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Emrys

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13. It was tough, annoying, and a bit surprising at times.

Reply to Cha (Reply #9)

Wed Dec 21, 2022, 02:17 AM

Dec 2022

If there was a way to easily delve back in the posts in the UK Group, our huddles will no doubt still be there. Advanced site search for June-July 2016 shows up some of the posts depending on the keywords you use.

There were a substantial number, who were quite outspoken, who cheered for the result, mainly framing it as "a blow against neoliberalism" or having bought in to propaganda against the EU spread by the likes of Boris Johnson over the years. (The EU's obviously not perfect, but no polity is, and the UK's has certainly deteriorated since 2016!)

Sometimes there's no joy in saying, "I told you so."

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And the majority of voters will still blame immigrants and Labour for their economic woes... RockRaven Dec 2022 #1

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And Putin. NM Grins Dec 2022 #11

Yes, Russia has played a big part in UK politics. ananda Dec 2022 #21

Yet no party with a chance of holding power will campaign to address this: Emrys Dec 2022 #4

What were they Thinking!? Cha Dec 2022 #5

IIRC, after the vote, we British DUers had to spend a week or so explaining to some other DUers Emrys Dec 2022 #7

Wow.. I had no idea.. well Cha Dec 2022 #9

It was tough, annoying, and a bit surprising at times. Emrys Dec 2022 #13

"NeoLiberalism".. oh god! Cha Dec 2022 #15

I did find one UK Group post from the day of the result that will give a taste Emrys Dec 2022 #16

This place was crawling with right-wing trolls in 2016. And they seem to have Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #18

Thank you for Cha Dec 2022 #24

I hadn't read this thread before I posted my comment downthread. yardwork Dec 2022 #20

A lot of people on DU point the finger at Putin very readily. Emrys Dec 2022 #22

I've seen the same in the U.S. Propaganda only works on fertile ground. yardwork Dec 2022 #23

Wow Cosmocat Dec 2022 #27

It was Putin's dream come true. He worked hard to get Brexit passed. Eyeball_Kid Dec 2022 #6

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Farage. Turbineguy Dec 2022 #8

It's really too bad . . . Richard D Dec 2022 #10

Pure karma. They were amply warned. FlyingPiggy Dec 2022 #14

The response to Brexit here on DU showed that we were being infiltrated and manipulated. yardwork Dec 2022 #19

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Only the Liberal-Democrats (as a party) and the SNP stood foursquare Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #26

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There were good reasons why the UK joined the EU in the first place. Aussie105 Dec 2022 #29

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