The Slim Reaper |
28-08-2019 06:07 PM |
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Originally Posted by MTVN
(Post 10666523)
It's cynical but within the current context it's not surprising. Boris' target electorate is Leave voters who are all going to side with him over this more than Jo Swinson and Ian Blackford. No one voted for No Deal but everyone knew it was a possibility I think and the only deal that was agreed (and the EU say cant be changed) was unpopular with everyone and couldnt pass. The vast majority of MPs all voted to trigger article 50 and that set no deal as the default and everyone knew about that. It can't really be ignored that everyone up in arms over this are firm Remainers who are equally cynical in their motives as Johnson imo
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The fact it's not surprising should be a worry. No deal was never presented as an opportunity to the electorate, so it was absolutely nothing to do with the referendum vote. That deal that was unpopular with everyone had Johnson voting yes and no at different times, so it's not quite as clear cut as you imply, one of the main problems was that all parties (I do mean all) used the negotiating period as a time to position themselves to take advantage after the fallout. No deal was never set as a default for anything, and the recent media gaslighting blitz from the usual suspects telling us it was, are completely misguided or liars. The biggest issue to getting Brexit over the line is that as soon as details are written down, and presented to the people/experts then it becomes blatantly obvious to everyone that it will always be worse than what we have now. That's why no-deal is talked about, because there are no details.
I'm a huge corbyn supporter but he's been all over the map with this, but the fact that no one comes out of Brexit smelling of roses, doesn't mean that the PM just gets to do away with the peoples house in order to force through legislation he absolutely 100% knows will cause pain to his citizenry.
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