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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 692807" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>What disturbs me most, personally, about Brexit is the fact that it cuts us off from Europe which means, for one thing, the many human rights and social protections that the EU gives. The vote to leave seemed to be a vote for prejudice and insularity - and for ignorance since, it turns out, many people who voted to leave are now incredibly stating they regret it and did not realise (despite the months of campaigning from both sides) what the economic repercussions would be... A petition has been started - last I heard it had over 2 million signatures - demanding a second referendum; under UK law, a petition with over 100,000 signatories has to be debated in Parliament but most commentators are very doubtful that this could actually lead to a second referendum. </p><p></p><p> A much more likely scenario, in my view, is that we will exit the EU and Britain's currently flourishing economy and full employment will gradually flounder and collapse until a government eventually gets elected on the promise that it will rejoin the EU.. this is more likely to be a manoeuvre of the left, since the right is so deeply split about the issue. David Cameron has, again in my view obviously, been hoist by his own petard since he made the referendum an election promise to capture the votes of the far right and the Eurosceptics, never dreaming that the referendum would actually come out with a majority vote to leave the EU. His was a cynical gesture and he has reaped its fruits... such is politics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 692807, member: 11227"] What disturbs me most, personally, about Brexit is the fact that it cuts us off from Europe which means, for one thing, the many human rights and social protections that the EU gives. The vote to leave seemed to be a vote for prejudice and insularity - and for ignorance since, it turns out, many people who voted to leave are now incredibly stating they regret it and did not realise (despite the months of campaigning from both sides) what the economic repercussions would be... A petition has been started - last I heard it had over 2 million signatures - demanding a second referendum; under UK law, a petition with over 100,000 signatories has to be debated in Parliament but most commentators are very doubtful that this could actually lead to a second referendum. A much more likely scenario, in my view, is that we will exit the EU and Britain's currently flourishing economy and full employment will gradually flounder and collapse until a government eventually gets elected on the promise that it will rejoin the EU.. this is more likely to be a manoeuvre of the left, since the right is so deeply split about the issue. David Cameron has, again in my view obviously, been hoist by his own petard since he made the referendum an election promise to capture the votes of the far right and the Eurosceptics, never dreaming that the referendum would actually come out with a majority vote to leave the EU. His was a cynical gesture and he has reaped its fruits... such is politics. [/QUOTE]
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