Re: Brexit Discussion (New thread-Follow First Post Rules!)
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Originally Posted by ianch99
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I think you are now being revisionist based on where it looks like we will now end up. People voted Leave with a variety of outcomes in mind. Some would welcome Mrs May's 'soft-ish" Brexit although it almost certainly will be made "softer" once it undergoes the to's & fro's of EU negotiations.
The hard Brexit you now seek was never put before the voters by the official Leave campaign:
http://www.voteleavetakecontrol.org/campaign.html
It is disingenuous to now claim that Leavers, en-masse, wanted a hard Brexit under WTO rules with all the economic damage that would deliver.
A lot of Leavers did not vote to be poorer and they were promised they would not be.
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A vote to leave clearly meant leaving the EU and all its institutions. I am absolutely positive that this is what the Brexiteers voted for. Making our own trade deals was an important part of that, so leaving the customs union was taken as read.
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Originally Posted by denphone
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A governing party riven by civil war has just pressed their own self destruct button..
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Hardly. What Theresa May should do now is to admit that the government has failed to reach an agreement on a possible deal with the EU, and consequently, the negotiations are off. We will revert to WTO rules on Brexit Day.
In the meantime, she should advise the EU that we are happy to discuss any proposals they may have to smooth the way (including frictionless borders) provided that such proposals honour the result of the referendum.
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