Do your family, friends, work colleagues, anyone ever discuss Brexit anymore?

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My family don't. None of my friends are interested. Nor are my work colleagues.

Was wondering if it ever comes up in anyone else's conversations.

All the time as we decide which jobs will have to move from UK.

I only see it mentioned on here.

I am reading an interesting book about it, though.

No not really, only to comment on how expensive it is to holiday in Europe

Yes but not nearly as much as last year.

I don't see the point in dwelling on it. We need to see how things progress. I'm so sick of talking about hypotheticals. I wish the vote had been the other way round but given the country voted leave, we need to leave.

Not at work. My team have a rule, that we agreed between us. We dont discuss poltics or religion. I wouldnt be happy with anyone being made to feel like shit at work for their poltical view. No matter how much I disagree with them. And i wint get dragged into grievances.

Tbf the whole office works like that. There was lots of problems around the time of the vote and people got fed up of it.

At home, yes.

Yes. Often.

Whether you voted to leave or remain have people forgotten what happened in Greece a couple of years ago. People were committing suicide. Cypriots and Greeks could not withdraw any money from their bank accounts and ATMs. Spain has whole towns that are derelict, whilst Italy, Ireland and Portugal are also struggling. But apparently it's all because we voted to leave.

The level of detail involved in Brexit is mind boggling, and most people (including in the media!) don't enjoy having their minds boggled, so they tend to ignore the implications. Too many people don't seem to understand that it's more than just an interesting (or not!) debating point, but the main event that will shape all of our lives for many decades to come, so it's seriously worth having some kind of personal contingency plan regarding career, finances, citizenship etc. The trouble is, if I said this IRL to anyone, I'd either be 'preaching to the converted' or just preaching full stop, and who wants to be preached at? I've been something of a Cassandra ever since the Tories got in, and the level of apathy and wilful ignorance even among those who will suffer the most from their policies is disheartening indeed. I've learned to keep my counsels of doom to myself. goes off muttering darkly

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LOL. I don't think so, you're all far too old and middle class to riot.

You think? My walking frame and I are poised and ready.

Yes, a bit. The result has already had an impact on one of my businesses, so I've been making contingency plans.

All the time at work as I am involved in an industry deeply affected - mostly badly but it's possible there may be some positive effects for certain parts of it (bit tricky to explain without outing myself!). And because of this I discuss it often in various countries around the world. In fact I was talking about it a few days ago with some v high up people in New York and they all thought we were mad - including, interestingly, someone who used to work for Trump.

I'm very pro-Remain but I still think I can talk to those on all sides without referring to them as cunts or idiots: it's a terrible shame that it has to come down to that so quickly - it's an emotive and difficult subject but we have to find a way through it.

Yes, daily. It's pretty important ya know.

My family talk about it on a daily basis. 3 jobs negatively affected by the outcome. Firings, loss of funding etc. I was just about to start my masters dissertation in a field that's mostly EU-funded so I've had to rethink my entire life path and career aspirations and have been stuck in my student Saturday job since. But it's all good because 'we've got are country back!!1!'

Cassandra is definitely how I feel!

I try not too. It's just too depressing. Plus I love my parents dearly, but I can't bear to talk to them about it, so it's easier to pretend it didn't/isn't happening.

Although I should be seriously thinking about getting European passports for myself and DS, I guess I'm naively hoping it won't come to pass for real .

Yes at work all the time (law, it is massive for us and all our clients), at home and with friends.

I also find the idea that people don't know how democracy works vaguely entertaining as in our democracy the referendum means less than the election as it is Parliament that has the power as The Supreme Court made very clear.

I don't feel despondent, I largely plan for the worst and hope for the best, but still think it may not in fact happen.

We talk about it at work, clients bring it up frequently. On a personal level, less so. I am surprised at myself but the friends I have which voted leave have gone down so much in my opinion that I can't be bothered. Not one of them was able to give me anything more considered than "I just want things back to how they were"?!?! Regressive. Devisive.
Expensive.

Yes, we talk about it a lot. I suspect (and this is a generalisation), remainers are more likely to talk about it because they are more aware of the negative consequences of leaving (for themselves, and for the country as a whole). I also suspect that on average, remainers are more engaged in politics and current affairs.

Yes and I no longer live in Europe. But then my family is seriously Europhile. Between my parents and I we've lived in 6 different European countries.

But yesterday at the school gate I spoke to a Canadian and Mexican about the implications for Northern Ireland. It boggles my mind that the people it actually affects have stopped talking about it!

I think this thread probably explains why people don't talk about it unless the group are all convinced that leave or remain is 100% right. If you have some hundred per centers in the group, they will not be prepared to have any kind of discussion.

The idea that neither path was good is apparently unacceptable.

Protect us from those who are certain ....

Thanks for replies

CatfromJapan - I live Not-in-London and personally am very interested in Brexit but everyone I know just accepts it as the Will of the People (I known, I know). I read the Westminstenders thread on MN and am incensed by the power grab that has just been voted through Parliament and am incredulous that people in my day to day life just don't know or don't care.

I fail to see how bitching about Brexit AT WORK to work colleagues in work time is going to change ANY of those things Mrskeats, unless you want the sack.
Maybe if you are a political activist or have a job as an MP but that is the only time it's acceptable to talk about Brexit at work.
I sure as hell don't want to hear my colleagues political opinions.

Recently some brexiteers on here told me that brexit is not even in the news anymore. I dunno what news they read/listen to.

Yes, those who have been directly affected by it talk about it a lot with me. The others less so, and leavers much less so.

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Just the sort of language I would expect
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