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Denzil_DC

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3. A high proportion of our citizens voted for something.

Reply to patricia92243 (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 13, 2020, 10:23 AM

Dec 2020

That "something" was kept deliberately nebulous - "Brexit means Brexit", "red, white and blue Brexit" etc. - amid repeated and heated assurances from many, including the current prime minister, that it would not mean "no deal", that it would not affect UK citizens' freedom of movement etc. etc., and anyone who claimed otherwise was indulging in Project Fear, unpatriotic, a traitor even.

The bald majority for leaving the EU - whatever that meant to those who voted - has been ratcheted up to the eventual heights of stupidity that we see currently.

So no, I don't believe "Their citizens voted for it." It's a lie.

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Their citizens voted for it. n/t patricia92243 Dec 2020 #1

That's technically correct, but the process in 2016 was corrupted as was the presidential abqtommy Dec 2020 #2

A high proportion of our citizens voted for something. Denzil_DC Dec 2020 #3

52% of those who voted LeftishBrit Dec 2020 #4

Brexshitter idealogical purity is pretty much all the Tories care about T_i_B Dec 2020 #5

Yes. LeftishBrit Dec 2020 #6