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@RemainerNow @CarolineVoaden
1. I’ve been a leaver since about 2007, I still am, I want to
leave the political union of Europe in a well-managed way; but I don’t want a no deal/Brexit at any cost.
1. I’ve been a leaver since about 2007, I still am, I want to
leave the political union of Europe in a well-managed way; but I don’t want a no deal/Brexit at any cost.
2. I voted leave in the belief of the range of promises and
assertions that the Norway (EFTA) model, once promoted by Thatcher, Gove,
Johnson and Farage. We were told we’d have all the cards, there’d be no downsides and that a free trade deal would be easy.
assertions that the Norway (EFTA) model, once promoted by Thatcher, Gove,
Johnson and Farage. We were told we’d have all the cards, there’d be no downsides and that a free trade deal would be easy.
3. The last 3 years have shown us this is not the case and
today we start the slide into a recession of our own making.
today we start the slide into a recession of our own making.
4. For years I passionately followed Nigel Farage, believing every single word. I
thought he had a deep understanding of how the single market was rigged against our interest and how we could extract a better deal, a better way forward.
thought he had a deep understanding of how the single market was rigged against our interest and how we could extract a better deal, a better way forward.
5. But he (& his twitter army) never explain how any single
market regulation can be done away with and how businesses can exploit the opportunities, yet claiming he could talk for hours about it. I suspect
he doesn’t know, yet everyone will now have to bear the consequences.
market regulation can be done away with and how businesses can exploit the opportunities, yet claiming he could talk for hours about it. I suspect
he doesn’t know, yet everyone will now have to bear the consequences.
6. Farage claims to want to have a free trade deal with Europe
but that means having to follow Single Market regulations. He won’t explain how much divergence he wants and in what direction? China, USA? where?
but that means having to follow Single Market regulations. He won’t explain how much divergence he wants and in what direction? China, USA? where?
7. Farage also hates being caught out by reality like when the vet informed him that we’d have to make numerous checks on the border and that we simply don’t have the vets available to do the job = unavoidable delays at the ports.
8. I’ve sadly realised he is actually solely driven by a
personal hatred of the system with little interest as to how the single market benefits the country. He relies on simpleisms to get his message across and it
works.
personal hatred of the system with little interest as to how the single market benefits the country. He relies on simpleisms to get his message across and it
works.
9. The predicted recession immediately after the 2016 vote to
leave didn’t happen because they didn’t understand the British psyche – “If
things are turning to shit we might as well enjoy ourselves before it happens”.
Consumers went out and spent.
leave didn’t happen because they didn’t understand the British psyche – “If
things are turning to shit we might as well enjoy ourselves before it happens”.
Consumers went out and spent.
10. Under no deal, we’d lose all SM access and the bi-laterals with non-EU countries. The fall out is not 'project fear' why else would Johnson talk so much about ‘preparing properly for no deal’. You can put your life jacket on, but its no use if a huge wave crashes over you.
11. Turning point for me was when then brexit Sec David Davis admitted that he’d under estimated the Irish border issue. Basically what that meant was that he had no idea about how the complex web of regulations and customs works, and why this allows for frictionless trade.
12. He had no idea how he could diverge from those rules without affecting the border. I thought; where else are brexiteers missing the point on? I began to read more and more, and I realised my mistake.
13. I was angry when Theresa May called the 2017 GE; I thought
people would use it as a de-facto 2nd referendum. I was right, it
cut her majority to virtually nothing, taking away the (what could have been
credible threat of no deal to get the deal what we want) with it.
people would use it as a de-facto 2nd referendum. I was right, it
cut her majority to virtually nothing, taking away the (what could have been
credible threat of no deal to get the deal what we want) with it.
14. I realised the game was up, my dream Brexit of cake eating was over; but sadly to my horror, instead of securing a pragmatic brexit Conservatives (ERG) went all out for no deal.
15. I still want to leave, but only via EFTA where we stay in the SM but are free from the CU to be able to do our own trade deals. The “no pay and no say” is a myth, Farage is on record as saying so. Stay in the economic union but not the political union; but this is dead.
16. I’m furious with the ultra brexiteers claiming I voted for
no deal. I didn’t. That’s a real betrayal of my vote. But I’m equally furious
with remainers for not properly understanding and explaining the benefits of
membership to us.
no deal. I didn’t. That’s a real betrayal of my vote. But I’m equally furious
with remainers for not properly understanding and explaining the benefits of
membership to us.
17. Why couldn’t they explain some of the technical detail (that I’ve
since learnt) in a better way to combat Farage and vote leave? Nick Clegg’s TV
attempt was dreadful.
since learnt) in a better way to combat Farage and vote leave? Nick Clegg’s TV
attempt was dreadful.
18. Therefore with gritted teeth, I would now vote remain in the event of any 2nd referendum. The economic cost simply isn’t going to be worth the price of true independence in my view.
19. I accept and respect that there are people who will think the price is worth paying, but not all 17.4m leavers would agree and hence why we need a second vote.
Apologies - formatting on my PC was terrible. Thanks for reading.
