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Denzil_DC

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6. That may well be true.

Reply to unblock (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 2, 2016, 03:21 PM

Jul 2016

But it means the UK will have much less, if not no, say in how the EU is run.

So "the elites" that run the UK will have a handy scapegoat (plural if the perceived problems of immigration/movement of labour/inevitable globalization are pinned on outgroups in the form of real people) - even more than now - for the consequences of what they'd want to do anyway.

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In Brexit Britain the elites will run amok [View all] TubbersUK Jul 2016 OP

I will argue one point... Scootaloo Jul 2016 #1

Nicely put :) TubbersUK Jul 2016 #2

Massive K & R. Thanks for posting. Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #3

brexit will mean far less than most fear, i suspect. unblock Jul 2016 #4

That may well be true. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #6

Accurate, thanks. But I should point out this infringes DU rules: Ghost Dog Jul 2016 #5

Apologies TubbersUK Jul 2016 #7