Going to
this later to see what those guys have to say.
Maybe I'll ask a question about immigration and have Pat Glass call me racist
This is an interesting section of a comment from Damien's link:
Could be right. From a purely selfish standpoint the personal case is easier to make for remain.
Another reason why, for all the rhetoric, we will probably vote to remain.
Then continue complaining while politicians act all shocked that nothing has changed for the better and, if anything, we're getting less out of the EU while putting more in.
While we're complaining about getting shafted harder by an ever-enlarging EU other parts of the EU will be complaining that we're holding up their attempts to further integrate, which we inevitably will.
The Liberal Democrats will busily try getting us to integrate more into the EU for, well, whatever reason they support the EU to the extent they do. Their positions on the EU, immigration, etc, make perilously little sense but they are the most determined of the EU-philes.
Jeremy Corbyn will continue his absurdly obvious game of offering luke-warm support while being vehemently against in private, presumably until being replaced by a more 'mainstream' colleague who is a less liberal version of a Liberal Democrat and adores the EU.
David Cameron whenever he leaves office will take either the position in the EU or the ones for 'big business' in the private sector that his work during this referendum has earned him. If the private sector he will be waiting on his colleagues to join him when their asset stripping of the state is complete and it's time for them to benefit personally through directorships, rather than just indirectly through family, business acquaintances, donations, etc.
Finally, at some point, 'I told you so' will set in. Perhaps about the time Germany complete the destruction of the Greek economy after their election in 2018.