Why so much referendum decision remorse?
Discussion
Maybe it's just the news coverage, but I'm staggered there so many people saying they voted leave "but are now not sure if they made the right decision" or are "surprised it actually happened and now feel nervous".
Seriously, did the people of this country not understand what they were voting for?
Seriously, did the people of this country not understand what they were voting for?
Crafty_ said:
In all honesty I see points for both sides. I'm not a fan of the Brussels red tape and bulls
t, the EZ seems to be a daft thing to do and now its in strife daft to continue with to some illogical conclusion somewhere in the future..
On the other hand I think we've done medium/long term damage with regards to trade. Yes, new trade deals can be arranged or we get the Norwegian thing or we can rely on WTO (once we sign up in our own right, as I understand it we are signed up via the EU currently). But non of this as far as trading in Europe will be as good as being a member, the member countries will always deal internally first I think.
Ultimately I think very few will really going to get what they wanted out of this whole thing and that will lead to more regret and remorse in the future.
The far left remainers won't get their "big society" thing, because we'll be out of Europe. And they aren't ever going to shut up about it.
The far right won't get restricted immigration, because we'll allow freedom of movement in return for trade deals.
In industry there will still be a lot of work to ensure that we comply with various EU directives/laws/standards etc to enable us to trade in Europe.
Those somewhere in the middle who wanted us to "look after our own" with all the money saved from the EU payments won't get that, because the money will go in to trade deals and more civil servants to perform the bureaucracy that Brussels was doing. There will be a whole new gravy train there.
Those that wanted us to re-capture our sovereignty ? Well, maybe they'll be satisfied with being pushed around by our own bureaucrats instead of those in Brussels, not too sure exactly how that makes much difference though.
I think its a rather typical English cock-up. How exactly we could get to the point of a referendum with no plan of what to do next I don't understand.. but thats where we appear to be. I just hope that it doesn't damage us too badly.
Largely agree with all of thist, the EZ seems to be a daft thing to do and now its in strife daft to continue with to some illogical conclusion somewhere in the future..On the other hand I think we've done medium/long term damage with regards to trade. Yes, new trade deals can be arranged or we get the Norwegian thing or we can rely on WTO (once we sign up in our own right, as I understand it we are signed up via the EU currently). But non of this as far as trading in Europe will be as good as being a member, the member countries will always deal internally first I think.
Ultimately I think very few will really going to get what they wanted out of this whole thing and that will lead to more regret and remorse in the future.
The far left remainers won't get their "big society" thing, because we'll be out of Europe. And they aren't ever going to shut up about it.
The far right won't get restricted immigration, because we'll allow freedom of movement in return for trade deals.
In industry there will still be a lot of work to ensure that we comply with various EU directives/laws/standards etc to enable us to trade in Europe.
Those somewhere in the middle who wanted us to "look after our own" with all the money saved from the EU payments won't get that, because the money will go in to trade deals and more civil servants to perform the bureaucracy that Brussels was doing. There will be a whole new gravy train there.
Those that wanted us to re-capture our sovereignty ? Well, maybe they'll be satisfied with being pushed around by our own bureaucrats instead of those in Brussels, not too sure exactly how that makes much difference though.
I think its a rather typical English cock-up. How exactly we could get to the point of a referendum with no plan of what to do next I don't understand.. but thats where we appear to be. I just hope that it doesn't damage us too badly.
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