To those who voted for Brexit

[HappyClappy1]

Are you happy with your decision?

My voting for brexit had nothing to do with immigrants and everything to do with wanting us as a country to have the freedom to make our own decisions and not have to jump through hoops or beg for Angela merkels & macrons permission every time we need to change something that isn't working for us as a country*

Since you already had that, you've just admitted your vote was uniformed and idiotic.
And yet you're still happy? Says a lot!

Voted remain and am actually happy with what's happened. Family live in Europe and their govts seem to be far worse than ours.

Can't see said family but with covid surely that's sensible - to restrict travel? Brexit or no brexit.

'Their governments seem to be worse ?' Really ?????? Maybe if you are from hungary or russia

@Doublestar

MarshmallowSwede

I have Swedish friends who are a mixed race couple (she's white, he's Asian) and they are very happy and settled here and say they have no plans to return to Sweden.

So maybe it's just you?

My voting for brexit had nothing to do with immigrants and everything to do with wanting us as a country to have the freedom to make our own decisions and not have to jump through hoops or beg for Angela merkels & macrons permission every time we need to change something that isn't working for us as a country.

Time will tell if I made the right decision or not but at the moment I'm happy with my decision and the country has not ground to a halt with people starving on the streets as was predicted by the doom-mongerers.

Seeing the number if EU citizens that have left the country already, I don’t think it’s just @MarshmallowSwede that has issues with the U.K. Atm.

claralara42

Wow, what a gotcha - aw, you sound really pissed off! Don't get wound up, there's nothing you can do about it now...

In the history of this question being asked has any Leaver ever said they regret their decision?

Most of the people I know who voted leave did so for immigration reasons, and as the Grace Period only finished on the 30th June it's impossible to know yet whether they made the right decision. The final rule changes started on 1st July so I think we need a few months or years before we see how the statistics on people (and criminals) coming to the UK change.

And yet the country keeps voting in a right wing government ? How long have the Conservatives been in power now ?

The majority voted anti-right wing. We got a right-wing landslide due to an antiquated electoral system that is not fit for purpose.

Very happy. It's turned out even better than I'd hoped.

On vaccines, the UK did have a head start but much of Europe has caught up. Where I live anyone over 12 can get a jab.

@Arghmyhip - what turned out even better than you thought it would? Seems an odd comment when you think about NI?

@Arghmyhip

Very happy. It's turned out even better than I'd hoped.

Why? Can you list some tangible benefits?

@Arghmyhip

Very happy. It's turned out even better than I'd hoped.

Please, please explain what this means? I can’t find a single Brexit attributable benefit.

@KeflavikAirport

And yet the country keeps voting in a right wing government ? How long have the Conservatives been in power now ?

The majority voted anti-right wing. We got a right-wing landslide due to an antiquated electoral system that is not fit for purpose.

And by lies, popularist lies, false promises and scaremongering. Cheating or gaming comes into it too. Just look at yesterday. Nissan gets a huge bung announced on by-election day.

I am curious as to what the tangible benefits of Brexit are? Please let me know since I am curious.

I asked this question on Facebook about Brexit and I'll ask it again.

How will Brexit help solve climate change?
How will Brexit protect worker's rights?
How will Brexit help improve race relations and reduce discrimination?
How will Brexit help migration and the refugee crisis?
How will Brexit aid UK science and international megaprojects?
How will Brexit help the piece process?
How will Brexit help young people and opportunities in the UK and abroad.

All I was met with was silence.

Maybe people just CBA to get into Facebook spats.

@Doublestar

You know ONE Swedish couple who are staying and I know several Swedes who went home and others who are going home very soon.

Number one, Sweden is overall better governed than the UK. No one can argue this point.

So many of us just feel like we want to go back home to live in a country that’s not run in chaos. Brexit only made some of us go home faster. I just think it has highlighted some issues that maybe we didn’t think about before.

Also I don’t want to give birth here. Your maternity care here is atrocious. And that is directly caused by the government’s poor handling of healthcare here.

I don’t think all Brits are anti foreigner. But I definitely noticed that a bit more. Im just saying what’s being said bothers me and I would rather not hear this.

But ultimately it really is just a matter that your country is poorly run. Why would I stay here when I can go home to a well run nation? Also on top of it not have to worry about myself or my baby having some issues during the birth?

In Sweden I know I will have good care
And not have to worry about my child dying or myself dying in childbirth.

Again. A chaotic government who creates chaos around them. The Health services here are the responsibility of the govt and I see nothing but chaos there as well
Because the leadership is poor. And I have used private healthcare since being here and even that was not what I would get in Sweden. This is again, due to poor government management of healthcare and resource mismanagement across all levels of healthcare here. Private and NHS.

When you have chaotic leaders, then you have chaos in all aspects of society. And my perspective is that it’s a chaotic situation here. That’s my opinion and I’m not saying every Swede here is identical to me.
But certainly every Swede who has left
The UK that I know has said similar things to me about their reasons for going back to Sweden. Top reason was this country is poorly managed.

I’m happy your friends love it here. My husband and I are happy to go home. Everyone is different. It’s been interesting living here, but I definitely appreciate Sweden more after being here. To put it frankly.

Don't let the door hit you in the arse...

Can't disagree about the chaotic leadership. However, my friends who are healthcare workers in Sweden have a pretty low opinion of Swedish public healthcare, surprisingly reminiscent of what you hear in the UK about the NHS.

Yeah, still happy, thanks.

@Doublestar

claralara42

Wow, what a gotcha - aw, you sound really pissed off! Don't get wound up, there's nothing you can do about it now...

Of course I'm pissed off, you ruined peoples lives. And you think it's a joke.

@MrsHuntGeneNotJeremyObviously

Yes On my firm round ass you mean? You’re welcome for our tax dollars we paid for your politicians to waste it on their mistresses.

I'll just leave this here.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-20/swedish-pm-proposes-last-ditch-solution-to-save-his-government

Can we have less of the ad hominem attacks please. Just because politicians do it and get mobs to do it doesn't mean it's OK.