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Old 14-11-2016, 10:25   #2609
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Re: Post-Brexit Thread
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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
I am not sure if Andrew means the same source as this but: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01I9AEI...ng=UTF8&btkr=1

I haven't gotten that far yet but one part I did read was that Douglas Carswell defected to UKIP in order to moderate the party as he (as well as others around him, i.e. Hannan) thought that UKIP's rhetoric and Farage himself would damage any Leave campaign. Or so Carswell claims. I can't link to it because it's a book though. A very good book however.
I think it's mentioned in multiple books. The FT reviewed four books and wrote this "The Bad Boys of Brexit [by Arron Banks] details the contempt Farage had for Carswell’s efforts to undermine his leadership. At every juncture, the latter tried to soften Ukip’s message, and was partly successful. The skulduggery of the Tate plotters is testament to the passion of Eurosceptics — infiltrating another rightwing force in order to muzzle it.

You can read the article by googling "How Leave won: behind the scenes in the battle for Brexit"
Subscribers' direct link: https://www.ft.com/content/18211880-...9-02899e8bd9d1

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing View Post
If there was a majority to remain in the EU as polls said how did we end up voting to leave clearly a majority were not happy to remain in the EU or leave wouldn't have won. The biggest problem is too many still feel the leave campaign swung it for brexit despite the fact that person after person from all over the UK keeps stating their vote was decided long ago. The UK and the EU never really fitted together well it was a very fragile relationship that the majority of people i don't think really wanted after it ceased to be a purely trade based entity. Lets also not pretend that only the UK has anti EU sentiment it's growing all across the EU with many wanting out and next years elections in europe may well decide the future of the EU or even if it has a future.
I think the leave campaigns felt they made a significant difference. Even by getting the wording changed on the referendum from "yes" and "no" to "remain" and "leave" was felt to have made an impact. When you're talking about such a small difference everything you can do helps.
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