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Old 02-09-2021, 21:07   #2269
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Re: Britain outside the EU
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
And besides which, you had all these opponents lining up to suggest that the country didn’t vote for a no deal - and the last thing Boris would have wanted was a legitimate charge that he had been undemocratic.
According to many Leave advocates, we would still be in the Single Market. Didn't stop Johnson leading us out of it so in your book that's undemocratic.

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"Absolutely nobody is talking about threatening our place in the Single Market" Daniel Hannan MEP
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"Only a madman would actually leave the Market."
Owen Paterson MP, Vote Leave backer
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Wouldn't it be terrible if we were really like Norway and Switzerland? Really? They're rich. They're happy. They're self-governing
Nigel Farage


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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
I think that idiot even called it a "fantastic deal".
Now, now, don't be so harsh on Old Boy.

Joking aside, I think Johnson cleverly called it a "fantastic moment".

But Johnson's speech does show jfman's assertion of revisionism to be a valid one.
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