Brexit it is...
Appears that the referendum was close. With Britain largely divided on the issue hope it was the right decision. What's everyone's take?
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I voted to leave.
I won't bother trying to explain my reasons, especially as most reasons and statistics can be twisted and used by both sides, but I'll just say that once the remain camp started claiming that intelligent/educated people wanted us to stay - that set off all kinds of alarm bells! That's just like so much playground bullying - "You're too stupid to understand, that's why you won't let me take your lunch money!" - once they start stating that the opposition are all too stupid to understand, they lose all credibility. And simply pointing out that arse-holes like Trump thought we should leave was meaningless - lots of intelligent and educated people thought we should leave, just because they're not famous and/or influential, or because nobody wanted to use them to influence votes, doesn't mean they're stupid!
And it didn't escape my notice that this was the one and only chance we'd ever get to vote on the issue. A remain vote would have given them carte blanche to do whatever the hell they wanted, and anyone who doesn't believe that should be informed that Britain voted, long ago, to join an open market of European countries, to make it quicker, easier, and friendlier to import and export from nearby countries! That's all it was for! So how the hell did it end up looking so much like a bloody dictatorship?😕
Staying in that lot meant we had no control whatsoever. And remember, just because we've voted to leave, doesn't mean it'll really happen - and if it does, that doesn't mean it'll be a complete severance from the EU - just look at Tony Blair wetting himself in dismay! If we leave completely, he's out of a cushy job...😆
I won't bother trying to explain my reasons, especially as most reasons and statistics can be twisted and used by both sides, but I'll just say that once the remain camp started claiming that intelligent/educated people wanted us to stay - that set off all kinds of alarm bells! That's just like so much playground bullying - "You're too stupid to understand, that's why you won't let me take your lunch money!" - once they start stating that the opposition are all too stupid to understand, they lose all credibility. And simply pointing out that arse-holes like Trump thought we should leave was meaningless - lots of intelligent and educated people thought we should leave, just because they're not famous and/or influential, or because nobody wanted to use them to influence votes, doesn't mean they're stupid!
And it didn't escape my notice that this was the one and only chance we'd ever get to vote on the issue. A remain vote would have given them carte blanche to do whatever the hell they wanted, and anyone who doesn't believe that should be informed that Britain voted, long ago, to join an open market of European countries, to make it quicker, easier, and friendlier to import and export from nearby countries! That's all it was for! So how the hell did it end up looking so much like a bloody dictatorship?😕
Staying in that lot meant we had no control whatsoever. And remember, just because we've voted to leave, doesn't mean it'll really happen - and if it does, that doesn't mean it'll be a complete severance from the EU - just look at Tony Blair wetting himself in dismay! If we leave completely, he's out of a cushy job...😆
