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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
A Remainer would say that. That said, if I was a complete outsider, with a completely open mind and a good understanding of human and political psychology, I might understand that the 52% included a spectrum of Leave beliefs. In the end, the deal we negotiated surely did reflect the 52/48 split. Had it been, say a 67/34 pro-Brexit split, we might have just walked away (not sure about that though).
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"Not sure about that" is an under statement. We couldn't have walked away with no deal as it would have breached the Northern Ireland Protocol.
The deal we negotiated was a hard Brexit that did not represent the country's feeling. It's not just about the spectrum of views of the 52% it's about the 100%. Norway had a similar outcome so decided not to join the EU but went for the very close relationship instead. I'm not saying we should have copied Norway but finding something that was more representative of the desire of the UK population as a whole and not of the more extreme right wing of the Conservative Party would have been beneficial. As it is, we'll move that way over time but at a higher economic cost than being there in the first place.
https://www.norway.no/en/missions/eu...ical-overview/