What does the rest of the world make of Brexit?

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As above really. What do you make of Brexit if you're not in the UK?
I don't want this to happen, no one i know (that will admit it anyway) wants this to happen.

No idea why anyone would be thick enough to have ever listened to that frog-faced cunt Farage who is an MEP who stands to gain a huge pension off the back of the EU and is married to a German woman and who will fuck off back to Europe if he hasn't already.

Will have to tell them about the prepping and see how they react. Not sure if they’ll believe me though.

Speaking to a Swedish couple yesterday who said the British need to wake up to the fact they can’t go back to having an Empire.....

Clavinova, polls are just that. You can find ones out there that support Hitler.

There's a couple of posters on here who demonstrate why there should never have been a referendum. They seem to think they are going to return to an idyllic Britain which never existed in the first place. I wonder how they will cope when the reality kicks in.

Peregrina hands up, I said not my circus on one of the brexit threads, but it wasn't in a I don't care way, I'm very invested in this!

I can't remember which one I said it on but it could have been sarcasm or forgetting to put in the rolling eye face afterwards but it wasn't surfer. There's enough wrong with what she says but that wasn't her.

I'm in Cyprus and the locals are agog at the whole saga. My Cypriot friends want to talk about it all the time and can't believe that the people voted to leave.

They think we are a bunch of idiots and that is me being polite.

My American relatives mentioned Brexit several times when I visited (6 weeks ago). Their politics range from firm Republicans who loathed HRC to no political views to radical lefties. Nobody expressed support for Brexit; my dad is especially appalled. Everyone was agog when I said the contrary Brits would vote by an even big margin to Leave if another vote (I genuinely believe that). Because so many British voters resent being asked again & don't truly like democracy.

Irish family started off thinking it was hilarious, bizarre, bonkers! Now think it’s a dreadful, dreadful mistake we will come to regret.

American in laws can’t understand how a tiny country like the UK would cut ties with a power bloc like the EU. They think it’s completely nuts.

Says it all.

Aussie/Kiwi living in the Netherlands.

Brexit doesn't really make the news much here. The immigration department has dealt smoothly and fairly with UK citizens living here, with the aim of ensuring they experience the least disruption possible.

I'm watching it closely as I was living in the UK when the referendum happened and was dismayed. Not dismayed by wanting to leave the EU, that's a nuanced conversation, but at the complete lack of understanding and preparation.

Now I'm just sad for the everyday citizens whose lives will be unnecessarily affected in a negative way.

When I bring it up in conversation locally there is a genuine bafflement, as if the UK went out of its way to ensure it created the maximum number of problems for itself.

I was living in Asia at the time of the referendum, they seemed pretty positive about it despite my best efforts to explain my concerns! What part of Asia? Positive in what way? Before and since the referendum I have been in Australia, China, Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia and everywhere I go everyone, especially the taxi drivers, just want to know how this collective madness took hold. Quite a bit of anticipation too, that hubris will meet its karma, especially in former colonies. Perhaps they were as a Chinese colleague put it, circling the soon to be sick man of Europe like vultures anticipating the chance to pick over the bones.......

Maybe India thought it was a good chance to take more business from the UK and since we need them more than they need us, more visas would be forthcoming?

Check this eejit out:

www.her.ie/amp/news/petition-ireland-rejoin-united-kingdom-448495

Hilariously deluded!

I can't believe he's got 2000 signatures!

Is it wrong that part of me wants him to get the signatures, for it to go to a vote, just so we can democratically yell 'I WILL IN ME HOLE!' across the sea?

'Rejoin'????? Like we had a choice in the matter! And we didn't 'leave' - we had a revolution. No thanks mate. This is your shitshow. You're welcome to it.

I really want it to end up with enough votes to be discussed in parliament. It would be fucking hilarious. Sure come over and join the North, it’ll be grand. Never mind that the majority of us up here are remainers! !

I'd sign his petition. I also put Jedi on my census form.

Sometimes you have to.

US and Irish citizen in new england. People where I live mostly regard it as a disaster that comes from the same place as Trump's election - two fingers to the establishment from people who can't think beyond cliches and soundbites. Except, bad as Trump is - and god he is bad - he could be out in 2 years. Brexit looks like it will be forever.

NPR often runs segments talking to people in UK who support brexit - fishermen saying everything will be great again once UK is out of the EU plus pundits talking about possibilities and Irish politicians and journalists explaining the GFA to everyone. They had an interview with Nicola Sturgeon today. We get quite a bit of coverage of it.

The best line was on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me where they described the epic defeat of Teresa May's vote in parliament as "it is like when daddy and mummy tell you they are getting divorced but don't worry because they love you very much and it will all be alright and then daddy goes out and sets himself alight on the front lawn"

As an Irish citizen I am shocked that the Government of Great Britain had so little thought for a painstakingly crafted international treaty that required so much sacrifice from both sides in NI and the republic and on the back of that sacrifice created a robust peace in a part of Great Britain that had been roiled in civil war, death, hatred, and misery. The tories carelessly tossed it - and their word - aside so as to keep part of the conservative party happy. There were families on both sides who had kept quiet in great pain while the murderers of their loved ones were released. They made that sacrifice because of the promise of peace and a better future for their children. All tossed aside - along with any hope of ever trusting the signature of great britain on a treaty - and for what?

I suppose in fairness, I am shocked but hardly surprised. The GFA was supposed to release all the parties from blindly following the path they had always followed. the conservatives missed that bit - thick fuckers.

Australia is watching you head over the cliff in utter disbelief.

I'm English in Australia and actually not a single person has asked me about it.

We'll survive Trump-we have had dreadful presidents before. This shit is permanent and so unneeded.

I'm in Australia, but I work with people from all over the world. I've seen reactions of bemusement, hilarity, pity, but mostly bewilderment about why the UK is about to jump off a cliff. Most of the British people I know here are pretty relieved they have got the hell out of dodge!

pallisers I agree with every word of your last post.