Is Brexit a good thing?
Dow my SW friends across the pond....is Brexit a good thing for you or is this bad? Your perspective is more valuable than what we see in the media.
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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@Nimbus See, now THIS should be our 'National sport !'. Chasing a wheel of Cheese down a hillside !
Forget the Rugby or the Cricket or the Football. If we win at any of those it's because the opposition wasn't up to much. But THIS.......... Something only a crazy Brit. could actually EXCEL at !
Forget the Rugby or the Cricket or the Football. If we win at any of those it's because the opposition wasn't up to much. But THIS.......... Something only a crazy Brit. could actually EXCEL at !
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
It's a good thing in terms of sovereignty of your own country.
If you're in the EU you have to abide by a set of laws that don't always favour your nation.
You, as a nation, only get one vote. So it's often the way that others vote against your own interests in favour of their own.
As you can imagine if you have 27 different countries it's kinda hard to get political decisions that don't have quite an impact on how you live your life; way you work; run your business; import and export; secure your borders etc. And that annoys many in the UK.
Some time ago it became clear that both France and Germany intended to invest heavily in 'the European ideal.'
That of keeping all member states together; allowing freedom of movement from one member country to another for work or pleasure; a single currency to allow a standardizing of tax levels across all member states. A centralized bank based on the strongest economies within the union. etc.
All sounds fairly ideal until you take into account British/German history.
Twice in the last 100+ years Britain has gone to war with Germany for 'wanting to invade other nations and rule them'.
Those decisions cost lots of British and Allied lives. To say nothing of the massive debt Britain accrude in terms of money spent and borrowed in order to fight them. Largely without European nations help.
For example,rationing of food; oil; petrol.....everything ! began in Britain in 1939 and didn't end until 1954 !
An entire nation lived in poverty for that length of time !
And we WON the war !
Other European nations reluctance to fight or even capitulate altogether has meant there has been a degree of mistrust,politically, ever since.
The other thing which is annoying to many is the fact that British political history has the annoying habit of being so out of tune or understanding with what this 'union of many states'is actually for.
All the other nations have their Nationalized industries which they protect fiercely !
They get dispensation or grants or tax breaks to shore-up their protected industries.
Britain, under Margaret Thatcher, SOLD all of ours ! So by the time it became clear what Germany and France's 'plan' was, it was already too late in terms of protecting British industry from European imports !
Single biggest screw-up in British industrial/political history !
A mistake no other nation has made since !
There is such a mistrust of British political parties since Thatcher, that just about everybody here is sick of any politician not willing to put their constituencies first.
Hence all the current crap in Parliament because THEY don't WANT Brexit !
If you're in the EU you have to abide by a set of laws that don't always favour your nation.
You, as a nation, only get one vote. So it's often the way that others vote against your own interests in favour of their own.
As you can imagine if you have 27 different countries it's kinda hard to get political decisions that don't have quite an impact on how you live your life; way you work; run your business; import and export; secure your borders etc. And that annoys many in the UK.
Some time ago it became clear that both France and Germany intended to invest heavily in 'the European ideal.'
That of keeping all member states together; allowing freedom of movement from one member country to another for work or pleasure; a single currency to allow a standardizing of tax levels across all member states. A centralized bank based on the strongest economies within the union. etc.
All sounds fairly ideal until you take into account British/German history.
Twice in the last 100+ years Britain has gone to war with Germany for 'wanting to invade other nations and rule them'.
Those decisions cost lots of British and Allied lives. To say nothing of the massive debt Britain accrude in terms of money spent and borrowed in order to fight them. Largely without European nations help.
For example,rationing of food; oil; petrol.....everything ! began in Britain in 1939 and didn't end until 1954 !
An entire nation lived in poverty for that length of time !
And we WON the war !
Other European nations reluctance to fight or even capitulate altogether has meant there has been a degree of mistrust,politically, ever since.
The other thing which is annoying to many is the fact that British political history has the annoying habit of being so out of tune or understanding with what this 'union of many states'is actually for.
All the other nations have their Nationalized industries which they protect fiercely !
They get dispensation or grants or tax breaks to shore-up their protected industries.
Britain, under Margaret Thatcher, SOLD all of ours ! So by the time it became clear what Germany and France's 'plan' was, it was already too late in terms of protecting British industry from European imports !
Single biggest screw-up in British industrial/political history !
A mistake no other nation has made since !
There is such a mistrust of British political parties since Thatcher, that just about everybody here is sick of any politician not willing to put their constituencies first.
Hence all the current crap in Parliament because THEY don't WANT Brexit !
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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Picklebobble2 Buying the company out. That’s how you usually do these things when there’s no particularly pressing reason.
thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
@Picklebobble2 Everytime we ask for a vote on independence we can't secure the votes? How many votes on independence do you think we've had? The correct answer is one after a scaremongering campaign and one of the big issues was staying in the UK to remain in the EU. When we get our second referendum this "wave of nationalism" will be successful.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@thatscottishguy Lots of luck !
Gangstress · 41-45, F
No. I don't get how this is gonna make Britain stronger or become our Britain. It was never our Britain. It was the politicians. The politicians who single handling destroyed our country. The conservatives who made the poorer poorer and the rich richer. The lack of skilled workers in this country. Oh lets get rid of immigrants was the resounding conversations. This country is going to pot quickly. And everyone's so concerned about being independent. Were fucked in a crisis
liondog · 51-55, M
Brexit has been a disaster for this country and in my opinion David Cameron should have been hung, drawn and quartered for firstly allowing the referendum to take place and then quitting like a coward when vote leave won. As for Theresa May, she's been nothing but a waste of space since she got the job as PM and deserves her own special place in hell for the piss poor job she's been doing. Rant over.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
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