tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492184650116235587.post2109646481601915128..comments2023-07-21T10:12:34.523+01:00Comments on Jack Frost: My view on why Brexit Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492184650116235587.post-24917426524748463412016-06-28T22:06:19.925+01:002016-06-28T22:06:19.925+01:00Very interesting to get your perspective. I didn&#...Very interesting to get your perspective. I didn't even know about this until after the vote - but at least I wasn't eligible to participate. I've heard "What is the EU?" has been one of the most common Google searches by the British SINCE the vote! Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978016568840318921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492184650116235587.post-60560563061235176792016-06-28T00:13:48.231+01:002016-06-28T00:13:48.231+01:00Ohh the establishment was invested alright. The is...Ohh the establishment was invested alright. The issue was they sold the EU as something that was causing all the bad things imposed on people. Like with the state government blaming the federal in DC for all the bad stuff while claming all the nice stuff for themselves.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492184650116235587.post-44577695913236275122016-06-27T19:31:33.497+01:002016-06-27T19:31:33.497+01:00Seems to be a common problem everywhere.Seems to be a common problem everywhere.Pumpkin Delight (Kimberly)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15754292671421221960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492184650116235587.post-50776509970285296302016-06-27T17:51:54.093+01:002016-06-27T17:51:54.093+01:00Oh I'd say you are pretty spot on with most of...Oh I'd say you are pretty spot on with most of what you say. <br />And yes, 75% of under 25s voted for in. Of course they didn't vote in sufficient numbers to really matter.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492184650116235587.post-65829886780049369442016-06-27T16:44:49.103+01:002016-06-27T16:44:49.103+01:00Like Kimberly says... it's hard to truly under...Like Kimberly says... it's hard to truly understand or relate, not actually living there and experiencing it. It seems to me, not having adopted the currency in the first place, indicated the UK wasn't 100% invested in the EU. <br /><br />It does seem that now folks are starting to realize what a major decision it was - after the fact. All the more reason folks should be very, very informed before casting a vote! And of course it's had worldwide ramifications. <br /><br />It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492184650116235587.post-14047642431997082062016-06-27T06:45:32.890+01:002016-06-27T06:45:32.890+01:00It's hard to respond only reading about it and...It's hard to respond only reading about it and not living it, not really understanding all the nuts and bolts of it. The things I've read and watched have made it seem that, once again, the poor and the immigrants are being blamed for financial crises rather than the decisions and/or policies that got them there...for example your mention of ignoring infrastructure issues. There have been a lot of hateful things said about certain groups of people (the videos!?!?! yuck), and that is bothersome to me, like a smokescreen for a much larger issue. There's a great quote in "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine" by Michael Lewis (also in the movie)... <br />“Banks took the money the American people gave them, and they used it to pay themselves huge bonuses and lobby the congress to kill big reform. And then they blamed immigrants and poor people, and this time even teachers. And after all was said and done only one single banker went to jail.” <br />But, I could be completely off base, as I don't feel like I've got a good handle on all the ins and outs of what went down in the UK this past week. Does the support for/against also seem generational too? Pumpkin Delight (Kimberly)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15754292671421221960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492184650116235587.post-36559867234422370932016-06-26T23:22:02.916+01:002016-06-26T23:22:02.916+01:00No, they weren't in Schengen, but that's b...No, they weren't in Schengen, but that's been put on hold because of the migrants for the hell in Syria and North Africa. Lots of the Schengen members re-erected border controls.<br />And on the currency, they aren't the only members of the EU that stayed out. And at the time I was delighted they remained out of the €uro.<br />But on the whole I think neither the UK or Ireland should be inside the EU. We play the game of the privateer, like you frankly, and the Europeans aren't so intent on speculation from risky borrowing. But mostly it's a question of how the banks play with the housing market in the anglo centric economies, and mostly without any legal protections for the tenant. Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492184650116235587.post-61287800217372845062016-06-26T22:45:21.642+01:002016-06-26T22:45:21.642+01:00An interesting take on it and how it got out of ha...An interesting take on it and how it got out of hand... Thanks for sharing. Personnally I am not sure where I would be on it if I was a Brit, but probably for remaining cause they really weren't in it with passport control and with their own currency sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.com