I have noticed an interesting development in the BBC's Have Your Say sections relating to Brexit.
For the past 2 years, the Leavers were loud and goady in their support fror Brexit and dismissive of all "Remoaners", to the extent that I could only read a few pages without feeling suicidal. However, in recent weeks, views have been becoming far more balanced (in the sense of equal numbers, certainly not the intemperate language used!).
Yesterday, I saw an article about companies pulling out of the UK, which had well over 3,000 comments (unfortunately, it seems to have been taken down this morning). The comments were almost without exception anti-Brexit, with the majority saying that we need another vote. Quite a few of these were former Leavers who are waking up to the damage Brexit will cause and saying they would change their vote if given the chance. It was actually quite a pleasure to read the "Highest Rated" comments, every one of which took the view that we are stumbling towards disaster and destroying the economy. The only riposte from rabid Leavers was to complain about BBC bias for reporting the companies' plans
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I know this is hardly a representative sample, but the recent turnround in attitudes has been remarkable. Maybe the march last Saturday has helped to show that a People's Vote is a possibility and a potential solution to the impending shitstorm. Of course, opinion polls show only slight movement to the Remain side, but avalanches start off small too. The only worry is the lack of time now to do a new vote.