Still told to 'get over it, it's done.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

I’d vote for Brexit again. 🇬🇧

This is one of the most bizarre thing I've read on GN. Since there has not been a SINGLE benefit so far, and all the promises were lies. It has made us all poorer, ruined our industries, businesses small and large destroyed farming and fisheries, affected all sectors of the NHS, and the list goes on.

Thank goodness, most people have now realised it was a Farage mirage, based on fraud and lies. 11% still think it was more positive than negative, somehow- but I imagine those who would vote for it again is probably much smaller.

But you enjoy that blue passport hey, made in France on Polish paper, or something!

Estimate is that the UK would currently be 27 billion better off had it not happened.

Wave that flag- sadly become a laughing stock in the rest of the world.

Are you calling the Union flag a laughing stock? Shame on you.

Barleyfields

Are you calling the Union flag a laughing stock? Shame on you.

Shame on the people that believed in the lies peddled by Cummings, Farage, toss of a coin leaver Boris Johnson (remember the shell shocked look on the faces of Johnson and Gove when they realised they’d won) Bannon et al? Cheaper energy, cheaper food, no more immigration, Turkey joining the EU; EU Army etc etc.

Well I wasn’t one of them. I voted to Remain.

Barleyfields

Are you calling the Union flag a laughing stock? Shame on you.

No, the people who wave it in the name of Brexit, or the far right who have tragically highjacked it.

Claremont

Barleyfields

Are you calling the Union flag a laughing stock? Shame on you.

No, the people who wave it in the name of Brexit, or the far right who have tragically highjacked it.

No, no-one has hijacked it.
It is still our Union Flag and we shall wave it if we wish. 🇬🇧

Are the arguments still rumbling on where you live, Claremont, or are people happy with the links you have at present with the EU? Would you rather the government had not terminated talks with the EU about membership as they did in 2021?

I hope our Government can work towards closer links with the EU and it would be interesting to hear how this works in other countries.
What might the sticking points be and what would keep both sides happy?

I guess the USA might be a sticking point these days. I couldn’t believe it when Brexit happened, none of us here could but as they say, it’s no good crying over spilt milk.

Well, let's hope it's an ill wind blowing from the USA, nanna8!

Claremont

FriedGreenTomatoes2

I’d vote for Brexit again. 🇬🇧

This is one of the most bizarre thing I've read on GN. Since there has not been a SINGLE benefit so far, and all the promises were lies. It has made us all poorer, ruined our industries, businesses small and large destroyed farming and fisheries, affected all sectors of the NHS, and the list goes on.

Thank goodness, most people have now realised it was a Farage mirage, based on fraud and lies. 11% still think it was more positive than negative, somehow- but I imagine those who would vote for it again is probably much smaller.

But you enjoy that blue passport hey, made in France on Polish paper, or something!

Estimate is that the UK would currently be 27 billion better off had it not happened.

Wave that flag- sadly become a laughing stock in the rest of the world.

What a shame you cannot believe in this great country of ours, is it really only worthwhile if we belong to the EU.? I simply cannot understand why some people are so in love with the EU.

Just don’t believe all those who try to undermine the country. As far as I’m concerned it has always been the most civilised and fairest country in the world. I would be proud to fly a British flag and when we have our version of Last Night at the Proms I still do. I sincerely think the current government is bad for the whole country and the sooner something better is found the better it will be. Question is, who ? That is why Nigel Farage is doing well, not him so much as those who realise the current government is fundamentally not working in the interests of the population. I suppose if I lived there I would be censored or even jailed for saying that the way things are going

Trump is all about “Taking Control” which was the aim of the Brexit lot, the difference is that the US is powerful enough to actually achieve that aim.

nanna8
If that’s what you think then you rally do have a distorted view of the uk.

I don't know where you live Nanna8 but I can't think for a minute why you believe if you lived in the UK you would be censored or even jailed for saying what you've said.

You've literally just said it on a UK based forum.
You're not the first person to say what you've said.
In fact, you can read the the sort of stuff you've written anywhere here, in papers, on social media and you can hear it on the tv news from certain factions.

Nobody else has been jailed for saying it.
You have a skewed view of things.

I voted to remain, can see the damage Brexit has done to our economy, but can’t get myself worked up about something we can’t change. We have to work with what we’ve got, not fret endlessly about what could have been. The ballot was ill advised and inexcusable imho, but it happened, the majority of voters who turned out wanted us to leave, and yes, because we’re a democracy the rest of us do have to accept that majority vote and “get over it”. We’re seeing closer cooperation now - we’re back in Horizon and plans are afoot, not before time, to try to ease the difficulties travelling musicians and other performers have experienced.

I think this BBC summary is interesting and even-handed, and yes, it gives examples of some Brexit benefits, small though they may be at the moment. We are, for example, finally starting to see savings on the EU net payments we used to make, though the financial commitments we have are still torturously complicated.

As for us being a laughing stock - what nonsense. I’ve lived and worked in Europe and our friends over there have more than enough to worry about in their own countries to give us a second thought. We’re really not that important!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrynjz1glpo.amp

eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/the-first-6-months-what-has-labour-actually-done/

Nanna8 - what part of the above is not working in the interests of the British people?

”I suppose if I lived there I would be censored or even jailed for saying that the way things are going”

nanna8 I don’t know where you get your view of the UK from (although I can guess) but as a UK resident, I can tell you you’re wrong.

I think nanna8 should have used the strike through! 😆

As for us being a laughing stock - what nonsense. I’ve lived and worked in Europe and our friends over there have more than enough to worry about in their own countries to give us a second thought. We’re really not that important!

I have foreign friends abroad who rather envy a lot about the UK.

petra

nanna8
If that’s what you think then you rally do have a distorted view of the uk.

I think nanna8 is in Australia, they don’t like polititians much down there.

escaped

^As for us being a laughing stock - what nonsense. I’ve lived and worked in Europe and our friends over there have more than enough to worry about in their own countries to give us a second thought. We’re really not that important!^

I have foreign friends abroad who rather envy a lot about the UK.

That sums it up “we’re not that important” but they were very surprised when we jumped ship.

David49

petra

nanna8
If that’s what you think then you rally do have a distorted view of the uk.

I think nanna8 is in Australia, they don’t like polititians much down there.

They don't like them much here either 😂

I'm not sure what's reported in Australian newspapers now, the one I used to read is now behind a paywall. I can only go by what family say and yes, they complain about their politicians just as we do.
In fact, they've got far more to worry about just now with the floods than what's going on here.

I think nanna8 should have used the strike through! 😆
I think so too, escaped. I took it as irony.

Yes Allira, I’ve got close relatives in Australia too - in Perth, so not affected by the current floods. I hope your family out there are OK.

My family members also have much to worry about as they both have serious health problems which are impacting on them financially.

They look across the world at our NHS with envy.

LizzieDrip

Yes Allira, I’ve got close relatives in Australia too - in Perth, so not affected by the current floods. I hope your family out there are OK.

My family members also have much to worry about as they both have serious health problems which are impacting on them financially.

They look across the world at our NHS with envy.

Their house is fine, water all around though, and food has finally got through to the supermarkets, thanks, LizzieDrip, Not being in town, they are well stocked with supplies.

Sorry about your family, yes healthcare is expensive there.

Thanks Allira.

When health takes a sudden turn for the worse, and both of them at the same time, having to worry about the cost of it really is the last thing you need.

Glad your family’s OK and well stocked. It must be frightening though.