How's Brexit going? Four years on here are the key stats that reveal the health of the UK economy
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- The Standard's Business Editor Jonathan Prynn reveals ten key stats that show just how Brexit has changed the UK economy.
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UK getting what they voted for, and still blame the EU
Blaming someone else for their failures is all they ever can, it is so easy and fools people for a while but it seems even the dumbest Britons are slowly waking up to reality and voting this corrupt government out. But do not blame Labour for not fixing the mess this corrupt government created deliberately over 13 years to make it as hard for Labour as anyhow possible to fix anything. Give them at least 13 years and then see what they may come up with. Would only be fair, right?
Very many of us, in fact almost half who bothered to vote voted to continue our membership of Europe, we unfortunately have to pay the same price as those too stupid or lazy to properly examine the real issues.
@@jackthebassman1 ...👍👍👍👍👍
@@jackthebassman1Very many of us, in fact more than half thought Remain's 'federal Europe' idea for the UK's future was not a good idea.
Why don't you just concentrate on coming up with a persuasive message for the sides of your join bus - instead of telling everybody you think you're more intelligent than more than half the country?
@@Iazzaboyce I know what we can do go back in to your Forth rich and then we can get red of your beloved party's as we would be told what we can do by your beloved Forth rich.
ONLY Joking AS YOU ALL NEED TO HAVE YOUR TWO BRAIN CELLS LOOKING At.
I spent the summer before the Brexit vote in southern England on a boat. Each morning I would go to the local pub for breakfast. Each and ever day I would see the English tabloid press printing total nonsense about how the UK. was being invaded by "dark skinned rapists, and criminals" from Muslin countries, and how only Brexit would solve the problem.
Being an American I thought "they adopted a page out of the Trump playbook". That alone made me know it would fail. Brexit was not based on economic policy but white nationalism and racism. Boris Johnson was the worst PM since the 1930s, and this is his legacy. The solution is to reenter the EU and work to correct the corrupt judgment of a few misguided politicians . But I wonder if the citizens of the UK have the resolve to admit their mistake, and overcome their white pride, to do what is necessary to prevail in the complex economy of the modern world.
The entire media machine is right-wing. They have the power to make people believe what they want them to believe. Hopefully more and more people will just look around and see reality.
That's an interesting and accurate take. Exacty what I thought. It soundede exactly like republican politics. Get people really whipped up and mad about some phantom issue. Part of me feels sorry for them, but then I think "well if the majority are suckers, then this is what you get." I say that fully knowing the US is 7 months away from potentially electing Donald Trump; the most obvious huckster ever. Literally every one on the planet knows it, but half the US thinks he's amazing.
That's EXACTLY what's been happening in India. Over here it's religion and majoritism and " righting " centuries old so called wrongs.
In the meantime 80% of the people have got screwed.
Same game plan of Trump / BJ was and is being followed here. Quite successfully
@@garryferrington811lol. Is BBC right wing? Don't be funny.
@@mikemush9741phantom? I guess you have not been in London for a long time.
When Brexit first happened I was heartbroken to leave the UK after 8 happy years there. Now I am so grateful I was simply able to return to my native Germany and still be a EU citizen.
Next time migrate to the south of Germany rather than the UK.
🤣🤣🤣As a German, you would have still been an EU citizen had you stayed in the UK and it wasn't as though we were preventing anyone from leaving the country to return to their home country either!
German's have a different mindset and history to Britain though.
@@MRW515 Indeed, we British are an island peopleand that gives us a different outlook to continental Europeans.
@@dacorum8053 Actually that means you listen to the “Trump/Farage playbook”, just look at the traitor Farage now, licking Trump’s sphincter and running round like his little puppy dog. I’m 77 and have ALWAYS been pro European, those who wanted it, were the “we beat Germany twice” brigade; the world moves on but that sort wanted it to never change, sorry to inform them, but we either adopt change or get left in the weeds.
Yeah, sure, but on the bright side, British Billionaires won't have to follow the EUs tough new banking rules that go after the richest tax dodgers.
Gives them more spare cash to donate to their favourite political party.
And no one is in jail for this, no accountability, nothing. Just screw an entire country, and nothing happens.
The word is treason. A treasonous policy from a treasonous government.
There is no jail big enough to hold the 52% of voters who voted for this disaster. What amazes me BREXITEERS are still deluded and think it was a good thing or choose to blame anyone but themselves.
In what way are we screwed? The economy hasn't collapsed, far from it because it is growing. Your use of hyperbole just makes you look very foolish!
@@dacorum8053 No one claimed the economy has collapsed Norman. GB has handicapped itself competitively, but pay no mind at all to the man behind the curtain.
@@relicofgold But you said the country was screwed by Brexit which is nothing but hyperbole. It is questionable whether membership of the EU benefited the country economically because it was a protectionist trade block on the rest of the world which is where we traditionally did most of our trade.
Our history within the EU was one of continuous manufacturing decline as we could not compete with the likes of Germany who benefitted from a greatly undervalued Euro in relation to the strength of their economy which made their exports so competitive. We also had an enormous trade deficit with the EU and we had to pay
£10 billion net in membership fees every year for that dubious privilege which was a bad deal for the country.
There were many businesses that lost out when we joined the EEC and there are losers now we have left the EU but the mark of a good businessman is to find new markets and opportunities. Every major change can be viewed as a danger or as an opportunity. Those who only see the danger of brexit, rather than adapt and seek new opportunities thrown up by Brexit, go out of business.
All going good then, not. Oh and to those who said '' I want my country back'', how is that going ? More immigrants than ever. Well done Brexiteers.
I voted brexit and I think it’s obvious we never received it what’s happened is what normally happens in government sod what the voters want they’ll do what they can so line their own pockets, also it’s all worth it I noticed he didn’t mention the fact we can make our own laws which was the point now all we need is at least one good person to vote for
@@danielfeltham2979We are no longer in the E U therefore brexit has happened. In 2016 the referendum ballot paper stated Remain or Leave and that's all. Not what sort of brexit do you want. Also we made our own laws while in the E U. Anything we didn't want we could veto.
@@danielfeltham2979 Brexit happened. It's okay to admit defeat and that you were wrong about it
@@xMythpug This is much of the problem. The type of person who must always be clever and right followed the establishment and now can't handle being wrong.
They point to any problem and say: 'See this would not have happened if enough people voted Remain like me'.... As if everything in the EU is somehow perfect lol..
We had a democratic vote to leave and we didn’t if we did explain why we are still listening to Europe on things like what we are aloud to do about illegal migration how we can export and import, our own fishing waters and vaccines 💉🙄 sounds like we left in every way but the actual way we was told and voted for
Canada has a free trade agreement with the EU, but the Brits were stubborn and when they didn't get everything they wanted from Canada cancelled talks. Really what does the UK have that we would want or need in Canada?
You've gotta have jellied eels!
You can’t blame Leave voters they won’t let you because it’s everybody else’s fault. 🤣
How true. The deluded unicorn lovers simply won’t accept the mess the have created
World Exporter 4 UK overtaking France Netherlands and Japan. How stupid does that make you look?
@@markblance8492 No cliff! 🤡
@@gnrseanra9070 not sure where you get your figures from. In reality U.K. exports have declined as a % of GDP.
As a European I'm sad that the UK left, from my viewpoint the UK was stronger in the EU and the EU was stronger with the UK.
It definitely is a lose-lose situation although the losses are much harder on the UK side. But we should also remember that Putin and Dumb are both happy with it because both like a weaker EU. Although this is speculation: It might even be that Putin would not have invaded Ukraine had he not managed to push the UK out of the EU and he certainly did his best to swing some votes with all the bots he had working and possibly financial aid for the leave campaign although it will be hard to prove that since this corrupt UK government actively stopped any investigation into the matter. I wonder why.
@@PEdulis Erratic at best you are on so many sites spouting anti Russia, Brexit propaganda, do you ever listen to your own words?
@@PEdulis Comedy and thank you!
As a pro brexit person I'm glad uk is out saved billions paying into a dictatorship saved billions on covid jabs etc long live brexit ps it's cheaper to live in the uk than Germany France etc etc 🇬🇧
@@paulwilson3159 "As a pro brexit person I'm glad uk is out saved billions paying into a dictatorship saved billions on covid jabs etc long live brexit ps it's cheaper to live in the uk than Germany France etc etc 🇬🇧"
Do you have anything to back your claims up, any reliable source? Let's go through your claims one by one:
The so-called "dictatorship" is run by politicians from all member states including the UK while it was a member of the EU. The UK introduced many of the rules and regulations that then were passed and it only objected to 2% of them. So which rule, regulation or law that the UK opposed to you feel affects your personal life most? If you cannot name anything, how exactly do you mean the word "dictatorship"? Or are you referring to the UK when you speak of that where peaceful demonstrations are now banned, an unelected King is head of state, an unelected House of Lords where people can simply buy their seats by donating enough to the Tory party controls which laws can be passed, an unelected PM dictates policies? Then it makes actually sense.
According to the ONS, the UK never paid more than £ 8.5 per year net into the EU. According to the government, just completing the paperwork introduced by leaving the EU costs UK businesses at least £ 7.5 billion every year, according to other sources it is closer to £ 20 billion and that does not include a single business closing down since it can no longer trade with the EU. So how many billions exactly did the UK save? Before you answer, do not forget that according to the OBR, the UK's economy shrank by 4% due to Brexit, according to more recent sources, it is rather 5% which translates to a loss of £ 80 to £ 100 billion per year, so the calculation made before Brexit that the UK gets a return of £ 10 for each £ 1 invested in its membership of the EU was pretty accurate.
According to the bmj, "The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is much cheaper, although neither the UK nor the US can match the EU’s $2.15 deal: they are expecting to pay about $3 and $4, respectively, per dose." So how exactly are doses in the UK cheaper than in the EU?
According to housinganwhere, "The average cost of living in Germany is 21% cheaper than the cost of living in the UK. The biggest differences are in the cost of rent (17.4% more expensive in the UK) and childcare (249% more expensive in the UK)" and in addition to that, GDP per capita in the UK is US$ 46,510 compared to 51,203 in Germany, so Germans earn on average almost 10% more while their cost of living is 21% cheaper. How exactly do you then come to the conclusion that life was more expensive there?
Is it really THAT hard to inform yourself before posting your gut feelings as some kind of facts?
Great deal the UK got. Hint: decisions made out of prejudice never lead to good objective outcomes.
So how is the EU now?
@@gnrseanra9070 OK, mate, OK.
@@gnrseanra9070 Well here in Ireland we have had economic growth of 9.2% averaged over the last ten years. A a massive budget SURPLUS in 2022 ans 2023.. That means the goverment is RICHER at the end of the year than it was before. And a GDP/ capita 2.3x that of Brexit Uk. We are in the EU.
@@olearyma57 Yeah yeah how much is a house for a normal person? Before EU centralises Corporation tax? Think about it before you reply .... .
@@olearyma57 We did the leprechaun economics years ago.
Thanks Farage, Johnson, mogg etc. well done mates. It's fantastic being in charge of our own poverty.
yes interestingly they have the airwaves more than anyone now… why is that?
I thank them daily for this wonderful mess. Hope I never see them on our airwaves ever again
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews amen to that
Tell us all how the EU is doing skirmishing off Recession and Germany in Recession, I appreciate your input! 😂
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews They on airwaves put up or shut up or can you?
When Brexit fans said "we will cut red tape" and YOU did not figure out that trade would require red tape to DOUBLE for both UK AND EU rules?
No, they didn't think about trade like they didn't think what would happen to Northern Ireland.
They didn’t think about anything, other than the hope of a unicorn and some deluded idea that Britain would return to a Victorian power house. Victorian workhouse more like.
Well done all BREXIT supporters. You wanted it, you voted for it, now own the mess you created and do something positive with it.
Excellent summary. Just one remark: "90 days - the number of days a British citizen can stay in the EU in any six-month period under the post Brexit Schengen rules." To clarify: This 90/180 day rule applies to anyone visiting the EU from anywhere outside the EU, not just to Britons and it was not made up after Brexit to punish Britons, it was clear long before Brexit that this rule exists and Britons basically said "Yes, that is what we want" when they voted to leave the EU.
Portugal has scrapped this
@@garyb455
"Portugal has scrapped this"?
No Portugal has NOT "...scrapped this."
Portugal CANNOT scrap the basic rules of the Schengen zone unilaterally.
IF Portugal wanted to remove the 90/180 rule for ANY Third Country nationals, it would first have to leave the Schengen zone.
Portugal has not given the smallest hint that it wants to leave the Schengen zone.....
@@gloin10 €66 Billion budget shortfall and EU struggling despite expansion....
@@gnrseanra9070
What does any of that have to do with Schengen rules for Third Country nationals?
Nothing, nada, niente, nic, hic!
The last expansion of the EU was Croatia's accession on 2013. In January last year, Croatia joined both the euro(€) and Schengen.
The EU has an overall GDP of around $19.35 trillion (nominal) in 2024, and about $26.64 trillion(PPP).
This represents about ONE SIXTH of the entire planetary economy.
And is more than SIX TIMES larger than the UK's shrinking economy
€66 Billion isn't even a rounding error in the EU's annual accounts, never mind the overall EU economy.
Germany, on its own, is now the world's THIRD LARGEST economy.
@@gloin10 Now I need you to factcheck everything you have just published and I'm still waiting or I will fully factcheck you! You may get away with Remainers not me....I'm waiting the whataboutism James o Brien reply.... Deutschland!
4M The amount of people saying... We Told You So
The north of Ireland screwed up Brexit. the most logical solution is Irish reunification, it's an island after all. Everyone in the 32 counties now can have full Irish citizenship, even the unionists are quietly getting their Irish/EU passports.
Brexit done more for a united Ireland than 25 years of armed conflict
Yes they stayed partly in the EU because of the good Friday agreement!
Not a benefit of Brexit because they were full EU members and didn't want to leave!
Totally agree with you, NI folk can still cherish their connections to mainland Britain but should see themselves as Irish first!
It's one island split by historic violent English colonialism which should be consigned to history.
And I'm not sure the Brits "forgot" NI when they pushed for Brexit.
Ulster is 2% if UK's population yet causes 20% of problems. I think someone's said "good riddance".
Yes we have lots of beautiful "sovereignty" and "control" and don't forget "Blue Passports"😢
Love it!
"blue passports" made in Poland :)
@@mateuszzdyb3547 You have enough problems also in Poland. Take care of your own business....
..and pints of wine, which I guess with never-ending austerity, only the wealthy can afford 🍷
@@DavoInMelbourne Well the French are talking about Austerity and Brussels has a €66 Billion budget shortfall as you can see on European Commission website, Ursula gave a great speech and answered questions!
The problem with this referendum, or any other badly thought out referendum, is the threshold. A smidge over 50% means potentially major change for everyone. No board room in their right mind would have these sorts of rules.
Which is precisely why Farage claimed before the referendum "48/52 means unfinished business" and as soon as it was 52/48 it would of course have been a "betrayal" to question the result. Even Rees-Mock said it would make more sense to get the details worked out after the first referendum and then have a second referendum to decide whether people wanted what was on offer or rather remain but after the referendum, that was somehow not true any more. Hypocrits, all of the Brexit cultists.
The problem was that people had no idea what they were voting for. It is normal for referenda to have a simple majority.
@@PanglossDr "The problem was that people had no idea what they were voting for."
That is true and the major problem with this referendum. Switzerland has a lot of experience with referenda and they have mandatory factual information for each referendum that is held. Something like "we have enough of experts" would just not happen there.
"It is normal for referenda to have a simple majority." That depends on the type of referendum. Many also require more than a simple majority. I like the Swiss approach there as well: An important referendum there does not only need a simple majority overall but also a simple majority in the majority of cantons. You might translate cantons in Switzerland to countries in the UK and if this system had been used, Brexit would not have gone through since Scotland and Northern Ireland voted against it.
@@PanglossDr Normal in what respect?
@@PEdulis Correct. My experience is mostly with Irish referenda but also Swiss.
I personally miss you, Brits, in EU... Not particularly the drunken youth vomiting in the streets of Cracow in the middle of the night, but all the rest of you. Its a shame you did that... Also I recently had to return goods from UK shooting sports store because of the import problems and tax and duty fee that made the purchase a hassle.
It is going exactly as I expected, an absolute disaster.
It is sad when someone does something stupid that was predictably wrong, but when it was not just predictable but predicted it is criminal.
Brexit the gift that keeps on giving.
No. Brexit is the gift that keeps on taking.
Immigrants from outside the EU countries made a net fiscal contribution of about £5.2 billion, thus paying into the system about 3% more than they took out. In contrast, over the same period, natives made an overall negative fiscal contribution of £616.5 billion.
Same math applies to Germany.
The right is complaining about the fact that Germany offers free university to foreigners, not knowing that these people cover all expenses, if they pay taxes for 1 1/2 years afterward.
It is a net profit for Germany
Conclusion? You need more immigrants
@@FekalistaGrzybowory-lz8lh no the point is that immigrants are not the problem, they are productive members of society. They don't contribute enough to solve our problems. However an immigrant is more productive than a child born from native British person on average. Now I have never heard brexiteers suggesting a ban on British births to avoid overcrowding yet the birth rate is rising and native Britons are more of a drain on the economy than immigrants, of course this would be an appalling thing to suggest an I wouldn't condone it,yet it is not as barbaric as shipping families of refugees who have already been subjected to more suffering than is imaginable in some cases to Ruanda and storing them on ships like cattle. The point is that this is clearly racist when you are aware that these immigrants are usually more productive members of society. We pay to be rid of a net benefit and say it is to protect the future of a drain on the economy,it makes no fiscal or logical sense therefore it is a purely emotional decision and the only factor which can be pointed at as an actual reason are cultural bias which is the root of racism.
Me to my 6 year old: Son, when you are 18, I am going to buy London for you.
My 6 year old son: No dad, I´d rather have a car.
Its never to late to turn your car around when you get lost. Don't be stubborn. Your only hurting yourself.
"Turning the car around" would require the EU's consent. The EU would be damned to accept this country of fickle whingers as a member again.
Turning around to go where? They literally burnt their bridges on the way out
It's going to be way harder for them to get back in.
Spain wants Gibraltar. Not sure why, but they do. Greece wants stolen art back.
The vote to accept new members is unanimous.
Yes; there is no return. For one thing, Brexit has served as an object lesson to nascent Leave movements elsewhere in Europe, all of which have now collapsed.
I wish they would consider this. Just the thought of the U.K. accepting this is a mess and considering discussing with the EU how it can be rectified would fill me with hope.
Instead we have stubborn, deluded fools who still believe BREXIT is going to work, refuse to see the facts and only want to blame others. Fartage and reform are prime examples. God help us all, cos the lunatics have got the keys to the asylum
Stupid is as stupid does. Brexit was a great thing for the rest of Europe in showing the benefits that the Union brings to the member states
Do you have links to these studys? i need them for my paper for MUNUC
use google and check the homesites of the named organisations
...and it's 'studIES'...... good luck with that paper, eh?
Sanctioning yourself. Brilliant.
Very well summarized
There are some definite upsides to Brexit: a real chance of Irish reunification; a much better chance of Scottish independence. On a personal level 2 of my family voted for Union in the 2014 referendum. Both voted Remain in the 2016 referendum. Now they have to choose between the EU and the UK. No more Yoons in my family. Great stuff.
THAT'S THEIR OWN FAULT ,
The turkey's voted for Christmas. They took the chickens with them.
The turkeys voted for the presents at Christmas, without ever accepting the joy would be short lived and end in disaster (for them). They then panicked and made sure to spoil everything on the way into the oven.
Deluded people will alway panic when reality comes to bare, they will always blame others….. welcome to the UK
Where is Nigel Farrage ??? In jail ? No ?
Then you desserve your fate.
Few people in life make my skin crawl. Ferage is one. Jail is too good for him.
And he has EU pension lol.
I fully agree. I’m amazed people still listen to the self fulfilling baboon. It’s a sad reflection of the British population that he even gets air time.
Putin pulled a fast one on the UK.
Didn't the Evening Standard's Russian paymasters do their best to sell us the idea of Brexit?
I was always for a referendum, after Brexit i am against.
The Schengen area and the EU are not synonymous. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania are separate from Schengen. So is Ireland, but that's the one place British citizens can go without any restrictions or time limits.
Some of those countries you listed are about to be accepted btw..
@@thegoodthebadandtheugly579Yes, from later this Spring Schengen will only be missing Cyprus and Ireland from the EU. But it also includes the three non-EU EEA countries and Switzerland. Just a minor quibble with a good video!
sah10406
"The Schengen area and the EU are not synonymous"?
No, they are not. The Schengen zone also includes the four European Free Trade Association(EFTA) members
"Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania are separate from Schengen"?
Croatia joined Schengen on January1st 2023, the same day it joined the euro(€).
Bulgaria and Romania will become part of all aspects of Schengen, apart from land borders, as of March 31st 2024. The land borders will be discussed at European Council level later this year.
Cyprus is unlikely to become a Schengen member any time soon, for two reasons.
First, the disputed border across the island and the unrecognised 'TurkishRepublic of Northern Cyprus'.
Second, the British Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory, further impede any chance of Cyprus joining Schengen.
"So is Ireland, but that's the one place British citizens can go without any restrictions or time limits"?
This is due to the Common Travel Are(CTA), which grants Irish and British citizens full, reciprocal, rights to live, work and vote in the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Ireland, along with the UK, secured an opt-out from Schengen participation due to the existence of the CTA, and the 500Km British border on the island of Ireland.
In the event of Irish unification, Ireland will probably withdraw from the CTA, and join Schengen.
That’s too bad, bc Brexit screwed Ireland as well. The country’s biggest EU trade partner suddenly became an “other”.
Prices in Ireland have soared as a result, and job seeking in Britain is complicated now.
I have ALWAYS believed, since before even the referendum back in 2016(?), that for Britain to even seriously consider leaving "The E.U.", would be an act of extreme folly. To even contemplate turning the "U.K.'s" back on free unlimited access to, in terms of goods, services and markets, of some 500 million souls, provided by a close neighbouring Mega Economic Power bloc. To be replaced by "Trade Deals" with much smaller markets on the other side of the world, was nothing short of Rank Idiocy. Sadly it seems that in "Britain's case my fears seem to have come to pass.. Oh Yes there have been definite benefits to The U.K's shambolic departure from the bloc, but sadly for Britain, they have ALL Been BENEFICIAL TO "THE E.U."...! Despite the Hysterical forecasts of the "Lying Cadre of Messrs. Farage and Co.", that "Brexit" would imminently start a "Domino Effect" leading to the Total Dissolution of "The European Union", just the opposite has happened...!! "The E.U." member states have not been this united in decades and in spite of some experiencing a slight economic downturn at present, the bloc continues to move forward, whilst Britain is left floundering in a sea of red tape and increased fiscal restrictions...!!
The only good thing about Brexit is that it highlights the need to rejoin the EU.
Joining the EU will take at least 15-20 years.
Yes, we've never had it so good since Brexit! I love paying more for my food and wine and look forward to the new biometric checks when I go abroad! It's great that our rivers and seas are full of sewage and that water companies can make more and more profits without investing in infrastructure! Brexit Britain - where everything works wonderfully. We are ever so lucky to have such wonderful masters to lead us!
You're forgetting the benefit of the tax avoiders being able to pay less tax so the rest of us pay more tax.
Wid you brother
Since the referendum, the billionaire backers of Brexit have doubled their wealth.
Guess who has lost wealth.....
Very nice sarcasm. Being isolated from the rest of the world is just wonderful/SNARK. Especially when the nations are now so tightly-integrated and interdependent more than ever before in human history.
The 2023 cost of living in EU countries like the Netherlands, France, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Portugal, Austria, Southern Ireland is higher than in the UK. When the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016, the UK cost of living was higher than the Netherlands, France, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Portugal, Austria, Southern Ireland.
I have yet to find one single benefit to Brexit!!
Just believe harder!
And thats what Brexiteers believe :( @@royboy565 🤪
Boris said that EU condoms were too small for Brits .... surely that at least has changed?
What you didn’t get your unicorn in the post…… ahh sod it, they are stuck at the customs boarder…….. hummm…..
There simply aren’t any…. Yet the deluded cling to the vague hope that a miracle will happen and it will all be OK. Maybe they will awaken from this awful nightmare, the sun will be shining and the birds singing……. Sorry no sun, no birds customs won’t let them in…… welcome to the dark ages…!
But brexit is good for you. If men define situation as real it’s real in its consequences. Brexit means Brexit. Keep brexit done. Get brexit working. Now you have fun with visa and customs regulations. Congratulations to your brexit decision. Now you have enough money for your NHS. Enjoy your splendid isolation. You don’t need foreign medical staff, workers from east Europe for your fieldwork. Best joke of the century: rejoining EU, not in hundred years. And Boris is enjoying his new swimming pool. Brexit is going very well.
I have to pay for my healthcare now. That's if I can fight my way through the unicorns.
Interesting how that £350m for the NHS has now gone to customs funding.
Who would have thought it
And the good news is; there’s still another foot to take aim at
Half the British voted for it And Now 4 Years Later
Half of them regretting it 😭
That's why there's going to be a referendum next year and everyone is gong to vote to re-join - just need to change the name of the UK to La La Land first...
this is actually a god thing, it means that facing the truth, they can have a second thought and admit they were wrong
@@mateuszzdyb3547 to late now,damage is irreparable.
only 35% voted for it. the rest were lunatics cajoled into voting in broadmoor and other mental hospitals.
They Regrexit now.!🤣😂🤣😂..No,seriously Brexit is a bloody disaster that only the cranks that watch G.B News still want.?…Let’s grow up and rejoin..
I don't care how it goes, except it has all but kilted off my moving to Europe to live with my spouse who was born and lives there
What do you mean, "moving to Europe"? Britain IS in the continent of Europe, not Antarctica! Japanese folk, for example, don't say, "I'm going on a business trip to Asia next week because they ARE in Asia.
This is the linguistic trap that reinforces the idea of "us and them" which Quitlings love so much.
@@guyspearing4608 I am sad that your intellect has declined so badly that you could not understand what he meant by "moving to Europe".
@@RayThackeray Thank you for your concern but my intellect is fine thanks.
Look in an atlas... in which continent is the UK? In Europe!! Same continent as Belgium, as Italy,as Sweden. Europe.
If people make the linguistic mistake of saying that Britain is a place totally isolated from the rest of the continent to which we geographically belong, then what follows on from then is that we start to subconsciously assume British exceptionalism. But then of course maybe you believe Britain has the right to be considered as a separate continent.
If you lived in Nigeria would you say, "I'm moving to Africa soon ". Really, would you say that? So why do British people fall foul time and time again of this linguistic mistake????? It's sloppy language, very sloppy. The correct way to say it is, "I'm moving to France/Italy (or wherever)" but not Europe FFS.
@@guyspearing4608 You must be the life and soul of the pathalogically pedantic party. You can get medical help on this, clearly you need it.
@@RayThackeray Pathological, with o in the middle!
Better recalculate February 1, 2024
Naturally, the 'average Londoner' is the measure of all things...
Scotland and Northern Ireland did not vote for this, England did as did Wales.... why Wales
I was too young to vote at the time, sad
Numbers don't lie. Boris and Co. do.
we'll let you know once we are allowed to get started.
sadge. I miss when I could order goods from UK without ridiculous import and duty taxes. Now its no longer possible to buy goods from some of my beloved local UK shops that was selling through amazon and ebay without ridiculously overpaying
So pretty badly then. Who’d have thought it…
Of course. This is not taking into account the effects on the EU. No mention of all other outside factors..
The EU has had no real effects from Brexit. Our exports have been growing much more, because we've been able to replace our exports to the UK with exports to other markets, unlike the UK whose exports to non-EU markets have decreased since Brexit. Want to know why? Because of rules of origin.
What effects? Britain has nothing to offer and your financial sector is moving across the channel. Your ‘exceptionalism’ is showing again.
Two weeks after Brexit the EU signed a new deal with Japan. Then there were others.
Are you really that deluded that you can believe that we' re that exceptional?
Patriotism should involve logical, pragmatism not wishful thinking.
Well here in Ireland it is boom time replacing British exports to the EU. The effect on the EU is marginal compared to the UK. EU big, UK small.
Yep , well done england , Scotland voted to stay in . Where’s all the hospitals Boris promised and the millions of pounds that were going to be saved ?
Yes but that is not what your government says ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
As a European, I'd say keep the doors closed until both parties are dissolved and new ones are formed.
Understandable.
I can understand that, both are pretty hopeless. If we did rejoin, we would have another bonkers extreme Tory party wanting to leave again.
As both a European and a Brit, I say it's likely to be the Tory party who'll reopen the UK's door to EU membership. Though I doubt the EU will reopen there's before there's electoral reform in the UK.
And devaluation of Sterling? 20% or more?
Wonder how much people have lost regionally in the uk.
A good example of impartial, accurate journalism....(Report commissioned by City Hall - everything you need to know).
Cheer up Evening Standard - the sun will still come up tomorrow.)
I actually don't feel the difference. Migration has actually increased and we have a very high crime rate
Migration has increased slightly in the last year but that is in comparison to previous years and in the three previous years migration dropped by over 10% in each of those years.
@@evophantomThen we realised we needed immigrants to do the jobs no British person wants like fruit picking, care workers, catering etc so up go the figures again. Brexit... What a farce it is.
We hadn't realised that the EU was just a strong arm of the UN. Don't mention net zero and the SDGs.
I think people who believe in conspiracy theories should not really think of themselves as intelligent people.
@samhartford8677
“Conspiracy theories” lol not why there are protests across EU... youre an idiot. Stop listening to times radio and LBC. They are just the mouthpieces of bad actors.
The politicians didn't make this happen, the British voting public did. They chose Brexit, they chose Johnson.
And now the 52% of voters refuse to own what they voted for. Preferring to hid behind their dead unicorns and blame others
The average Londoner wtf?????
The Evening Standard is a London newspaper.
It would be a lot better if politicians didn't subvert the democratic will of the people at every turn.
Johnson had 80 seat majority. No excuses please. This is the brexit you voted for according to him.
It would be a lot better if politicians listened to the economists !!
@@royboy565 No excuses from me; I didn't even vote in the Brexit referendum. Anyone with half a brain can see that there was massive subversion on the part of people at every level to thwart it. Evidently, people are not fans of democracy when it doesn't go their way. If there was ever a second referendum, I would 100% vote leave.
What subversion? The Brexit promised was not deliverable. If you would vote to leave again well then I'm afraid you are beyond reasoning with.
@@reteptetep5078talking of half a brain..that must be you..anyone still thinking Brexit is worthy of support is frankly a cretin
Didn’t we do well!
But bojo had an oven ready deal, but didn’t have an oven to put it in..
Brexit is not a destination...
It is a dead end street
@Mrigweforever
"Brexit is not a destination..."?
Very true.
Brixit, in reality, is an ongoing process which will, slowly but surely, impoverish the UK's people, diminish the UK's relevance, and ultimately consign the UK to the dustbin of history.
Actually, it is.
It’s an abyss and we haven’t hit bottom yet.
Starmer! Are you listening!!!
Well, apparently there's a such jobs surplus that many employers are paying min wage plus 10 or 15% to attract staff.
Small price to pay to disengage from a disintegrating dysfunctional politburo.
That's the tory party.
@codegrey
"Small price to pay to disengage from a disintegrating dysfunctional politburo"?
OK, so your ignorance concerning the EU, what it is and how it functions, is seemingly infinite...
The ONLY places that "...disintegrating dysfunctional politburo" exists are the pages of 'The Daily Mail/Express/Telegraph', and the hard vacuum which is the only thing preventing your two ears from bruising each other....
In reality, you are paying a very high price to leave a fantasy which never existed in the first place.
but we have to wait for the next election for that to happen.
I voted remain but tbf what European country is running away either low inflation, low unemployment, prosperity and wealth? Exactly. The whole west is financially finished. Too much debt, shouldn’t have come off the gold standard in the early 70’s. Fractional reserve fiat paper currency is soon to be worth the same as kitchen roll.
@yofinance
The ignorance on display here can only be described as 'Heroic!'
Ireland has, along with many other European countries, low inflation and full employment. It is listed as the second richest country in the world, where per capita GDP on a purchasing power parity (PPP) basis is the metric. Slovakia, Czechia and Poland are becoming increasingly prosperous as well.
What a idiotic disaster
Well, done non-book readers and culture warriors. Enjoy the future. Stay distracted.
And should we believe😂😂😂😂
It’s not brexit that’s the problem. The fact is as a population both here and throughout Europe we have to let politicians work out the details. Anything involving politicians is obviously a disaster!
That's getting old now! If it is true, most people voted without knowing the truth of brexit. Even when the facts are thier for all to see.
LMAO! Brexshit is literally the reason for every single one of those losses described in the video. So you're saying everything stated in the video is false? lol And claiming that all politicians are bad makes zero sense. A politician is just a person nominated to make decisions about running the country. So your claim that anyone who makes any decision about running the country is a disaster is just meaningless.
It is however the fault of the members of the public who voted for obviously corrupt and inept people to be in these positions of power. The glorious voting public voted for members of the Brexshit cult to "take back control" for themselves at the countries expense, so that's what they've done. They had already clearly demonstrated their inability to govern, and yet the public kept voting for them anyway, seemingly falling under the "Thou Shalt Worship Brexshit Above All Things" commandment issued by the Brexiteers. The lies they told to con the public, whilst they each persued their own personal ambitions, were incredibly obvious and clear to see. They were getting exposed and pointed out literally as each lie was being told. In fact, the more lies they told, the more support they won.
In the 2019 election, over 80% of all Tories online adverts were found to be false or misleading.....and yet it won them a massive 80 seat majority, with the countries most notorious habitual liar as it's leader. I blame the stupidity of the public for not being mentally capable of sound judgement, and allowing this country to be taken over by right wing extremists and con merchants. Even now, in spite of all the clear evidence that everything about Brexshit was untrue, and that it is now harming the country at an eye watering loss of £100 billion to the tax payers every year, the REAL cause of this countries problems is still on full display. We still have people who refuse to acknowledge reality - that they voted to harm their own country and are now responsible for it. I've seen some Leave voters apologise for what they did. Lots of them changed their minds years ago when they realised they were being conned, because changing your mind when you're wrong is what intelligent people do. Unfortunately, most of them who are still stubbornly clinging to the absurd belief that Brexshit can still be a succes, are just cowards. They can't let go of their attachment to the Brexshit cult, so they're seeking their fix of xenophobia from Reform UK, who are presenting themselves as the new Messiahs who can still deliver the Sunny Uplands to Brexshit island that were promised. This country is doomed lol
Are you suggesting you want a Fuhrer?
if people voted to be poorer they should be happy for sure...i know I am, it is always a good thing when people get what they voted for...... i just hope they get even more of what they voted for...
Awaiting statistic: the number of Tory MPs losing their seats in the general election July 2024.
What a disaster for us all. This will take decades to get better. A self-inflicted wound on our country.
Do you rather be under dictatorship and having uneletected a holes telling you what you should do and not have a choice, we get that anyway but not the point.
WEF/UN agenda 2030.
@@deanmadnut2614 , Like Sunak?
@@martinstephens4633 he wasn't elected was he, having a billionaire as pm is always going to be a bad idea, they are all in it for themselves, people like that around is why there is alot of poverty.
@@deanmadnut2614
What we're you being told to do pre-Brexit that you don't have to do now? Did you vote in any of the European Parliament Elections held every 4 years in the UK pre-Brexit?
How is the Eurozone my friends tell me Germany is struggling with high energy costs and LNG is more expensive than piped gas from Russia and they closed last 3 nuclear power stations for electricity and burning brown coal! ARTE on You tube (French/German) the new poor in Germany is shocking.
Even if things get a little worse for the Germans, what impact will that have on your life?
@@nettcologne9186 ARTE The new poor in Germany.
Today February 17th 2024 Germany is the third biggest economy in the world. UK dropped dwon a notch to sixth and will probably be surpassed by France in a not too far away future.
Germany GDP per capita 2023 nominal $ 52.800 PPP $ 66.000 while UK nominal $ 48.913 and PPP $ 58.636. As a matter of fact there are 11 countries in EEA ( EU+EFTA) with a GDP per capita higher than UK.
And since you are talking about poverty UK has 9 out of 10 poorest regions in Northern Europe:
West Wales UK
Cornwall UK
Durham and Tees Valley UK
Lincolnshire UK
South Yorkshire UK
Shropshire and
Staffordshire UK
Lancashire UK
Northern Ireland UK
Hainaut Belgium
East Yorkshire & North
Lincolnshire UK
While EU has 9 of the 10 richest regions in Northern Europe:
Inner London UK
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Brussels Belgium
Hamburg Germany
Ile de France France
Groningen Netherlands
Stockholm Sweden
Oberbayern Germany
Vienna Austria
Darmstadt Germany
@@trident6547 Quick reply because Japan is in recession and how many years Germany in recession? Yes those regions since when v the EU? Come on...........
@@gnrseanra9070 Again, impact on your life? Are you less stupid then?
So called " sovereignty " and being alone can have more disadvantages than having advantages in being member in a club !
I would say that everything goes well. I love when a plan comes together. It's so good for UK
The workers at Honda and in the steel industry would disagree with your opinion.
Sadly the very same workers who voted for this mess. I can’t believe how deluded some people are.
tell you when we actually leave
Was that commissioned by Mayor Khan? EU €66 budget shortfall and Eurozone in technical recession?
@gnrseanra
"...and Eurozone in technical recession?"
Meanwhile, the UK is in ACTUAL RECESSION.....
@@gloin10 From last quarter yes, so now you don't like a technical recession? Words are important so is UK in a technical recession?
@@gnrseanra9070
The big difference is that Germany is already coming out of its 'technical recession'.
The UK will be going through a real one.
@@gloin10 Really give us your sources for Germany please....I'm waiting.
@@gnrseanra9070
I don't recall agreeing to do your research for you.
Given your claims about the UK's soaring economy, you should have no problems....
In other really good news, Trump is on trial as of March 25th!
As badly as was predictable from the outset.
Well, but...well, but...this isn't the Brexit they voted for! 😆
sill pleased to be out
Explain why please?
Do you have children or grandchildren? Their future is poorer now, less opportunity for travel and working in Europe.
No more retirements to warmer climes for you either.
It's a joke.
you can't help stupid
Dictators Eu still hurt 😂
can you use proper english as your post makes no sense.
@@Israelipropaganda 🥱 I'm sorry you can't understand 'proper' English.
If your comment was "proper" english then I would understand it@@deanmadnut2614
Brexcultists will dismiss anything that's inconvenient to their "winnings".
Ok David Icke please let's debate!
@@gnrseanra9070 Great! You start, demonstrate how I'm akin to David Icke?
@@Steven-vo4ee Brexitcultists? You guys follow the same script Trumpcultists also, so sad, why don't you admit you fully on socialists? Be honest to yourself please, you are so transparent. Remind us of EU 'values' please.....
@@Steven-vo4ee Same soundbytes making a fool of yourself, you mentioned Icke it's called Demonisation and Saul Alinsky like Hillary Clinton would be so proud of you!
Are you googling?
What a bunch of BS. Yes, leaving always was going to have some downside while we adjust, but staying in wouldn't benefit the UK; you not noticed how poorly the EU is doing? Or doesn't that fit your propagandistic twaddle? BTW Covid and our stupid handling of the Russian invasion of Ukraine haven't helped matters -indeed, done more damage in many people's opinions.
So how is Brexit going for you. You feeling she wave of benefit. Factually what has it actually achieved that has benefitted the U.K. that counter balances all of the negative that has come from BREXIT.
Economics are a secondary issue. Leaving the EU was priority. No matter the cost we left because we wanted to
My dad is bigger than your dad!
Economics a secondary issue… well if it was to control immigration that failed too … 4 times higher !!!
@@amardeepsanghera5339Be fair the UK is getting 3 or 4 dingys a week. Another brexit benefit.
The entire countries well-being was a secondary issue. Leaving the EU to make it easier for billionaires and rich CEOs to increase their profits at the tax payers and the countries expense, was the priority. Brexshits main aim was to increase the gap between rich and poor, and it succeeded. Xenophobia has always been an effective tool at manipulating the British public into voting against their own interests.
Con Merchants 1
General Public 0
No it's not wot you talking about,we going to be better economy should be on rise ,no emigration this horrible Polish plumbers,just lane
of prosperity, .soo stop bloody lie that ppl vote for worse future for the kids, have your stupid Brexit done something for you,. Name one UE law that u are sooooooo happy U don't have to obey any more,or maybe it's time to admit u being lied to 😊
The benefits must be in part two of this video.
Just like the Holy Grail they are a myth that will never be found, but clung to by those who chose myths over facts….
God help us
This is what happens when you vote for abstract ideological slogans rather than facts. Remember, don't listen to the experts - Farage, Mogg and Johnson have your best interests at heart. Honestly.
Millions of remoaners still being sore losers..😂😂
'Remoaners'....amazing wit.
I suppose Nigel Farage, the architect of Brexit himself, who says it has been a shambles, is a 'Remoaner' too?? 😂😂
Meanwhile the Brexiteers are using mockery as a coping mechanism against the fact that they f**ked up.
It's nothing compared to the Brexit cretins claiming it's not the Brexit we voted for..
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉 your prize is……. Ahhh a lovely warm chit sandwich…. Enjoy…!
Thanks, we all pay the price for your arrogance and deluded stupidity. Tell me one positive from BREXIT. Even Fartage is paddling backward regarding BREXIT.
I’d rather lose than win this mess. Nice one…. THANKS
would you rather be a rich slave, or poor and free?
Don't remember ever toting that barge or fetching that bale when we were in the E U. I remember been better off and been as able to move abroad freely.
Alive. BREXIT will result in a dead economy…. You are deluded to believe the U.K. were a a slave whilst in the EU. Regulations are the same or worse now…. Your view of freedom is false….
Brexit: UK's descent into idiocy.
I think it is possible to add the great "improvement" on immigrations controls
The eu said that Britain would have to be punished for have the temerity to leave their dictatorship, it’s a shame that we have such useless politicians who are unable to cope with and stand up to our ‘friends’ in europe
No, we are just treated like any other country who isn't in the EU. It's what you voted for, get over it.
To be honest I have followed Brexit with great interest.i have never heard the EU talk of punishment..
Ironically bad feeling and misinformation is really the domain of the Brexit cretins
The EU has never said that. You voted for the punishment yourself. We needed to do nothing to punish you because of your own naivity and ignorance.
Most of the current screwups on Brexit negotiations….was Britain’s fault..they did little to no research on vast amount of issues…and why should the Eau go easy on the UK..when it has proven it doesn’t wanna implement most of the agreements…
they ignored any agreement they made but didn’t like afterwards….
Brexit is self inflicted damage…and no one is to blame but the UK
Waiting to see a lot of Brexit-media headlines quoted from IEA reports omitting to tell what the IEA report actually says in the comments...
You didn't mention the extra £9,000 per person we would have to pay the EU for the current 7 years funding term. That is a massive saving ! not to mention the 2,000 new Laws they have made up since we left
@@garyb455 No, because that was an investment, and you Brits do not understand the concept of investment. Hence the state of your infra and Brexit.
Badly. Rejoin 🇪🇺