Comments by "Taint ABird" (@taintabird23) on "Brexit going forward: Who are the winners and losers? | DW News" video.

  1. The EU was never a threat to the US and now the Americans have lost their conduit and main influencer in the EU. The winners are China and Russia.
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  2.  @cninusa  Trump was super supportive of Brexit. The Republican party see the social democracy of the EU as a threat, while its unity serves as threat to its economic hegemony. The Democrats have a different attitude, and support multi-lateralism and don't identify with the values of Brexit. Biden is a Democrat.
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  3. Excellent post.
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  4. The reason the British people are so poor is because of bad governance by successive British governments of all types. The folly of Brexit will be exposed when it fails to solve any of the problems that fuelled it.
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  5. The only people who understand Brexit are Brexiters. It makes no sense to anyone else.
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  6. The passport will be blue.
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  7. The ethno-nationalism that underpins Brexit is the problem; along with martial language in your newspapers and the constant comparisons with WW2 of Brexiters. Militarism is a big part of British culture and Brexit was replete with the characteristics of it. Europe needs to be cauterized from Brexit, it led to two World Wars in the past.
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  8.  robin Braznell  The problem for you is that J P Morgan are influential, and if the world of finance and the rating agencies take a less optimistic view of your future you will soon find out just how sovereign you are. Enjoy! UK bills are about to go up because of Brexit. We live in a world of interdependence, not one where self-pity and spite can be successfully harness to harm others without consequence.
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  9. No. The Europeans are fed up with the English believing that they should get special treatment because the were on the winning side during WW2, and the fact that the English have never gotten over winning the war and losing their empire. Your victimhood is tiresome.
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  10. An interesting way to explain your vassalage.
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  11. The Daily Express, The Dail Mail and the The Daily Telepgraph...are they not biased? In the event of Northern Ireland unifying with the Republic, NI will automatically be brought into the European Union. Scotland will have little difficulty with accession once it becomes independent. Catalonia did not have a legal referendum and for that reason the Scots have their work cut out for them to get one from an English nationalist dominated Westminster, which is not yet ready for an independent England.
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  12. The Irish government has agreed to fund Erasmus for residents of Northern Ireland.
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  13.  @LLopez-qb6gz  That is certainly the case for working class people in Britain.
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  14. You need to write to your MP and demand another IndyRef.
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  15. More foodbanks than McDonald's restaurants, and UNICEF feeding its children: the UK owns her own soul indeed. Dickens would have still felt at home.
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  16.  @deklore  None needed.
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  17. At the moment the Scots are vassal state of the UK, that must do what the English say. They will actually have much more freedom as a sovereign member of the European Union.
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  18. If you think that's bad, the UK thought it was entitled to have its cake and eat it.
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  19. Brexiters see the UK as equal in power to the EU, the USA and China. That's where the delusion starts.
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  20. No codified constitution the citizens can vote on, an unelected House of Lords (with Bishops in it!), an out-dated First Past the Post Electoral system in a multi-party state, no devolved power for England, and a hereditary monarchy. And they lecture others on democracy.
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  21.  @funchalflash6994  Is English your first language?
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  22. UK pensions have nothing to do with the EU. Your country is badly run, has more foodbanks that McDonalds restaurants and has UNICEF feeding children. That's what Tory leadership does to you.
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  23. The UK is more undemocratic than the EU, by some considerable distance.
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  24.  @hc2155  Its better than what passes for democracy in the UK. The English left the wrong union.
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  25. Do you think the fact that the British fishing industry sold alot of its quota to foreign fishing interest played a part? Do you feel that the collapse in the price of fish exports to the EU will be a factor in the continued decline of the British fishing industry and the communities it supports?
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  26. Everyone is a loser.
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  27. I don't think there are tariffs on British fish exports to the EU.
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  28. According to the finance corporation J P Morgan, the EU is the big winner. Brexit has succeeded in convincing other eurosceptics that reform of, rather than departure from, the EU is the better goal. No other country will leave.
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  29.  robin Braznell  It's actually quite coherent. Brexiters only need proof when they are being told things they don't want to hear, otherwise they have no interest in evidence or facts. They hold everyone else to a higher standard than they hold themselves. Norway is a well run, cohesive, social-democrat society. The UK is not. This is why the standard of living in Norway is higher than in Britain.
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  30. If you are an Irish citizen you do not need a passport to travel to the UK or vise versa. You do not need a passport to travel to Northern Ireland. You need a passport to travel from Italy to Ireland. You can still use the Euro.
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  31.  @conniedean3787  I don't see any changes for US Passport holders, this is all about the UKs relationship with the EU. There are big changes for British passport holders. They will be in the same line as you now, as far as I can tell.
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  32. A lot of Irish people have returned from the UK since 2016. Many don't like the change of atmosphere in the UK since June 2016, the country is very divided, and can't relate to the values that underpin Brexit. I think the doctor was very reserved in what she was saying.
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  33. Not really. It points to a sense of insecurity among even the Irish in the UK, because Brexit is about a set of values that Irish people do not recognise.
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  34. But Brexit was supposed to be about sunlit uplands. There aren't any and all you can do is bang on with anti-EU rhetoric which people like you did even Brexit the vote.
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  35. India is in line for a huge trade deal with the UK where it can largely write its own terms. They must be rubbing their hands.
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  36. Good. The 'Southern Irish' kicked you lot out 99 years ago. The feeling is mutual. People of Northern Ireland can identify as British or Irish, both or neither.
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  37.  @erictarzan  I understand your need to rationalise, but in what sense if the EU doing bad? Countries still want to join it. Countries or other trading blocs see it in their interest to get a trade deal with it. Member states have higher standards of living while being part of it. Some countries have faster growing economies than others. All countries were united in the face of Brexit. Even the Hungarians and the Poles who have their issues with Brussels were silent on the Brexit. Successive UK governments, of all hues, have hollowed communities in Britain and all the UKs media ever highlighted were the alleged oppressions brought about by the EU Commission.
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  38. So why are the Tories saying they will refuse a second IndyRef? Why are they so out of touch?
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  39. The English voted to leave. The English living in Wales tipped the Welsh vote towards leave. Brexit is an English issue, the Scots and the Northern Irish voted to remain. I'd hate to live in your democracy.
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  40.  @louis-philippearnhem6959  How did they decide on 12 stars? What do they represent?
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  41. There is nothing positive to say about Brexit. All the alleged good stuff has yet to happen, and few outside the UK believe it will ever happen.
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  42.  @towaritch  Who said the EU was a country? The EU is a bloc of European states that have pooled some of their sovereignty to amplify it, a collection of equal voices. Empires constitute a dominant group exploiting other groups and their resources and the EU does not fit that bill. China, USA and the EU are the three economic powerhouses on the planet, China is a autocracy, with the USA, like the UK are ripe for an autocratic ruler. If you think the UK is an exemplar of democracy you are sorely mistaken. Bigger does not always mean better, but smaller in this world means weaker.
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  43. What is it with Brexiters. Everything is binary; winners and losers; rule maker or rule taker; master or servant. Leaving the EU is terrible for the UK. It is also terrible for the EU. Not sure what you were expecting.
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  44. MERCOSUR?
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  45. The Canada deal was held up for a year by Wallonia, if has since be ratified.
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  46.  John Bull  From what I hear the other three members of CANZUK are less enthusiastic than the UK. Combined, the other three have a smaller economy than Germany.
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  47. If Northern Irish people chose an Irish identity they are also choosing an EU one. An Irish passport makes a Northern Irish person a citizen of the European Union also, with all the rights and benefits that goes with it. In NI, you can carry a British passport also. The Northern Ireland peace process is based on the notion of multi-layered identities, a concept that orginates with the European Union.
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  48. You fought two world wars to stay out of the EU?
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  49. What on earth are you on about? Annexed the Republic of Ireland? Nobody claims that!
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  50.  @funchalflash6994  You've better English here.
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  51.  @funchalflash6994  Good for her.
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  52.  @funchalflash6994  As long as she's your sister, I'm sure you will be happy.
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  53.  @elyrexo  The UK never funded the EU. Are you insane?
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  54.  @elyrexo  Yeah, No.2 behind Germany. Tell me again how the UK funded the EU.
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  55. The Northern Ireland issue is settled. The people of Northern Ireland will decide their own futures.
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  56.  @3nien  All in good time.
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  57. Stick to the Daily Mail.
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  58. They voted to stay because being independent would see them have to leave the EU and reapply as an independent nation. Brexit means they will have to do that anyway, so there is no advantage to staying in the UK.
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  59. @Clec Torres I don't see any evidence of that and futhermore, Surgeon is greatly admired outside of the UK.
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  60. @Clec Torres Well, that's social media for you ...
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  61. ​ @mrpath99  I' forgot to remind all Scotsman that they would not be able to use the pound as their currency and that the last thing the EU want is another mouth at the mammary gland of finances.' A week ago we were told there would be no EU fishermen allowed in UK waters, and look how that turned out. Having to be a net recipient as a member state is facilitated within the EU, once an accession state achieves the criteria for membership. Uniquely, only the English have an issue with this. 'It would take a few years of pleading and sacrificing fishing grounds oil etc before even being considered a member by which time Euro land will more than likely cease to exist...' The EU will continue to exists well into the future, Brexiters desperation for it to fail is as fanciful as all their other dreams. The Scots would have little difficulty joining the EU, they already meets much of the criteria and shares the EUs values. Besides, the PR value to the EU would enormous. 'Its GDP is now third in the world after the Us 24 trillion China 16 trillion EU 14 trillion without UK.' While the UK has declined from being the 5th largest economy in the world to 6th position since it left the EU. How much farther will it fall? Multilateralism is the way forward in Europe, and sadly the English are taking the UK down the wrong route.
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  62.  @mrpath99  The EU is nothing more than a collection of laws, regulations and treaties. This allows for the smooth running of the EU, though is it up to member states to make the most of laws, regulations and treaties in order to increase the prosperity of the citizens of member states. Member states tend to use the EU as a scape goat for national shortcomings, with the UK and Italy being most guilty in this regard. The EU was always intended as more than just a trading bloc. Everybody knows this, though the English claim they did not. However, the possibility of the USE ever coming into being is highly unlikely now. Support for the concept has diminished, particularly in the founding states of the Netherlands and Italy. The idea that you could bring 27 different states with their different agendas, economies and aspirations together into one federal unit seems more and more unlikely over the last 10 years. A multi-speed Europe is the most likely outcome now. The Single Market is the jewel in the crown of the European Union, something Brexiters do not understand. Maintaining that market is the greatest source of prosperity for EU citizens, while the bloc itself will continue to serve as a bulwark against the predatory inclinations of the US, China and, dare I say, it the UK for as long as it lasts, in the century ahead. The bloc will not break up because it runs against the interests of all member states, and it will continue to evolve into the future. There is strength in numbers. Brexit has also demonstrated the benefits of unity against threats from outside the bloc. The EU is made up of countries, half of whom are smaller than Ireland. Membership of bloc brings with it security for its membership and the knowledge that their neighbours will stand with them in times of crisis. The pandemic revealed a gap security which will now be covered by future laws, regulations and treaties going forward. To sum up, the EU will not cease to exist. It will continue to evolve in a manner that suits the membership, while the UK will slip into a three independent states and federal Ireland (which will probably return to the Commonwealth).
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  63. You prefer anti-EU bias?
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  64. If it was totally against the EU would be in favour of that bias? No need to answer.
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  65. If you were worried about democratic deficits you should have looked closer to home and started there...
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  66. The UK had more opt-outs than any other country, and yet it was always the 'victim'.
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  67. Well, you're just going to be stuck with your own poor from now on. Enjoy.
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  68.  @wayneronnie7402  Well, looking after your own poor people seems to be a challenge you cannot meet. UNICEF feeds your kids.
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  69. Oh please. You have a FPTP electoral system in a multi-party state; and unelected House of Lords with Bishops in it; an unelected hereditary head of state who can only come from one religious group; an uncodified constitution that the people never voted on; no devolution for England; no constitutional account for the Scots and the Northern Irish voting to remain; a slightly free press, thanks to Rupert Murdoch; a political class, completely out of touch with the ordinary people and educated mostly at Eaton; I could go on.... Your 'democracy' is a joke.
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  70.  @brucewayne7838  wrong question. If the EU is so weak why did the UK cave in fishing? EU fishermen require access to the EU waters to fish. That has nothing to do with strength. Getting it, shows strength.
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  71.  @brucewayne7838  The EU is not a military bloc, it is a economic and political bloc - that is strength I am talking about. The EU will be fine without UK money, it was tiny anyway, while the UK will disintegrate.
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  72.  @brucewayne7838  They didnt.
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  73. That attitude will defeat Scottish nationalism.
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  74.  @poppedweasel  Nope. The EU is not interested in ethno-nationalism, but promote civic nationalism. Civic nationalism underpins the Belfast Agreement and is the type of nationalism that informs the SNP. English nationalism is nativist and ethno-nationalist.
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  75.  @poppedweasel  I'm not worried, the Irish are more secure in their identity than the English are. This year, more immigrants came from the UK than went there...
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  76. It is too hard for them to leave now because of Brexit. The UK may have survived two world wars, but it will not survive Brexit.
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  77.  @ShahidKhan-ke8fe  Yeah, that's fine and correct. The experience however, is somewhat different for some Irish people. Many are returning Ireland because the values that underpin Brexit are not those that they share. The UK seems to have become very foreign since June 2016.
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  78. A hard border has been avoided between Northern Ireland and Ireland - it has been placed between the island of Ireland and the island of Britain for customs purposes.
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  79. Everybody is a loser with Brexit. Its just that Brexiters think they won something.
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  80. I agree, she's a great beauty.
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  81. That would be the Republicans. The Democrats are more supportive of the EU.
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  82. For now. The EU will now undermine London over time, attracting businesses away from the City.
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  83. Brexiters should put on videos showing the wins of Brexit. If they can find any.
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  84. There is no good side to Britain leaving.
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  85.  @poppedweasel  Being British never stopped the British from telling others what to think. They built on empire on the ideal.
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  86.  @poppedweasel  You deny that the British went around the world telling others what to do, and then admitted to the British doing it. I'm from Ireland - give it your best shot. Be warned though, I'm an actual historian.
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