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What would be an example? I fail to see what could be strong enough to make the "ruse" viable, but not require any change in the treaties.
by dudul 8y ago
What would be an example? I fail to see what could be strong enough to make the "ruse" viable, but not require any change in the treaties.
- lmm 8y agoWe are constantly told that the UK could have imposed temporary restrictions on immigration from newly joining countries (particularly Romania and Bulgaria), could have limited immigrants' access to benefits, could have limited immigration of those without jobs arranged, could have issued blue passports, all while remaining in the EU. I think it's significant that we didn't. In the run up to the Scottish independence referendum the political establishment went for maximum compromise, promising that "devo max" would offer everything that independence advocates wanted whether they left the UK or not. By contrast those pushing the EU referendum had no interest compromise; the referendum was set up to deliver a minimally-nuanced result that would make a clear victory for one side over the other and allow those on the winning side to pursue whatever policies they wanted. Which backfired when the public refused to give them the result they had intended.
- pjc50 8y ago> promising that "devo max" would offer everything that independence advocates wanted whether they left the UK or not This was, of course, not meaningfully delivered. Including all the promises that the only way to remain in the EU was to vote no.