This is puzzling. The EU hasn't been "rocked" by Brexit. They've barely noticed.

As an EU citizen, I was all for the UK leaving too. Just to make the point, how incredibly valuable the EU is for everyone else.

Farage lied about my country the Netherlands. We will never forget that. We will always remind him. For the rest of his life.

it is very telling that Brexit has massively reduced Euroscepticism from other EU countries as they've been able to watch what happens when you do walk away

About rejoining: you cant rejoin on your own will. Its not possible. You can make a new application for membership, that will take years or decades. You wont be allowed back in easily.

Meantime we have our own problems in the EU we accepted the British want lo live in their splendid isolation in fact they always did. Good luck to you all.

Brexit made the Eu stronger than ever, just for that, thank you so much Britain. 🙏🤟👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏.

TOTALLY UNTRUE that the EU “does not take seriously the interests of its members”. Take the case of Ireland, a member state which has been profoundly supported by the EU since the Brexit vote. Not by any means the only example.

The EU is much better of without the UK, the EU moved on.

How is it going? All happy now with their choice? Mr. Farage taking responsibility and standing for PM, satisfied with the UK and its people? The UK on its way to economic success, people getting richer, paying less for groceries? All able to pay their bills? Businesses blooming? Lots of tomatoes and peppers and cucumbers in the supermarkets ? People travelling abroad without delays and difficulties? Good. As I was told, even the fish are happier. Remarkable. Remarkable. You left the Club. You cant come back. Everyone must be delighted. You got, what you wanted. You knew, what you were voting for. I am convinced, no one will complain.

17:10 The "Global Britain" thing doesn't stand up to the slightest scrutiny. Nothing was preventing the UK from trading with the rest of the world while it was a member of the EU. In fact, as a member, it benefited from trade agreements with the rest of the world, negotiated by the EU on behalf of all its members, and backed by the weight of an economy of over 500 million people. Having left the EU, Britain has had to renegotiate these deals, and as a medium-sized country, it simply lacks the negotiating power that the EU has, resulting in deals where it has had to make concessions compared to the ones it enjoyed earlier. The result: the UK has thrown up trade barriers with the economic superpower next door, and worsened its trade terms with the rest of the world. This has caused it to lag behind the rest of the rich world in growth, and to suffer from a permanent 5% loss of GDP. Utter genius.

The EU has massively benefitted from Brexit. It's showing how important your neighbors are. There are no perceivable benefits for UK.

Brexit is great for the EU. We must never allow them "rejoin".

"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter"

Russia and China Love this Brexit! Break up the EU is their target

I never forget Nigel Farag‘s last „hate speech“ in the EU Parlament before leaving the EU. During my lifetime I will never be Pro joining GB, unless their would happen a big change among the British population. The EU is much better off without the British exceptionalism.

At least Brexit has only affected the brits and no others have been displaced by this monumental kick in the balls

I feel badly for Scotland.

I lived in Manchester and I love the UK. It’s a shame Britain left the EU! It would be better if they remained… look at the poverty rate in the uk… it didn’t happen to other countries in the EU that have been trough covid too

Brexit has been a blessing in disguise for the unity within the EU. The EU has never been more united. In no EU country there is any discussion anymore about (also) leaving the EU, having experienced the total mess it has caused in the UK. And BTW, the EU would be very reluctant if not harshly opposed to any rejoining requests from the UK, I’m sure. The UK has always been a pain in the ass during it’s membership. Always complaining, always negotiating opt outs for itself, always nagging about it’s contribution. I say, good riddance.

Brexit has been an unmitigated disaster for our country, we are poorer and have a lot less influence on the world stage. I rue the day Cameron appeased the swivel-eyed loons and called the referendum.

Like in Denmark! Brexit happened, and NO ONE is talking about leaving!

I too, used to think it was stupid of the UK for cutting itself off from the worlds largest marketplace of nearly 500 million wealthy customers, all of whome are just one days truckride away from Britains farms and factories, and isolating our Erasmus university program students from those of 27 other diverse, rich cultures, languages and ideas, and discarding all the European protections, standards benefits and opportunites to work, retire, mary and live anywhere in a beautiful continent with skiing, swimming and sunning at will. But now I discovered that we are free to have the 1950 style crown printed onto our beer glasses again, it all seems to make so much more sense.

Hopefully now that they are in the third Carolean era, Britain can get over the lost of empire and make itself the productive middle power it should be...but I fear the country has to fall further until that will happen.

Prof. "forgets" that post-brexit London lost lots of business and - for the first time in 350 years - London is no longer the largest stock market in Europe. More functions will continue to move out of London in the coming years. Its not a complete reversal but a slow shift eroding London's former preeminance.

Brexit has shown Britain how quickly a country can implode when it chooses to isolate itself from the international economic coalition. British exceptionalism is a myth.

The show is called "Great Decisions". This, however, was not such a great decision. was it? 🤣

Ever get the feeling you’ve been conned 🧐

UK/US trade agreement 😂😂😂😂 what a joke, congress made it clear that the British peasants will get no deal 🙅

As a EU citizen I vote , no Brentry, Brexit means Brexit.

Cameron should never have promised this referendum. The Tories have a lot to answer for and they will have plenty of time to reflect as they languish in opposition. Their governance has been shambolic by anyone’s reckoning. My fear is that Labour will be just as shambolic!

Maybe maybe maybe 😂 well in Denmark the support of membership has gone up considerably 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇩🇰🇪🇺🇩🇰🇪🇺 as we are actually able to learn from the UK 😊

As Timothy Snyder said - EU wasn't the result of Europeans learning that war is bad and trade is good during WW2. It was the result of colonial empires losing their colonial wars after WW2 and their empires soon after that - and realizing they can't keep their wealth, standards of living and influence as small insular nation-states. EU was the one way to keep all of that. After the silent success story some countries forgot how much they need EU :)

Nobody will let the U.K. back in any time soon. Before there is a broad consensus in the U.K. and that being based on becoming a normal member (actually formally normal, informal as one with a few things to prove, so not one above as in the past, with all kinds of privileges, but one who needs to build confidence from ground up) nobody will touch the U.K. with a long stick. The U.K. was trouble for the E.U. ever from joining, always demanding to get a special preferential treatment -- because being Britain. The E.U. has enough members who are questioning all kinds of necessary things union already. Won't invite another. There are solutions to get access to different treaty frameworks by agreeing to rules. But the U.K. will not be allowed to temper with the rules as a member again any time soon. But we are thankful for the demonstration of what nationalism does to you. The E.U. is stronger now. Sadly people seem to need a reminder every generation, both about what nationalism does to you in general, and about how it is always a vehicle by the rich to rob society blind -- well, and the racists harming everyone, including themselves, just being stupid all over the board.

The empire is long gone. Does anyone really believe, the UK can go back to the old glorious time of colonisation and ruling half of the world? Even the commonwealth would deny that. They are independent countries now.

The English got what they wanted so just be happy with that!

What's happening doesn't look like a long slow slide. It looks like an inexorable slide off a cliff edge.

The problem is that uks population never understood that it lost ww2 and was the biggest looser. Now it will be the looser of the Ukraine war together with russia. This will affect uk for much more than thirty years.

Narcissists use strategies like "future faking' "It's always just around the corner"... (as well as gaslighting, and project the fault onto their rivals) ... If we study narcissism, we can properly identify the malignant strategies, and malignant personalities that ruin everything. Further, we can identify the malignant personalities, and remove the Narcissists from POWER!!! 👍👍❤

I really lose patience with the arrogant English attitude to Britain's role in World War II. They act as if they couldn't have been defeated by the Germans. Let's be honest here. If not for the Channel, if there'd been so much as a five-mile-wide connection between Britain and the rest of Europe, the Panzers would have been in Aberdeen by September, 1940. And as for this "stood alone" stuff, yeah, tell it to my grandfather, a Canadian soldier who was there most of a year before Pearl Harbor even brought the States into the war, even while U-boats were attacking our shipping in the St. Lawrence River. Britain stood _closer,_ yes. But it NEVER stood _alone._

Please kill the background music. I don't need entertainment, I wish to listen to the conversation.

This falls at the feet of Cameron, plain and simple. To be so reckless as to hold and up/down vote on such an issue.

As an economist, now retired, that specialised in international economics, trade and finance, I find it hard to believe that Patrick Milford is an economist. He just babbles unadulterated nonsense. I can only assume his centre for policy advice is a hired shill.

Out is out and keep the UK out of the EU ! Let them dig for victory and get their hands dirty for once, LMAO.

Brexit saved Europe from dissolution, in other countries witnessed what happened to Britain, something not encouraging for others to follow suite.

Well it was clear from the beginning when Mrs Thatcher applied to join the EU that she was only interested in free trade but not in joining a union. Who was the head of France at the time? Was it Monsieur Mitterand? He was very well aware of the situation and Herr Kohl was too but he thought the UK will change it's attitude over time. Surprise surprise the UK did not. They should have never joined the EU in the 1st place.

The UK's so called special relationship with the U.S is one of security and defence. USA offers the UK absolutely zero trade concessions and made it clear that any future trade agreement would be one sided in their favour, but for now they are more interested in the EU. The USA would take the UK markets in most major commodity foods from UK farmers and they would take NHS purchasing ( and other parts of NHS ) to push up drug costs between 3 times and 10 times.

Britain is definitely not Great, and the United Kingdom has never been less united. The Global Britain pipe dream is a flimsy piece of nostalgia. Brexit is the best they could come up with, OMG

The British are so universally disliked, it is always a relief to see them go. No doubt, the EU feels how America felt in 1776.

The price paid by working and middle class ppl to protect the London Money Laundromat is steep. It's going to get worse, IMO in the years to come. I was dismayed when Britain voted to leave. But, the cohesion in the remaining EU members is a function of witnessing the disaster unfolding in the UK..

Good video. Thank you RS. Canada

Minford’s view that young people turn into old Tories is now for the birds. The young have had their youth wrecked by the Tory’s Brexit. The young aren’t seeing any wealth because of Brexit and other disastrous economic decisions. They’re also typically staying at home far longer as they can’t buy a house. In other words, what may have been the case years ago, is now no longer the case. The Tories have played their Brexit card and will now see a generational cohort who will, in the main, reject the Tories.

The UK at the back of the queue and the end of the supply chains.... There is a special place in hell....

The Brexit vote was probably very important ... So it was worth exploring the topic a little more than just talking to people on benefits in a pub. As a Pole, I am very happy that I will be leaving Great Britain in 2 months Is that: Coming back from work where I worked hard in the factory after 12 hours I heard passing by the pub "fucking pole" and that's what people said who bought alcohol there with benefit money and the benefits come from me because I work and generate profits for the company and I pay taxes on my salary to the treasury of the state from which the benefits come. It was all yet to be experienced.... but the Brexit vote was the expression of the will of the people. The nation said that it does not want immigrants - so we Poles will respect the decision of the inhabitants of a given country and we will return to ourselves

I can tell where they are going to go backwards rapidly

My goodness how is the biggest trading block in the world surviving without Little Britain?🤔

Brexit is such a bad example EU-sceptics overe here are now longer talkning about leaving the EU. Just less EU infleunce (the Brexit style leave is such a detering example).

Thank you for this excellent doc

As a hypothetical question, say that in 10 years time that the UK were to rejoin the EU what benefits that we are currently enjoying since we left the EU would you miss the most ?

I think Britain very overestimated itself. They thought they were to important to EU to let go and they will get all the benefits but it turned out differently. EU will use it as a schooling moment for all the other members.

Let`s face it - BREXIT was an unmitigated disaster for the UK!

European markets grow at a slower rate than most Asian economies as they are mature economies. By contrast, poor countries can grow 5-10% a year for years and still be poor and unable to buy many high value western imports.

Britain is worse off without the EU then the EU is without Britain. No question.

Outside EU its cold I feel sad for english people

CLAWN JOHNSON should be prosecuted for what he has done to UK

Nigel Farage himself has conceded that Brexit was a failure. So why so critical of the EU ?

I love how Brits have this fantasy of a "very special relationship" with US. Americans fostered that notion while UK was in the EU, because US was privy to the pulse of the Union through their "special friend". Now that UK is out, it goes to the back of the queue. I really don't know what they were expecting. That US will give priority to one self-isolated country on the economic way down instead of union of 27 economies? In the world where if you're not absolutely massive country and economy, like US or China, you just have to be a part of some economic bloc. Leaving a seat at the table in one of the biggest powers in the world for no good reason, except for select group of people making millions upon millions at the expense of the UK population, and willingly committing economic self-harm was an act of staggering, breathtaking stupidity. The worst thing is, stupid old farts gleefully ruined future of their grandchildren in the name of "stopping refugees". Well, as they say, be careful what you wish for, you might get it.

I mean it was nice for UK to serve as examples to others about what happens when you leave. UK is a financial powerhouse and that is the only reason they are not worse off than the current scene but any other EU country would have pretty bad repercussions.

Ridiculous Young people can't be bothered to vote and than complain. It's known that old people do and that's why we have what we have

what products comes out of the UK?

Shot itself in both feet

I live in Luxembourg .... we never talk about ... Brexit! We moved on we will never accept uK back

This is so serious and interesting

We are now the only genuine fully democratic sovereign country in the whole of Western Europe. Very proud. No regrets.

5:18 "The young have misunderstood"?! It's the old ":Rule Britannia " exceptionalists who got it wrong.

From Day 1 UK joined the EEC, it always feigned to ignore the "ever closer union" signed in the 1957 Rome treaty and only wanted a trade union to its best advantage. The EU is a peace project, an opportunity-sharing union while, all the time, the UK was complaining about everything (I want my rebate). All in the UK pushed for Brexit (even Cameron in a way with his sharp criticism of the EU, Labour with J Corbyn and K Starmer mild position). So all this was normal but now lets not wonder why it will be difficult for the UK to rejoin. Here, in the EU, we don't care. It is a 100% British decision BUT, the EU won't accept ANY country that does not embrace 100% of the project (no country will impose its will on the others, no cherry-picking) and considering Britain's past, will not consider a join application by the UK unless BOTH key UK parties are strongly supporting it.

When Empire dies 1968, we have 100 years now of decline ahead. A small island who prefers to buy aircraft carriers rather than invest in our health service. We’ll never recover. An old land with the highest amount of homelessness in Europe.

Young British intelligent people WOULD NEVER HAVE VOTED FOR BREXIT!!!!! IT IS THEIR FUTURE!!!!!!!!

Senile Minford suggesting that the UK is a quarter of the size of the EU market. The UK’s population is less than 15% of the EU’s and the UK economy is reducing in size relative to the EU. The Brexiter’s economist, no wonder it’s been disastrous.

Are we back to the question "what is the EU?" When Britain was a member of the EU, what was 'the EU' we moaned about? 'the EU' is its members. Complaints about 'protectionism' never explain 'who' 'the EU' are protecting from 'what'.

Foreigners seem to have a great deal to say against my country’s policies and history.

Biggest mistake in modern times, we are so up our own backsides

Good to see a report outside uk political views. But it was definitly not a "Great Decision" !

EU are better without UK

Brexit, the best thing to happen... to the EU. That being said, the whole EU needs to be completely redone. Eastern European countries should not be part of the union, and criminal states like Switzerland should be integrated by force if necessary.

Britain before Brexit is Great Britain , while Britain after Brexit is Brixit

Although I thought Brexit would be a good idea, in retrospect it may have been too late to leave and im starting to think it was a mistake!

I miss britain so much. Come back dear people from UK. FROM SLOVENIA WITH LOVE

Where did the £350 million per week gone? If that were to go to the NHS as promised during the Brexit campaign, there wouldn't be strikes by NHS doctors and nurses, right?

I think it was a selfless act for Britain to hang itself to show the world how valuable the EU is.

Who funded the Brexit campaign? What was Russia's links to Brexit? Why has Nigel Farage been turned down by six British banks when applying for a bank account? It is really difficult to get turned down for a bank account unless the government has informed the banks of a money laundering threat.

Call me crazy, but you're engaging in false advertising. Brexit was not a great decision.

Congratulations to Nigel Farage for Brexit. Job well done. Mission accomplished. There's no turning back.

Britain paid a high Price for its decision to leave the EU, other EU membres will not follow, ....

"Great Decisions".........lol

It’s great that the UK left. It’s been chance to see both the good and the bad that comes from leaving, continuing to be part, or joining the EU, so other European nations can make an informed decision. A test-and-learn, if you will.

``Don`t mention the Bexit``

England, once the seat of a strong union and a mighty empire, has been on a long slow bumpy downward spiral since WW1. Brexit is all part of that decline. I'd say the country has a ways to go yet but, by all accounts, there is no reverse gear and the nation appears to be heading inextricably towards a rather rocky bottom . There is no empire left, and soon no union.

Ha - I couldn't help see Patrick Minford opining for a few moments: he has an amazing capacity to be wrong about everything. maybe that's why he's such a quotable "talking-head": Patrick Wrong.

I still can not understand how people could think it would be better after the losing the Four Freedoms.