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From: jkb675@gmail.com
"Pamela" wrote in message
news:XnsAAE7AFC6B83B037B93@81.171.118.178...
> On 13:49 13 Oct 2019, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
>
>> In article <0001HW.23533798000B6E74700000BBC2EF@news.giganews.com>,
>> Keema's Nan wrote:
>>> > I see your mistake. You think the referendum was a football match
>>> > with winner takes all. In fact, the vote was more or less evenly
>>> > split and MPs will take that into account.
>>
>>> Ok, but not quite evenly split though, was it?
>>
>> No. It was approximately 1/3rd.
>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > A second referendum will serve to show Parliament if the original
>>> > split has been preserved after voters have seen what Brexit really
>>> > looks like.
>>
>>> No one can see what Brexit looks like until they have experienced it.
>>
>> Which could be too late for many jobs based on free trade with the EU.
>>
>>> All we have, is what bullshitters tell us Brexit will be like.
>>
>> I certainly remember being told how easy it would be to get a new deal
>> with the EU giving us all we wanted. Since they need us more than we
>> need them.
>>
>>> If we are allowed a few years of Brexit and then have a referendum
>>> based on 'stay out' or 're-join', that would be sensible. But common
>>> sense is what the remain-filled UK establishment do not possess.
>>
>> The nest few years will be spend sorting out just what sort of deal we
>> end up with in detail. Any agreement now is simply a starting point. And
>> if we leave without one, those negotiations will simply take longer. A
>> lot longer.
>
> How true.
>
> In fact, for many leavers, Brexit has become an end it itself.
>
> Brexit serves no useful purpose.
Of course it does with being able to be selective about
which EU citizens will be allowed to move to the UK alone;
> However, fanatical leavers have nailed
> their colours to its mast and now insist
> we leave to satisfy their sense of pride.
Nothing to do with pride.
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