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> Why you would live in the EU, vote for Brexit and then cry when leaving the EU to return 'home' is beyond me though. I was going to hastily comment that sure

by hjek 6y ago

> Why you would live in the EU, vote for Brexit and then cry when leaving the EU to return 'home' is beyond me though. I was going to hastily comment that surely the Brits living abroad were not the ones voting for Brexit but then right there in the article: > ”Yes I voted out, but I didn’t realise it would come to this, my application has been rejected and we are on our way home – the wife is in tears, she’s distraught if I’m honest and I’m not too happy at the prospect of returning back to the UK.” This is exactly like that meme on Twitter: > 'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.[0] Nope, I can't beleive it's come to this either. [0]: https://twitter.com/cavalorn/status/654934442549620736 https://twitter.com/cavalorn/status/654934442549620736

headmelted 6y ago
Which begs the question what did this person think they were voting for if not that? I get that sometimes people aren't sure what the fine details of something might be on a complex issue, but it's right there in the slogan: "out of the EU"
- andremedeiros 6y ago
  I like that you assume they were thinking.
- JoBrad 6y ago
  It’s always the “others”. Someone I know recently lamented that their daughter (who has a physical disability) would no longer qualify for certain subsidies for a prosthesis because they don’t have a job. However the daughter’s husband does have a full time job, and the daughter home schools her daughter. They still qualify for some SNAP benefits (food stamps). The idea that The State wouldn’t make an allowance for this situation was galling to them. I agreed. But within 5 minutes they were back to complaining about welfare queens who don’t have jobs.
- Spooky23 6y ago
  They are people driven by the same bullshit nativist propaganda. I live in a very democratic city. My neighbor down the block is a ~45 year old retired first responder due to a disabling knee injury. He’s mostly at home watching cable news during the week and transformed into a die-hard “conservative”, with the flags, stickers, etc. Great guy, but deluded by propaganda. We usually talk fishing and baseball, as our sons play together. I avoid political talk at all times as the irony of a young, disabled former unionized government employee with free healthcare is both anti-gov and anti-union is too much for me.
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  - nobodyandproud 6y ago
    You have some discipline. At some point I would open up that Pandora’s box, kids or not.
makomk 6y ago
Yeah, and I'm sure the author of this article worked hard to find that one paydirt quote which feeds its audiences' preconceptions... especially if the stats about how expats voted in the Brexit referendum someone else posted are correct. (Or maybe they didn't even bother? I've never heard of this news site, it looks like a generic WordPress theme and it's registered anonymously. All the usual fake news warning signs are there but it just fits everyone's preconceptions so well...)
- joshuaissac 6y ago
  Here is the same article from an established, pro-Brexit news website: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1415577/Brexit-news-latest-eu-vaccine-block-astrazeneca-uk-john-redwood-boris-johnson https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1415577/Brexit-news-... Edit: Saw too late to delete that The Express also got it from Global247news, which seems to be less than a year old according to https://whois.domaintools.com/global247news.com https://whois.domaintools.com/global247news.com
  - makomk 6y ago
    If this is a fake news article, the Daily Express indeed also fell for it because it's clearly where they copied that from: 'Anthony Cook, who has lived in Spain for seven years, told Global247news: “The Spanish dream is over for me, it’s time to go back to Cardiff."' This happens a lot more with fake news than it really ought to, and with publications a lot more respectable and trusted than the Express.
danjac 6y ago
It's good for clicks - the thick-as-pigshit expat Leave voter sawing the branch underneath themselves. In reality most Brits in Europe did not vote Leave, but of course the media have to two-sides everything for "balance".
Retric 6y ago
~95% of expats were against brexit, but interview enough people and you can eventually find some real fools. It’s just another case of a news agency focusing on entertaining people even if it’s misleading them.
- fakedang 6y ago
  I'd disagree mildly. I remember that around the time the UK actually left the EU, a newspaper in Dubai (strongly against Brexit) interviewed a group of British expats. Out of the responses, only a quarter were mildly against Brexit while the rest were actively in favor of it. The numbers were even further skewed if I were to incorporate personal conversations. In general, I've found Brits outside the UK in touristy/retiree expat hotbeds like Spain, Portugal or Dubai to be extremely in favor of Brexit, and mostly racist. Britons in the Isles or in other countries tend to be really friendly and open minded. This could be a reflection of the kind of expats who move to places - older expats might choose sunny places like Spain or Dubai while younger expats might prefer to settle down in the US or Germany, where there are better career opportunities.
  - Retric 6y ago
    Polls said EU expats where very much in favor of staying. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/eu-referendum-three-quarters-of-british-expats-back-staying-in-eu-a3269901.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/eu-referendum-three-quart... In France, Germany and Portugal, Stay was on just over 77 per cent, below Austria on 85 per cent. In Sweden, the figure was 59 per cent, 60 per cent in Cyprus, 66 per cent in Italy, 73 per cent in Spain and 74 per cent in Belgium.
    - ajurna 6y ago
      yes but if you flip the numbers is gets weird. a third of expats in Italy wanted the UK to leave the EU? that doesn't mean it would be hard to find someone to interview for "entertainment". Every third group should have someone.
      - 6y ago
darkteflon 6y ago
That is absolutely hilarious - funniest thing I’ve read today. You can’t make this stuff up.
sp332 6y ago
It's the top story on https://www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/

by hjek 6y ago

headmelted 6y ago

Which begs the question what did this person think they were voting for if not that? I get that sometimes people aren't sure what the fine details of something might be on a complex issue, but it's right there in the slogan: "out of the EU"

andremedeiros 6y ago
I like that you assume they were thinking.
JoBrad 6y ago
It’s always the “others”. Someone I know recently lamented that their daughter (who has a physical disability) would no longer qualify for certain subsidies for a prosthesis because they don’t have a job. However the daughter’s husband does have a full time job, and the daughter home schools her daughter. They still qualify for some SNAP benefits (food stamps). The idea that The State wouldn’t make an allowance for this situation was galling to them. I agreed. But within 5 minutes they were back to complaining about welfare queens who don’t have jobs.
Spooky23 6y ago
They are people driven by the same bullshit nativist propaganda. I live in a very democratic city. My neighbor down the block is a ~45 year old retired first responder due to a disabling knee injury. He’s mostly at home watching cable news during the week and transformed into a die-hard “conservative”, with the flags, stickers, etc. Great guy, but deluded by propaganda. We usually talk fishing and baseball, as our sons play together. I avoid political talk at all times as the irony of a young, disabled former unionized government employee with free healthcare is both anti-gov and anti-union is too much for me.
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- nobodyandproud 6y ago
  You have some discipline. At some point I would open up that Pandora’s box, kids or not.

makomk 6y ago

Yeah, and I'm sure the author of this article worked hard to find that one paydirt quote which feeds its audiences' preconceptions... especially if the stats about how expats voted in the Brexit referendum someone else posted are correct. (Or maybe they didn't even bother? I've never heard of this news site, it looks like a generic WordPress theme and it's registered anonymously. All the usual fake news warning signs are there but it just fits everyone's preconceptions so well...)

joshuaissac 6y ago
Here is the same article from an established, pro-Brexit news website: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1415577/Brexit-news-latest-eu-vaccine-block-astrazeneca-uk-john-redwood-boris-johnson https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1415577/Brexit-news-... Edit: Saw too late to delete that The Express also got it from Global247news, which seems to be less than a year old according to https://whois.domaintools.com/global247news.com https://whois.domaintools.com/global247news.com
- makomk 6y ago
  If this is a fake news article, the Daily Express indeed also fell for it because it's clearly where they copied that from: 'Anthony Cook, who has lived in Spain for seven years, told Global247news: “The Spanish dream is over for me, it’s time to go back to Cardiff."' This happens a lot more with fake news than it really ought to, and with publications a lot more respectable and trusted than the Express.

danjac 6y ago

It's good for clicks - the thick-as-pigshit expat Leave voter sawing the branch underneath themselves. In reality most Brits in Europe did not vote Leave, but of course the media have to two-sides everything for "balance".

Retric 6y ago

~95% of expats were against brexit, but interview enough people and you can eventually find some real fools. It’s just another case of a news agency focusing on entertaining people even if it’s misleading them.

fakedang 6y ago
I'd disagree mildly. I remember that around the time the UK actually left the EU, a newspaper in Dubai (strongly against Brexit) interviewed a group of British expats. Out of the responses, only a quarter were mildly against Brexit while the rest were actively in favor of it. The numbers were even further skewed if I were to incorporate personal conversations. In general, I've found Brits outside the UK in touristy/retiree expat hotbeds like Spain, Portugal or Dubai to be extremely in favor of Brexit, and mostly racist. Britons in the Isles or in other countries tend to be really friendly and open minded. This could be a reflection of the kind of expats who move to places - older expats might choose sunny places like Spain or Dubai while younger expats might prefer to settle down in the US or Germany, where there are better career opportunities.
- Retric 6y ago
  Polls said EU expats where very much in favor of staying. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/eu-referendum-three-quarters-of-british-expats-back-staying-in-eu-a3269901.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/eu-referendum-three-quart... In France, Germany and Portugal, Stay was on just over 77 per cent, below Austria on 85 per cent. In Sweden, the figure was 59 per cent, 60 per cent in Cyprus, 66 per cent in Italy, 73 per cent in Spain and 74 per cent in Belgium.
  - ajurna 6y ago
    yes but if you flip the numbers is gets weird. a third of expats in Italy wanted the UK to leave the EU? that doesn't mean it would be hard to find someone to interview for "entertainment". Every third group should have someone.
    - 6y ago

darkteflon 6y ago

That is absolutely hilarious - funniest thing I’ve read today. You can’t make this stuff up.

sp332 6y ago

It's the top story on https://www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/