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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
That's at the heart of the issue. The Government should have negotiated a withdrawal deal with the EU before offering people a vote. Then people wouldn't have had to vote blindly and we wouldn't have such splits in the Government.
This is not some cosy philosophical chat over a few ports in Eton, it's about the future of the UK, its inhabitants and citizens.
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Oh yeah, and of course they would have offered us a fantastic deal!
DC tried to do a deal before the referendum, and was sent home with a flea in his ear.
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Originally Posted by jonbxx
But we have has this discussion many times and it seems that because the way the EU does things is different, it is wrong even though our government along with all the others at the time approved it in the Maastricht Treaty and beyond.
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That's right, the time when we should have had a referendum. The Irish had one, and they opposed it, and then they were told to have another one until they agreed with it.
Sound familiar.