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0 pointsno1youknowz6y ago0 comments

> No vote has ever been very clear about what the people wanted concerning Brexit. There has never been a public vote on a hard Brexit, merely on an intention to leave the EU, without any plan or specification about how.

Please stop spreading fud. There are many videos that I can post which have many MPs stating that a leave vote means:

- Leaving the EU

- Leaving the single market

- Leaving the ECJ

- etc

Here are two examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MaYV778kgU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHZas08SUtI

I'm sure there are more.

Saying that the British People didn't know what they were voting on is a myth that the remainders keep on perpetuating and it's simply not true.

Finally, if you don't agree. Please post some links opposing this post. Thanks.

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cygx6y ago

To repeat, absolutely nobody is talking about threatening our place in the single market

- Daniel Hannan, May 2015

Increasingly the Norway option looks the best for the UK

- Arron Banks, November 2015

https://youtube.com/watch?t=308&v=zzykce4oxII

https://twitter.com/arron_banks/status/682125949245206528

mcv6y ago

But that's exactly my point: people contradict each other. Some Leave campaigners said that the UK would leave the common market, some said it would stay in the common market. The current PM said at the time that the UK will “still have access to the single market”[0]. Many other current hard-line Brexiteers said similar things at the time.

Even Nigel Farage has argued for something similar to Norway or Switzerland (known as the "soft Brexit")[1].

[0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson...

[1] https://quotebrexit.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/leave-campaigne...

ceejayoz6y ago

One of the videos you cite says "we wouldn’t be able to be in the single market, we wouldn’t be able to be in the Customs Union".

Given that the latest proposed Withdrawal Agreement would leave Northern Ireland in the single market and Customs Union, it appears you're actually reinforcing the point that no one knew what they were actually voting for.

no1youknowzOP6y ago

Yes, the proposed deal does do this. Because Boris just wants a quick win and then wants to say that Brexit is done and then wants to win a majority on december 12.

It's one thing to do what's best for the country and what 17.4 million people voted for. It's another thing entirely to do what's best for yourself (that being boris)

ceejayoz6y ago

So, again, the deal that's on the table is not the one that was voted for. By your own evidence!

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0 pointsno1youknowz6y ago0 comments

Please stop spreading fud. There are many videos that I can post which have many MPs stating that a leave vote means:

- Leaving the EU

- Leaving the single market

- Leaving the ECJ

- etc

Here are two examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MaYV778kgU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHZas08SUtI

I'm sure there are more.

Saying that the British People didn't know what they were voting on is a myth that the remainders keep on perpetuating and it's simply not true.

Finally, if you don't agree. Please post some links opposing this post. Thanks.

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cygx6y ago

To repeat, absolutely nobody is talking about threatening our place in the single market

- Daniel Hannan, May 2015

Increasingly the Norway option looks the best for the UK

- Arron Banks, November 2015

https://youtube.com/watch?t=308&v=zzykce4oxII

https://twitter.com/arron_banks/status/682125949245206528

mcv6y ago

Even Nigel Farage has argued for something similar to Norway or Switzerland (known as the "soft Brexit")[1].

[0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson...

[1] https://quotebrexit.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/leave-campaigne...

ceejayoz6y ago

One of the videos you cite says "we wouldn’t be able to be in the single market, we wouldn’t be able to be in the Customs Union".

no1youknowzOP6y ago

Yes, the proposed deal does do this. Because Boris just wants a quick win and then wants to say that Brexit is done and then wants to win a majority on december 12.

It's one thing to do what's best for the country and what 17.4 million people voted for. It's another thing entirely to do what's best for yourself (that being boris)

ceejayoz6y ago

So, again, the deal that's on the table is not the one that was voted for. By your own evidence!

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