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Relieved or pessimistic, the British today hope that the post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, a kind of “Christmas present”, will turn the page on Brexit once and for all.
“It’s a nice Christmas present for the country to end it all,” said David Asby, 62, an unemployed Brexit supporter based in Boston on the east coast of England. “I think it’s a nice, long-lasting Christmas gift. I think it lasted a long time.”
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Andy Fitz, another resident of the small town where Brexit was one of the highest in the country in the 2016 referendum, is more pessimistic. “I don’t think it’s a good thing.” I don’t think it’s a good idea to leave the EU. “
“In the end, what we have to do is work with our partners, whether they are neighboring local authorities or neighboring countries. It works best when we work together, “said Paul Skinner, who heads the Boston local council.
There is also relief in London. “The absence of an agreement would be a disaster,” said Shane O’Neill, who is “very happy that there is an agreement”, although “saddened” that the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union.
“I would rather stay in Europe, but I am relieved that it is all over and we have to turn the page,” he said.
For Harry Vincent, “it is a relief” that there is agreement after all these years of difficult negotiations and uncertainty. However, he wonders if this deal will offer more than EU membership would: “The commitments we have made, which are necessary to reach an agreement, make me wonder if it is worth it.”
This 21-year-old student regrets not having a voice in the June 2016 Brexit referendum, because he was too young to vote then.
Hugh Rowlands, also a student, says the deal will bring some the “relief” they have been waiting for after this difficult year, which was marked by the pandemic, a kind of “great Christmas present.”
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