I don’t get why people quote opinions as facts, and even worse why people repeat what are clearly opinions as if they are facts. For every so-called “fact” there are countless potential alternative “facts”. The only true fact about Brexit is we don’t know what will result and neither does the EU or all the brilliant economists because there are just too many variables that could and will change.
In my view we should respect the vote and get on with it. And guess what, like most things in life, it will neither be as good nor as bad as the optimists and doomongers respectively would have it.
And it’s sll very well saying what about the 16m, but the remainers want a result that completely ignores the views of the 17m. Whereas Brexit has been discussed and even offered in a variety of flavours to compromise somewhat on the preferences of remainers, but it appears no flavours but “remaincurrent” are acceptable.
The other point that Wattie has made repeatedly but nobody has it seems appreciated is that “no deal” could end up with the hard Irish border that everybody is trying to avoid. Except that the EU has already said they won’t let it - they will find accommodations that remove the need for a hard border in a no deal scenario. So why insist on it in the Withdrawal Agreement where we should be working together much more collaboratively. It’s just bollox. It’s just Juncker and Barnier trying to prove a point that will ultimately be to the EU’s detriment I believe.
I voted remain, and I’m still pretty neutral believe it or not - I can see the pros and cons of both sides. But one thing that I believe more strongly than ever is that the EU needs to be reformed massively to remove the abusive and corrupt practices and downsize it to be what most countries signed up for and many are now starting to see again as the end game, a common market trade facilitation relationship, not a political monster.