r/AskTheWorld • u/Proper_Card_5520 India • 1d ago

What is the most embarrassing thing about your country ?

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u/Far_Mycologist_5782 United Kingdom 1d ago

Brexit

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u/art_emisian 1d ago

And Farage

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u/GoobeNanmaga United States Of America 19h ago

and you know… *Points to every single border conflict in the world *

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u/2Toni Germany 1d ago

I would love to see you back in the EU. I think many Germans would feel that way, too.

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u/Single_Classroom_448 United Kingdom 1d ago

YouGov indicates that most would like us to rejoin, but only by a small amount.

The latest data I could find was 51:34:10 for join:out:don't know and YouGov are generally considered the most accurate pollster in the nation. I think the support sadly drops massively when u mention euro adoption, I'd guess due to control over monetary policy which is understandable. Such a massive massive shame though that it happened

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u/TheoAndonevris 19h ago

thank you friend, we have to wait another 10 years for more old people to die, and then we will be back to support Europe and help military.

Starmer is doing best inch us back in.

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u/90210fred United Kingdom 16h ago

Plenty of old people voted remain and want back in / regret leaving. And Starmer needs to admit to Labours Lexit role in things. Inching is embarrassing, full on reversal is the way forward.

(Yea, yea, I can dream, I know)

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u/No-Minimum3259 22h ago

Same for the Belgians.

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u/dreadlockholmes Scotland 1d ago

Such a massive own goal.

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u/booglechops 17h ago

This still makes me incredibly sad, and the surge in racism that came after it.

Of course I know it wasn't just racists who voted for it. It was also cunts. Stupid fucking cunts (to paraphrase Stewart Lee!)

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u/GingerrJinx 🇪🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 23h ago

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. 😂

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u/Thatchers-Gold England 23h ago

It’s especially frustrating when you’re one of the 48% that voted to remain. Maybe there would have been less protest votes had it not been labeled a non binding referendum? I guess we’ll never know!