The report came up with a scenario for growth if the UK had stayed inside the EU, and compared it to forecasts the Office for Budget Responsibility made in March last year.
Honest question: did people voting for Brexit even know what they were actually voting for? I recall that the top Google search in the UK the day after they passed the bill(?) for Brexit was “what is brexit”.
Remain voter. I voted for an idea. I have absolutely no idea about the logistical challenges, the financial aspects or anything with regards to Brexit, and I would bet that the vast majority of people would (or should) say the same.
Brexit wasn’t something that should have gone to a public vote, it’s just too big a question to reduce down to ‘leave or remain’.
Citizens assembly would have been a significantly better device for sorting this stuff out, but that wouldn’t have appeased the Tory Party, and Cameron never dreamed it would go against him, and it would have taken significantly longer to get an answer…even if it was one that would have given us a genuine answer that we could move forward with.
Ultimately we asked a country of people, many of which had spent years being fucked by the establishment to vote for something heavily favoured by the establishment…and then got surprised when they decided to stick it to them by voting the other way.
At the time I was kinda wondering why they asked the general public to vote on the topic of brexit.
So few of the populace are qualified make an informed decision about this kind of thing. I am not qualified. None of my family and friends are either. Why are you asking us?
A lot of leave voters were so sure that remain would win that they disregarded the negative consequences because they wouldn’t actually happen. They voted leave to show that they weren’t happy with the status quo.
Honest question: did people voting for Brexit even know what they were actually voting for? I recall that the top Google search in the UK the day after they passed the bill(?) for Brexit was “what is brexit”.
Remain voter. I voted for an idea. I have absolutely no idea about the logistical challenges, the financial aspects or anything with regards to Brexit, and I would bet that the vast majority of people would (or should) say the same.
Brexit wasn’t something that should have gone to a public vote, it’s just too big a question to reduce down to ‘leave or remain’.
Citizens assembly would have been a significantly better device for sorting this stuff out, but that wouldn’t have appeased the Tory Party, and Cameron never dreamed it would go against him, and it would have taken significantly longer to get an answer…even if it was one that would have given us a genuine answer that we could move forward with.
Ultimately we asked a country of people, many of which had spent years being fucked by the establishment to vote for something heavily favoured by the establishment…and then got surprised when they decided to stick it to them by voting the other way.
At the time I was kinda wondering why they asked the general public to vote on the topic of brexit.
So few of the populace are qualified make an informed decision about this kind of thing. I am not qualified. None of my family and friends are either. Why are you asking us?
Politics is weird…
A lot of leave voters were so sure that remain would win that they disregarded the negative consequences because they wouldn’t actually happen. They voted leave to show that they weren’t happy with the status quo.