their ideas these groups work togther. ( if a eu mep is to close to their countrys goverment they are then fired)
Mark Salmon eu commisars are faceless and unelected? You can know who they are by doikg a quick search if you wonder. Also do tou elect your own ministers? No the Head of state does than with parlament approval. Pretty much the same here ( eu heads of state nominate someone to the eu commision president) this person then need eu parlament approval. For other ministers ( nominated by eu heads of state and then approved by eu parlament).
Amazing video! Never understood the economical benefit of Brexit for GB but grasped the need for people to become independent, I respect that. Didn't know that the feeling to leave the EU in the kingdom is reversing among the people though. Interesting fact!
Writing a paper on Brexit and you just gave a lot of useful material right here. Thanks a lot. Definitely a thumbs up. Cheers
Thanks for explaining! I'll try to learn more on it :)
He said thatopinion polls are "consistently showing that the result would be reversed in the future", the results show that we are still more likely to vote leave. There were 5 results showing we would remain compared to the 10 saying we would leave. Ngl but in my opinion that still shows that we are wanting to leave more than remain .
Shoutout to TDC for consistently uploading quality videos clarifying confusing topics
I can't wait for a news source to give me both sides oh wait.
10:36
Most of the polls still favour Brexit lol
Jacobyte B because farage said it?
I think as well as why people voted originally, I've heard so many people saying they voted remain but agree we should have Brexit because overturning democracy won't end well for anyone other than the wealthy in the end. Personally, the scariest part that we haven't had Brexit yet is that democracy hasn't been honoured, more than the uncertainty of Brexit and the potential of a no-deal exit...
Kerrie there’s so many issues that need to be addressed, like Irish border, Eu won’t allow cheap, chlorinated meat to flood Eu through Ireland, thus a hard border has to be put up violating good Friday agreement, which most of brexiteers couldn’t care less about. Also, I don’t see anyone lining up to trade with uk outside of Eu, how can you leave a market that provided big percentages of country’s food fruit veg and other goods and services without anything else in place. Of course businesses will still be able to trade but those goods will be minimum 20% more expensive, there’s already 200,000 people living reliant of food banks, they’ll suffer even more. People don’t think about these things, they’re blind sheeps, fanatics who’ll sacrifice well-being of their kids and themselves just to leave.
Also, Brits believe that USA and former colonies will shower them with cheap, Barier-“less trade.
Trump already said that they don’t mind helping Brits but usa will always come first
People are saying this video is biased towards the UK remaining in the EU, but he is being unbiased because all the reasons to remain are facts and all the reasons to leave are lies
Norway, Switzerland, Iceland...all not in the EU, all doing fine......
But we're never part of it or reliant on it
microMurdoc Oooh yes we are. Also, speaking as a Brit living in Switzerland, the import duties are a real pain in the butt. I got used to Amazon next day delivery back home. Here in Switzerland 2 weeks is normal and often comes with a customs letter asking for money. The worst I have had so far was a one month delay on some electronics. It is also very visible that countries in the EU develop policies and standards that suit them, then they become de-facto standards for anyone doing business with the EU. GDPR is a case in point. It applies in Switzerland even though it is a massive piece of EU legislation (as a private individual I am very happy with it but I can understand why businesses that had got used to passing user information around freely don't like it). The Swiss government is due to update their own privacy laws next year but whatever they come up with, businesses here will de-facto be using GDPR. I find the difference in culture between startups in London and here in DACH (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) quite striking. We Brits are free wheeling and move fast and one of the biggest developments for startups in London a few years ago was that we had managed to open up more of the EU thanks to so called passporting rights, letting us sell there. Now all that is down the pan. I am ever optimistic but there is no point in pretending that currently Brexit has been anything other that really turdy and the immediate foreseeable outlook is worse.
@@Bruceboot Iceland not being reliant on EU trade is one of thr best jokes I've heard in a while
R. Moldova, Ukraine , Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia etc...all not in EU, all not doing so fine :))
is ok they falow us
alot of the reasons people voted to leave were reasons of passion. Not economical reasons entirely that can be simply explained.
I hate it when people call hatred fear and stupidity 'passion'
thomas clarke I voted to remain because I like fromage and the NHS is a great achievement.
Also, we should all think alike.
And look at all the great things the EU has done for Greece and youth employment.
Also, I feel that difficult concepts like the economy and currency should be controlled by people I can't name.
thomas clarke People who vote on any reasons other than the economy are fools. Every decision should be made to maximise the economic welfare of everyone, because that is what matters in the end. People shouldn't vote to satisfy irrational emotions that sway with the wind.
Rick Claark so let me get this straight.
You're broke.
Right?
Mister Furious Don't see why it's relevant, but no, I'm not.
I don't appreciate how you misconstrued those stats, they were pretty much even for both sides, not enough to say "it would be reversed"
Please, wait till Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland have had their fill of EU politics, Britain was only the first out.
Not gonna happen. The EU made sure that we, the small kids, wouldnt leave by destroying our economy and making is dependant on the EU deals
Well, still 27 members and more applied over the last five years. After everyone saw the catastrophy, which Brexit was, nobody wants out anymore.
Um, at 10:35 you show 15 polls; 8 favor brexit, 5 disfavor it, and 2 are tied then highlight the 5 disfavors while claiming that brits regret the decision. A bit dishonest, don't you think?
Also, when comparing hard and soft brexit, you say a hard brexit would have tarrifs, but couldn't there be a bilateral free trade agreement? No one who voted for brexit wanted soft brexit, so you should represent what the supporters of (hard) brexit want. (bilateral free trade on their terms)
The recent polls (toward the top of the chart) show a noticeable shift (albeit slight) toward remain, while also showing that around 10-12% are now undecided. Remember, 51.9% voted for Brexit, so the fact that it's polling at 44/45% means a significant amount of the country is having second thoughts.
In terms of the tariff issue, like I said in the video, I don't see why the EU would give the UK a break. The UK is in a very weak negotiating position + the EU needs to make an example out of the UK for leaving. You're right, they may reach a deal, but the overall terms are almost guaranteed to be less advantageous than what it had before. www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-tariffs-idUSKBN17M1LS
The articles you linked is pretty much an opinion piece of the BRC,; all the points seem to come from them. are they respected for their economic wisdom? are they not biased toward am agenda that benefits the retailers they represent?
51.9% of the people who voted voted for brexit. are these polls of people who voted? There were as many undecideds in polls before brexit. as for claiming a shift, perhaps you should have only highlighted the three disfavor polls near the top then. if the disfavor poll in late april is recent enough, so are the four favor ones in may, which would bring the score to 5-5-1. Also, there seems to have been less polling in june/july, so I would say the data is less certain. I'd also be curious to see the polls that were done before the ones you show. the "shift" your purporting. could just be one of several flucuations since brexit.
doesn't a deal benefit the EU? would they really shoot themselves in the fot just to make "an example"? Some EU countries have a troubling presence of euroskepticism, perhaps they're worried that their country will also want to leave and they don't want a bad deal for britain to set a precedent. Besides, if the EU is so good for everyone, why would their be a need to scare countries into staying? and who are the powers that feel the need to do so? it's clearly wouldn't be ALL of the other 27 EU states.
I didn't see anything in the video about why britain's negotiating position would be weak. on what basis would you make that claim? once again, a deal benefits everyone. The british would likely accept anything resembling the sort of deal that any other two nations might have. No compelling reason for the EU not to either, not even example making.
The Daily: Your defense of your interpretation of the polls doesn't make it any better. The most recent poll shows a clear shift towards Brexit and the undecideds could go either way. It makes absolutely no sense to include the undecided when comparing to the actual vote since there wasn't such a choice on the ballot. The latest 51.1% that would vote for Brexit again is only slightly lower than the actual result and by the figures this could actually be as high as 57%.
There can be bilateral trade like there are with other countries with goods. But the UK exports mainly services. And there are not free trade agreements on services elsewhere but in the EU. And we are not going to allow you to have a big slice of our trade services pie, without accepting that you respect the 4 freedoms, that you respect the ECJ to solve disputes, etc.. And that makes perfect sense. Again.. you cannot eat the pie and have it.
There is absolutely no reason why a trade agreement could not include services. The EU certainly takes a lot of "services" from the USA or has them done cheaply in India. Do they have to comply with every last letter of EU law? I don't think so, so why should a newly independent UK?
What an unbelievable bias summary. Even the adjectives and emphasizes you use show that you’re unable to be fair and objective.
Loved this video so much!
Can we have a english version of this?
democracy should never be given up ....brexit is the right thing to do...they have there country back...it may hurt at first...but democracy was fought for...people died for it...and the almighty buck will stay....now the jobs and manufacturing can come back...with the right people in charge
The grass is greener on the other side of Trisha May her wheat field.
The thing is Britain was being treated differently then other eu country, if we ask for something to be changed (like immigration in the UK) they pie us and tell us no, but other countries who ask the same get a different response
HELP ME PLEASE; can someone tell me what is the official position of Italy on brexit? What do they think of It? What do they want to do about it?
Hi, actually from the Uk, and voted to leave the EU. Once again a video portraying that leaving the EU is so ruinous that it would be total madness to have done so.
It was actually the European coal and steel community in the 1950's that started to unite European country's economically and politically giving rise to the EEC. The UK wanted to be part of the EEC for Trade, but as the years wore on and with each pro European government that got into power, further treaties seeded more sovereignty to the EU without a vote by the people. The direction of travel is to be one massive country all but in name. This is a one size fits all, rich pay for poor country's social utopia with no regard to nationhood (which is always represented as being racist)
All of the issues that are given as reasons are temporal, they change and have changed for years but the has always been a very strong eurosceptic presence in British life. I find it odd how Americans one of the Most overtly patriotic nation cannot understand why we wouldn't want to be fully independent, you have a public holiday to celebrate it, but if we do it, we are some how backwards looking silly people.
The truth is we are a strong and stable country with great expertise and skills, with a long history and culture, we want to be globally trading on our terms to all country's equally not in a protectionism cartel that the EU has become.
Also, don't be fooled by the terms 'hard or soft' Brexit (and it's said brekzit not bregsit) one means leave the EU one means stay. The single market is also a master piece of great slogan PR. What the single market means is 'common regulatory regime' and to be a part of it you forgo all rights to regulate yourself, and when this includes, people, capital, services and trade, that's a lot you are not in control of.
And to all the doom-mongers, when we left the ERM in the 90's total economic disaster was predicted the opposite happened in the years after. When we didn't join the Euro in the early 00's many column inches were wrote about how we would become a marginalised and insignificant country and the opposite happened, crystallising in the financial meltdown and the almost destruction of the Euro due to no fiscal unity.
I see the UK being a nimble global player reaching outwards into the world, as an independent and proud nation.
Good for you..well explained, certain states in US sometimes see themselves as separate i.e Texas. The world is a big place, and severed ties with EU has given a real wake up call to Brussels elite.
Gareth Wellock
My views exactly. I voted remain on the grounds of 'better the devil you know' because I did not know much about the EU, but when the EU went on manoeuvres after the vote and in particular after A50 was triggered, followed by the dreadful behaviour of so many of our politicians, I started to research the EU. What I found is more or less what you have described. We should have been taught what the EU is in school, but had they done that the leave vote would have been even higher.
This has been the best video I have come across explaining Brexit. I loved how you explained the EU and how it formed. It answered all my questions. Thank you!
It was incredibly biased, you should try looking elsewhere for a fair explanation.
Thanks, it's quite edifying as I am a student of IR, Greatly explained in a nutshell.
No more drunken Brits abroad, no more shagalufe, no more zante , no more garlic bread... we will just have to go down the local pub and have a pint.
"The UK is in a terrible bargaining position" really? how did you work that out? We bank roll the whole project. No UK means Germany has to stump up even more.
Well they actually are, if you look at things how they are today.
Dijango001 that’s today what about the future
@@hellohi119 well either they dont leave, they will leave without a contract wich will massively damaged UK's economy or they will leave with the contract wich they dont want but had to accept.
maths not your strong suit obviously "the UK bank rolls the whole EU"
Oh, really? Last year we Germans exported good worth €1,3 trillion and reached a trade surplus of €227 billion at the same time. We exported goods worth €76 billion to the UK.
"No UK" within the EU means that German companies are going to withdraw from Britain and relocate 260.000 well payed British jobs back to the continent. By trying to gain back a sovereignty you never lost, from a supposed "German-dominated" Europe which doesn't exist, you have effectively turned Britain into a plaything, a toy that's going to be pushed around by giants.
We warned you over and over again, but why should you listen to your most reliable business partner when you're about to do the silliest thing in the history of international trade.
And we will be leaving eventually one way or another when the majority vote the party in to do this .
Labour/Conservatives are finished.
Meanwhile it's business as usual and do has much damage/vandalism as possible whilst locked in the room.
from the side view the grass is always greener on the other side, until you get to the other side and look down on it.
So three years later no one can agree on what to do?
European mega project !!!!!!!!!!!
Oh please God yes...
As in a United States of Europe? Like a big country? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The UK leaving the EU is a litmus test. If no deal is reached and the UK survives a no-deal brexit, other EU member states will start to view leaving the EU as tenable. Ultimately, it is the EU that has a great deal to lose.
And I must say that the EU is a sad institution. Not because of the common currency or free movement... but because the EU isn't a democracy and the officials can't be held accountable. Commissions, bureaucrats, etc... the EU failed in bringing forth democracy to the common EU citizens. This is the failure of the EU. And its sad really... because I believe the EU concept to be a good one.... just poorly implemented.
Each EU memeber doesn't need to the EU to have free trade. Everyone can have free trade without the EU. The EU is the 4th Reich
There are no other countries that want to leave. The most anti-EU tendencies are found in poor eastern european countries and even they will never leave (since money is way more attractive). And even if... no one would care about them
@@StYxXx Not yet. As I was saying... this is a litmus test. If the UK leaves, it sets an example for others to do the same. And yes, money is attractive but so is self-preservation and outside influences.
Thsnk you for the video, nice work
I'm a simple person either they leave without a deal or they stay in the EU and have to pay for this.
Being lectured on the evils of voting for independence by an American! How ironic is that?
maybe we should wage war against Europe for independence...
Whoever made this video, please tell the BBC or CNN that you need more money. The delivery was stale, biased and completely lacking any nuance of why people voted to leave. Those bigots, as you so dishonestly describe them, are patriots who want their land, sovereignty and future back, and are fed up living in poverty while those in charge live in mansions funded by their daily grind and hard work.
Nobody wants all these ‘benefits’ of the EU (that cost a small fortune). We just want a trade deal, like every other country outside of the EU. Isn’t complicated.
Many thanks for such a clear and interesting explanation of Brexit. Your video will certainly be very interesting for my English students.
There are many people who, for what ever reason, did not get the opportunity to vote and the vast majority of the people I know who voted leave, didn't fully understand the implications.
That is always what the elites and their lemmings say when the vote does not go their way...any vote in any country...haha
@@hellouiseclark I am a UK-born who was not allowed to vote. The Brexit vote was not democratic in the slightest.
@@ElectricityTaster whatever side loses elections here always says the other side cheated too...seems to be the way of it
@@hellouiseclark Maybe, but you can't compare. There is a much bigger fuss about Brexit than about Scotland's referendum. Maybe there is a reason for all that fuss.
@@ElectricityTaster haha...I was comparing it to our recent elections here in the USA....the losers always say the other side cheated no matter what area of the world you're in
The UK likes to be King of it's own castle and I don't blame them. The EU is Germany run on the long run and the UK will never submit to any other sovereign nation.
The U.K. is set to leave the European Union in March 2019. But despite more than two years of negotiations, they still can't agree on the terms of their separation.
EU: We have a immigration crisis
Britain: Aight imma head out
Germans are masters at dealing with immigration and putting people to work.
US food companies are lining up to supply cheaper food. Of course there wont be rubbish EU standards. Nope, meat fed on chicken feaces, should go well with marmite.
All for a tiny Norther Irish Party - the DUP. 😂
Am Eric , kenya,,kisumu city ! Brexit deal will always remain a hard one
amazing that its one way what the uk has to lose
what about what the EU has to lose
5th largest economy in the EU and a major payer into its coffers
What state is the eu in economically while yes it maybe the largest trading block many point its the slowest growing and to protectionist that in return slows quality improvements in goods
and in the last few weeks the Euro has had its quantitative easing ended after 11 years at a cost of 2.5 trillion euros hardly a strong currency with that much aid required
yes but the contexts are different. EU doesnt have a choice. brexit is a british iniative.
if brexit turns out to be a stupid decision which damages the uk, then thats on the UK.
if it hurts the eu too then thats also due to uk stupidity. eu didnt choose this.
uk did.
its 'something which happened to me' VS 'something i chose to do'.
Ted Crilly not really the eu also responsible for Brexit the eu failed to take the threat of U.K. leaving seriously so didn’t give Cameron a good deal that same arrogance was shown by how the eu president initially responded he said it was stupid and instantly started attacking the British public if the eu had taken issues raised by the U.K. seriously and given some concessions than I think Brexit could have not happened but they refuse
And also the eu failed to understand its impossible for Europe to ever become like the us because the counties are too diverse and unlike the us Europe wasn’t formed in 200 years by people with common interests but instead of realising this the eu is forcing integration which will just backfire
Thanking for helping me write my essay!
4:30 That's just a lie. In fact, there's a criteria called "The Copenhagen Criteria" (in Denmark; Edinburg Agreement in English), which dwellves in on this; Denmark made a "Special Deal" a long time ago.
"The first Danish Maastricht Treaty referendum in Denmark was held on 2 June 1992, but a shortfall of fewer than 50,000 votes resulted in the treaty not being ratified.[10][11] After the failure, alterations were made to the treaty through the addition of the Edinburgh Agreement which lists four Danish exceptions. The treaty was eventually ratified the following year on 18 May 1993, after a second referendum was held in Denmark.[12]"
6:08 I’m Scottish smh 🤦♀️
as a British person watching this video, it's very biased against the Brexit position. Brexit is about Democracy and support for Brexit is as Strong as ever.
Ah yes.. a completely unsubstantiated opinion from a single person. I'm convinced now thanks.
"unsubstantiated"...over 17 million people voted for Brexit with one of the biggest turn outs in UK voting history. It's about democracy. The EU is not democratic. It's leaders are appointed not elected. The self serving undemocratic forces trying to reverse the decision are beneath contempt.
the problem is most of the people who are supporting REMAIN don't know what they are doing. Do I win the argument now?
Perhaps we should just stop uneducated from voting right? I notice your poor spelling, so you lose your vote straight away.
Jason S please keep your nation strong
5:40, it gets even worse when you only look at England. Scotland is too mountainous to really be included in the calculation.
Thank you for your video.
Greenland left too
Thanks for the comment, Joran. I came across this case in my research and was assuming someone would point it out. Technically, however, Greenland is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland
The Daily Conversation the human rights law you talk about in the video has nothing to do with the EU.
If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, She must choose the open sea!
Thatdrunkguyyousawlast Weekwithapotato that's a churchill quote if im not mistaken?
The e u is a bank that charges for its services taking money from every country that joins make its owns rules and spends what it likes
Then give me my chance to vote and have a trial so whoever came up with the 15 year limit can be found guilty of treason.
We don't leave Europe. We are leaving the European Union. Difference
Under the sea probably
It was nothing to do with the migrant crisis. The immigration debate was about Tony Blairs reckless encouragement to have millions of low paid eastern European workers to come to Britain and uncercut wages of British workers!!!
Very clear. Terrific!
"bregsit"
The average swiss trades 3x more with other countries, and they are not in the union. So, if the union isn't for trade, then what is it for? Creating a over-centralised communist-like superstate? If that is what they intend on(which i and many other people can agree on) then that would kill creativity and therefore also innovation and economic growth, and would likely lead to corruption.
Creating a over-centralised like superstate? Yes. Communist? Far from it...
They just want to create an USA bis: a multicultural country with no identity ruled by a jewish oligarchy and the banks.
Both sides used misinformation, or didn't you hear the threat that everyone's pensions would be gone if they voted Brexit? Try a little better next time.
Inacreditável a capacidade . Parabéns. 📈
If there is a Brexit party, then why is there no REMAIN party?
There IS a remain party. The 'Liberal' Democrats
A very one sided biased video - making foundless claims and been very selective when choosing polls and figures and not showing a balanced view.
After listening to this vid' and following EU politics for 2 decades it seems the author of the vid' has deliberately ignored or is ignorant of several key points that led to Brexit, this wasn't just about EU migration, although it did play a key role for those directly effected.
He also suggests Cameron did get a special deal when meeting the EU over the referendum, in fact Cameron came back and reinforced us on a position we already held, we were not getting any special deal at all he merely played slight of hand and made it seem we were been offered some kind of special deal, in fact we got nothing more than we already had to start with, the EU did not budge on its position and offered us nothing which was to backfire for both Cameron and the EU.
-No mention of the EU's repeated ignorance on democracy of its members or the anti-democratic way it runs its ship.
-No mention of the EU's bullying tactics upon it's members.
-No mention that been one of the three biggest contributors to the coffers that the UK was not getting value for money anymore.
-No mention about the direction the EU is heading and the eventual fate of the UK had that dream been realised, an EU state with non elected leaders who are not accountable to any of its members.
Labour laid the foundation to the change in public opinion.
UKIP's rising support was the catalyst after the financial crash.
Conservatives ignited the firework.
The rest is history that is still in the making.
Who wrote that script ?
Breaksit, is more appropriate. The Brits were unhappy with their laws being made in Brussels. We Irish, for Centuries, were sick of our laws being made in London.
It would be interesting to see the UK having closer ties to Canada and the US as a result of leaving the EU.
Five years later😂
Didn't work out, but the EU moved more together, so...yay? Thanks for setting a negative example?
@@_jpg aww. looks like we shifted into one of the lame timelines since my original comment.
this video is very one sided
ShenanigansAndStuff- But of course. Plank is an undisguised, left wing, loon. Everything out of his mouth, is agenda based nonsense!
U r gay
A very one sided remain view of Brexit. If you are going to report on something try to remain impartial instead of clearly being one sided. You have missed several huge areas of fact, such a Theresa May actually openly campaign on the Remain side.
Not true that the UK doesn’t have free movement. With over three million EU people in the UK that clearly not the case.
You should of said that we decided not to join the Schengen area which is passport free area!
Great Britain has colonized current day...
1. Afghanistan
2. Antigua and Barbuda
3. Australia
4. The Bahamas
5. Bahrain
6. Barbados
7. Belize
8. Botswana
9. Brunei
10. Canada
11. Cyprus
12. Dominica
13. Egypt
14. Fiji
15. The Gambia
16. Ghana
17. Grenada
18. Guyana
19. India
20. Ireland
21. Iraq
22. Jamaica
23. Jordan
24. Kenya
25. Kiribati
26. Kuwait
27. Lesotho
28. Libya
29. Malawi
30. Malaysia
31. Maldives
32. Malta
33. Mauritius
34. Myanmar
35. Nauru
36. New Zealand
37. Nigeria
38. Pakistan
39. Qatar
40. Saint Lucia
41. Saints Kitts and Nevis
42. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
43. Seychelles
44. Sierra Leone
45. Solomon Islands
46. South Africa
47. Sri Lanka
48. Sudan
49. Swaziland
50. Tanzania
51. Tonga
52. Trinidad and Tobago
53. Tuvalu
54. Uganda
55. United Arab Emirates
56. United States
57. Vanuatu
58. Yemen
59. Zambia
60. Zimbabwe
It was so many countries you had to scroll. The Brits want to talk about their sovereignty and people coming into their country. I’ll just leave this here.
Do you really think the Brits that voted to leave the EU are the same people that colonized these countries? Are you saying Britain shouldn't have the right to control its borders like any other normal country because of its history?
@@deoa6817 If the want to control their border then leave shngen, oh wait you were never even a part of it. So what is it you're complaining about?
@@Zen-rw2fz Clearly you don't understand the EU.
@@deoa6817 I don't think you do
@@Zen-rw2fz You are the only who seems to think free movement doesn't apply outside Schengen, so let's leave it there.
You can tell which side of the fence the Daily Conversation are on!
Don’t believe a single word!
This is Brexit explained via an extremely economic truth. When we listen to these things it is important to take notice of what is not being said.
As much as many might not want to admit. The inner EU core is not elected. There is no electoral control from EU citizens. This problem has become exposed and increased by mass, uncontrolled and extremely irresponsible migration. The documentary is also wrong on the views of the electorate. There are more who respect the referendum result and want Brexit to happen. There are many Remain voters and the EU who now want to change the goal posts despite saying that Brexit means completely out of the single market and the Customs Union. This is called Hard Brexit, but in reality, that is Brexit in its proper form. This is what the electorate understood before going to the polls. There has been no change of mind. None at all.
Great objective summary
Thanks for making such interesting videos!
I hope that Britain do actually leave the EU
Where's James bond when you need him .
Can anyone explain all the money issues..who will pay whom and why..and why not the reverse?