10 years since Brexit-would you vote the same?

[NoEffingWay]

I was listening to a podcast today about this, and it was really interesting. They had a group of people who voted Leave at the time, and although most of them were unhappy about how it has panned out, only one would have changed his vote if they could have voted tomorrow.
I voted remain at the time, and would do so again. The loss of freedom to travel across the EU, and work without visas is a loss, most likely not to me, but to DS who would have loved to have travelled across Europe and work his way with ease.
What would you do, and why?

I voted leave because I believed the soundbites about more money for the NHS.

I feel stupid now and would vote remain.

Still a Remainer 10 years later. I actually find it quite ironic I sent off my passport application form on the day of the referendum. I need to renew it soon, but it won't be the same.

@ParsonMaybold

I don’t think stupid people should be able to vote in a referendum. They knew not what they were voting for.

What IQ must people have before they can vote in a referendum?
Also, should stupid people be allowed to vote in a general election?

I voted remain and I would vote remain again. I am literally just back from Amsterdam on Eurostar. The queues and time it took to get through security and border control was just horrendous.

Yup. There were certainly things that were suboptimal, but to leave was an extreme reaction to them.

I was one of the casualties as I worked in financial services, and within a few months of the referendum, thousands of jobs were moved to Frankfurt, Madrid etc. Investment banks control risk, so they couldn't wait to see what a deal would look like.

This clouded my view to an extent, however to make it more difficult to trade with our nearest market struck me as one of the most stupid things we could do. Sure, we can eventually strike deals elsewhere, but that will take time and will never be as efficient. As has been proved.

I have yet to see a credible economic study that shows any benefit of leaving.

I voted remain, and would do so again.

The reason being was that I didn't fully understand what leaving would mean for the UK. I didn't think either side (remain/leave) were making their case at all well, but just decided that it was a case of "better the devil you know".

I also didn't think it was a good idea to leave the largest and most successful trading bloc in the world.

Edited for grammatical errors! 🙄

Why do you think there wasn't democracy in being an EU member? We all voted for our MEPs (although Farage, himself one, did a good job of making it sound like we didnt)

Not a snarky question, genuinely interested

Brexit should never have happened. I cannot understand why they left on the back of a non binding vote where the results were so close.

Absolutely this.

Remain voter, would of course vote the same.

it boils my blood that David Cameron who took us into this shitshow is now sitting in the lords.

I work for the Government and the money Brexit has cost, I doubt we will ever recoup if our lifetime. I’m yet to be convinced any of it was worth it. Young people are massively restricted. An old friend told me she was voting leave, and I asked her about her place in Spain. She hadn’t even considered it. She changed her mind, but even up selling up soon after Brexit.

I voted remain and would do so again. Why? Because I believe that Brexit has been the expensive shower of shit I expected it to be.

@mylifeisexams It was not Cameron’s fault. Some in the Con Party and UKIP had been agitating about this for decades! Thatcher didn’t like the EU agreements and many Conservatives jumped on the “Britain should not be told what to do “ bandwagon. The blame firmly lies with them and idiots like Farage and, last but not least, the idiotic voters. Cameron had had enough of the backbiting, division and nastiness. No wonder he left after the result. People who agitated for this know no humility and guess what, many lunatics are trusting Farage again. They were the foolish ones who simply didn’t understand the ramifications of leave. Cameron did but who was listening to common sense? Not the baying braying Farage and the idiot Johnson. Blame the disruptors and agitators, not Cameron.

It is nigh on impossible to agree on the ramifications of Brexit due to Covid and the Ukraine war. Those two events changed everything.

I’d still vote remain. Brexit has cost us a fortune and brought no benefits apart from blue passports.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg75npqkq4o?app-referrer=deep-link

Same and many people that I know voted leave and would still vote leave

Voted remain and would vote the same .

I voted remain and would vote remain again.

I voted remain and would do so again.

A PP observed that the remain campaign dealt in facts and figures while the leave campaign dealt in emotions. It made me realise there was a lot of emotion influencing remainers too, including me. I’m so angry at the bad grace of the winning side, refusing to acknowledge the real upset caused to many remainers and instead simply crowing and causing more division. The whole thing has been handled so badly both at a political and an individual level.

Yes. I voted remain. I’d vote the same again.

I didn't vote. I just had no idea what would be best, all the information seemed to be about leaving and it was obviously nonsense. I didn't feel I could make an in any way properly informed decision on such a huge thing.

Having seen how things panned out, we obviously should have remained.

I was very on the fence as there are pros and cons to both. I have no love for the EU and disliked the fact that the European court could overturn decisions our supreme court made despite the quality of the judges not always being as good. I didn't like being attached to a very bureaucratic tax wasting institution. I don't like the politics of many European countries. I didn't like seeing how EU money was wasted across Europe.

On a personal level I would benefit financially from being in the EU though, so it was always a bit of a dilemma.

How people would vote is pretty irrelevant now anyway. The referendum brought out the worst on everyone so I certainly would want another one.

I voted remain. I would now vote to leave this Brexit shit behind!

Voted Remain and have never regretted it. Leaving the EU was one of the greatest acts of national self harm in our history.

Can you explain why you think the EU has no democracy? All MEPs are voted for, Farage was one himself.

The EU has increased its laws on working rights, not relaxed them, which in any case would be irrelevant to the UK now as we’re not under them.

Slavery, forced labor, and human trafficking remain absolute violations of fundamental rights under Article 5 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. 1, 2, 3]