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So what you’re saying is that some politicians lied? Best cancel ... everything ... ever.
Patronising as fuck.
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So what you’re saying is that some politicians lied? Best cancel ... everything.
Patronising af.
I think honesty from politicians is something that should be demanded by an electorate as we end up with these situations as result. I'm not sure how you find anything I am saying as patronising as I don't intend to cause offence. I am sensitive to the fact that a slim majority voted to Leave and that parliament invoked A50. However, ultimately we rely upon the political leaders to make decisions in the best interest of the whole nation.
The concern I have is that what was propogated as fact, anticipated as likely, or assumed to be a given has all turned out to be something else, and left a situation in which the govt is trapped between a disgruntled part of the electorate who demand change, but without a full understanding of what that means, and a potentially calamitous situation that would be irresponsible to enter.
Leave has never had a solid plan for addressing the core problems faced by the nation, and even demonstrates a possible lack of awareness of them, and all 'ideas' bandied around have been ill-conceived sound-bytes in response to emerging events (we could be like singapore, norway, australia or a military power etc) rather than any thoroughly thought through, structured and clearly communicated credible plans.
The absence of any plan whatsoever, irrespective of outcome, is a fundamental problem, and until one exists, then worsening a situation and vastly increasing uncertainty is grossly irresponsible and it would be in everyone's interests to first look at the root problems and plan on how to address those and restructure.
(And yes, the clock has run down).
welpeur
In stark contrast to the 'great for business' and 'attracting investment' what has emerged is disinvestment and capital flight, to the extent that in the event of a No Deal, it's conceivable that a crisis may occur at some point in which capital controls become necessary. The risk of a vicious spiral of disinvestment, negative economic impacts, an over leveraged economy reliant on imports, and a country in a weak financial position with a reliance upon other countries to reinvest their surpluses to support national debt is not a good situation to be in.
The replacement of trade agreements has evidently not met expectations of being easy, timely, and the bargaining power of the UK has been massively overestimated.
Perhaps not. From what I've seen, which I haven't studied in great detail, it seems that the split between Remain and Leave centres around metropolitan vs small urban/ fringe UK and a generational effect. That marginalisation which has caused the observed split has been the result of the policies of successive governments which have not been serving the nation as a whole and have polarised wealth and opportunity. The referendum provided the first real opportunity for the disgruntled to say 'i'm pissed off with the way things are". Unfortunately, a lot of people's discontent has been manipulated to be misfocused on anything but the source of the problems.