Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

please can you tell me any benefits of brexit

323 replies

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?

OP posts:
Thread gallery
6
PotBelliesGiveGoodLoving · 04/04/2024 19:09

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. 💩

I blame the clocks going forward. normality has now returned.

SpinyNorma · 04/04/2024 19:09

Alstreena · 04/04/2024 19:00

Civil servant here. This is absolute tosh. If you genuinely believe that a report which has greater recognition of Stornoway black pudding as a headline benefit of Brexit and zero assessment of overall benefit vs the loss of the Single Market, free movement and membership of umpteen cooperation fora as a reasonable piece of evidence then I am very sorry for you.

We have ministers getting in touch all the time asking us to pan the septic tank of Brexit for the gold of leaving. They have zero idea what it is even though they campaigned for it. There is none.

Alstreena · 04/04/2024 19:11

SpinyNorma · 04/04/2024 19:09

Civil servant here. This is absolute tosh. If you genuinely believe that a report which has greater recognition of Stornoway black pudding as a headline benefit of Brexit and zero assessment of overall benefit vs the loss of the Single Market, free movement and membership of umpteen cooperation fora as a reasonable piece of evidence then I am very sorry for you.

We have ministers getting in touch all the time asking us to pan the septic tank of Brexit for the gold of leaving. They have zero idea what it is even though they campaigned for it. There is none.

Show quote history

OK,
That's your opinion.
We're all entitled to have one.

fungipie · 04/04/2024 19:19

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

Oh dear! Please!

So you believe the EU should let the UK have all the advantages of being in the EU, on trade, import and exports, employment, reciprocal agreements and rights- without us being in 'the club' and contributing to it.

Just amazingly incredible. Pissy!

fungipie · 04/04/2024 19:21

We got the Covid vaccine a tad earlier, and at a hugely bigger price- and then completely blowed it all up by not locking up early enough and allowing the elderly to return to care homes, etc, without any checks- and to spread like wild fire!

WaitingfortheTardis · 04/04/2024 19:21

Nigel Farage doesn't seem to be on the television quite so often. That's the only one.

SpinyNorma · 04/04/2024 19:22

Alstreena · 04/04/2024 19:11

OK,
That's your opinion.
We're all entitled to have one.

Show quote history

True.

Flat Earthers, lizard people theorists and moon landing truthers are also entitled to their opinions. But... ya know.

Alstreena · 04/04/2024 19:23

WaitingfortheTardis · 04/04/2024 19:21

Nigel Farage doesn't seem to be on the television quite so often. That's the only one.

Obviously you aren't watching GB news !

WaitingfortheTardis · 04/04/2024 19:24

Alstreena · 04/04/2024 19:23

Obviously you aren't watching GB news !

Show quote history

Most definitely not, I didn't think many people were!

Alstreena · 04/04/2024 19:24

SpinyNorma · 04/04/2024 19:22

True.

Flat Earthers, lizard people theorists and moon landing truthers are also entitled to their opinions. But... ya know.

Show quote history

Exactly.

“I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” ― Voltaire

Alstreena · 04/04/2024 19:27

WaitingfortheTardis · 04/04/2024 19:24

Most definitely not, I didn't think many people were!

Show quote history

Oh you'd be surprised.....!

DanielGault · 04/04/2024 19:27

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

Dear me, you really bought the hype there didn't you?

MrsDandelion · 04/04/2024 19:30

In support of SpinyNorma I am also a civil servant and also was asked to contribute to the Brexit Benefits pile of tosh! It scrapes a very empty barrel.

SparklyBracelet · 04/04/2024 19:31

fungipie · 04/04/2024 19:19

Oh dear! Please!

So you believe the EU should let the UK have all the advantages of being in the EU, on trade, import and exports, employment, reciprocal agreements and rights- without us being in 'the club' and contributing to it.

Just amazingly incredible. Pissy!

Show quote history

That’d be like me not joining the gym but expecting them to let me use their equipment

SeismicSalad · 04/04/2024 19:34

We joke that we quite like the passport stamps. It doesn’t quite make up for absolutely everything else being worse though (including the queues for those lovely stamps)

Exdonkeylover · 04/04/2024 19:35

Didn't loads of people vote so we could have our borders back? You know, the borders we had in place the whole time we were in the EU? As we never adopted the Schengin agreement (can't be bothered to see how it's spelt. Apologies)

Sometimes people don't really know what they're voting for and just do it out of anger. With no thought of the consequences

SparklyBracelet · 04/04/2024 19:36

We shot ourselves in the foot and caused an exodus of lots of foreign nurses that we needed

Delawear · 04/04/2024 19:38

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.

😂😂😂😂😂 is this a parody?

If all the problems can be solved at the stroke of a pen, why haven’t they been solved already?

A few passport and car hire difficulties? I take it you don’t run a business that traded in the EU?

fungipie · 04/04/2024 19:39

SparklyBracelet · 04/04/2024 19:36

We shot ourselves in the foot and caused an exodus of lots of foreign nurses that we needed

Not just nurses, care staff, doctors, dentists, and many many more. And they won't be back either!

OhmygodDont · 04/04/2024 19:39

It brings us many many threads years and years down the line to read. Killing boredom

SparklyBracelet · 04/04/2024 19:40

fungipie · 04/04/2024 19:39

Not just nurses, care staff, doctors, dentists, and many many more. And they won't be back either!

Show quote history

Yep. And no, they won’t

Brexile · 04/04/2024 19:41

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

Edited

There's a lot of "Brexit proponents argue that..." in your post. We've all heard those arguments. But have you seen any real, tangible Brexit benefits with your own eyes? If you have, you're in a minority of one.

HRTQueen · 04/04/2024 19:43

Nigel Farage isn’t on Question Time every other week

fungipie · 04/04/2024 19:43

Brexile · 04/04/2024 19:41

There's a lot of "Brexit proponents argue that..." in your post. We've all heard those arguments. But have you seen any real, tangible Brexit benefits with your own eyes? If you have, you're in a minority of one.

Show quote history

Indeed, none of these 'so-called' promises have come to fruition- not a single one.