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Re:EE to reintroduce data roaming charges in Europe, followi... by maxehmookau on Thursday June 24, 2021 @08:37AM (#27616609)
The right-wing talk radio hosts in the UK are still utterly convinced that brexit has been a success.

I struggle so hard to understand that perspective. I don't see how anything good has happened as a result.

We now have: - a shortage of workers from the EU - harder to buy things from europe - harder to sell things to europe - more red tape when trying to drive in europe - higher insurance costs when going to europe - no rights to live or work in europe - thousands of EU citizens yet to apply for settled status and will be liable for expulsion - zero extra money for our health service - more expensive mobile phone costs

and that's just what I can think off from the top of my head.

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Re:EE to reintroduce data roaming charges in Europe, followi... by ben_w on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:00AM (#27616803)
An internal trade border within the UK that has directly triggered a multi-day arson-involved protest in the bit of the country that no longer has unfettered trade with the capital.
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Re:EE to reintroduce data roaming charges in Europe, followi... by maxehmookau on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:45AM (#27618345)
Lots of downvotes and no actual discussion.

Pretty much sums up Brexit.

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Re:EE to reintroduce data roaming charges in Europe, followi... by toyg on Thursday June 24, 2021 @08:45AM (#27616674)
> right-wing talk radio hosts in the UK are still utterly convinced that brexit has been a success.

Their salary depends on it, so of course they "are".

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Re:EE to reintroduce data roaming charges in Europe, followi... by samuel on Thursday June 24, 2021 @08:51AM (#27616732)
But also a much higher vaccination rate. Probably a few thousands more of your compatriots would have died had you followed the EU vaccination program, don't forget that.
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Re:EE to reintroduce data roaming charges in Europe, followi... by maxehmookau on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:00AM (#27616814)
EU states were (and are) under no restrictions to persue their own deals with pharma companies.

The UK would've been no different within the EU unless it chose to.

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Re:EE to reintroduce data roaming charges in Europe, followi... by samuel on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:33AM (#27619089)
Yet they didn't do it, aside from very minor exceptions.

And with good reason, trying to outbid each other doesn't make a great strategy to keep a Union.

I don't get why I'm downvited, btw.

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