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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by andrewingram on Monday January 09, 2017 @05:35PM (#13360471)
Yeah, it's coherent enough to me that if i'd ever heard it pre-referendum i'd have been more comfortable that there were at least some real arguments to be made in favour of leaving.
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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by smikhanov on Monday January 09, 2017 @05:45PM (#13360552)
Why, arguments for both sides could've been made easily. You absolutely can make a case for both leaving or staying. It's just that neither side of the referendum bothered to do this before the vote.
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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by andrewingram on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @10:12AM (#13365323)
True. But i'd contend that the side arguing for changing the status quo has a higher burden of persuasion. This seems especially true given (a) the degree to which even a well-managed Brexit would have unpredictable economic implications, and (b) the way that that a racist minority managed to conflate their cause with a potentially more reasonable one.
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