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"Everyone I speak to just wants it over with"

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YeOldeTrout · 21/09/2019 13:36

... insisted a person on radio, about Brexit.

But if delay in becoming non-members is the only way to avoid crashing out, then I'm all for the damn membership dragging on.

Plus for me Brexit isn't 'over with' until it stops feeling like Brexit is dominating every aspect of foreign policy & many domestic policies. That moment will be 5-15 yrs from now. I'm not wanting to rush the next 15 yrs of my life.

Only me? Or do others also NOT feel like they 'just want it over with' ?

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Herocomplex · 21/09/2019 13:48

Any Questions? Oh my god.

Person A - these are the facts from my sector
Person B - I’m sure that’s not the case based purely on my faith.

And on and on.

Followed shortly by ‘Any Bigots’ where lunatics from the British Isles phone in to put forward their ill-informed small minded opinions.

Awful.

FaFoutis · 21/09/2019 13:50

It's nonsense. I don't know anyone, except my stepmother, who just wants it over with.
My stepmother's reason for saying this is because she is ashamed of being fooled into voting leave but will not fully admit it.

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YeOldeTrout · 21/09/2019 13:59

I know a lot of people who wish they say that politics could go back to being boring, tbf. I'm not sure I know in person anyone who can't identify with that hope.

That "Everyone just wants to get it over with" line seems to be a particular favourite of people who think that crashing out will be fine.

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NoWordForFluffy · 21/09/2019 16:01

I think most people have hit peak-Brexit and wouldn't be sorry if they never heard the word again. That isn't the same as thinking that no deal is what will achieve that wish.

I wish it would all go away, but we're doomed to hear about it / suffer it / deal with it for the rest of our lives. I don't want no deal, however. I'll go with anything but no deal at this point, however, as that's an utter disaster.

RedSheep73 · 21/09/2019 16:03

I want it to be over with in the sense that we revoke artivle 50 and pretend it all never happened. That can't come quickly enough. Does that count?

PuffHuffle5 · 21/09/2019 16:05

I agree with you OP. I think if the last 3 years has taught us anything is that leaving the EU is not something you can simply ‘get on with and get over and done with’ - repeating ‘just get it over and done with’ over and over and over like some magic spell as some people are doesn’t change that...

derxa · 21/09/2019 16:16

Person A - these are the facts from my sector Well the uncertainty has buggered farming up till now. Then suddenly last Friday we sold our sheep for the best ever prices. What a bloody muddle.

BeardedMum · 21/09/2019 16:18

I just want it revoked🙂

MockersthefeMANist · 21/09/2019 16:21

A cautionary tale in how direct democracy completely undermines representative and responsible government.

The demented premise that we voted for it therefore it must happen is often stated. In 2010, we voted to elminate the deficit by 2015. It never happened. The statement that "The Irish were made to vote again," completely ignorant of the Irish Constitution and its requirement to hold referendums on change.

More than anything, the use of the collective "We," as in "We voted to leave," and sometimes, "We all voted to leave."

I didn't.

Frangible · 21/09/2019 16:22

The people who say they want it over with are labouring under the delusion that if we crash out at Hallowe'en, Brexit will never be mentioned again, and that anyone who says the word will receive a small electrical shock from the universe.

This really isn't the case. And it won't be the case whether we leave with a deal or without, or whether there's a second referendum and common sense prevails and we stay in.

Frangible · 21/09/2019 16:23

The statement that "The Irish were made to vote again," completely ignorant of the Irish Constitution and its requirement to hold referendums on change.

Indeed.

NoWordForFluffy · 21/09/2019 16:42

Whatever happens, whether it's no deal, leave with deal or revoke, we will never be rid of the legacy of this stupidly-thought our referendum. Not in our lifetimes, anyway.

Anothernotherone · 21/09/2019 16:50

I don't want it to keep being delayed for purely selfish reasons - I booked and cancelled flights for the end of October due to not wanting to get stuck in the UK.

I'd rather article 50 were revoked.

I think crashing out will be awful for the UK but the constant uncertainty is ridiculous. I suppose it's akin to getting so sick of someone threatening to do any other ridiculous, self sabotaging thing that you think "well just do it already, or stop going on about it".

Sometimes people saying that they just want it over with don't want it to happen, they just want BJ and his pals to stop saying "We are going to set the house on fire, we're going to do it on Monday, yes we are, yes we are - ask us not to! We might try to arrange to get the valuables out first, but only if the fire brigade offer us a good deal, like a ride on the fire engine and no need to install fire alarms in future properties! Ok they didn't offer us things- we'll do it on Tuesday, were still going to do it - it's the firebrigade's fault if the priceless paintings and pet hamser burn because they didn't negotiate with us to get us to get them out. I know they're our things but it's the firebrigade's fault... Ok we're definitely going to burn the house on Wednesday!"

Obviously someone should take the matches away from BJ and pals and send them to their rooms to think about what they've done, but as nobody appears to have the power to do that some people are so sick of all the self destructive threats they're thinking "just do it already, so the firebrigade can try to put the fire out and the neighbours can stop hovering over the fire extinguisher and sniffing the air anxiously and get a decent night's sleep"

BlackeyedGruesome · 21/09/2019 18:31

Just let it be over. Revoke and let it stop. Crashing out means we will hear of it forevermore and it will all be someone else's fault if it all goes tits up or stays in the news.

IntoTheHoods · 21/09/2019 18:36

@Anothernotherone you are spot on there.

And yes we all want it over with, I definitely do, but it’s not like the UK will Brexit and we’ll all move on! I suppose a lot of people don’t realise that. They just stick their fingers in their ears and repeat ‘Project Fear, Project Fear’ whenever the problems are mentioned.

Eleanoryellow89 · 21/09/2019 18:45

I think it depends where you are/who you associate with etc. A PP said she only knows one person who wants it over with whereas I don’t know anyone who doesn’t want it over with! It really depends on a lot of things.
What I have noticed though from the people that I know is that the remainers want it all to be over with and to remain. The leavers (the majority of people I know) want it to be over through a no deal- even through most of them initially wanted a deal. There seems to be no middle ground anymore and people are more divided than ever

NoWordForFluffy · 21/09/2019 18:51

No deal = this will go on for a VERY long time! It really won't go away if that happens. If they're sick of it now, wait til there's food and medicine shortages to go with the wall to wall news!

IntoTheHoods · 21/09/2019 18:54

Exactly. No Deal will not make it all go away!

Even Revoke will mean issues rumbling on for years.

NoWordForFluffy · 21/09/2019 18:56

That's why I said that we're doomed to hear about it evermore up thread. It's a hideous thought!

chomalungma · 21/09/2019 18:57

I suppose it depends on who you speak to.

People who I speak to either:

Want No Deal
Want to remain or have a good deal

Or haven't got a clue about politics and what's going on and what anything means.

Some of those people may be the No Deal group as well.

IntoTheHoods · 21/09/2019 18:58

Yy fluffy

I wish I disagreed with you but I think you’re spot on.

brokenladyxx · 21/09/2019 18:59

At the risk of sounding completely thick I still don't understand brexitConfused

NoWordForFluffy · 21/09/2019 19:02

Nor does the former Brexit Secretary, @brokenladyxx, so I wouldn't be embarrassed.

CactusAndCacti · 21/09/2019 19:05

All those I have come across yelling leave right now think it will all be rainbow shitting unicorns, anything else is propaganda.

twofingerstoEverything · 21/09/2019 19:08

The leavers (the majority of people I know) want it to be over through a no deal- even through most of them initially wanted a deal. There seems to be no middle ground anymore and people are more divided than ever

And your leaver mates think having no deal will mean it's 'over with', do they? Righty ho.

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