gordondaviesmoustache
Well-Known Member
I think the problem with the whole Project Fear narrative, is that apart from the pound tumbling the day after the vote (which many assumed erroneously was temporary) there was no catastrophic collapse of the economy, contrary to what Osborne had alluded to.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.
The economy fared pretty well from 2016 to 2019 and so Leavers stridently appropriated the term to mock the Remain Cassandras.
These things inevitably take many years to filter through.
The tragedy is that in many ways, the predictions woven into Project Fear are likely to be viewed by history as being too modest and diffident. One certainly doesn’t hear it deployed pejoratively by Leavers any more.
Like you say, Project Reality.