As far as I can recall though I've never ever heard a Leaver ever cite any good reason. And that includes MPs and journalists etcI think the problem a lot of Remainers make is assuming that everyone who voted for Brexit did so for basically false reasons. When in fact, there may be plenty of reasons for voting to Leave that aren't just racism or stupidity (though no doubt these are in the mix for many). Voting for govt that's close to you geographically for instance.
Fucking hell, a leaver position that almost makes sense.Not my experience. I'm good friends with an older Leave voter, who's basically politically a Green, and he cites his reasons as wanting to discourage "all of this trade" for environmental reasons.
Or their own simple ones if they prefer.The beauty of the Leave campaign was that a slogan like "Take Back Control" is very simple. And like a rorschach inkblot, it leaves people to project their own complex answers, hopes and needs into the space that it opens up.
I think that's exactly why I got so into the US election.If this didn't involve our lives and our ability to buy French wine, I'd be gripped to this fascinating show.
Can't wait for brexfast. You lot only ever want to put your country down. Where's your pride?I up the bum
In the biggest selling novel of all time mankind is expelled from an earthly paradise called Eden after being tricked by a snake... now, in a case of life not really imitating something that's barely art, mankind is tricked by a snake named Farage into expelling itself from earthly paradise, but at least they get to keep Eden.At least Eden loves his country.
I think an awful lot of people (and a lot of awful people) voted Leave in 2016 and then Conservative (or worse) in two subsequent elections in the full knowledge that there wasn't a cat's chance in hell that it would Make Britain Great Again or even achieve some measurable thing that they might have wanted, like a reduction in immigration or less competition for jobs and therefore an increase in wages, but simply as a way of sticking their middle finger up and the frogs, krauts and eye-ties, and - just as importantly - at the sort of Brits who don't really mind frogs, krauts and eye-ties, and who willingly spend time with them or otherwise interact with them in a way that's not directly antagonistic and competitive.Brexit makes me so angry and sad i can barely type coherently...
For sure, the choice of deliberately fucking our own economy, destroying businesses and reducing choice and availability for commuters is bad... and the reduction of our own freedoms and those of our descendants and so on - and its celebration - is even worse... but what really sickens and saddens me is the clear and specific rejection of our neighbours, maybe I'm a fucking hippy I dunno, but just an increase of nastiness, a message to everyone that we hate them and want to be further from them, a reduction in closeness... Brexit is a triumph of spite over kindness.