Re:Why Brexit Was Not a Mistake
by Bombthecat on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @12:56PM
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> At best, the jury is still out. We will be able to consider the question rationally in, perhaps, a decade.
> NONE of the Brexiters had any planning in place to get us from in EU to out. I honestly don't believe any of them even expected to win. The only politician with a plan of any form was Nicola Sturgeon of the SNP.
> Britain is now experiencing overt racism like the last 40 years of progress didn't happen. Brexit has been taken as carte blanche to be proudly racist. I have witnessed this myself, last week, in an area where I'd have expected it to be non-existent.
> The few politicians speaking are all seeking EU-lite, and it seems, wishing to rejoin as much of the single market (with associated costs) as possible.
> By most measures it looks like it's shaping up to be a disaster for Britain.
And for lulz and giggles UK is dragging us down too.
> NONE of the Brexiters had any planning in place to get us from in EU to out. I honestly don't believe any of them even expected to win. The only politician with a plan of any form was Nicola Sturgeon of the SNP.
> Britain is now experiencing overt racism like the last 40 years of progress didn't happen. Brexit has been taken as carte blanche to be proudly racist. I have witnessed this myself, last week, in an area where I'd have expected it to be non-existent.
> The few politicians speaking are all seeking EU-lite, and it seems, wishing to rejoin as much of the single market (with associated costs) as possible.
> By most measures it looks like it's shaping up to be a disaster for Britain.
And for lulz and giggles UK is dragging us down too.
Looks like I will move soon to US.