If you wind the clock back, and considering that this vote was 400% life changing (short or long term), you'd logically think that BOTH camps should have produced an indepth manifesto laying out their projections, predictions and potential actions should they succeed. Whether that's number crunching, algorithms, expert comment or visionary thinking. Nope, none of that, and it set the tone.
The voter, on the Brexit side, had numerous 'issues' they could be aggrieved by, BUT it only took one of those issues for them to vote leave, regardless if that was compatible and deliverable in combination with their comrades. A lot of these issues were emotive but genuine nonetheless, evidenced by the rise of UKIP. An emotive voter and emotive issues are easy votes to gain. And that voter is not thinking outside of their lane.
Furthermore, it is bizarre to think that going into the vote we didn't even know who would be driving the train to it's final destination, let alone what would be delivered. We ended up with a weak as p.iss leader when in my opinion, due to the generation and landscape changing potential of the negotiations, a cross-party, 'best people for the job' team assembled (agreed by all sides) to do the best for the UK , in the process limiting the political point scoring, bickering, finger pointing an even in-party fighting. It is too important for that, but sigh...thats what we got.
And we can not forget that some of the positions that people are taking have been influenced by the negotiations with the people across the table. They are still there, waiting to stand in our way (or walk all over us
), poo poo any idea of us coming out smelling of roses. Is that poor negotiation or are we in a position of weakness? Either way its not much of a leap to see why some people just say 'walk away' (hard brexit) and equally 'abandon the idea'.(return to the EU)
I'm minded (with a heavy heart) to just abandon the idea and go back to as we were. It was my heart that thought Brexit would be a good idea but my head, and more importantly, my gut said on all levels that we didn't have the leaders, nous, backbone, organisation and motivation to do it. And i include the people in that, there is no scent of change in the air, revolution, evolution, people will moan about stuff but want someone else to do something about it. As long as the people are 'ok' they'll draw their little barriers up around their own life and largely be self-centered, self-interested, mainly because of the way day to day life is, time poor but comfortable. 'i don't need help and i haven't got the time to give help', they haven't got time to dedicate to making brexit work because (at the moment) they're ok. Plus 48% of the voters are against the idea from the get go, what a challenge to get them on board, there are no real carrots or GHod forbid a Hitler or tragic earthquake to unite and mobilise the nation.
Some of
@Gutter Boy ideology has merit, we are in the throes of a globalisation, capitalism shake down, consumerism is dying, property over valued, middle classes getting poorer (and i don't just mean financially), wages stagnant and little incentive to save (but of course to borrow
). The manipulation of the BUMMER machine has its claws into us as well, what a distraction that is, and a real citadel around society, community and good old conversation.
I think change is coming, whether that is different inside or outside the EU is hard to tell, but it will inevitably be forced upon us, one way or another, and being in full control of our destiny would in essence be a good thing (partly because the EU itself will be in the doo doo) , or so i thought.
