Of all the follies associated with leaving, the notion that uncoupling from the rules that bound us to the EU was going to be anything other than complex, painful and damaging has to be the most egregious.
The same people who decried ‘this isn’t what we joined in 1973’ spectacularly failed to appreciate how true that was - and how hard it was going to be to extricate ourselves. The utterly reckless and foolish mistake they made was thinking it would be like, as I’ve said previously, leaving a golf club and cancelling your direct debit.
Thinking that a nation extricating itself from a multilateral agreement that had evolved over nearly half a century was going to be straightforward was so deluded that it has to touch upon the realms of the insane.
Absolute fucking madness.
Spot on. Sometimes I think a significant chunk of those leavers were just bothered about winning the result like they had won a big football match. There was little thought of the aftermath just exuberant celebrations.Of all the follies associated with leaving, the notion that uncoupling from the rules that bound us to the EU was going to be anything other than complex, painful and damaging has to be the most egregious.
The same people who decried ‘this isn’t what we joined in 1973’ spectacularly failed to appreciate how true that was - and how hard it was going to be to extricate ourselves. The utterly reckless and foolish mistake they made was thinking it would be like, as I’ve said previously, leaving a golf club and cancelling your direct debit.
Thinking that a nation extricating itself from a multilateral agreement that had evolved over nearly half a century was going to be straightforward was so deluded that it has to touch upon the realms of the insane.
Absolute fucking madness.
I think, for some, the notion of our sovereignty and autonomy over our own affairs, however misplaced, unrealistic and misguided, overwhelmed all other considerations - including reason and logic.Spot on. Sometimes I think a significant chunk of those leavers were just bothered about winning the result like they had won a big football match. There was little thought of the aftermath just exuberant celebrations.
Absolutely right.Thing with it is to appeal to those who didn't really want to think they have boiled everything down to stupid unrealistic analogies - such as leaving the golf club and Labour failing to fix the roof when the sun was shining and maxing out the credit card. You cannot use glib phrases like those to describe running a whole country and its economy because its far more complex than that.
Couldn’t agree more. It was like divorcing 27 wives all at the same time - some you had kids with - some you had property with - some you had businesses with - some you had debts with etc etc and thinking it would all be very straight forward. Really.Of all the follies associated with leaving, the notion that uncoupling from the rules that bound us to the EU was going to be anything other than complex, painful and damaging has to be the most egregious.
The same people who decried ‘this isn’t what we joined in 1973’ spectacularly failed to appreciate how true that was - and how hard it was going to be to extricate ourselves. The utterly reckless and foolish mistake they made was thinking it would be like, as I’ve said previously, leaving a golf club and cancelling your direct debit.
Thinking that a nation extricating itself from a multilateral agreement that had evolved over nearly half a century was going to be straightforward was so deluded that it has to touch upon the realms of the insane.
Absolute fucking madness.
Like I said. Absolute fucking madness.Couldn’t agree more. It was like divorcing 27 wives all at the same time - some you had kids with - some you had property with - some you had businesses with - some you had debts with etc etc and thinking it would all be very straight forward. Really.
Couldn’t agree more. It was like divorcing 27 wives all at the same time - some you had kids with - some you had property with - some you had businesses with - some you had debts with etc etc and thinking it would all be very straight forward. Really.
Regaining control of our money, laws and borders was a simple statement and attracted many voters who couldn't (or wouldn't) understand just how complex it was going to be. - I also don't think the remain leaders ever explained the difficulties we faced as they seemed scared by leavers using the phrase "Project Fear".I think, for some, the notion of our sovereignty and autonomy over our own affairs, however misplaced, unrealistic and misguided, overwhelmed all other considerations - including reason and logic.
Regaining control of our money, laws and borders was a simple statement and attracted many voters who couldn't (or wouldn't) understand just how complex it was going to be. - I also don't think the remain leaders ever explained the difficulties we faced as they seemed scared by leavers using the phrase "Project Fear".
"Project Fear" has become project reality and the country is fucked as a result.