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lovejoy wrote:The bottom line for me on this is, what benefits will Brexit mean to the working family? I don't mean vacuous slogans like soverignty, or breaking the shackles of the EU, I mean what are the benefits? <snip>. So what is the upside I am missing?
Have you not been following this? You can now have a nice blue passport instead of one of those yucky french wine coloured ones. Won't that improve your life immeasurably.


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All I ask in return, is that all those who, having been massively lied to, voted for it, will hold their hands up and say "we made a mistake" when it all goes tits up. I'm not holding my breath.
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covglaws wrote:As someone who voted to remain, I have endeavored not to be a remoaner, since it was a majority decision, just, so we have to get on with it.
Ditto. Called a democracy and I'd much prefer that to the alternative.......
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Gloucester Mute wrote:covglaws wrote:As someone who voted to remain, I have endeavored not to be a remoaner, since it was a majority decision, just, so we have to get on with it.
Ditto. Called a democracy and I'd much prefer that to the alternative.......
The problem with democracy is that it only works if people are well informed.
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lovejoy wrote:I also wouldn’t have an issue with it, if what we were told we were voting for in 2016 was what was on the table. It a million miles away however. I do agree with democracy fundamentally so this would mean a vote on the final position. Do you think we’ll have one?
I read something the other day saying that of the people eligible to vote in the Brexit (advisory) Referendum, approx. 26% voted to leave and approx. 25% voted to stay. If there was to be another vote, it would be interesting to see the outcome if the other 49% were to use their votes too. Particularly with the changes in demographics over the last 4ish years. However, that's probably exactly why another vote would ever be sanctioned.
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Severus wrote:The problem with democracy is that it only works if people are well informed.
Or alternatively, the problem with democracy is that stupid people are allowed to vote.

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/17/world/europe/britain-covid-contracts.html