{"id":1073271,"date":"2026-07-07T03:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1073271\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T03:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:24:14","slug":"the-eu-is-no-utopian-nirvana-why-would-we-reverse-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1073271\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The EU is no utopian nirvana. Why would we reverse Brexit?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RE: Benedict Cumberbatch doc How to Live on Earth<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">@gimmeedaball<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although I truly appreciate documentaries like this, it is like preaching to the choir. Those causing the problems don\u2019t watch them I\u2019m afraid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">@engelien05<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rockets exploding, wars nobody asked for, celebrity space minute-trips, AI draining water resources\u2026\u00a0we can collectively recycle\u00a0our rubbish, do the black-blue-brown bins for centuries and it still would be akin to\u00a0a dart on an elephant when you consider the unchecked and destructive behaviours of\u00a0a few billionaires who have all the wealth but little common sense when it comes to sustainability and this planet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">@maher.ems<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knowing that the powers-that-be view the mighty dollar as more important than species diversity, healthy habitats, clean air and water and nature\u2019s incredible beauty chips a little more of my soul away with each passing day.<\/p>\n<p>Advertising helps fund Big Issue\u2019s mission to end poverty<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">@sigridrgibson<\/p>\n<p>Responses to:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZ7ovmTFanx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bideford vendor Sam Oates unveils his art\u00a0on our socials\u202f<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sam is a great guy. 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You are very talented.<\/p>\n<p>Advertising helps fund Big Issue\u2019s mission to end poverty<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Natalie Marie Griffiths, Facebook\u202f<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sam was always nice whenever I saw him and\u00a0spoke to me when my mental health was really awful\u202fon\u00a0a few occasions.\u202fUsed\u202fto\u00a0walk my very old dog with\u00a0his dog when she was a pup. 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Your support helps vendors earn, learn and thrive while strengthening our frontline services.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thank you for standing with Big Issue vendors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RE: Benedict Cumberbatch doc How to Live on Earth @gimmeedaball Although I truly appreciate documentaries like this, it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1073272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,2311,26110,2000,299,5187,1699,7056,4884,6329,16,15],"class_list":["post-1073271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brexit","tag-brexit","tag-britain","tag-climate-change","tag-enviroment","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-european-union","tag-from-the-magazine","tag-great-britain","tag-letters","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116876559373703042","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1073272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}