Brexit has made the UK a lower-status nation, says David Miliband

33 comments

1. But… but … sovereign?

2. Of course it did.

3. Miliband suggests that since Brexit that the UK has been relegated to being a middle power. Am I missing something as my understanding is that the UK has been a middle power since the 1950s albeit with nukes. EU status doesn’t change that.

4. Good

5. No, bad policies and bad politicians did that.

6. we still didnt ask for this to talk yet there he is millimuppet

7. A statement of geniuses

8. No worries. Milei is already pushing for a conflict in the Falklands, so soon UK can make Argentina into their new colony and resurrect the empire!

9. At least they have their island all for themselves.
   They made a choice, don’t wine.

10. No shit. Just as the Russians intended

11. The UK was the master of the universe from an economic and currency perspective prior to Brexit. I am of the opinion that Brexit was used by a select group pf people who pushed this agenda for their own gain. Fear is an emotion that is easily used to manipulate the masses and sadly it worked in the UK like it’s currently “working” in the US… Having said that, I’m not an expert so welcome any correction on this if i have misunderstood Brexit.

12. In other news: water is wet. More at 11.

13. Blue passports though. Blue !

14. Stop your teenage phase and go back home in the EU.

15. What could have been if his brother hadn’t run for leader against him. He would have been much more electable and is pragmatic about Britain and our place in the world. I think he would have beaten Cameron and we would have avoided Brexit as a result.

16. He’s not wrong.
    Unfortunately Ruzzian millions bought the opinion makers.

17. As an Estonian, I have learned one thing – you are nobody if you are not sitting at the table where decisions are made. You can have a lot of money, but it doesn’t give you the power to make impactful decisions, you simply follow the rules.

    Estonia is a small country and not the wealthiest, but we strive to have a seat at the table where decisions are made, so we can be more influential than some countries with tens of millions of people.

18. So we’re back to the daily brexit threads again?

19. Yeah no shit. We fucked up royally as a nation

20. Jesus, another daily shit Brexit post on this subreddit.

21. I don’t think that’s absolutely true but I think things are really headed that way.

22. I once said it as a joke , but with the current course the UK is on, it looks to the outside world as if the former master is becoming the slave to a certain country. Everything is geared towards pleasing the US. If that is the choice, everyone better be on board with it, because the real neighbours are us Europeans.

23. We haven’t been a 1st status nation for years now, we have so many problems but we still send billions abroad to help others. While these are no doubt deserving, to see foodbanks, veterans sleeping rough and hospitals in the state they are, in our country is an embarrassment and the politicians cant stop infighting. Its a bloody disgrace,

24. No no

    So says everyone with eyes

25. But the blue passports…

26. I love the tabloids now warning people to be prepared that in 10 years the average person in Poland and Romania will be wealthier than the average Brit. 😂

    As we say in the Balkans, a punishment is worth a thousand words!

27. Brexit was ‘the will of the people’

    Have you met any people? I meet them everyday and they are idiots. I like lots of them but that doesn’t mean i’ll listen to anything they have to say any anything.

    The reason we have qualifications is so people have at least a base level understanding on a topic before they are trusted to do that thing. But overnight everyone became experts in global trade and international relations. The amount of hardcore brexiteers i knew that dropped out of school or thought they were going against the establishment.

    Now its shifted so that they weren’t wrong it was the other side that sabotaged a ‘true brexit’.

    Give the vote back to the people to decide if we should ask to rejoin.

28. Remainer says remainer stuff, what’s next?

29. As was intended. Thank you Russia and the useful idiots of the UK.

30. Brexit was a strategic mistake of enormous proportions. The only side benefiting from it are the rivals of Europe.

31. He should know. He became a lower status brother.

32. If the remain campaign main argument wasn’t “do this or you’re racist” then people wouldn’t have dug in

33. Don’t think UK is doing as bad as expected by some doomers. It’s healthy to have an alternative model in Europe besides EU.

    There were some tears from northern countries, Denmark, Netherlands… but that was one of the most peaceful separation in the history and we should be proud of that.

    It didn’t have any effect on us southerners, UK is just too poor to be of any interest to us with minimal EU contribution and no industry exports, but they did send a message that alternative exist.