Hard brexit here we come!

The problem is that it turns out 'access to' is meaningless. Pre-referendum it meant we could retain tariff-free trade without freedom of movement. What does it mean now that we've learnt we can't have that?

Little-Englanders can have their country back whilst the rest of the world leaves them behind. I've never been so relieved to have dual-citizenship.

Leaving the earth would make us interplanetary.

I don't hate anyone. I don't hate anti-EU UK citizens. They're just idiots and will now pay the bill for their blind nationalism.

You cannot commit treason against the EU, but surely against the European idea, a highly valued concept in continental Europe. If pro-EU UK citizens don't feel the same way (how would you know anyway?) it just shows how shallowly anchored the European idea has been and is in the UK.



Oh, you very much tried that, but thank goodness Brussels wasn't having any of that and threw it back in your face. The speech today just showed that you have no way out anymore but the painful path of a hard exit. It's basically admitting that nothing worked out the way you planned. It was a walk of shame for wannabe dominatrix May.



You flatter yourself (something you lot like to do) if you call my casual glee an 'obsession'. I think you have much bigger things to worry about now.

could you elaborate upon this mix of vague impressions?

also..."little england" wasn't the only country that voted out - wales did too. are you calling them "little wales"? in fact, surely if the mentality of independence makes a country "little", then the EU should be called "the little EU" because they close themselves off from international trade via tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers (i.e. quotas, restrictive regulations, etc)? or from a completely different perspective, were all the former british colonies like india, pakistan, canada, australia, etc, becoming "little countries" just because they wanted independence from a higher legal authority? jeeeesh! in fact, why is scotland, a country that almost voted for independence *not* "little scotland" considering that fact compared to england and wales who merely wanted independence from a legal authority as opposed to one based on nationhood? this makes very little sense, doesn't it?
how is "the world" going to leave a hegemonic force like an independent UK behind? we are literally *the* most influential nation in the world in terms of diplomacy and non-military persuasion. we are also one of the wealthiest nations on the planet. why on *earth* would nations "leave us behind"? how come so many nations have already assented to their plans to freely trade with the UK? where is the logic?
why is your dual citizenship even remotely relevant? why would you leave the UK over brexit? how on earth would this have a drastic impact on your personal life? is this your claim that you are moving away simply because you feel like you don't belong in the UK any more? wow, what great democratic spirit you have. you lose one referendum and suddenly you kick your boots in and threaten to run away like a little kid does to their mum and dad?

Very happy with the announcement that we will be leaving the single market.
Im glad that we will be stopping large amounts of money given to EU and instead spending on our own priorities. I believe that NHS and other UK services shall recover as a result. Very happy indeed.

apparently, the pro-EU trolls would go that far.

Little-Englanders can have their country back whilst the rest of the world leaves them behind. I've never been so relieved to have dual-citizenship.

You know, we don't mind. Because we are Europeans, members of the same community, and help our brothers out. If I were paying taxes in Germany I wouldn't mind some of my tax Euros going to poorer nations. And that's the difference between us and you lot - empathy, solidarity, good-will, you lack all of those things. And that's why it's good you're out and will suffer badly.

There are also brexit racist trolls, do you see remainers undermining the brexit argument because of them?

Look, access to essentially reflects our trading arrangements at the moment.

We will be seeking full and broadest access to the single market, which is what we have as of now. Non-tariff barriers are more important than tariff barriers, especially for supply chains across the continent relying on exports to the UK. If the EU wants to be rational about this, and aim for a mutually advantageous strategic partnership between themselves and the UK, then they will ensure such barriers remain minimal.

The EU has a plethora of problems facing itself right now. The last thing it should do is raise trade barriers with its largest export market in the world. Fair enough if they do so to make a spiteful political point, and I wouldn't put it past them given their irrationality, but they will be digging their own grave.

I have been inclined to believe that this rhetoric surrounding FoM being intrinsically linked to free trade has been their reluctance to accept the result and their attempt to scare us into reconsideration. Faced with the reality of economic loss across the continent if they do not agree a comprehensive FTA with us, they should gradually come to their senses, but, again, dogma will probably convolute this. They will not be helping themselves.

Very happy with the announcement that we will be leaving the single market.
Im glad that we will be stopping large amounts of money given to EU and instead spending on our own priorities. I believe that NHS and other UK services shall recover as a result. Very happy indeed.

No, that would be 'member of'. 'Access to' the single market describes the position of just about every country in the world. It isn't a useful term at all.



In other words, we almost certainly won't achieve the mythical 'tariff free trade and full border control' deal that the leavers said we would, but this is in spite of the best efforts of our brave and noble politicians and the EU are nothing but big meanies cutting off their nose to spite their face.

In reality, it was never really on the cards. FoM and free trade within the single market are, and always have been, inseparable from one another. It is a fundamental principle of the EU and there can be no exceptions. We all knew this, really. The suggestion that we could have one without the other was just another of the many lies pedaled by the leave campaign.

How do you even fit yourself that far up your own ****?

You want to know how it affects me? Well for starters, Brexit is going to be absolutely crippling for scientific research into UK, the career I want to go into. This country's total lack of interest in helping young people makes my future prospects depressing enough without giving my chosen career a metaphorical kick in the groin. There are other countries in the world that have genuine respect for young people and those involved in research.

I've listened to democracy in this country. This country's democratic consensus appears to be one of anti-intellectualism where somebody's uninformed opinion is just as valued as the views of the experts, who have been censored by being branded as the 'filthy elite', whilst the genuine elite are continuously being given more and more power.

It's too stupid for me, I've had enough - this referendum is just the tip of the iceberg. I feel absolutely no connection to the prevailing xenophobic views in this country. You can ridicule it as much as you want, but I don't feel welcome here and my European parent who has lived here for decades certainly doesn't.

I'm not trying to overturn democracy. I'm saying that the democratic decision is utterly moronic and I don't want to have to suffer just because the British population appears to have forgotten the purpose of the organ between their ears.

Could you please give me one reason why I shouldn't leave given that my future prospects would be significantly better elsewhere?

"There can be no democractic choice against the European treaties." That is the quote by one Jean-Claude Juncker which pretty much sums up the EU in many people's eyes right now.