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Originally Posted by ianch99

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Remember that the 'country" had no definitive feelings. There was a spectrum, ranging from ignorance to outright nationalist dogma, and everything in between.

The revisionists would have you believe there was a consensus for a hard Brexit but there was not. There was a consensus for nothing. "Leave the EU" was a smorgasbord of political options, a pick & mix if you will. What was definitive was the prediction of economic suicide which played out as predicted. Imposing economic sanctions on yourself is not a good option given the proximity of your major trading partner and the intricacies of global trade.

There you have it. If only the EU had been a major trading partner and not a political institution heading towards integration and all our overarching laws being made in Brussels. You don't seem to understand that.