If Brexit was ended tomorrow because it is terrible and no one wants it. What benefit would you miss the most? - ThreadSky

bladeofthes.bsky.social • 163 days ago

If Brexit was ended tomorrow because it is terrible and no one wants it.

What benefit would you miss the most?

Comments

deembe.co.uk•163 days ago

The Sovereignty, I mean what would we feed the kids?

kenosabi.bsky.social•163 days ago

Loss of control lol lol

bushmeister.mainbastards.online•163 days ago

mrshilary.bsky.social•163 days ago

I’d definitely miss the queueing at passport control, clutching my ‘about as much use as a wet till receipt from Sainsbury’s’ passport

mikeonlyone.bsky.social•163 days ago

😂

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

How about these?

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

attributionbias.bsky.social•163 days ago

Watching racists learn of consequences

seoirsemac.bsky.social•163 days ago

The word 'sovereignty' it is a thing of beauty..... means fuck all like but its a lovely word

realredjay.bsky.social•163 days ago

The red bus and the £350 million a week 🙄

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

You do know that the NHS is now getting over £750m more a week than it was in 2016?

Oh and here's a nice list for you to have a look at.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

cheshiremob.bsky.social•163 days ago

The one that no one has been able to find in the last 8 years. :D

milneorchid.bsky.social•163 days ago

I've enjoyed all those unicorns running through the sky.

slumplife.bsky.social•163 days ago

Looking as gullible as MAGAs.

mark-bloomfield.bsky.social•163 days ago

Because of Brexit I have made a great network of like minded people both online and in person, I am sure if it have never happened I would have met them through Skeptics in the Pub or similar events which seems to have gone since we all turned our attention to dealing with Brexit.

mark-bloomfield.bsky.social•163 days ago

No tangible benefits of Brexit itself though.

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

That's strange Mark, as I have a nice long list right here.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

singingscotswummin.bsky.social•163 days ago

The way it raised all the fools to the surface.

hattiej.bsky.social•163 days ago

Um.

afnotbricktop.bsky.social•163 days ago

jdiley.bsky.social•163 days ago

Feeling a nervously excited about this space, although embarrassing lonely. Please give me a follow and I will return the favour 😅

trispw.bsky.social•163 days ago

It's hard to begin with. I had over 3000 followers on Twitter... I think I may have around 30 here, but, I dare say it will come.

jdiley.bsky.social•163 days ago

Thanks.. bit daunting, but then the engagement on the other was terrible and depressing! I guess it served its purpose for the owner! New beginnings..

trispw.bsky.social•163 days ago

Absolutely. I think it was fine when it was Twitter, but then Musk got his hands on it and it nose dived and became a ghastly place to be. Interestingly, I read that the AI he so likes reckoned that HIS account was amongst the worst for false information. But glad to be here and glad to meet you.

consuelomarias.bsky.social•163 days ago

Welcome!
Followed.

grmpfl.bsky.social•163 days ago

have you tried a starter pack? trie adding your interests / background to your profile and continue reposting interesting things, thats a way to increase reading friendly and interesting people

marilynlaverty.bsky.social•163 days ago

Done

susannaamala5.bsky.social•163 days ago

Followed. 😊

lorrainepither.bsky.social•163 days ago

Done

sueb1.bsky.social•163 days ago

Done

coddiwompler.bsky.social•163 days ago

Nothing, were there any benefits apart from a few rich people getting richer?

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

How about these?

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

bootlebee.bsky.social•163 days ago

Exactly!

gordonh2o.bsky.social•163 days ago

The sovereignty thing that was such a huge benefit. Plus the NHS would miss their weekly £350 million. Well buses don't lie. Do they? 🤔

jacknapluc.bsky.social•163 days ago

The rather unattractive smugness I experience in convo with brexit voters who remain entirely unable to cite a tangible benefit. I love that feeling.

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Unable to cite a benefit?

Here's a nice long list - you're welcome.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

jacknapluc.bsky.social•163 days ago

Ah yes. But you miss my point. Those I talk to are unable to cite one single, concrete, tangible benefit to them. I imagine that's all they care about. They don't like me mentioning Brexit.

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Your point was that no one seemed to be able to cite examples.

I just gave you a nice long list.

I don't see what the problem is.

jacknapluc.bsky.social•163 days ago

No problem. I am responding to the original tweet which asked what I'd miss if Brexit was reversed. Feeling smug. It wasn't about whether there were any benefits. That's what you are talking about. Different debate.

geordie-barry.bsky.social•163 days ago

The sunlit uplands!

tashatwirl.bsky.social•163 days ago

Ah. See what you did there! 😏

davidjsteele.bsky.social•163 days ago

Benefits?

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Yep. Lots.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

mairsymoo.bsky.social•163 days ago

abintus1.bsky.social•163 days ago

Black passport

andreasomerset.bsky.social•163 days ago

Croatia is in the EU and has black passports... :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_passport

wattgfield.bsky.social•163 days ago

Well first of all there’s the… and obviously we err….. and the other thing, you know the one..

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Try looking here.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

roadofsheep.bsky.social•163 days ago

I enjoy the conversations in long passport queue's from like minded...

doufous.bsky.social•163 days ago

Being able to tell brexiteers they're braindead morons who believe everything that comes out of the screen in their living room.

etkwebster.bsky.social•163 days ago

robpitt.bsky.social•163 days ago

Definitely the Blue but not really Blue Passports

They couldn’t even not fuck that up.

mazza108.bsky.social•163 days ago

I’d miss that smug face of Farage - not!

amandavetnurse.bsky.social•163 days ago

Not seeing any benefits as yet from that not legally binding, tory ego led referendum 🤷‍♀️
He certainly made his point there.

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

So you've not read this list?

Maybe you should read this list.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

rufusw.bsky.social•163 days ago

All the unicorns cantering down the streets paved with gold.

thamestortoise.bsky.social•163 days ago

Not having to do EU VAT returns

thamestortoise.bsky.social•163 days ago

A very small benefit I admit, but the only tangible one I have identified so far.

shere-bear.bsky.social•163 days ago

I’ve gone to find the benefits,.. I might be gone for sometime

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

No fear, nice long list right here.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

shere-bear.bsky.social•163 days ago

Thanks. But we don’t feel those benefits in our day to day lives. How much of those are also cancelled out with want we’ve lost?

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Did you not read them?

There are some there that you *definitely* feel in your day to day lives. 100%.

How did you "feel" EU membership in your day to day life?

seagrigio.bsky.social•163 days ago

I would no longer had a principled reason for refusing to engage with my Brexiteer mother and would have to find another form of avoidance 🤷🏻‍♀️

lisajk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Errrrrrrrr……………..

houstonsolutions.bsky.social•163 days ago

🤔😉⬇️

tonybilko.bsky.social•163 days ago

Knowing some people I grew up with and respected and still love are gullible arseholes will never go away!

angelahr.bsky.social•163 days ago

Too many to mension 🤣🤣🤣

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

There really are - I had a go at listing them

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

steve-73.bsky.social•163 days ago

Getting a tan on the sunlit uplands.

johnnyhallydaye.bsky.social•163 days ago

Duty Free when leaving this place!?

lynchaney.bsky.social•163 days ago

Let me get back to you 🤣🤣🤣

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

No need - take a look right here.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

ianafraser.bsky.social•163 days ago

nickozoztrazine.bsky.social•163 days ago

I’d miss the thrill of seeing what foods are missing at the supermarket

tina75.bsky.social•163 days ago

😂😂😂😂

smorange1984.bsky.social•163 days ago

The responses on here compared to Twitter/X are quite different!!

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Is that because the people who deny reality all moved to Bluesky to hide from it?

Have a read of the list chief. If you dare.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

azyx45.bsky.social•163 days ago

In the real world, you need a CV to claim you’re an expert. Here’s a list of professional studies that show the negative impact of Brexit on the economy. By the way, thanks for the block on Twitter. don’t worry, I get it – propaganda accounts are always scared of people who can think for themselves.

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Ah - you've checked each of those "professional studies" and the rationale for their claims, and cross referenced against what has happened in reality, haven't you.

Also I haven't a clue who you are - but if I blocked you, it was for a very good reason.

azyx45.bsky.social•163 days ago

Of course not, I’m not an economist. But I definitely trust real economists more than an anonymous Twitter profile. You were talking about reality, after all. And you blocked me because I was proving you were lying. Or maybe you just didn’t understand what you were saying. Either way, bye.

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Lynda.

You don't need to be an economist, to read forecasts from 2016-18 and their caveats that the forecasts are based on, and see that those caveats haven't happened.

All you need to be is a rational adult human, capable of reading English. So perhaps that isn't you.

arenacommunity.bsky.social•163 days ago

There were none ...

weblet.bsky.social•163 days ago

The non existent ones

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

That's strange as I was able to write a really long list.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

jasonbanks.bsky.social•163 days ago

all the racists outing themselves? oh wait - they usually do that anyhow

nope - got nothing :(

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Here's a starter for 10.

You're welcome.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

smudge79.bsky.social•163 days ago

What are these benefits you speak of? 🤔

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Here's a starter for 10.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

gavseed.bsky.social•163 days ago

50 min queues at Malaga Airport, I’d be mortified breezing through again.

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Would you also miss these?

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

wingcramp.bsky.social•163 days ago

My unicorn. I was promised a unicorn.

wattgfield.bsky.social•163 days ago

They’re all gambolling around in the sunlit uplands.

wingcramp.bsky.social•163 days ago

😁

markfreed.bsky.social•163 days ago

Benefit?

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Yep. Lots.

You're welcome.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

wazak.bsky.social•163 days ago

There aren't any benefits.

garethsefton.bsky.social•163 days ago

I think it would be getting all those unnecessary stamps in my passport.

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

How about these?

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

ruzzell.bsky.social•163 days ago

I would miss, not being able to point out the lack of benefits of not being in the EU.

danishpasty66.bsky.social•163 days ago

That’s a trick question isn’t it? 😂

stananon.bsky.social•163 days ago

Gotta be the passport thingys

nettinoodle.bsky.social•163 days ago

Ooh give me a nano second there are just so many to choose from!

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

There really are.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

katyotter.bsky.social•163 days ago

If you could tell me any I might be able to answer,

hsingh15.bsky.social•163 days ago

Can’t find the list of benefits to pick one

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

You can't?

Here it is. Enjoy.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

addicted2strava.bsky.social•163 days ago

Being British, I'll miss the queues.

renapich.bsky.social•163 days ago

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤷‍♂️

gailee999.bsky.social•163 days ago

Oh this is a good one. Erm…let me think…erm…..Nope I got nothing

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

How about I give you a hand, since you seem to be struggling.

You're welcome.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

bleatin.bsky.social•163 days ago

Exploitative employment laws that lead to 2 million+ cheaper foreign workers the Tories imported since Brexit?

bleatin.bsky.social•163 days ago

American agro chemical franken food crops banned by the EU that have probably already poisoned most of our farmland for the next 99 years?

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Oh hello, Mr 25th most community noted person in the world on X. I wonder why the 25th most community noted person in the world would leave X to go somewhere where their lies aren't called out.

Anyway, since you asked. I would miss all of these.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

kyanite99.bsky.social•163 days ago

Erm...........I'm thinking..........could you make that a multiple choice question please 😳

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Try picking one of these.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

spiderbill.bsky.social•163 days ago

The only benefit was the disintegration of the Tories. Unfortunately the rise of Reform rather negated that.

plmr92.bsky.social•163 days ago

No volume limits in headphones 😢

iainpatterson.bsky.social•163 days ago

The sovereignty…

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

raynorsfridge.bsky.social•163 days ago

Freedoms innit?

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Well maybe you want to have a read.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

raynorsfridge.bsky.social•163 days ago

Oh dear…maybe you were on Twitter so long you forgot sarcasm….its ok though, you’re here now.😉

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

You read the list yet?

As you're coming across as someone in denial, who needs to read the list.

raynorsfridge.bsky.social•163 days ago

Yeah…have you found your humour yet? Read the room.

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

I'm ignoring your pathetic attempt at humour chief. It wasn't funny. It was never funny. You're not funny.

You have a list. You can choose to read it or ignore it. But you have it.

iainjrobinson.bsky.social•163 days ago

I would miss the unicorns the most

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

How about these? Would you miss these?

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

ysbyddaden.bsky.social•163 days ago

Apart from the sunlit uplands?
All the Sovrin Teeee I suppose.

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Have you tried reading this list?

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

paulineham.bsky.social•163 days ago

Benefit?

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Yes. Lots.

You're welcome BTW.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

frenchieinlimbo.bsky.social•163 days ago

That's a tough one 😆

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Not really.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

music1234.bsky.social•163 days ago

Our sovereignty! We’d never get it back;-)

fplhonk.bsky.social•163 days ago

I had stopped censoring the c word when describing anyone who pushed our country out of the free market. I may have to be more polite going forward

fanackapan.bsky.social•163 days ago

Did it stop poor livestock being carted back and forth over the channel? If so, I would miss that.

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Yes, yes it did.

It is one of the many things on this list, which includes quite a few animal welfare improvements actually.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

fanackapan.bsky.social•162 days ago

I've had a gander and found this. The implementation is a bit on the slow side.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-legislation-set-to-ban-live-animal-exports

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•162 days ago

...but it *is* being implemented. Something not possible from within the EU.

jago2012.bsky.social•163 days ago

Moaning about it on social media?

donnachadelong.info•163 days ago

The short queue in EU airports (I've got an Irish passport).

asanilsson.bsky.social•163 days ago

I saw somewhere today (apoligies for not remembering) that Trump is canvassing for Starmer to align with him. What is your take on that?

torquoise.bsky.social•163 days ago

moaning about it

joeboon.bsky.social•163 days ago

Westminster politicians being unable to blame the EU for their own failings.

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Yes that is quite literally a benefit.

As are all of these.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

zenzi10zi.bsky.social•163 days ago

Vacuum cleaner power.

wigwam-ac.bsky.social•163 days ago

Having a thousand things to hate de Pfeffel for instead of just 999.

lorrainepither.bsky.social•163 days ago

I’d miss all those straight bananas were forced to buy now 😉

englishman5.bsky.social•163 days ago

The smell of 🐂💩 emanating from the Gammon.

elaineull.bsky.social•163 days ago

Well, my daily pint of wine, obviously!

stelladebris.bsky.social•163 days ago

The European Parliament without UKIP has been a much better place

honestdrjohn.bsky.social•163 days ago

True.
We don't have Farage, Widdecombe and the other low-lifes embarrassing us.

stelladebris.bsky.social•163 days ago

not there anyway

marniecope.bsky.social•163 days ago

Getting a stamp in my passport. Not really a benefit. But the only positive I have found.

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

Have a read, there are loads.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

socialdancing.bsky.social•163 days ago

The squandering of billions of pounds from post Brexit covid PPE money?

downdie.bsky.social•163 days ago

There are no benefits to Brexit, well apart from the rich Tories still being able to hide their money and not pay tax.

millymia8.bsky.social•163 days ago

Labour & Lib need to push for full unredacted interference report and Yellowhammer report to be published

rondooren.bsky.social•163 days ago

The line of Brits at the customs in Spain.

attwat.bsky.social•163 days ago

I wouldn’t like to think of our fish no longer being happy.

blskgarfield.bsky.social•163 days ago

This is a takeover - it’s a global thing. They’re trying to pull the same stuff in Europe that’s happening in US. And the playbook’s always the same: scare people with immigration. That’s how they get votes and make right-wing parties win legit, after that they change the laws.

blskgarfield.bsky.social•163 days ago

Be careful what you wish for. You still haven’t realized the reality. It’s not just America being controlled, this is a global plan. Some European countries, like Hungary are already in the autocracy phase, with no free elections. If the UK joins the EU faster, it will fall into their hands too.

guapaish.bsky.social•163 days ago

Deffo the sunlit uplands. Oh yes. They were so sunshiny weren't they...

lgdianne.bsky.social•163 days ago

There are no Brexit benefits!

gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social•163 days ago

That's funny, as I was able to write down lots.

https://x.com/TerraOrBust/thread/1853787282786152505

tillyfukupfairy.bsky.social•163 days ago

reenachotai.bsky.social•163 days ago

sipickles.bsky.social•163 days ago

Still thinking... 🤔

leftwingteacher.bsky.social•163 days ago

Blue passports!

vinylmeup.bsky.social•163 days ago

This, as all that money thrown back into the NHS turned it from being really really poor to the Gold standard it has become thanks to Brexit.
Hang on, I am sure I read a man with a heart attack waited nearly 10 hours for an ambulance recently...