Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

to think our children will not forgive us if we don't sort Brexit out

999 replies

HurricaneFloss · 20/09/2018 13:25

DFiL voted Leave. He's not thick and he had his reasons but, to be frank, he's 80 and not going to have to live with the consequences long term. Especially, if the NHS don't manage to stockpile his multiple medications in the event of a No Deal.

AIBU to think we all need to kick up an almighty stink to ensure that our Government makes a deal that will protect our children's futures - even if that means remaining. Jacob Rees Mogg and his ERG buddies predict it could be 50 years for the UK to see the benefits of leaving the EU. That's too late for my DD.

Austerity has damaged enough lives, we can't let Brexit do more harm. It's no good shrugging and saying "Leave won". If this isn't sorted out there will be no winners.

OP posts:
Thread gallery
11
Theworldisfullofgs · 20/09/2018 14:00

The benefit of lower house prices being a benefit is a myth.
It's no F-ing good to have lower house prices if you can't get a job and consequently can't get a mortgage. The banks are rightly more cautious about lending and that will get more so.

Brexit is a mess. Should never have happened. We should have learnt from germany and banned referenda.

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow1 · 20/09/2018 14:01

Which large pharmaceutical company has left the UK worridmum? Genuinely asking.

to be fair I don't think Brexit will be good for everyone, I admit that. But SOME people will gain.

Motheroffourdragons · 20/09/2018 14:01

This reply has been withdrawn

This has been withdrawn by MNHQ on behalf of the poster.

Cattenberg · 20/09/2018 14:01

YANBU. I can't bear that this country is going backwards. I worry particularly about the economy, employment rights and the future of the NHS. It's also a horrible thought that DD and many of her generation could end up trapped here with no easy way out.

FruitofAutumn · 20/09/2018 14:02

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

NameChanger22 · 20/09/2018 14:02

I voted remain and I am still pissed off with leavers. If a leaver wanted my help with something I would say no. I'm glad I don't work with old people. I will only forgive them if Brexit turns out ok, which it won't.

butterflysugarbaby · 20/09/2018 14:02

Oh God, not ANOTHER fucking Brexit thread! Hmm

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow1 · 20/09/2018 14:02

The banks are rightly more cautious about lending and that will get more so.

See, i'm not so sure this will happen. Inititally, banks will be cautious, but after a while they will be more open to lending and they won't be contrained by the affordability and stringent lending criteria which was imposed on us by the EU.

RageAgainstTheTagine · 20/09/2018 14:03

Wow namechanger, what an awful attitude!

theendofeverything · 20/09/2018 14:03

@NotSuchASmugMarriedNow1

Can you explain the reasoning for your claims please?

Namechangingagainjustbecause · 20/09/2018 14:04

Fruitofautumn- you sound clever

Isitsixoclockalready · 20/09/2018 14:04

www.theweek.co.uk/96563/radical-rightwing-us-uk-post-brexit-trade-plan-revealed
This is the kind of future that some brexiteers are aiming for. How this is supposed to improve the lives of your average brexit voter, I do not know. It's certainly a funny way of 'taking back control'.

AHoleInTheWorld · 20/09/2018 14:05
Biscuit
DollyWilde · 20/09/2018 14:05

See, i'm not so sure this will happen. Inititally, banks will be cautious, but after a while they will be more open to lending and they won't be contrained by the affordability and stringent lending criteria which was imposed on us by the EU.

Following the sub-prime mortgage crisis, I'm actually rather keen on stringent lending criterias.

GhostofFrankGrimes · 20/09/2018 14:05

There isn't going to be a deal that doesn't harm Britain. This is now about damage limitation. The UK's international reputation is damaged, jobs/businesses have already gone.

This is now the point to be looking out for your own families interests depending on how bad you think Brexit will be. Anything from stockpiling food/medicine, saving extra money to acquiring a passport from another EU member state if you are eligible.

OnceUponATimeInAmerica · 20/09/2018 14:05

Any theoretical wage increase Hmm will be massively outweighed by the already evident increase in cost of living.

averylongtimeago · 20/09/2018 14:05

This threads shows how leavers and remainers differ.
Remainers: I'm worried about xyz because of abc reasons
Leavers: you lost, stfu , I'm bored of this, blue passports.

MrsMWA · 20/09/2018 14:05

Not all old people voted out. My 80 year old dad is a die hard remoaner, I think the stress of it all may actually kill him.

MissSingerbrains · 20/09/2018 14:05

YANBU

Statistics show that today’s 18 and 19-year-olds - who were too young to vote in the referendum - are overwhelmingly pro remain. Why the hell is these young people’s future being decided by a generation who will be dead in the next decade? Angry

People’s Vote is the only way.

1tisILeClerc · 20/09/2018 14:06

( lower house prices, more jobs, and higher paid jobs.)
How do you figure this when Mr Hammond has stated there will be curts, cuts and more cuts in his last forecast.
If you don't like his decision, listen to the head of the IMF who review ALL country's financial positions.
If you think you know better, please have a word with Mrs May as she hasn't a clue.

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow1 · 20/09/2018 14:07

Following the sub-prime mortgage crisis, I'm actually rather keen on stringent lending criterias.

It's silly stringent lending criterias that have left hundreds of thousands of people at the mercy of the private rental sector in this country because they are deemed not be able to afford the monthly mortgage repayments which are often considerably less than they are paying in private rent.

NameChanger22 · 20/09/2018 14:08

Wow namechanger, what an awful attitude!

No it isn't, it's more than they deserve. I hardly know any leavers, apart from a few cruel racists at work. Why should I ever help any of them when they're screwing up everything for everyone?

Notonthestairs · 20/09/2018 14:09

Bank lending will be contingent on even larger deposits. And we all know how easy it is to save a deposit whilst renting.

Cobblersandhogwash · 20/09/2018 14:09

Ask your banks about being able to use your bank cards in the EU after March 2019.

Just ask them if they are certain it's possible.

DollyWilde · 20/09/2018 14:09

It's silly stringent lending criterias that have left hundreds of thousands of people at the mercy of the private rental sector in this country because they are deemed not be able to afford the monthly mortgage repayments which are often considerably less than they are paying in private rent.

No, it's the issues of supply and demand, and the fact that we don't have rental protections in this country, which the government has been negligent in not implementing. The idea that 'renting is shit so everyone should be able to buy' is so incredibly short sighted. Renting is shit, let's regulate it and ensure that renters are protected.