Poll of the Day > How's that Brexit working out for you?

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I'm not in the UK, but everything i've heard about it seems like it was a dumb move.

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My understanding of the situation was that the people were unhappy with the lack of self determination allowed within the European Union and the politicians not only opposed the desire for self determination but sabotaged every attempt to achieve it.

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The problem is that opinions on the issue would be kind of meaningless regardless, because at the moment it's kind of difficult to distinguish between the consequences of Brexit and the consequences of the entire world spiraling into the abyss because of Covid.
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Not in the UK, seemed blatantly stupid.
Also, IIRC the actual vote was supposed to be non-binding, just to get public input on if they supported it, not an actual voter referendum where the result would be enacted. So the remainers probably didn't feel the urgency to go out and vote that they should have...
Then there were the straight up lying bus ads...

Just massive stupidity. I hope Scotland and Northern Ireland leave the UK over it, that'd be hilarious.

Also, that collage is incredible, TC. If you put that together, great work!

PMarth2002 posted...

I'm not in the UK, but everything i've heard about it seems like it was a dumb move.

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Of course there will be a net negative impact for a while. When any people seek independence, they will inevitably be squeezed by the power they broke away from with more money and influence

OhhhJa posted...

Of course there will be a net negative impact for a while. When any people seek independence, they will inevitably be squeezed by the power they broke away from with more money and influence

none of that stopped them from having a plan in place to leave in an orderly way that benefited their own citizens

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That third to last one is just a company being greedy.
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Nice sensationalism there TC, didnt have you as one for that kind of thing.

Wheres the I voted for it/didnt vote and Im largely unaffected?

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hows that lack of eastern european truck drivers working out for you yes-voters.

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Other: I didn't vote, live in the UK and nothing seems to have changed for me so I'm indifferent. Much like any political stuff.

FatalAccident posted...

Nice sensationalism there TC, didnt have you as one for that kind of thing.

Wheres the I voted for it/didnt vote and Im largely unaffected?

I do find that the only two British people who posted here don't care yet folks outside of the UK seems to think it's a big deal and/or stupid. I guess that was the TCs intent though.

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It's too early to tell. There can be a lot of knock-on effects and just because right now individuals feel they've not been personally affected, doesn't mean they won't be in some way or another.

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Criminalt posted...

It's too early to tell. There can be a lot of knock-on effects and just because right now individuals feel they've not been personally affected, doesn't mean they won't be in some way or another.

It's also possible that any issues that they're having there as a result will be resolved in a few years as the UK adjusts to their new circumstances

wwinterj25 posted...

I do find that the only two British people who posted here don't care yet folks outside of the UK seems to think it's a big deal and/or stupid. I guess that was the TCs intent though

I'm American and I have no opinion really. I so find it funny that american leftists seem to really want brexit to have some massive negative impact for the UK and are trying to find reasons that it was a bad idea. Leftists love their super conglomerate organizations though. They hate seeing people achieve any form of sovereignty

I take Brexit for constipation.

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FatalAccident posted...

Nice sensationalism there TC, didnt have you as one for that kind of thing.

Wheres the I voted for it/didnt vote and Im largely unaffected?

What industry do you work in?

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The EU is shit anyway so this was the right choice.
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ReturnOfFa posted...

What industry do you work in?

Construction

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-transition-eu-uk-poll-b1930061.html

Only four per cent of Britons think Brexit has gone very well
YouGov poll finds 32 per cent of Britons think it has turned out very badly

Only 4 per cent of Britons think that Brexit has gone very well since the end of the transition period, a new YouGov poll has suggested.

A total of 6546 people responded to the pollster on Wednesday, answering the question of whether Britain had fared well or badly since 31 December last year.

While 14 per cent of respondents believed things had gone fairly well, 21 per cent of those asked said the effects of Brexit had been neither positive nor negative.

On the other hand, 21 per cent of those polled believed the post-Brexit period had gone fairly badly, with another 32 per cent judging it to have turned out very badly.

The remaining 8 per cent who were surveyed said they were unsure whether Brexit had been beneficial or detrimental so far.

The survey comes amid the fuel crisis, which has been blamed in part on the UKs withdrawal from the EU.

The blocs former chief negotiator Michel Barnier, now a French presidential hopeful, blamed Britains lack of HGV drivers on its decision to end the freedom of movement of people and to leave the single market.

It is a direct and mechanical consequence of Brexit, he said earlier this week.

Olaf Scholz, whose Social Democrats party won the German election last week, also hinted that Brexit was the cause of the crisis, while the British transport minister Grant Shapps acknowledged that it was no doubt a factor.

Labour leader Keir Starmer agreed Brexit was a contributing factor, telling BBCs Radio 4 Today programme: Whether you voted to leave or remain, it was obvious that if we were to leave the EU we would have less HGV drivers than we would otherwise have.

I think the British public should be angry and frustrated. This is a total lack of planning. It was predicted and predictable.

As well as the petrol crisis, there have been warnings that some products could be in short supply over Christmas due to staff shortages related to Brexit.

Kate Martin, from the Traditional Farm Fresh Turkey Association (TFTA), said a lack of workers could mean there are fewer turkeys on supermarket shelves this December.

This year its looking like there is a national shortage of turkeys when were talking about supermarket shelves, rather than buying direct from your farm, she said.

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Wow Michel Barnier blaming something on brexit? Well thats not suspect at all:

Really thought tc was better than this.

The fuel problem has been bubbling under the surface for several months now if not weeks for a number of reasons, brexit happened years ago. May be a small part to play but its a much larger issue which would have happened regardless of brexit.

People should really only talk about things they actually understand.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

The problem is that opinions on the issue would be kind of meaningless regardless, because at the moment it's kind of difficult to distinguish between the consequences of Brexit and the consequences of the entire world spiraling into the abyss because of Covid.

One also has to wonder if some could be caused by the rest of EU sabatoging them, to try and force them back in.


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I'm not from the U. K., and have no opinion about it.

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Most people i know voted to leave the EU so they could get their country back from all the eastern Europeans coming over and taking all the houses and jobs, though most are old and racist so it makes sense why they believed brexit was just an immigration thing.

It remains to be seen how good/bad it was economically because it's far from done playing out. You'd have to ask in 10 years. What I'll say is there's a ton of dark irony about it. Britain of all countries complaining about sovereignty. Not so good when the shoe is on your foot is it. It's a joke. Most pro Brexit people are the type that have no issue with the old glory days and in fact long for such times again. They want back relevance. But leaving makes you less relevant since you're not part of EU decision making. The other irony is the main driver of it was backlash against immigration from Eastern Europe mainly Poland - a country that should never have been admitted in the first place. Their values clearly don't align with the EU and are pretty much a rogue state. But of course they won't be booted out, because of Brexit. The EU can't allow that because it makes the whole project look like a failure.

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Oof

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FatalAccident posted...

Nice sensationalism there TC, didnt have you as one for that kind of thing.

Wheres the I voted for it/didnt vote and Im largely unaffected?

TC is the GOAT.

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Bugmeat posted...

One also has to wonder if some could be caused by the rest of EU sabatoging them, to try and force them back in.

Any reasonable assessment of Brexit should have accounted for this. There is literally zero incentive for any EU country to make Brexit easier for Britain, and plenty of incentives to make it worse.

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MeteoricBurst posted...

It remains to be seen how good/bad it was economically because it's far from done playing out. You'd have to ask in 10 years. What I'll say is there's a ton of dark irony about it. Britain of all countries complaining about sovereignty. Not so good when the shoe is on your foot is it. It's a joke. Most pro Brexit people are the type that have no issue with the old glory days and in fact long for such times again. They want back relevance. But leaving makes you less relevant since you're not part of EU decision making. The other irony is the main driver of it was backlash against immigration from Eastern Europe mainly Poland - a country that should never have been admitted in the first place. Their values clearly don't align with the EU and are pretty much a rogue state. But of course they won't be booted out, because of Brexit. The EU can't allow that because it makes the whole project look like a failure.

It worked out at first until they started making shitty laws like the meme law.
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The Express?



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