Is there anybody here who voted 'leave' who now regrets it?

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Just wondering.

I'm generally not a very political person but seeing the total mess which seems to have been created by the government following through on the vote to leave the EU.

I think that the sane thing is to say 'OK we made a mistake, please can we stay in the EU.

I guess they won't because it's following through on the vote.

I know a lot of people are saying there should be a second vote, but I think these are people who voted to remain in the first place.

I was wondering if there would be any backing for a second referendum (or simply a let's forget brexit) from anyone who originally voted to leave. Maybe it's not delivering as you expected? Do you think that the pro-brexit politicians misrepresented things to you and you'd vote differently if you had a second chance?

(PS name change if you're embarrassed !)

I have a male relative in his 80s who voted leave and regretted it the next day. Admitted he only voted leave to shake the government a bit and didn’t ever believe the leave vote would win. No idea how he feels now.

But I don’t subscribe to the idea that leaver voters are all idiots. I spent a long time considering my vote and ended up voting remain. It was obviously the easy choice, to keep the status quo. Just because something is difficult, isn’t a reason alone to say we shouldn’t attempt it. I was close to voting leave.

Me - I didn't quite understand the ramifications of leaving
I would vote remain if repeated

Maybe people are reluctant to admit they voted leave because by doing so it was must be because they are ‘thick racists’ according to a very large section of the leave voters

And for what it’s worth yes I voted leave and yes I regret doing so. If another vote was held I would cite remain.

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Much more respect for him that those (like my mum) who read nothing more than the headlines on the Daily Mail and Express then think they're a fucking expert.

I think there is a lot of retrospective experts now on both sides, all getting snippets from the media echo chambers they live in, repeating headlines with an appeal to authority, tying themselves up in knots with the mental hoops they have to jump through to justify their EU vote against their hate for [opposition political party name here].

I was in the 'leave' camp mainly because of reservations I had over the reality of Europe and how Germany was effectively screwing over nations like Greece. I do think that Europe is dominated by Germany (and to a lesser extent France) and I really don't like this (LOVE Germany as a holiday destination though). I have Greek friends so ... I do regret this now, but am also anti-Europe in a financial markets sense.

I still think that this pretty much sums up Europe

DP and I both voted to leave. Given a 2nd chance we would both do so again. There you go, and I am now off to post the exact same response and an exact same thread.

I didn’t vote at all. I must admit I don’t know much about politics (knew even less back in 2016) and couldn’t work out what was truth and what was lies from both sides.

I’m well educated (sciences) but I didn’t want to put my name to something that I didn’t quite understand, which I think is what at least half of leavers did. I don’t buy the argument that all leavers are racist and uneducated. Not understanding politics and the implications of a vote doesn’t mean you’re thick. And to start your research when there was so much bullshit floating around from both sides, would probably confuse people who only had the basic grasp of things (myself included)

Now I have a better understanding of what’s going on, I would vote to remain in a second referendum.

And to be honest these types of questions rely on personal anecdotes as though it is representative.

All polls since the ref have been with the margin of error at unchanged, the only time when Remain comes out on top is when the Leave option is split.

I voted remain, would love another vote, but I have been speaking to a lot of very bright, very left wing leave voters and I can see their point and I know they haven't changed their minds one bit unfortunately.

I think there are plenty who see it as an act of self-betrayal to change their minds. And look for evidence or interpret evidence to confirm it.
Contrary view is too personally shameful.
I know this cuts both ways but only one way "No Deal" ends up in national catastrophe. See, I didn't even say Soft Brexit would be a national catastrophe.

Interesting thread. Really think we should have a second vote, now that we know what the deal looks like.
We know it will mean no freedom of movement for Brits, we know we will be tied to the Customs Union but out of the Single market - so investment absolutely will leave the UK, we know that no more freedom of movement to the UK means we will have fewer nurses, farm workers, carers for the elderly. We also no that a No deal Brexit will cause serious supply issues of medicines, food, and chemicals to clean our water supplies. We no that any kind of Brexit will not result in 350m for the NHS and that once we lose the protection of EU membership, US pharma will come for our beloved NHS.
If this is what you wanted - then vote for it again in the full knowledge of what it means - a second vote wouldn't deny you this. I'd vote remain again and again and again.

no know

Voted leave and would do again tomorrow

bellinisurge

Give up love, you’re on every single brexit thread spouting the same stuff, I’m not ashamed about voting leave, far from it. I’m extremely proud!

Me too,I wish they’d just left Instantly instead of discussing rubbish with the morons in Europe

Maryjoyce wow - the standard of debate really has now increased.

Voted Leave, would still vote Leave.

My vote had absolutely nothing to do with Immigration.

We also no that a No deal Brexit will cause serious supply issues of medicines, food, and chemicals to clean our water supplies
we know that do we? We actually know that WILL happen? I was under the impression that it was a ,maybe which preparation means will hopefully not happen

I’m not ashamed about voting leave

You should be. You've cost the country billions, turned us into an international laughing stock and given an enormous boost to the racist far right, not something I'd be proud of.

We import water purification chemicals from Europe. These chemicals are not stable so cannot be stored and are thus needed on a Just In Time supply basis. Here's an article. Even Gove is worried - so that says something:
www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/nodeal-brexit-could-lead-to-clean-drinking-water-shortage-a3999491.html

yes, but you don't know there will be shortages. It's something that needs to be planned for but like all the remain scaremongerers you are presenting it as fact that there WILL be shortages

We import a large proportion of our food. At the end of March, we have very little home-grown fresh produce available - it's a bad time of the year down the allotment. We don't have enough refridgeration/warehouse space to stockpile everything. Inventory also costs businesses a lot of money - hence the use of JIT supply chains. The government themselves are concerned enough about this to appoint a minister to mitigate this situation. Here is another article:
www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/26/uk-appoints-food-supplies-minister-amid-fears-of-no-deal-brexit

It's not scaremongering. If May's deal goes through, then these scenarios won't occur because we'll be in a transition period. If we crash out with No deal, which some of you seem to want, we absolutely will have supply problems with food, chemicals, medicine. Yes - the government will seek to reduce the effects of this but, there literally is not enough refridgeration capacity in the UK to stockpile all of the medicine and chemicals. Customs will have to heavily process each lorry entering the UK - estimates are that a large consignment may take 8 hours to process, compared minutes right now. These are facts. Choose to ignore them if you wish - that's up to you.

Seems you believe all the rubbish you read lol