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please can you tell me any benefits of brexit

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battenburg100 · 04/04/2024 18:04

Hi everyone
I am desperate to find any advantages to brexit as I can't find any.
I am willing to hear of any success stories.

Travel abroad has become much harder - the issue with any extra months on a 10 year passport and the right number of months left on the passport - think 3 or 6 months.

Hiring a car abroad is harder - so much more extra paper work.

Much harder to live abroad due to the demand of certain amount in a bank account.

My sister who lives in Spain has had alot of barriers due to Brexit, in relation to coming back to living in the Uk and even her driving licence, in Spain now is not transferable - which wasnt the case before brexit.

I also find that travel abroad is even harder than ever - especially with this upcoming October when we have the implementation of the new ETIAS and the visa issue for whatever country we want to visit.

Has anything good from Brexit? Am I missing something?

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BottomsDown · 04/04/2024 18:10

What was the slogan they had on the bus?
Something about loads more money for the NHS. ?! 😀

betterangels · 04/04/2024 18:12

People said all this and were villified. Sunny uplands though...

fungipie · 04/04/2024 18:13

Simply, NO, there are NONE.

GoingJacobsandRitz · 04/04/2024 18:14

Blue passports! We got blue passports again! That's the only reason I voted....😐

itsturtlesallthewaydown · 04/04/2024 18:16

But this isn't the Brexit everyone wanted. Apparently it's not Brexity enough.

Funny though because it's exactly the Brexit the rest of us were fucking warning about.

Kikibee · 04/04/2024 18:16

Fuxking hate brexshit, it was a lie sold to the ill informed by those lying tories.

Deathbyfluffy · 04/04/2024 18:18

When is that big red bus with millions upon millions for the NHS every week due to arrive?

youhavenoshameonyourface · 04/04/2024 18:18

It saved the NHS!!!!

Oh, hang on a minute . . . .

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 04/04/2024 18:18

Well it's been at least a month since the last time we had this exact same thread, so I suppose it's overdue. 💩

CranfordScones · 04/04/2024 18:47

None of the issues you've outlined are problems of Brexit - they're problems of bureaucracy - and they could be solved at the stroke of a bureaucrat's pen.

To think that the solution to a few passport and car hire difficulties should be the surrender of sovereignty to a supranational parliament so weak that it can't even propose its own legislation is to miss the point by such a huge margin as to make it pointless debating with you.

Mixedvegetables · 04/04/2024 18:48

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 04/04/2024 18:18

Well it's been at least a month since the last time we had this exact same thread, so I suppose it's overdue. 💩

That'll be because we're all still a bit stunned ...

WorriedMum14679 · 04/04/2024 18:52

Completely fair to be asking this. There are no benefits and we’ve really shot ourselves in the foot.

Gingerbee · 04/04/2024 18:53

None

sleekcat · 04/04/2024 18:53

No, there are no benefits. Not a single one.

CanalduMidi · 04/04/2024 18:54

There are LOADS of benefits! All of them for the EU, none for the UK.

LittleBearPad · 04/04/2024 18:55

CranfordScones · 04/04/2024 18:47

None of the issues you've outlined are problems of Brexit - they're problems of bureaucracy - and they could be solved at the stroke of a bureaucrat's pen.

To think that the solution to a few passport and car hire difficulties should be the surrender of sovereignty to a supranational parliament so weak that it can't even propose its own legislation is to miss the point by such a huge margin as to make it pointless debating with you.

Ah the pass agg ‘there’s no point arguing this’ approach.

So beloved of people who don’t have a good argument.

Twoshoesnewshoes · 04/04/2024 18:56

One tiny singular benefit…
when anyone (justifiably) moans about the festering pile of rat wank that is all things Brexit, you can say
’Brexit means Brexit!’

FabulousWealthyTart · 04/04/2024 18:56

No. There are none and there were never going to be any.
It's all shit.

SpinyNorma · 04/04/2024 18:57

Let's not be hyperbolic. There aren't "none". They are just completely trivial and don't add up to a single thousandth of the benefit of being in the largest free trading bloc in the world

Fallenangelofthenorth · 04/04/2024 18:59

You can buy duty free cigarettes at the airport now

ButWhatAboutTheBees · 04/04/2024 19:02

We got the Covid vaccine much earlier...

And those issues mentioned are more to do with the EU being pissy we left and making it harder... like its their fault because they didn't want us to leave. Its like leaving someone and them being deliberately obtuse over things to punish you

ArchaeoSpy · 04/04/2024 19:03
  1. Sovereignty: Brexit proponents argue that leaving the EU allows the UK to regain control over its laws, borders, and regulations. This means that decisions affecting the UK are made by its own institutions rather than by the EU.
  2. Trade Independence: Supporters suggest that outside the EU, the UK can negotiate trade deals tailored to its own interests and priorities. They believe that this could lead to better trade arrangements with non-EU countries and potentially boost the UK's economy.
  3. Regulatory Flexibility: Leaving the EU would enable the UK to set its own regulations and standards, free from EU directives. This could offer more flexibility for businesses and potentially reduce regulatory burdens.
  4. Control over Immigration: Brexit supporters often highlight the issue of immigration control as a key advantage. Leaving the EU would mean the UK can implement its own immigration policies, potentially reducing the number of immigrants and giving priority to skilled workers.
  5. Budgetary Savings: With Brexit, the UK would no longer be required to contribute to the EU budget. Brexit proponents argue that this could result in savings that can be redirected to domestic priorities such as healthcare, education, or infrastructure.

Source: Google/Wikipedia

MyOtherCarisAVauxhallZafira · 04/04/2024 19:04

Missing the point but we hired a car in Greece last summer and it was no more difficult than it had been the tens of dozens of times we've done it before? Book online, sign the insurance waiver and contract when you get there, show them your licence, get the keys....

Also the new passports look black runs

fungipie · 04/04/2024 19:05

CranfordScones · 04/04/2024 18:47

None of the issues you've outlined are problems of Brexit - they're problems of bureaucracy - and they could be solved at the stroke of a bureaucrat's pen.

To think that the solution to a few passport and car hire difficulties should be the surrender of sovereignty to a supranational parliament so weak that it can't even propose its own legislation is to miss the point by such a huge margin as to make it pointless debating with you.

Shortages of food and medicines, and chemicals needed for water treatment. Massive price hikes for everything, and even more for necessary imports. Our agriculture and fisheries being sold down the river for nonsense deals t'other side of the world. NI isolated and at huge risk- and so much more. And our biodiversity at massive risks from dangerous, uncontrolled imports. On and on, Ariston and on.

So instead of spewing this oft repeated drivel CranfordScones- how about giving us a clear list of Benefits so far. Now THAT would be interesting. But we all know why you chose to say what you did, instead of giving us a list- dont' we?