Other thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18914290.
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#22The UK is so close to being free from the grips of the EU. It will be tough, but it is a sacrifice they must be willing to make.
How much of this price to pay must I bear? And the other 65 million people in this country?
I mean in actual billions.
How much?
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#23The whole thing seems like a slow motion train wreck, except with the potentially and arguably happy outcome of them remaining in the EU.
It's interesting to see this popular sentiment at the same time as the EU is loudly complained about concerning their new internet rules.
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#24The UK is so close to being free from the grips of the EU. It will be tough, but it is a sacrifice they must be willing to make.
Yes, exactly what certain individuals east of the Gulf of Finland count on.
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#25Request: Firefox extension that works like AdBlock but for Brexit related news
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#26Other thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18914290 .
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#27A good take on how the negotiation was squandered, and why the EU has run out of patience:
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-vote-deal-theres...
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#28So, will they now re-evaluate the whole Brexit? It's clear it was a failed idea to begin with.
It's not clear to me nor am I convinced it is clear to those who voted for autonomy. One could argue that EU legislation since the vote only bolsters the arguments for independence. The only thing that's clear from my outsider perspective is that some campaigning was shady. How can it be clear it was a failed idea when the idea hasn't even come to fruition?
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#29Imagine if all the great minds thinking, discussing, reporting and debating brexit spent their time on solving real problems facing the human race instead.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just to be clear, article 50 hasn't been revoked, the UK will still leave the EU with no deal on March 30th. This vote is very damaging to the government's position, but as it stands there's been no move, assurance, or guarantees, to stop article 50. If article 50 is activated it starts a two year countdown as the UK slowly moves out of the EU. Even if the government loses the no confidence vote, there's still no imp…
What I don't understand (and I am very ignorant!) is why the initial vote can't just be looked at as a stage in the decision process. Time has gone on, and the public has become more educated as to what the true effects of Brexit will be. Even leaving aside the question of how dishonest the pro-Brexit arguments were. It just seems reasonable to have another vote.
It can but no politician wants the right wing press to go all "WILL OF THE PEOPLE" on them.
It was a non-binding referendum, a glorified opinion poll and that was before we found out about the lying, the financial irregularities and external interference.
Shrugs, I'm resigned to whatever happens happening at this point.