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It's quite easy to come to the view people were bullshitted. Leave campaign leaflet pack of fucking lies. Turkey. Lie. 350 million bus. Bullshit. Campaigns are not held to any standards, they were in no position to suggest this was an official promise but as it's a suggestion if people did fall for it "it was a suggestion"
But then after that there's an issue:
1 - Not all leavers bought the bull (lexit didn't go with official leave, neither did flexit)
2 - People only admit they accepted a lie if you give them a chance
3 - People disagree over definitions. Platitudes like "the EU is corrupt / undemocratic" quite frankly make me eyeroll though depending on the definition of said terms they are not untrue. But if person A uses definition A and B definition B...
4 - Group thinking, encouraged by a all or nothing vote referendum
5 - Nobody likes to admit they were wrong. I was wrong on EU and fishing, it does seem a bad policy.
I'd hope though that there is common ground to be found. But on what... Article 50 court case? Yeah some leavers thought it was good. But then what, are they worried about the economy or not...So many things were promised, and there are so many motivations it's a long conversation with anyone if you want to make it fair.