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UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

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Re: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

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If they decide to rejoin at some point, perhaps the EU could demand elimination of the pound.

Plenty (8 of 27) of EU countries don't use the Euro. Denmark, Sweden, Norway for example.

Norway is actually not a member of the EU, but Denmark and Sweden are correct.

Re: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

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Yay. Now we're free. Oh wait, no, it's just that absolutely everything got harder, more expensive, more nationalistic, more pathetic and sad. It's all incredibly depressing. Here's hoping our kids manage to vote us back in as soon as those Tory f's are out.

> Here's hoping our kids manage to vote us back in New old people are created every day. So I wouldn't necessarily count on it. I hope you're right though.

I think there's still a fairly dangerous element of colonialism which will get phased out as that whole era drops from memory. Here's hoping, anyway.

Re: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

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As a Scotsman, this is a sad day. My only hope is that we leave the Union and that Ireland can work out it's differences and pursue reunification. There is nothing else left for it. A tragic time to be British and nothing to celebrate here.

As an Englishman, I'm entirely in favor of Scottish independence. It would save us a considerable amount of money.

Re: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

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Is it really that big of a deal? Was it worth years of discussion and one upmanship from both sides of the debate. It’s a bit annoying, but the UK could emerge stronger or weaker from the whole situation. One thing’s for sure, I wish we spent the last 4 years preparing for a 2020 scenario instead.

"it's a bit annoying". WTF?

It's a synonym for "it doesn't impact me in my life so I don't care, and people who are affected by it should just shut up"

Re: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

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> Good riddance to [...] bureaucracy

Oh, you ain’t seen nothing yet, in terms of bureaucracy. Behold these wonderful documents that the UK government cleverly sneaked out on on NYE when no-one was looking: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-border-operat...

Small businesses with EU customers or inputs are going to have to deal with bureaucratic crap on a scale that most of them will never have seen before.

Re: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agree. I personally think Labour blew it, big time. But: the lies that got us out of the EU were pretty unstoppable. Selling an out message on the back of sensationalist, shock messages was an easy PR hit. We'll see. Personally, I'll always feel and be European. I reckon we'll be back.

It's perfectly consistent to feel European and also feel that EU membership is not a net positive for the UK. Being pro-Brexit does not make one less of a European.

Um. Finding it hard to parse this..?

Re: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

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Our civilization is about to face its darkest hour. We need everyone working together, not just in the EU. Instead this type of isolationist response seems to be what we are going for, not just in the UK but the US and other places. Very sad that we don't seem to have learned much form the history of the civilizations that came before us.

Re: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

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Yay. Now we're free. Oh wait, no, it's just that absolutely everything got harder, more expensive, more nationalistic, more pathetic and sad. It's all incredibly depressing. Here's hoping our kids manage to vote us back in as soon as those Tory f's are out.

Personal opinion.

Tribalism prevails, humans have no fix. Perhaps in another reality or dimension it is conceivable for people to come together and form a truly resourceful world government.

Wait till you see how the lack of world coordination keeps this virus thriving in half of the planet. While we plot beautiful statistics to show which tribe has less cases in a non-uniform response.

Hail the great UK for awakening the UKIP with their fantastic referendum promise to reduce pest immigrants to hundreds. The UK had it long coming, the country lives in the 19th century, never moved towards becoming a modern republic. And now, people are shocked we voted out of the EU. Bad news is old news.

It is the UK's tradition to be a lone fighter in favour of customary nationalistic tribalism and island mentality. Worse of it is that it ended up waking up the dormant retarded far right around the world. Hell yea! great way to start 2021 UK!.

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