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As I said, there was no major party with an Anti Brexit policy. Labour and Tories were both pro brexit. The SNP were anti Brexit and dominated and will dominate

As I said, there was no major party with an Anti Brexit policy. Labour and Tories were both pro brexit. The SNP were anti Brexit and dominated and will dominate again. The libdems are still suffering the mistrust from dealing with the tories and they weren't even fully anti Brexit and labour managed to shoot themselves in the foot. Literally to win the last election the Tories policy was to not talk, since whenever they talked they suffered and all they talked about was pro-Brexit. This lead to Johnson hiding in a fridge. The UK was that anti-Brexit that for the main pro-Brexit party to win they had to hide in a fridge on live TV to avoid talking about Brexit. TL;DR, there was no real anti-Brexit party other than the dominating SNP.

krona 6y ago
Look at the opinion polling on the issue leading up to the 2019 election.
- that_guy_iain 6y ago
  Opinion polling was most people wanted Brexit over with. They were fed up of hearing about it. It just wasn't explained to them the fastest way for that was to remain. Which if one major party took that anti Brexit stance and went hard with how long Brexit would remain a theme for they would done well. That's why the tories stance was get Brexit done. Which considering they're still trying to negotiate after the deadline and a deal was done tells you how much of that was a lie.
honest_guy 6y ago
Your assertion was that you didn't think a majority of people were pro-Brexit come 2019. A pro-Brexit political campaign won in a landslide, despite multiple alternatives offering anti-Brexit stances (SNP, Greens) or softer stances on the matter (Labour). > This lead to Johnson hiding in a fridge. The UK was that anti-Brexit that for the main pro-Brexit party to win they had to hide in a fridge on live TV to avoid talking about Brexit. I just looked that up. It appears he was visiting a milk distribution company of some sort on his campaign when he was approached by a live TV crew who asked for an interview. He was then led into part of the facility by an employee. Truly compelling stuff!
- that_guy_iain 6y ago
  > Your assertion was that you didn't think a majority of people were pro-Brexit come 2019. A pro-Brexit political campaign won in a landslide, despite multiple alternatives offering anti-Brexit stances (SNP, Greens) or softer stances on the matter (Labour). The SNP basically dominated. Green? They're not a major party. And Labour's policy was ???, I honestly can't remember, but we all knew they were pro-Brexit. If Labour hadn't repeatedly shot themselves in the foot they would have done way better. Nevermind if they went hard on anti-Brexit, they would have done way better. I'm not 100% on this but I believe if you look at the stats, it was basically labour and centeral voters stayed home. And there was no real, and real is important here, altvernative. Many smaller parties splitting the vote wasn't ever going to get anywhere. > I just looked that up. It appears he was visiting a milk distribution company of some sort on his campaign when he was approached by a live TV crew who asked for an interview. He was then led into part of the facility by an employee. Truly compelling stuff! He was led into a fridge where he then stayed until the broadcaster moved on. Instead of his handlers telling the employee, hold on a sec, he's on live TV and this is a great chance to address the nation. They let him be lead into a fridge... And as a paid up member of the SNP, I would like to thank the tories for putting Mr Johnson in power. He's doing wonders for the SNP's cause!
  - honest_guy 6y ago
    you are a gay
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- belltaco 6y ago
  Losing the popular vote isn't a landslide.

krona 6y ago

Look at the opinion polling on the issue leading up to the 2019 election.

that_guy_iain 6y ago
Opinion polling was most people wanted Brexit over with. They were fed up of hearing about it. It just wasn't explained to them the fastest way for that was to remain. Which if one major party took that anti Brexit stance and went hard with how long Brexit would remain a theme for they would done well. That's why the tories stance was get Brexit done. Which considering they're still trying to negotiate after the deadline and a deal was done tells you how much of that was a lie.

honest_guy 6y ago

Your assertion was that you didn't think a majority of people were pro-Brexit come 2019. A pro-Brexit political campaign won in a landslide, despite multiple alternatives offering anti-Brexit stances (SNP, Greens) or softer stances on the matter (Labour). > This lead to Johnson hiding in a fridge. The UK was that anti-Brexit that for the main pro-Brexit party to win they had to hide in a fridge on live TV to avoid talking about Brexit. I just looked that up. It appears he was visiting a milk distribution company of some sort on his campaign when he was approached by a live TV crew who asked for an interview. He was then led into part of the facility by an employee. Truly compelling stuff!

that_guy_iain 6y ago
> Your assertion was that you didn't think a majority of people were pro-Brexit come 2019. A pro-Brexit political campaign won in a landslide, despite multiple alternatives offering anti-Brexit stances (SNP, Greens) or softer stances on the matter (Labour). The SNP basically dominated. Green? They're not a major party. And Labour's policy was ???, I honestly can't remember, but we all knew they were pro-Brexit. If Labour hadn't repeatedly shot themselves in the foot they would have done way better. Nevermind if they went hard on anti-Brexit, they would have done way better. I'm not 100% on this but I believe if you look at the stats, it was basically labour and centeral voters stayed home. And there was no real, and real is important here, altvernative. Many smaller parties splitting the vote wasn't ever going to get anywhere. > I just looked that up. It appears he was visiting a milk distribution company of some sort on his campaign when he was approached by a live TV crew who asked for an interview. He was then led into part of the facility by an employee. Truly compelling stuff! He was led into a fridge where he then stayed until the broadcaster moved on. Instead of his handlers telling the employee, hold on a sec, he's on live TV and this is a great chance to address the nation. They let him be lead into a fridge... And as a paid up member of the SNP, I would like to thank the tories for putting Mr Johnson in power. He's doing wonders for the SNP's cause!
- honest_guy 6y ago
  you are a gay
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belltaco 6y ago
Losing the popular vote isn't a landslide.