Re: Is a No Deal Brexit a Worry?
Originally Posted by
Bruce
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Bloody hell! Discussing Brexit is worse than mentioning flu to a realist.
Whatever the outcome it looks to me that Brexit has finished up what Thatcher started - the complete breakdown of British society into warring factions in a way never seen before.
It begins to look as if Cameron should have been shot for bringing up this ill conceived idea, paralysing Britain for three years and now, perhaps, relinquishing the country's already tenuous grasp on democracy.
Whether Brexit happens or not, how long will it take for this to heal?
You should not confuse the decision of the EU Referendum, which was to Leave, with the mess, shambles, and confusion that has developed since them
For years some people complained that they wanted to leave the EEC, and these calls gradually increased as it changed to become the EU, but were constantly ignored by all parties
Eventually with the increase in these calls, and the rise in popularity of Nigel Farage and UKIP Cameron decided to do something about it, and hold a referendum - Remain or Leave
We were told that this would be a once in a lifetime decision; that the decision would be taken by the electorate, not the MPs; and 'the government will implement what you decide'
But. of course, that was when Cameron and the rest of the Establishment expected that the result would be to Remain
However the result was a straightforward majority of 1.2M votes to leave, and you would have thought that would be the matter settled. Simple
But no. The situation was best described by one commentator as 'the problem with democracy is that it requires the losing side to accept the result'
And that has been, and still is, the problem
Since the Referendum the losers - Remain - have done everything they can think of to reverse, overthrow, weaken, and generally subvert the majority decision of the biggest exercise in democracy ever held in this country
We always knew that Brexit wouldn't be easy, but it is the Remainers who have turned it into the shambles that it is