The chair of Vote Leave said this about A-Levels and the responses were A*
Here’s Gisela Stuart, the former Labour MP who was chair of the Vote Leave campaign and must be delighted with how things are going before the country exits the European Union next month.
However, Gisela, who was born and raised in West Germany and has lived in the UK since 1974, is less happy about yesterday’s A-Level results. One thing in particular.
only around 2900 students took A-level in German this year. Shocking decline of foreign language skills.
— Gisela Stuart (@GiselaStuart) August 16, 2018
And it generated a huge response online. These 17 replies will help explain why.
1.
You. Have. Literally. Just. Taken. Away. Their. Freedom. To. Move. To. Germany. https://t.co/aeCFdQodJv
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) August 16, 2018
2.
Unbelievable tweet from a german who has made her life here, like many EU citizens, perfectly legally. She then campaigned with her Brextremist pals for 65m ppl to lose their rights to work/learn/love/live/retire in the rest of the EU. #VoteLeaveBrokeTheLaw
Despicable.— Veronica #FBPE #PeoplesVote #FinalSayForAll (@VeroVero777) August 16, 2018
3.
Dear Gisela Stuart,
A kind reminder that you campaigned for Brexit, which will end Freedom of Movement for BOTH British and EU27 people.
Why would young people be motivated to take A levels in European languages if they do not know on what terms they could work & study in EU? https://t.co/XQA9LzkE7J
— Alexandra Bulat (@alexandrabulat) August 16, 2018
4.
What’s the point if you’re not allowed to live or work there anymore? You’ve campaigned to make European cultures less accessible and less relevant to teens and you have the audacity to tweet this. Not sure if you have titanic cognitive dissonance or are just dim.
— Joe Russo (@JrussoUK) August 16, 2018
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https://twitter.com/mediawhizz/status/1030145927892426752
6.
Well you have certainly taken any incentive to learn another language with Brexit.
Why should they try when they can’t go anywhere?
You really didn’t look at the long term affects of Brexit— Hazel McDonald (@hazelglasgow) August 16, 2018
7.
I studied German to O level, spent a uni sandwich placement year working for a company in Schweizerhalle, Basel. My office overlooked the Rhein, to the southern Black Forest. I was 5 minutes from Germany on my bicycle, 15 minutes from France. Border hopping daily.
Thanks to EU.— Annie an die Freude #FBPE #FoM (@AngharadHafod) August 16, 2018
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For those wanting a definition of dramatic irony.. https://t.co/LR85m4ojqV
— Sue Perkins (@sueperkins) August 16, 2018
9.
Perhaps if you didn’t run a campaign telling people Europe is a declining backwater, people would be more likely to see the opportunities in learning European languages? Just a thought…
— Property Spotter (@PropertySpot) August 16, 2018
