Wolverhampton 'sick and tired' of Brexit
"I'm sick and tired of hearing about it, I just don't want to talk about it. I might even emigrate."
Wolverhampton Market stall holder Richard Latham wouldn't even waste five minutes of his time discussing Brexit yesterday. He was done, waving me away while he packaged up a bag of onions for a waiting customer.
"I'll go anywhere else," he said. "I just don't want to hear about it."
It was a similar story all over the city market. Locals appeared bored of Brexit, with many wondering why we couldn't 'just leave'.
Attempting to get people chatting, even my breezy question, 'what's going on with Brexit then?' had the same reaction from everyone I approached.
"Not Brexit again" sighed stall holder Suzanne McIntosh-Smith, actually rolling her eyes.
"We should never have even voted to go out. The government have no idea what's really going on. It would be better to stay in. Businesses are suffering. We're just not happy."
Her husband St John McIntosh-Smith, who owns their stall Wylde Ambience, simply added: "It's stupid."
The 50-year-old, of Merry Hill, went on: "It's absolutely ridiculous. I think we should just stop it completely. The worst thing for our economy is uncertainty. That uncertainty needs to stop. Continuing with Brexit is only going to make it worse."
Thirty-year-old Leanne Nicholls, who works at Matt the Bakers, said she wished the government would just 'make their minds up'.
"I think they need to make their minds up over what they are doing. If everyone voted to go out then we should just leave. People keep trying to change it," she said.
"Theresa May just hasn't got a clue what she's doing."
Her boss Matt Price, who owns the bakery, added: "It's nothing but corrupt. We voted out, so they need to go without a deal."
Owner of Jamie's Pet Supplies John Banner described Brexit in such a colourful way, it couldn't possibly be printed in the paper.
The 66-year-old from Albrighton said: "We, me and my wife, voted to stay in. But we go along with the majority of the country and they voted out. So we should go out. End of.
"The general public were not given the full facts of in or out. So consequently nobody knows what's going on. Even the government. How much has it cost us, the taxpayers, for the government to do what they are doing?"
His wife Neata, also 66, added: "It's shocking really. It's just shocking."
Over at the Rugrats Kids Clothing stall, 43-year-old Julie Banga insisted the government 'needed to get on with it'.
"They need to stop arguing with each other," she said. "That's all it's turned into. They're not thinking of us, they're just thinking of themselves. Let the public decide."
Brexit is affecting businesses at the market too - Shant Tarakhel is 20-years-old and helps out with his family's fruit and veg stall Kabul Express.
He said tax prices were shooting up on stock, and said: "It's becoming expensive because of Brexit. For example we used to get seven or eight peppers for £1 but now it's five, sometimes even four.
"We're not making as much profit."
