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Why are there no mass protests against the government’s No Deal plans?
That segment of the population that firmly sees Brexit as a dangerous enterprise has been protesting regularly for some time. Of the rest,
- a significant portion of them want Brexit no matter what the cost (see the recent Tory membership polls where people were willing to see almost everything destroyed to make Brexit happen).
- A lot of people still don't know who to believe
- A lot of people (some overlap with above) are just hoping we'll muddle through
Since war metaphors are being inappropriately applied to Brexit all over the place, you could say we're still in the phoney war stage. Most people won't believe it's a disaster till it happens. And even then, Brexiters have their Stab in the back myth well rehearsed; they've been blaming remainers for all the problems so far and won't stop when it goes tits-up.
the only explanation for me is that many people do in fact continue to believe in a form of British exceptionalism
All nationalism is a form of insert country here exceptionalism,.
- a significant portion of them want Brexit no matter what the cost (see the recent Tory membership polls where people were willing to see almost everything destroyed to make Brexit happen).
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Why are there no mass protests against the government’s No Deal plans? No one has voted for it, neither in the referendum nor the general election. As someone who has moved to the UK over 10 years ago, the only explanation for me is that many people do in fact continue to believe in a form of British exceptionalism, making them think that if there’s a country that can make a success of such an unprecedented act of economic and political self-harm it is the UK. I hope I am wrong and people put their differences aside and express their discontent sooner rather than later.