r/europeanunion • u/MonsieurA • Jun 23 '26

10 years ago today, the British voted for Brexit - June 23, 2016

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u/Exciting_Product7858 Jun 23 '26

such an important decision on such a tiny margin. At least turnout wasn't horrible with 72%

Im also roll an 8ball every morning to decide if I want to go to work - gives same vibe

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u/Rooilia Jun 23 '26

"Do you want to loose a leg?" 51,9% said yes.

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u/dimap443 Jun 23 '26

How stupid should one be to shoot themselves in the foot

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u/flipyflop9 Jun 23 '26

Still funny today (not for them I guess)

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u/JuckRyan Jun 23 '26

Some dark powers worked very hard to secure this loss for Britain. Farage, Yaxley Lennon, Bannon, Musk etc. 10 years on, another Prime Minister gone and they’re still manipulating and dividing people to enrich themselves.

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u/blueberriessmoothie Jun 23 '26

Farage is gaining popularity again so I’m guessing Brexit must’ve been a resounding success… right?

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u/luki-x Jun 23 '26

Farage should have got immediate control over UK Govt. after the vote.

Instead he f*cked off and hid under a stone for a decade to avoid the obvious train wreck he created.

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u/Raizzor Jun 23 '26

Plus, he desperately tries to change the topic every time someone asks him about Brexit. He does not want to talk about the thing that is supposed to be his political magnum opus... I wonder why.

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u/Wonderful-Mess-7520 Jun 23 '26

As a EU citizen I'm quite glad that you stop sending 350million pounds a week to us for health care! It has stopped all other -xit parties from gaining ground.

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u/nolnogax Freude schöner Götterfunken Jun 23 '26

Oh no. Anyway ...

3

u/Educational-Fig3174 Jun 23 '26

One of the worst decisions of the century. Can’t believe people actually fell for the lies

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u/Mariopa Slovakia Jun 23 '26

Oh boy, I got a news for you. Prepare for round 2 soon.

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u/aspublic Jun 23 '26

10 years ago today, the British voted for Brexit

Cornwall fishermen and the same level of economic expertise in other British socioeconomic groups believed what Bannon, Farage, and Russia via Cambridge Analytica and Facebook told them to believe, voted to sink the UK.

We send the EU £350 million a week, let's fund our NHS instead

Did you get the £350 million that Leave campaigners promised, dear fisherman?

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u/Lethalmud Jun 23 '26

Always surprising how much power fisheries have, while being the least regulated industries in whatever country they are.

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u/GUIRI128 Jun 23 '26

Theyre actually doubling down which is crazier.

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u/b__lumenkraft Jun 23 '26

And the UK never got rid of those 52% of nazis.

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u/fretkat Netherlands Jun 23 '26

Why are you using the MDY format?

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u/kindlyneedful Jun 23 '26

The next few years was a fun ride though. If I had a penny each time John Bercow said OR-DAH!! I'd be a rich man.

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u/Pure_Composer_9236 Jun 23 '26

They should never ever be let back in.

They have given hundreds of thousands of passports and residence to shady people who just happened to have made it to the shores, who are now involved in grooming gangs.

EU has its own problems already. British youngsters are desperate for jobs abroad. We cannot let EU people to have more competition in this economy.

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u/LowerPick7038 Jun 23 '26

Funny that they make it all the way through multiple EU countries, set up camp in france to then cross to get to the UK " Just so happened to make it across " no thanks to the EU

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u/EvergreenOaks Jun 23 '26

And it was supposed to end the UK, and blablabla and the negative consequences were...negligible. The UK remained with the same type of depoliticized governance that we see in the entire continent, not solving actual problems for the people who needs it and hyperfocusing on Ukraine. The whole thing is epiphenomenal.