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Quote Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick View Post
Legitimately. We are all losers - that is the point. It was a bad idea and a bad decision and we all have to pay the price for the ignorance of a small majority. QUOTE]

is that the same 51.89% who voted for Brexit ? ? ? or were only the deciding 3.78% ignorant
The 51.89% obviously. In what world would 3.78% be a small majority?

When we all return to work after Covid, the calamitous impact of Brexit will be more visible. Where is the upside? Even the entirely token "victories" that were won, such as the fishing quota and free trade, have turned out to be defeats. UK fishermen are much worse off (just ask them); we've got a free trade agreement, but the requirements at borders are a bigger issue in many industries anyway - they often place insurmountable costs on certain businesses or products so we will see those businesses stop trading or reducing product lines/choice.

If anybody voted for Brexit in expectation of these sorts of issues then they are idiots. If anyone voted for it without bothering to understand what it would mean, or actually believing Farage's "they will crumble" bullsh!t, then they are ignorant. Basic politics tells you that the EU or the other Member States would never let this be anything other than a painful mistake for the UK, and that is what it is.