o/t night of the long knives

[KerrAvon]

The strategy chosen on Friday was for a relatively 'soft' Brexit. The 'hard' Brexiteers are now choosing to leave the cabinet because they find that is something they can't support. That's fair enough.

I'm not sure whether many leave voters had a 'soft' Brexit in mind when they made they put their crosses on the voting forms, but, then again, I'm not sure that either campaign had really thought the mechanics of Brexit through

[sawmiller]

The strategy chosen on Friday was for a relatively 'soft' Brexit. The 'hard' Brexiteers are now choosing to leave the cabinet because they find that is something they can't support. That's fair enough.

I'm not sure whether many leave voters had a 'soft' Brexit in mind when they made they put their crosses on the voting forms, but, then again, I'm not sure that either campaign had really thought the mechanics of Brexit through

It is highly likely that almost no-one knew the full implications of what they voted for - simply too complicated for anyone to get a half decent handle on the full and enduring ramifications either way - ill conceived doesn't even begin to describe it...

[ragingpup]

The strategy chosen on Friday was for a relatively 'soft' Brexit. The 'hard' Brexiteers are now choosing to leave the cabinet because they find that is something they can't support. That's fair enough.

I'm not sure whether many leave voters had a 'soft' Brexit in mind when they made they put their crosses on the voting forms, but, then again, I'm not sure that either campaign had really thought the mechanics of Brexit through

Agree that not many of us really thought through the implications of the Brexit vote, or appreciated the real complexity, although it didn't take long to see it coming...

Of the 52% that voted leave I'm sure that many wanted a hard Brexit but I'm also sure that at least a sizeable number wanted to leave but thought there would be a deal that wouldn't cause the negative economic impact that most economists seem to be indicating.

Numbers are guesswork but if even only 20% of Leave voters definitely wanted a deal with the EU to safeguard the economy's that makes the number of people who are accepting the verdict of the referendum 52% + 20% leavers wanting a deal the clear majority of the public wanting a 'soft' Brexit. I can't believe that all 52% of leave voters wanted, and still want a 'no deal' scenario???