All I'm seeing here is whining. He brings up a law, says that it is "possibly the worst policy that Brussels has ever come up with", but then never gives a reason why it's bad for [I]just the UK[/I].
The European Union is just that, a UNION, so everyone pitches in, and everyone deals with the side effects of it. It's not like the UK is the only one dealing with these laws, so why do we not see the other major nations complaining even half as much as the Brits? There are numerous reasons as to why the EU is beneficial, and everyone, including the UK, benefits from those.
[QUOTE=Wafflemonstr;52310700]The European Union is just that, a UNION, so everyone pitches in[/QUOTE]
If a country is getting less out of it then it is getting in then it has every right to want to leave.
[QUOTE=Metist;52313470]If a country is getting less out of it then it is getting in then it has every right to want to leave.[/QUOTE]
That's why America won't let Texas or any other state secede, right?
[QUOTE=Metist;52313470]If a country is getting less out of it then it is getting in then it has every right to want to leave.[/QUOTE]
It isn't by anything but very cherry-picked metrics. The UK has a very clear trade deficit with the EU which only continues to grow, benefiting greatly by shared regulations and the customs union. It benefits from EU tourism facilitated by the lack of visas, it benefits from the single market allowing the UK to export services easily to the third largest market in the world, it benefits from consumer protection, cross country security information, and more. The UK is also granted exceptions from many of the more controversial parts of the EU, like the Schengen Area (meaning they have control over their borders), and the Eurozone (meaning they have control over their currency), of course while allowing UK citizens to fully benefit from freedom of movement and thus allowing millions of pensioners to retire in Spain, and many millions more to visit family and friends all over the EU without applying for expensive visas. All that for less than 1% of the UK's budget.
Of course, you don't care about the facts.
I closed it when he implied that the UK would be in a better stance regarding open and free trade outside of the EU than within the EU.
Video seems to be mostly be a whole lot of grounds-less assertions and vacuous speculation.
This is just right-wing bullshit very thinly veiled under kurtzgesagt artstyle. Also I can never understand the British right-wing victimhood complex over sovereignty, when they'd still be holding onto their colonies if nobody stopped them, and they still hold a lot of territories that are nowhere near them.
He keeps repeating "this is possibly the worst policy that Brussels have come up with :hurr:" after he brings up every policy.
This is such a badly constructed argumented. :nope:
[QUOTE=Hiccuper;52314226]This is just right-wing bullshit very thinly veiled under kurtzgesagt artstyle. Also I can never understand the British right-wing victimhood complex over sovereignty, when they'd still be holding onto their colonies if nobody stopped them, and they still hold a lot of territories that are nowhere near them.[/QUOTE]
"Sovereign" means "safe from globalist/European conspiracies" in this case. Which sounds like a good thing but in context it's completely irrational, assuming that even the most innocuous of acts from Europe is done with ill intent and that nobody else is capable of such malice.
[QUOTE=Aredbomb;52314335]"Sovereign" means "safe from globalist/European conspiracies" in this case. Which sounds like a good thing but in context it's completely irrational, assuming that even the most innocuous of acts from Europe is done with ill intent and that nobody else is capable of such malice.[/QUOTE]
Well I'm just glad that I'm safe from "British conspiracies" then, which isn't the way they'd have it if they had their way for the past century.
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