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The EU Has Orbits, and the UK Fell Out of All of Them

CGP Grey · explainer · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

CGP Grey's six-minute explainer of the relationships the UK could have with the EU, based on Barnier's slide, shown as orbits of different closeness. It explains why the UK's red lines ruled out the closer options.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as the quickest clear overview of the Brexit options, though later commenters note it predates the final outcome.

  • 7 people recommended it
  • 8 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “This 6 minute video by CGP Grey explains the different possible relationships with the EU available to the UK”

    Short explainer of UK's possible EU relationships.

    _rpd, 2019-03 · Recommendation · in “Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal by 149 votes”

  2. “gives an overview to the issue.”

    Overview of EU negotiation orbits and UK red lines.

    Gwypaas, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government”

  3. “CGP Grey has a video on this”

    Summarises Barnier's slide on UK options.

    NeedMoreTea, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “New research suggests that we’re making ourselves sick over politics”

  4. “I like to show this as a demonstration”

    Demonstrates Brexit choices and their inevitable consequences.

    kergonath, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “UK exports to EU slashed by 68% since Brexit”

  5. “CGP Grey did a great video in 2019, though it's of course a bit outdated now”

    Overview of EU partnership options, slightly dated.

    dgellow, 2021-03 · Recommendation · in “EU rebuffs UK calls to ship AstraZeneca Covid vaccines from Europe”

  6. “Here's a quick video overview of that”

    Quick overview of cooperation levels the UK rejected.

    Kim_Bruning, 2021-12 · Recommendation · in “Brexit: ‘the biggest disaster any government has ever negotiated’”

  7. “taking from the amazing short overview here”

    Amazing short overview of EU agreement levels.

    dmitriid, 2022-04 · Recommendation · in “UK-Morocco 10GW Renewable Electricity Interconnector Planned”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: cgp grey, brexit, european union, uk politics, trade

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