Neil Mullens<p>This is not the Brexit you were looking for</p><p>Apparently this <a href="https://c.im/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Brexit</span></a> is not the one <a href="https://c.im/tags/Leave" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Leave</span></a> voters wanted, and is certainly not what <a href="https://c.im/tags/Remainers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Remainers</span></a> wanted, but it’s the one we’re all having to live with</p><p>Sue Wilson<br />@YorksBylines@bylines.social<br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@BylineTimes" class="u-url mention">@<span>BylineTimes</span></a></span><br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@SydesJokes" class="u-url mention">@<span>SydesJokes</span></a></span></p>
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Neil Mullens<p>Why <a href="https://c.im/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Brexit</span></a> is a cult – and what can be done to rescue those trapped in that cult</p><p>As the economy falters, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Brexiteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Brexiteers</span></a> blame <a href="https://c.im/tags/Remainers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Remainers</span></a> and still deny leaving the <a href="https://c.im/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a> was a bad decision</p><p>Martin Waller - East Anglia Bylines</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@BylineTimes" class="u-url mention">@<span>BylineTimes</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/BrexitBrokeBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BrexitBrokeBritain</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BrexitRecession" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BrexitRecession</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GTTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GTTO</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GeneralElectionNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneralElectionNOW</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/why-brexit-is-a-cult-and-what-can-be-done-to-rescue-those-trapped-in-that-cult/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eastangliabylines.co.uk/why-br</span><span class="invisible">exit-is-a-cult-and-what-can-be-done-to-rescue-those-trapped-in-that-cult/</span></a></p>
.<p>A RESPONSE TO ANGRY <a href="https://c.im/tags/BREXITERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BREXITERS</span></a>: please help yourself if useful. </p><p>Brexiters' anger over supposedly not getting the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Brexit</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Leavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Leavers</span></a> voted for fails every test:</p><p>1. Was the <a href="https://c.im/tags/EUReferendum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EUReferendum</span></a> question clear about what Brexit would mean? No. It was simply about whether or not the <a href="https://c.im/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UK</span></a> should leave the <a href="https://c.im/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a>, not what would happen next. We have now left. That's what Leavers voted for. </p><p>2. Did those who led the Leave campaigns know what Brexit would mean? No. They had no shared idea. Many, including some of those moaning the loudest, said they'd be happy with what they now claim would be a betrayal (see my post of yesterday, 21st November). </p><p>3. Did Leavers know what it would mean? No. How could they if the question was so vague and even those selling Brexit to them couldn't agree?</p><p>4. Given all their confusion, did Brexiters then try to find out what their beloved people thought about the Brexit deal when it finally emerged? No. In fact, they called attempts to do so through a referendum on the deal - the only sure way to find out - betrayal too.</p><p>5. Did the 2019 General Election give an answer? No. General elections can't settle binary questions. And even if they could, the British people would have rejected Johnson's deal because a minority voted for parties who supported it. </p><p>In short, not only are Brexiters fighting among themselves but they're fighting everyone else too, and all because of their own arrogance, dishonesty and stupidity. </p><p>In the meantime, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Remainers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Remainers</span></a> have always been consistent: we want to stay part of our continent and enjoy the benefits it offers, and to prevent the predictable (and predicted) ruination of a country we love. We still do. </p><p>And now we're in a clear majority. I suspect the Brexiters really know that their game's up. That's why they're so bitter, nasty, angry and infantile. </p><p>Which, let's face it, are the only things about which they've ever been consistent.</p>
Neil Mullens<p>This is not the Brexit you were looking for</p><p>Apparently this <a href="https://c.im/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Brexit</span></a> is not the one <a href="https://c.im/tags/Leave" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Leave</span></a> voters wanted, and is certainly not what <a href="https://c.im/tags/Remainers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Remainers</span></a> wanted, but it’s the one we’re all having to live with</p><p>Sue Wilson <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@YorkshireBylines" class="u-url mention">@<span>YorkshireBylines</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/BylineTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BylineTimes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BrexitBrokeBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BrexitBrokeBritain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/this-is-not-the-brexit-you-were-looking-for/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/br</span><span class="invisible">exit/this-is-not-the-brexit-you-were-looking-for/</span></a></p>
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