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  • The only upside I can see is that the Tories will have to fully wear this shitshow for the next 5 years, no one else to blame

    They will blame the EU for refusing to give us something.

  • That's the obvious port of call and I'm sure it'll work well at first, but I can see it becoming less and less of an excuse once we've left and are meant to be forging our way boldly as an independent country.
    Can imagine the UK govt will be the immediate source of anger pretty soon once factories start closing, standard of living for the poorest noticeably decreases further, etc.

  • Can imagine the UK govt will be the immediate source of anger pretty soon once factories start closing

    Yes. There's only so far you can get to 1000's of newly unempolyed workers in saying that it's someone elses fault. You're going to have to come up with something to soften the blow pretty rapidly.

  • once we've left and are meant to be foraging our way boldly as an independent country

    Ftfy.

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