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Yea and was why May who was pro-EU refused to agree to freedom of movement because she considered the Brexit vote to be a vote primarily againist freedom of mov

• detaro 6y ago
  And one theory/perspective is that May (with the background of a home secretary) was focused too much on that and drew lines in other sectors without enough consideration for the consequences she then had to try and walk back, which put her always on the defensive against the hardliners, which made a positive framing of a closer-aligned deal impossible. It's fascinating how that shift from "Brexit means a wide range of options and people voted for something of it" to a pile of red lines blocking out a large range of the solution space happened - apparently even to the surprise of members of the government.