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And most of the polls are still showing it as extremely close, a second referendum wouldn't necessarily end up with leave being overturned as many assume (and would arguably give more of a mandate for a hard brexit).
That's not to say they're happy with the UK attitude either but I don't think many could argue that the EU have been flawless in this shitstorm.
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but I don't think many could argue that the EU have been flawless in this shitstorm.
My biggest issue here is that a lot of people were going into this process with the attitude of "we have the upper hand, we'll just have to wait and call their bluff and they'll fold", indicating they were in favour of aggressive negotiating, pressing any advantage the UK has. Then when this turned out to be a total fantasy and the EU was clearly more in control of the whole thing (as you would expect, seeing as it is the local superpower), suddenly there was much crying and whining about the evil EU and their dastardly tactics.
SwissChap
For some time, yes, but it was showing it as being extremely close either way. The polls were really not far off at all, people just didn't take them seriously it seems.
Now that really is a special type of 'head up their own ass' though.