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“I honestly thought that it would eventually dawn on Leavers that there are no upsides here, only negatives but it hasn’t at all. They’ve doubled down and dug in.h it “
Oh I’m sure it has but of course they’ve dug in. It’s quite hard for lots of people, especially very vocal, strident people (who had either no capacity or no inclination to look at facts for themselves but relied upon the narrative of vested interests and their hatred of the “elite”), to concede that they were hoodwinked.
That’s precisely what this Government is doing on a national basis. It knows full well it’s leading us to a no deal disaster but what’s it supposed to do? Hands up, we got it wrong, you’re all fucked and by the way it’s all our fault. Of course they won’t. Their only option is to face it out to the last possible minute, then blame remainers for interfering, how dare they, when the people who voted for them suffer as a result.
That’s why, though I don’t agree with their position (we need a PV), the LibDems might be on to something. Threats of riots on the streets if they revoke are, I believe, much exaggerated. The usual rent a mob will be out for a jamboree, any excuse, but many people who voted leave will be secretly relieved as the rest of us. They might grumble a bit down the pub but in a few months, it will be gratefully forgotten as other important matters make it back on to the political agenda, a GE is held and life returns to equilibrium. Within a year it will be but a distant, dreadful memory. The ERG will still be frothing at the mouth but most will be out of Westminster by then.
No-one’s quality of life, except disaster capitalists and hedge fund managers, will improve post Brexit for potentially 50 years, as stated by Slime Rees-Mogg. For most poor, disaffected voters it will get a whole lot worse.