Boris is a bare faced lying narcissistic psychopath. If he told me it was raining outside I’d go to the window and check. I don’t believe a word that comes out of his mouth. He’s full of tit.
Boris is as shallow as a puddle ,he's no backbone ...It wouldn't surprise me if he backs out of the deal in a few months time .
I do not hero worship the EU. It has many faults (lack of usual purpose for the european parliament, too much compromise, letting the greeks into the Euro, etc.), however, we cannot blind ourselves to the fact that in a global economy, we are too small to go it alone, and as most of our exports go to europe we will now have to follow their rules (safety, labour standards, environmental decisions, etc.) that we no longer have any input to, otherwise we cannot sell to.
I have two European nationalities (not British) and I love the UE and feel very European obviously
It's a wonderful idea despite the flaws. And a lot of people like your Greek cousin don't realise how much progress has been achieved. Greece being a mess and not being ready to enter the Union about 30 years ago (literally lying) is not really the others' fault.I wonder how many Tories were able to study abroad as part of Erasmus? A fair few I’d imagine. But they’re happy to rob todays young people of that opportunity, that’s why this whole thing stinks.
How on earth does wanting to be in the EU equate to hero worshipping and “hating your own country”?
It's not over. There is a re-negotiation clause that can be activated in 2024. What's the betting it's triggered just before the next election as the tories are saying that the EU are not sticking to the agreement......
Removing opportunities and funding for things that they had these days seem to be part of politicans MO.. See Blair with introducing uni fees, and Cameron/Clegg for whacking them up to £9,000 ayear.....
But Platy, they still can go to Europe for up to three months, otherwise they simply get a visa if they'd prefer to stay longer. It's not going to be any different than staying for long periods in America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many other parts of the world.
It's not the same as the freedom of movement they had before, let's not pretend otherwise.
They don’t want to go there for three months. They want to be able to go there and study for a year, maybe longer. Experiencing new cultures and learning new languages, which wouldn’t happen in any of the places you mention because they all speak English and culturally aren’t all that much different to us in the UK. Also Irish people will continue to be able to live, work and settle in the UK, because of the right settlement act, so it’s certainly not true that all Europeans will have to Visa to come and live or work here, I think it’s might also be the same for Cypriots and Maltese. Not that they’d want to if they got any sense.
Not to be dramatic but as a language student currently on an Erasmus scheme I am bleeping heartbroken about it. Erasmus is so valuable to everyone Europe not just the UK and to think the government can just throw it aside in replacement of Boris' "most amazing new scheme with the best unis" is just horrid. I hope universities have a back up plan with their partner unis in Europe. I'm lucky that I went when I did. It's devastating to all those who will come after my year.
Its not dramatic at all, so many young people have been robbed of the opportunities that being a member of the EU brings. But never mind they’ve got their precious sovereignty back (which they’d never lost in the first place).
Not dramatic at all. I don't think people fully understand what we've lost. But hey I can get my passport renewed into a blue one made in Poland (kicking myself I didn't renew it sooner)
They don’t understand, but then I don’t think they even care. Ignorance is bliss for some people.
The attitude to foreign languages in this country shows how ignorant people are. They cut funding every year for languages so much so that some schools can't even run courses and teachers have to train in other things to keep their jobs, and now they're going to think there's even less of a reason to learn
