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(possibly) interestingly, I'm of a very similar opinion which is why I was curious :) I'd prefer remain at this point, as it's obvious the British political es
by rtempaccount1 7y ago
(possibly) interestingly, I'm of a very similar opinion which is why I was curious :)
I'd prefer remain at this point, as it's obvious the British political establishment has made a total mess of this process, and will continue to do so. Also as the economic consequences of Brexit become clearer, it's obviously not in the countries interest to do it.
However, I have a strong feeling that remaining now will give endless fuel to hard right parties and their stories of how great Britain would be if it could only break free of the EU.
They will get a lot of support from people who feel betrayed by "the establishment", and they can continue their narrative without actually having to prove anything.
Whilst I can see that there's no such thing as a "clean break" brexit, I think from a political perspective, the consequences of carrying on with this deadlock will be worse in the long term.
- mellosouls 7y agoYes, I agree with a lot of that - but I think that remaining would potentially lead to significant civil unrest powered by righteous anger that would dwarf what we've already been through.
- pjc50 7y agoLeave are largely older. There's not going to be civil unrest from them. The hard right parties aren't going to suddenly go away either if Brexit happens. They're not going to sit back and enjoy Brexit. There would likely be an increase in street attacks on UK-resident Europeans. The economic impact isn't going to be pretty either. Leave arguments aren't based in facts, so they can't be satisfied by changing the facts. The whole thing is really a successful campaign by the rightwing press, not the parties.