[theo_luddite]

Brexit was all about massaging the ego's of a slack handful of politicians, some not even in Parliament - yes you Farage amongst others - and had no reason to even go to a national vote. Other than the fact that the idiot that was our PM at the time - Cameron - took far too much notice of his back benchers and even more notice of screwed up polls, the referendum should never have happened.

They (polls) were really wrong several times and still are, but the CONservatives believed them and nearly got skinned at least once in General Elections, lost a referendum that some of them still think is a good idea even though the polls said remain would win. As a result of procrastination and lies on a grand scale, the uneducated and the usual suspects voted to elect a government that can't organise a piss-up in a brewery. But as long as we're keeping Johnny Foreigner at bay and leading the world at vaccinations and Covid Deaths per 100,000, that's alright then.

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And as far as that oven ready, easiest trade deal in history, frictionless trade pile of bullshit was concerned

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/202...nce-brexit