I concur. I would like empathy & understanding from the 37% Brexiters who imposed Brexit on me & told me to "suck it up" for 4 years.
I do have sympathy for Brexiters who are victims of what they voted for when they are at least able to acknowledge that what they were told would happened didn't happen & that this is the direct consequences of the UK's choices. There could have been a far less damaging Brexit.
Nothing will change until they, the Leave voters who represent most Tory party voters, start being really angry. Their fate is in their hands. We have been ignored since June 2016 & still are. Our voices & votes do not matter to the Tories. The Leavers' votes matter to Johnson.
Happy to play a supportive role if/when it happens. But not if they continue to blame others for the direct consequences of the choices they supported.
PS this is not directed to @LochfyneLangous who have wonderful products & for whom I am genuinely sorry. One cannot under estimate community pressure in small areas.
This is what I mean by getting angry. Also hauliers could play a big role by blocking roads like in France!

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