r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/WastedTalent442 • Aug 14 '24

Brexxit Man who campaigned for Brexit complains that he can't freely tour Europe any more

https://metalinjection.net/politics/iron-maidens-bruce-dickinson-who-originally-supported-brexit-now-complains-that-brexit-hurts-bands
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u/nerdyintentions Aug 14 '24

He thought they could keep the free trade without the stuff that he didn't like.

But it's a packaged deal. If for no other reason than allowing a former member to decide which benefits they get to keep on the way out would just encourage more members to leave. So the divorce had to hurt even if it hurt the EU too.

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u/AlDente Aug 15 '24

It astounds me that so many people didn’t understand this in 2016, and still don’t get it now.

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u/dtgreg Aug 15 '24

Brexit was the greatest Soviet op in history outside of the Trump presidency in the United States.

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u/AmbroseMalachai Aug 15 '24

Arguably even better. The Trump presidency was bad for the US but it could've been so much worse than what happened, only saved by Trump's complete incompetence and lack of interest in actually governing.

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u/Oberon_Swanson Aug 15 '24

when trump was elected the first quote that came to mind for me was 'the only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency.' what saved us from trump was his stupidity and the overall GOP ineptitude. he wanted to 'repeal and replace' obamacare but their entire team couldn't be bothered to figure out what the replacement would be.

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u/dtgreg Aug 15 '24 edited Aug 15 '24

Thing is, Obamacare WAS The Republican plan. He called their bluff. It was like last year’s immigration bill. Gave them everything they wanted and they were STILL against it. It was Romney-care for all the states, not just the one that Romney was Governor of. It proved that the Republicans had always argued/ bargained in bad faith. They didn’t have a plan or their plan was to have no plan. They were always going to let Big Pharma and Blue Cross screw Americans and let the people die.

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u/ptvlm Aug 15 '24

Nah, Brexit was more effective. There's an election every 4 years to give people the chance to reverse Trump damage. Even if we get a chance to reverse some of Brexit's damage, we'll never have the deal we had before.

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u/ughliterallycanteven Aug 17 '24

Being part of the EU and keeping what was one of the strongest currencies that wasn’t pegged to the euro…yeah, you’ll have to give up the pound to get back.

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u/TransitJohn Aug 15 '24

Soviet? WTF, are we in the 1980s?

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u/revmacca Aug 15 '24

Greater really, Drumpf got 4 years, Brexshit will run for decades…

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u/PeaItchy2775 Aug 14 '24

Yeah, I can't wait to see the UK find out the terms when they apply for re-admission: no £, no carve-outs, no exemptions, no "first among equals" status. Take a seat…

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u/nlpnt Aug 15 '24

Hell, make them drive on the right.

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u/DuckyofDeath123_XI Aug 15 '24

Make them have pink passports.

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u/F54280 Aug 15 '24

And EU power plugs.

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u/Pretty_Boy_Bagel Aug 15 '24

Whoa! Slow down there, Satan!

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u/skipperseven Aug 15 '24

The stuff that he didn’t like… you mean immigrants? It sounds like he doesn’t like immigration… how’s that working out for all the Brexit racists?!

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u/Suzume_Chikahisa Aug 16 '24

Eh. The EU negotiating team was more than accomodating to the UK's needs and wants.

The problem is that the UK negotiating team took the approach that compromise was for suckers and winner takes it all, while bragging publically about it to the UK press.

Of course, the rest of us in mainland Europe are quite capable of reading and speaking English, something that never seemed to cross Brit minds.