just such a shame we never got the second referendum.

like nearly 4 years and countless rejected deals, what people had innitially voted for was never capable of being delivered, i had hoped that with conservative only winning with 40% vote they'd have compromised out of respect.

but no over half the seats, fuck the majority amirite, i hope the UK dissolves and the component states rejoin the EU, the status of destroying a country is all the current manipulative parliament deserves.

Ain't /you/ a ray of sunshine... yeesh..

As a citizen of the United States, I've heard and read about some pretty bad things going on with the EU... such as about how the EU is essentially a council-based dictatorship, forcing its policies on its member countries... much of which is pretty bad. This includes stifling free speech and free expression. This video gives a brief rundown of what's up with the EU, and approaches it from a philosophical standpoint. Sources the video used are in its description.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2hxeG5Bh_U

Whilst the video linked does bring up some decent points, those being that the EU had started to over step its boundaries and become a bit of a Nanny State, the UK itself has been a Nanny state for a long time before this and is now turning into a Police State given the significant amount of Surveillance measures that have been put in place by the government, be it on the Internet, out in the streets or even in privacy (I know this due to working in security) along with other rights it has been looking to limit. It is unfortunately also outdated due to the shift in Government that was shown at the last election.

The biggest problem comes now that those that are in control of the UK do not have the best interests for its people in their mind and are looking for a fight where ever they can so as to use it as a reason to explain why the UK isn't doing as well as it could be. Just this week the saber rattling shown by Boris and his compatriots stating they are unwilling to listen to any offers given by the EU with regards to trade paints a bad picture of what’s to come. If they can't be seen to play nice with their nearest neighbours, it doesn't bode well for striking up other sorts of deals with the rest of the world as other countries will see their unwillingness to compromise as more work than it is worth and will walk away, only offering the worst of deals when the UK eventually comes looking desperately for something. Openness to compromise whilst also showing some resistance is needed, not one or the other.

Along with this, I fear there will be a race to the bottom when it comes to workers rights and social protection. With the little resistance left in place now, I can see holiday entitlement, guaranteed sick pay, benefits, standards and so many other things that were once protected by the EU slowly be chipped away at by those in power, pushing us close to how the US is currently. And this is some truly frightful to myself.

Breaking away from the EU... to start doing the same things that prompted the break up with the EU in the first place? Something doesn't add up. Is there an issue in Britain, too, with a lot of the mainstream media playing up false narratives? Over here, the media is trying to make Trump look bad when he has done a whole lot more to help the country than the Democrats have been. Over there, it might be something comparable. It might be a good idea to do some deeper research into media bias in Britain, and see if it's a similar case over there.

Though, this assumes the media telling lies detail is in play.