I'm happy that it seems like a lot of people appreciate the speed of his speech, but I'm stuck with 1.25x speed being a little too slow for me, and 1.5x speed being a little too fast. I wish KZfaq had more options there

instablaster.

I know. Its a reminder that there are intelligent people out there. Just a shame political standards have fallen so low that politicians get away with whatever they want to say.

It is a great pity that mainstream media seems to report only what the politicians say/do.

Goebbels said the bigger the lie the easier it is too be believed?True perhaps if you add on as was the case for Goebbels,when you control the press?

Agree. Everything else is opinions without evidence. Our media simply pair off opposing opinions in interviews to the masses and the one who seems to perform best becomes the influential voice. This has nothing to do with truth.

ronnie davies The UK can extradite foreign EU citizens with no income. The UK government hasn’t done so yet, but you cannot blame the EU for that. There’s poverty in the UK but also enormous wealth. That has nothing to do with the EU but with the appallingly low minimal wages and tax policies. It’s typical that you blame multiculturalism for the problems you mention. It’s not like those rich foreigners exploit the poor white British people, is it? London, the most multiculti city, voted for remain while the predominantly white countryside vote for leave.

@ronnie davies what i never understood, you had the right to throw immigrants out of the country if they couldnt find a job after 3 month. That was your right. You come to the UK, you couldnt find a job after 3 month, OK your are out! Simple.So, why didnt you apply this right? You wouldnt have an innigration problem. This was your right, even within the EU?? The immigartion "of undesirable-and unemployable people to our country" and membership to the EU was unrelated. You could throw out each and every immigrant after 3 month. But you choose not to.....?

Yeah you mean like your government have?

As British but english person we can only wish that Germany would have acted as intelligent calm and dignified before they embarked on two world wars so l guess it was a good day that us British had the guts to raise to those moments, you rude German.

I don't understand why you think voting to leave is undignified?

he seems like a clever guy. but lets not confuse legal with lawful.

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Yep. A Judge from the General Court of the European Union is definitely qualified to speak on this matter. Though, I would argue that many sovereign countries manage on a bilateral level, some more prosperous than the UK. Though complicated(Note: all international relations are complicated) standards, equivalence, etc, in medicine, food, agriculture, science, aviation, etc, etc exist outside organisations like the EU. I would argue that doing it by half would be the most damaging outcome.

I don't think Zealotry is the right answer here. Just like claiming complicated things are just representations of something simple seems kind of unlikely. Just because there are similarities does not mean it's the same. There is a reason many modern states are considered to have socialist policies, yet use an capitalist economic system and a democratic system of governance. It's because each have features that are considered useful to combine with the others. And calling it subjugation seems like a twisting of the actual reality. A reality where the various people elected governments that did agree with each other to do such things. Thinking in conspiracies when it all happened quite upfront and honestly is also unreasonable. As such I think your characterization of the matter is quite unfair and does not represent actual reality.

This gentleman understands detail, there is nothing more irritating to an idialog than detail.

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And you consider yourself not of the common intellectual clay, eh Gordon?

UK was refused entry to EEC; more than once if I remember correctly my history. How is EU UK's "biggest achievement"?

The Precursor to the EU was set up by the US. They convinced Germany and France to form an alliance with the hope they would stop fighting each other.

Yes, To put it another way: 'Is massive cock-up'.

@endintiers. Well yeah, if you want to be plain and simple about it. But than you're not showing off how smart you can make yourself sound. And isn't that the whole point of KZfaq comment sections?

It can't ever suddenly seem like you were never in the EEC then the EU over the last 46 years. You can't say (i.e. think) how much better off you would be right now and then 11pm on 29th March 2019 if you were never in them, and think you would suddenly be as well off per 11pm on 29th March 2019 at some point in the future if you never were in them. The UK after 29th March 2019 after it leaves it will never suddenly be as well off or anything near as they think they would have been had they never joined the EEC back in 1973. And UK will be worse off after leaving the EU than by remaning in it.

shut up - what do you know. 20 yrs from now there will be no EU. Its our country and we want out.

Poorly prepared is for sure

oh don't bank on it sunshine. i know it's what you and many others would like to see. but trust me........ ;)

I agree, Britain was always the slayer of Empires! The next one to fall will be the EU Empire, the British Empire failed because it fought 2 world wars when the world was in denial. When the US and Chinese Empires of today have to put their resources into a prolonged conflict, the EU will have to decide which side or not it will support. Dithering EU technocrats will inevitably lead to the downfall of the EU Empire as they will neither side with Russia or the US..... so bring it on!

@@glyntutt1586 spot on Glyn

@@glyntutt1586 I'm pretty sure they'll side with the US, what with most EU nations being part of NATO and all

After Brexit comes Ukexit with will shrink UK when Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales leaves UK then it’s only England or maybe continue to shrink to Mercia...

coatlennon I. Would be more afraid if I had family in the Eu because of its totalitarian authoritarian dictatorship rule , history has a way of repeating itself 1939 all over again coming to Europe mark my words ,but too many people have been brainwashed by MSM propaganda or they just too stupid

You should listen to this explanation for about 2 mins from about 9:55 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNx0dLpmuNDIkXk.html

+matthewsemple Oh that is a fabulous clip, thanks for that and for that channel! Very interesting, oddly enough I commented to a brexiteer just hours ago before seeing the clip about the same kinds of example, except I am talking about international trade agreements (since I am just a lay person from Asia) and Fintan trading with the EU which is more relevant. And I also have a different view of Theresa May's reasoning. And he is funny.

Life with added restrictions and being constantly hamstrung, "Nothing To Declare" etc is certainly no great life ahead.

So, "beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here"....

No, the tariffs are for all countries. The only way to put different tariffs on different countries is to make trade deal. That's why when the brexitters say "if the EU put tariffs on uk, we will put tariffs on them" is stupid. First because the EU won't put tariffs on uk, the tariffs will be the tariffs of third country which the uk will be. Second the tariff you put on butter will be available for every country in the wto.

ian forde A no deal Brexit means that every EU treaty will cease to exist for the UK. For example UK pilots won’t have a license to fly into ANY international air space. And the UK won’t even have an internationally recognized certification body to license any pilot. The same goes for the planes. Just 1 example... This is not project fear. This is just a very inconvenient practicality. The U.K. will need time to negotiate new treaties not only with the EU but also with the rest of the world. A ‘simple’ treaty will take at least 4 years. The more complex ones take 8 or 10 years. The current UK negotiators are under staffed, under payed and under qualified. Good luck if you want to negotiate all treaties with the EU and with every single other country that are currently covered by EU treaties. Meanwhile May and Johnson are quarreling about proposals that will never be accepted by the EU. A no deal Brexit going to be a loss for the EU but a disaster for the UK. Tmo it’s no less than criminal not to inform the British public about the of reality these things.

Speaks slowly... but his concerns.. didn't amount to much of significance. Amazingly... without the kindness of Brussels... we find ourselves with working laws, food in the shops, water in the taps and the lights still turn on, when we click the switch.

ahmen

Not a huge money spinner for the UK this brexit, in fact completely the opposite. No trading goldmine for the UK to tap into post brexit.

Well now they have £350M a week to spend on it 🤣

@@ainakamardine6556 No, that was going into the NHS, remember?

Daniel McCarthy Hi, That fantastic deal guaranteeing freedom of people services and goods already exists but it is what has been rejected by Brexit itself. The tragedy is that people had no idea whatsoever what the consequences of leaving would (will) be and also had no idea how sovereign each member state in the EU is. Listening to Theresa May and Boris Johnson is horrifying. It very much shows that the UK won’t be able to produce a proposal that would be acceptable to the 27 EU member states and to the UK parliament. The latter ironically being the hardest to my opinion.

That "however" there makes no logical sense.

Err I think you might want to check on the Swiss. Seems they aren't as compliant as many in the EU arrogantly assumed.

again this argument with Switzerland or Norway: they have to maintain freedom of movement and pay a huge sums into the EU budget without having the right to shape along. If that would be the result of Brexit that would be the stupidest thing Britain could do: you would have the same obligations, same costs (or even higher) with less rights. Remember that the UK as of now have a lot of exceptional regulations as an EU member....

Austen J Norway just has to pay and obey. For Switzerland it’s a bit more complicated resulting in all kinds of customs difficulties. Did you know that any member state can extradite any foreign EU person that costs money? The UK doesn’t do so but it would be perfectly legal under EU regulations.

Norway is part of EEA and they are using some of the EU directives and regulations. I would assume it depends on their agreement with EU due to EEA as to what specifically needs to be accepted from EU. Norway is also part of schengen so free movement in general applies. There is a wikipedia page on 'Norway-European_Union_relations' which has some statistics from 2010 (70% of EU directives and 17% of EU regulations in force).

Eduard van Raalte In relation to your second paragraph, what is your source? EU directives say that after being resident 5 years in an EU country you have every right to stay but this is being ignored by France who are using economic measures to decide who stays or leaves.

why would you like to hear about Norway etc? they have to adopt free movement, so there is no comparison as the uk does not want to adopt it.

Austen J The article 50 process doesn’t need to be revoked unilaterally. The 27 states would gladly welcome the revocation. Maybe the UK would loose it’s contribution discount but that would be all.

@@Conservator. The article 50 process cannot be revoked either unilaterally or with universal consent according to the text of Art 50. The Art 50 process can only be extended with universal consent, but not revoked/reversed. I find it quite extraordinary that the Scottish Court of Session didn't just throw out the claim brought by pro-Remainers and can only explain it rationally as showing a potentially biased Scottish court.

Can you list any benefits?

No, the consumer pays via the supply chain to reimburse the importer. This is realise by passing on WTO rates to the consumer, who out of pity (????) will buy the more expensive UK produced goods. I don't think so.

R W You are right about the tariffs and the market. It means that British goods will cost more in Europe while EU products will not be more expensive in the U.K. Or do you think that the French importer will sell UK products at a loss for old times sake?

Yes Eduard, that is what the English genuinely believe. They believe the rest of the planet is in awe of all things British.

Right - the consumer will pay in the end - either way.

Yes, how dare NATO members corporate!

Yeah, I kinda think you ran into your own limitations there.

Perhaps you simply reached the absolute outer limit of your own comprehension, huh?

and Unicorns breeding back as well.

It would be surprising if it were true.

I still buy bent cucumbers so that news is ridiculous. It was a regulation that merely sought to encompass standards applied to supermarket shelves. It was quickly changed when a furore arose to highlight the ridiculousness of it. The British media nit picked this information to death as they probably didn’t have anything or anyone else to have a go at at the time. What I’m more concerned about is any prospective trade deal with the USA that may allow gmo products to enter our country without them being labelled on any packaging. Or for that matter, substandard food from countries that we have to agree basic terms with on the wto rules. That and other products that may be of a substandard quality. Not entirely up on the rules for wto yet as I’m so busy reading the ‘deal’ agreement and other matters. I will get round to it soon I hope as it is important to be informed of my fate as a British citizen living in the uk.

@@amayastrata4629 The Question should never has arisen in the first place. I want Brexit to happen but I would never buy food from the USA. You will find I am sure that EU countries use the same chemicals in agriculture as USA.

I've never seen a straight banana before. So what Boris Johnson was talking was complete nonsense but knew that by saying it would whip up all those who despise the EU which includes the gutter right wing press into a frenzy.

The cucumber and banana story is misguided - the regulation, or rather classification, came from the UN's FAO in order to make exports from Africa easier, as there are several hundred types of bananas in Africa, not only what we would call a banana. These descriptions were for the ease of it sent to the EU, which made implementation a lot easier. It was NOT an EU idea ;)

That told him...

UK has no real written Constitution ? Only Magna Charta?

Yes Elena, that is correct. "Constitutional question" in the UK is categorically similar to "Caring for your unicorn."

No, millions were not allowed to vote and millions did not bother.

You need to agree to keep to those standards and that is what we have said we wouldn't do. When inside the EU the standards were set for all in the EU in a democratic manner. That is important.

Gunther H.G. Geick not even that..it was opend by accident

The wall was breached during Bush 41's Administration, not Ronnie Ray-Gun.

Isn't it always like that? You don't know what you've got till it's gone.

Ha Ha Ha, EU has existed long bevor Britain has joined , this is a typical arrogant remark of brexeteers.