Quite frankly it’s been a complete shit show that’s highlighted how politicians only have one aim, that is to further their own careers. They can state for years what they “believe” then as soon as an opportunity arises they change their minds (Corbyn I’m especially looking at you).
I doubt I’ll ever vote again, since day one many in parliament have sought to thwart what the majority voted for, together with the bbc they have sought to undermine those who voted leave branding them stupid,racist bigots who based their vote on a number on the side of a bus. It’s been a remarkable marketing campaign on the part of Remain, holding themselves out to be the moral high ground, the liberals etc.
In truth a lot of people don’t understand the pros and cons of staying or leaving the EU. There are vast amounts of Remainers that don’t have a clue and just trot out the checklist;
Russia
Numbers on a bus
Leavers are liars, xenophobic, stupid
Ill conceived metaphors
The best deal is the deal we have now
Blah blah blah
Most of the remainers I know based their vote on the basis of a fundamental human instinct of where you’re not sure retain the status quo.
In reality, leave or remain the status quote will change, as a nation we have less and less control over what happens in the EU with each passing and increasingly frequent treaty. Areas where previously new treaties might have given us the power of veto now give us opt outs (ie the EU will head forward the UK will be left behind and put the club).
Where this ever closer union brings us is still open to conjecture but it is likely our common law/civil law system will be increasingly problematic in trying to mesh it with the civil law/adversarial systems operated in most of the EU.
The ECJ have increasingly used the fundamental freedoms toencroach on areas of supposed sovereignty.
The economics of the other countries are very different to ours. The zero tariff auto treaty negotiated with japan, favouring economies with their own auto brands (mainly France Germany and to some extent Italy) to export rather than economies japan has chosen to male inward investments in to manufacture vehicles to access the European market (as obviously the zero rate tariff would enable them to consolidate manufacturing back in japan thereby cutting costs).
In my view if we stayed in the EU we are likely to become increasingly margainalised. Obviously this is my view and realise others might have other views. If people can discuss their points coherently with an appreciation (although maybe not agreement) for alternative views then I totally respect that.
But what I mainly hear from remainers, obviously with exceptions is virtue signalling whilst simultaneously accusing leavers of some of the most socially damning traits. Never do they ever consider they are pawns of the ruling elite (the ones who hide better than owning Westminster)