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Old 27-10-2018, 14:00   #2339
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Re: Brexit
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Originally Posted by Angua View Post
Why not a more complex choice once the options are known.

Fed up of politicians assuming people are stupid and somehow incapable of weighing up the choices given. Yet I should not be surprised given how little politicians actually listen to the voters.
You completely miss the reality of the situation.

Theresa May is out there trying to get a Brexit that is best for Britain. The EU has its red lines, as do we. Eventually, we will get to a position that both sides can accept.

At that point, we have a choice between accepting what the EU is prepared to agree and a hard Brexit. That is all there is. If we then stupidly put other options to the people, this carries with it the obvious problem that the EU will already have gone as far as they are prepared to go. The result of a further UK referendum will not be of any interest to them.

The other half-way measures that many remainers seem to prefer will not deliver what the voting electorate have said they wanted. For example, remaining in the customs union prevents us from forging our own trade deals, which was the thing that really appealed and makes Brexit a good financial option. All the half-way houses have problems attached to them which would not be sensible to contemplate because they put us in a worse position than we are in now.

Corbyn's apparent love for remaining in the customs union betrays how out of touch he is and how confused he is on the whole subject. Unfortunately, a section of the public believes that he knows what he's doing and really believe that remaining in the customs union is better than pulling out of it. Crazy!
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