Comments by "Iazzaboyce" (@Iazzaboyce) on "What motivates Liz Truss and the 'Popular Conservatives'? | LBC" video.

It seems unlikely the Conservative Party will go into the next GE in its present form. I remember my Dad telling me in the 1980s that, 'Europe' would end up destroying the Conservative Party. I can see a huge breakaway of Conservative members, Councillors, MPs moving to Reform and putting a 'Let's do Brexit properly' proposition to the UK people.
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@Gph0367 Perhaps, but only around 10% are based on humanitarian reasons. The majority are students coming to the UK, because UK has 5 universities in the world top 25 (EU has 0 universities in the world top 25) 21 universities in the world top 25 are in English speaking countries. The majority coming to the UK to work are high skills and many are from EU countries. The UK has processed 7.5 million settled status applications for EU citizens to stay in post Brexit UK. Also the cost of living in the UK compared to other countries in Europe has improved since voting for Brexit. In 2016, the cost of living in EU countries like the Netherlands, France, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Portugal, Austria, Southern Ireland was lower than in the UK. In 2023, the UK cost of living was lower than the Netherlands, France, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Portugal, Austria, Southern Ireland.
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@TinaButcher-r6m I expect you mean 'world emigrants' but what are trying to say is very silly.
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Is that why so many people want to come to the UK?
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@kanedNunable If you want to believe that you can. However, It might surprise you to learn there are actual recorded statistics and these show your belief is wrong.
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@evokestudiosbrighton We're not a communist state yet Wolfie. It's up to other countries who they let in and up to British doctors and engineers what country they want to live in.
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@Gph0367 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 think experts agree the covid pandemic and war in Russia has caused a worldwide cost of living crisis. I have just returned from Australia where there is a cost of living crisis (presumably not caused by Brexit). All countries in Europe have seen living costs rise, but when the knowable earnings and essential cost facts are compared, we see that, between voting to leave the EU in 2016 and 2023, the UK has moved from 6th hardest country in Europe to eke out a living to 17th hardest country in Europe to eke out a living.
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@Gph0367 Yep, Two of my children live in Aus and I have five grandchildren there so I know it quite well (was just there for 9 weeks). This is why I voted for Brexit - to be more like Aus and less like the EU. To have 10% sales tax not EU imposed VAT at 20% on everything.
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