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Roland Smith
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Because it's all about tariffs. Obviously.

A scream from the void: "Nooo it isn't...."
Suffice it to say, some Leavers - allegedly "free traders" - will be masturbating over this news tonight, scarcely giving a second thought to what the detail looks like.
My slight sympathy for Pete North seems to have infected that last tweet.
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"I’m going to try to explain to Remainers what Leavers mean when we talk about the 'democratic deficit' in the European Union."

Ah, an explanation of how democracy is usurped by the EU?

Not quite. But a thread that explains how a lot of Leavers feel...

But what does it amount to?

My regrettable conclusion is: 'feelings', insecurity, paranoia, ‘othering’ and ignorance.
I say 'regrettable' because I lived in this bubble for many years and refused to see what was around me.

Suffice it to say, I've done a fair amount of soul searching in recent months.
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Just popped over to Pete North's online presence after his bad day yesterday.

Looks like he's drifting back to No Deal again.
But the timing speaks volumes. The legal judgement means PN will be defiantly fighting against the world even more than usual and IMO this is how it manifests in the North psychopathology.
I've noted before my theory that North Senior is actually just fighting a world he is psychogically incapable of understanding. And that Brexitism and Flexcit in particular is his chosen vehicle - all forms of authority from the local council to EU representing 'the world'.
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Roland Smith
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Clare Foges thinks Leavers immigration hopes will be betrayed.

No they won't.

They'll get what they said they wanted: A "rebalanced immigration policy open to the world, including to our Commonwealth friends". /1

thetimes.co.uk/article/leaver…
Essentially swapping Romanians for Nigerians. Which back in 2016 prompted others to comment this would obviously cause an *increase* in immigration. /2
It was a bullshit policy designed to avoid the charge of racism and to simultaneously invoke a sense of British fairness.

It leads directly to Foges' observations.

Yet again, if Leave voters want to feel betrayed, they need look no further than their own leaders. /ends
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