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  • 9 months ago
Does closer cooperation with Europe go against what people voted for in the Brexit referendum, or is it now essential for the country’s future? We put the question to people in Birmingham to hear their views on whether the government’s approach is pragmatic or a step too far.

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00:00The vote was so close, it could have gone either way.
00:03I think people are realising the problem with Brexit,
00:06and I'm all for getting closer to Europe.
00:09I think it's necessary.
00:11We are an island, but you don't operate independently.
00:16You have to operate with your neighbours,
00:17and the world has grown a lot smaller,
00:19and we have to accept that and make sure we get along with our neighbours,
00:22especially the way Trump's going with America.
00:24We have to get on and make sure that we're part of Europe.
00:27I think it's sort of total confusion.
00:29I don't think anybody knows what's going on,
00:32and I don't know whether it's right or wrong,
00:34because it was such a mixed message right from the staff.
00:37I think we've come this far, we've got to go on and do the most of it now.
00:42There's no point in going back.
00:43I think it needs stronger relations,
00:45and I think they've probably seen that it was an error,
00:47and we need to be as one.
00:51I think it was a bad thing in the first place,
00:53but it wasn't even thought through,
00:55and we're just finding out issues that are coming to light
00:58which should have been thought about in the first place.

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