Switching the play, what was missing from the referendum was INFORMED consent. (Yeah yeah the hardliners all knew exactly what they were signing up for. But the majority without whom the result would havd been different voted blindly and therefore naively).
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Yet again someone claiming that Leave voters didn't know what they were voting for.
"Leaving" the EU is pretty clear.
No one should be surprised that "Leave" meant:
- Leaving the EU's institutions
- Leaving EU law behind (or at least being free to amend it)
- Leaving the EU's supreme court behind
- Not paying the EU money
If one believed all the Remain rhetoric about Leave(rs) like:
- "pulling up the drawbridge"
- "Little Englanders"
.... then surely Remainers should be surprised at how much co-operation Leavers are willing to support ? (e.g. security, policing, nuclear energy, space,
In short, the idea thea Leave voters thought that Leave did not really mean "leave" is risible.
Quite a few EU critics know why they voted Remain - because of Project Fear.
Then there is a small group of hard-line Remainers who actively want our laws made by foreign bureaucrats or politicians (sadly in positions of power) - but (mostly) try to hide that.
That leaves "soft" Remainers as being the voters most likely not not to know what they were voting for.