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WhirlingBirdz
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WhirlingBirdz
9y ago
Similar to the other "vassal states" such as Norway and Switzerland. I'm not sure that the debate here is very sensible or measured. I think that Brexit is a tragedy, and dearly hope it doesn't actually happen. That is m
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WhirlingBirdz
9y ago
Brexit isn't about Farage. As you say, he is a clown, a distraction, and a totem for the anger of middle-class metropolitans. Brexit was about the working-class of the UK who voted to leave the EU, and their reasons for doing that.
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WhirlingBirdz
9y ago
Brexit is bad for the UK. We can all agree on that? But it's also a TRAGEDY for the EU. They've lost one of their principal contributors, as well as prestige and status. This is generally not talked about. The EU are negotiating H