I voted remain and would vote remain again.
Slightly mystified by people who claim they voted remain last time but would vote leave in a second referendum “because of the way the EU has behaved during the negotiations”.
How has the EU behaved, exactly?
The UK government tried to trigger Article 50 without parliamentary approval and got slapped down by the Supreme Court for violating our own constitutional law. They then triggered Article 50 with apparently no solid plans in place and started the clock on the two year negotiation period. They then wasted four months calling a general election, losing their majority, bribing the DUP to prop them up and having a cabinet reshuffle. Theresa May put someone who fundamentally does not understand how the EU works or what the single market is (David Davis) in charge of DExEU. She put an arrogant, offensive, ignorant buffoon with no respect for other countries or cultures (Boris Johnson) in charge of the Foreign Office. Someone who has publicly come out with such gems as “the EU can go whistle” and “fuck business”.
Meanwhile, the EU has repeatedly asked the UK to come up with a credible plan, particularly in relation to the Irish border issue. And all the UK government has done is repeatedly come up with half-baked, nonsensical proposals which look like they were written by a not very bright GCSE government and politics student and which essentially boil down to “we’d like to have some cake and we’d also like to eat it”.
I am quite frankly amazed that seemingly intelligent people who claim to have voted remain think that the EU is being unreasonable by not simply allowing us to have all the good bits of EU membership without any of the obligations, or by prioritising the needs and concerns of its remaining member states (particularly Ireland) over those of the member state which has chosen to leave.
How are they being unreasonable?
What exactly do you think they should have done, or not done, in order to meet us halfway?