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Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social |
Excluding actual wars, Brexit is one of the greatest own-goals of all time. Britain and Europe had forged something their finest leaders and intellectuals considered an impossible dream: an alliance of shared prosperity. Then Britain tore it up in a fit of nativist dipshittery.
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Alan Rew
@alanrew.bsky.social
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It all began with a piece of cowardice by David (now Lord) Cameron, who was scared of an extreme nationalist party led by Nigel Farage. Gambled the future of the country on a badly-framed referendum which was supposed to be advisory, but which he stupidly treated as binding.
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Vir2ualVibes
@vir2ualvibes.bsky.social
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Shared prosperity. Britain, before Brexit had it good with help competing in the modern world. The bugs and little glitches with old-world members, could all be worked out by now.
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Xopher Halftongue
@halftongue.bsky.social
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All of this is true, but I'm appalled that the copyeditor, if any, who looked at this text didn't catch the obvious error.
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Paul Kirk
@paulkirk.bsky.social
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Is it too naive for me to hope there will be a do-over or unbrexit? debrexit?
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Kevin Korb
@kbkorb.bsky.social
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There was a receptive ground. I remember hearing London uni students chatting nearby about "going to Europe" for the weekend. We were all in Europe at the time. I guess Orwell said it first.
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AnarchoArachnid
@anarchoarachnid.bsky.social
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Self imposed economic sanctions. 😕
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Ambiorickx
@ambiorickx.bsky.social
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Doesn’t “51st poorest” mean it would be the richest? Why not just say poorest?
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@thenookiemunstr.bsky.social
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I have no words
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Andrew C 💯
@arc315.bsky.social
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It wasn't just a single disastrous moment, either! First they voted for it, then May invoked Article 50 when she didn't have to, then they almost established a hard border in Ireland because the backstop was vague and no one thought about what it would actually mean.
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DaemonSky
@dsky.bsky.social
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Brexit was just so stupid. Slightly off-topic, but I always wonder if they account for benefit differences in these analyses. Sure, my US salary is higher, but parts of it go to health, retirement, etc that I didn't need to pay in the UK.
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::Travis Johnson::
@travisjohnson.bsky.social
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Wait til America reelected Trump after his disastrous first term and 34 felony convictions.
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Erika Hall
@erikahall.bsky.social
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I was in London a couple of weeks before the Brexit vote in 2016. Locals wanted to talk to me about Trump, with a lot of worry about him. I didn't noticed any Londoners taking Brexit seriously at all. It was after the results I started to worry about our election.
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Scott Mackie
@smackie.org
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Even better, we’ve decided it’s rude to talk about it so we’re going to just ignore the gaping hole in our foot…
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Emerald Lavigne, subsumed by despair
@leftoidsadhu.bsky.social
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The United Kingdom is not a civilized country.
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Molotovsky
@grifftheimpaler.bsky.social
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And they are rewarding Nigel Farrage with more power!
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Helen 🍉 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺✌️😻
@tiltmyhat.bsky.social
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And really, it was because many Britons thought all the brown and black people would be deported the very next day.
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Martin Pánek
@mmister.com
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Perhaps. But it's really difficult to say that the UK is poorer because of Brexit.
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philstr.bsky.social
@philstr.bsky.social
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That the GDP per capita is considered the end all and be all for measures of a society's success is frankly disappointing.
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déjà vu
@ka7ma.bsky.social
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Britain? Scotland and NI voted remain, it was little England that voted leave
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hammancheez
@hammancheez.bsky.social
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Dipshittery aided and abetted by oligarch media, propaganda, astroturfed candidates and good old fashioned offshore tax haven bribes
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Hyperglobalist
@hyperglobalist.bsky.social
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From all accounts rejoining wouldn't be cheap either as the EU would be unwilling to give them the same sweet deal they had before as well as knowing that UK would revert back to being a thorn in the side of the union once they regain entry.
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Janet Linde
@janetlinde.bsky.social
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Brexit was hastened along by Nigel Farage and Cambridge Analytica convincing low-info voters that they had it bad and leaving the EU would bring good times. Kind of like Trump being elected the same year. Also helped by Steve Bannon (friend of Farage) and Cambridge Analytica. Not a coincidence.
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Michel Nivard
@michelnivard.bsky.social
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To be fair, the assist (sticking to football here) that set up the own goal was the German austerity flavored psychotic breakdown or “monetary policy” after the financial crisis…
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Downpuppy
@downpuppy.bsky.social
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3 below this in my feed...
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Symbo1ics
@symbo1ics.bsky.social
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Great summary.
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Josh Stokes
@joshuachstokes.bsky.social
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Just absolute idiocy.
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Swiftie Trashpanda
@socaltrashpanda.bsky.social
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Boohoo to the Brexiters...
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ramza saddiq
@heartgold.xyz
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📌 saving this for anytime a british person says anything about anything ever again
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Back to the jorts
@newbalance.jorts.dad
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Lots of "nuh uh! London seemed nice when I visited and the NHS exists" responses in that thread
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Chris K
@chiarchfiend.bsky.social
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If you're going to ride a rocket piloted by a twit like Farage, expect not to enjoy the explosion coming shortly afterward.
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Stephen Webb
@stephenwebb.bsky.social
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A decided "nope" to Brexit and austerity.
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Vinomutt
@vinomutt.bsky.social
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Incredibly accurate
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Pete
@eyebrowsofpower.bsky.social
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Not just Brexit, but note the 2008 date: Europe (mostly Germany) decided that avoiding debt at all costs was worth any amount of damage to the real economy
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🍗
@werechicken.bsky.social
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Literally just let their bigots vote because they were so obsessed with kicking out travellers and poc and now they got what they want and it’s drowning them in sewage.
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David Slack
@slack2thefuture.bsky.social
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But it wasn’t entirely an own-goal. Like Trump, Brexit was the result of a massive Russian propaganda campaign. www.wired.com/story/brexit...
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Raj Thamotheram
@rajtham.bsky.social
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x.com/peterstefano...
Amazing how it takes an actor to raise the hidden elephant in the room. And how the journalist - Laura Kuenssberg - instinctively attempts to neutralise his point.
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@dandrezner.bsky.social
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GlentheFossa
@glenthefossa.bsky.social
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Now Europe saw the results and are saying they want some too
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Vinchenzo the Jackal
@vinchenzojackal.bsky.social
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Like all right-wing policies, Brexit is done solely to harm others and is disguised as a way to benefit the nation. Bigots always act like the harmful stuff they do is good, because they thrive in power by making the rest of society decline into suffering. Destroying their own nation is their boon.
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Ivis Bohlen
@ivisbohlen.bsky.social
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When Bexit passed, I knew that Trump would win. It just seemed to follow.
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LoneWolf
@lonelylupine.bsky.social
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While we shouldn't discount how dumb Brexit was, I feel the narrative of this passage is failing the giggle test. I've been to Arkansas. You cannot tell me with a straight face that Britain is worse off than Arkansas, even with how shit the UK economy has been lately.
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Josephus Brown
@josephusbrown.bsky.social
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I honestly cannot wrap my head around it sometimes. It was a non-binding referendum! They could have just convened a panel and done nothing! Maybe used it as a “hey some of our folk are dissatisfied” bargaining chip and gotten some concessions from Brussels! But no, just burn it down.
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Dan Fellars
@dfellars.bsky.social
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Also malignant influences seeking to weaken the EU and NATO by extension.
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Doug Hibbard
@dhibbard.bsky.social
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And their political leaders didn't have the courage to reject the brexit vote as advisory only.
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Raven Onthill
@ravenonthill.bsky.social
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Drezner is misusing the data. Brexit still stunk,
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Tredain, Writer In Potential
@tredain.bsky.social
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I think what always blows my mind is that they allowed it on a simple majority. I feel like letting the public decide and vote on something that absolutely massive needs to be a super majority to pass, if 2/3 of the country wants it, sure go to town, but when it's 50/50? jfc.
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Ton Chrysoprase
@tonchrysoprase.bsky.social
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Well, they did it without any noticeable genocides, so I guess that’s progress.
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Bruce Cullen
@bacullenyyc.bsky.social
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Egged on by Russian Disinformation, no?
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Innocent🕷Abroad
@jjgass.bsky.social
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It's going to take years, possibly decades, to recover from the self-inflicted harm. But what worries me more (as a migrant in the UK) is how many people either believe or are open to a stab-in-the-back myth: Brexit didn't fail; it was sabotaged.
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🏳️⚧️☀️ Queerest Tea-Addicted Horse on the Internet 🇵🇸 🏴✴️
@queerhorse.bsky.social
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holy fuck lmao
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Ali Fleih
@alifleih.bsky.social
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Nigel Farage is such a scam. It's sad that so many Brits fell for this excuse of a person. They were deceived by his "we don't want to be ruled from Brussels" nonsense, and now all of Britain is reaping what he sowed. Brexit has made virtually everything worse, from immigration to wages.
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Gregory Pijanowski
@gpijanowski.bsky.social
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Brexit was sold as Make Britain Great Again...or something like that.
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@kccab.bsky.social
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This is what happens when self serving pols —in league with Putin— lead voters to ruin their country.
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football on mushrooms
@gentlemanlydrinker.bsky.social
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britain forever forfeited their self-imposed dignified superiority when they created a system that allowed surrounding european countries and the US to simultaneously loathe them b/c of airport/customs regulations. allowing 4L of alcohol doesn’t negate the shit you all did.
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Sarah May
@sarahmay1.bsky.social
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💯 however, just to be clear, even the most rabid Brexiters, who salivated over relations with the US, never wanted to be a '51st state' that's just some fever dream the Wapo has
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The chicken lady
@chickenlady.bsky.social
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Or was a Russian goal.
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Frank Lynch
@fplynch.bsky.social
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Brexit makes me think "1066 And All That" could use an afterword.
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Gavin Smith
@smithg.bsky.social
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Brexiteers appear in this… Killer in the Kremlin: The instant bestseller - a gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny amzn.eu/d/i6tfPAY
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Ron Cox
@monkyhead.bsky.social
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Nativist dipshittery is the Tory way
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Ric
@ricoradeaux.bsky.social
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One can only hope the Brits can realize they must extract the brexit mentality from their populace if they ever hope to thrive again.
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Vivalavoices
@vivalavoices.bsky.social
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Let's not do the same by electing Trump.
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AJL
@guiltypanacea.bsky.social
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And there wasn't much of an opposition party? Amazing
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DrGeophysics
@drgeophysics.bsky.social
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It was a brilliant implosion performance: Almost as good as the self destruction of electing Scamalot Trumpistan to the WH eh? I wonder if there is a common thread connecting these events? Soft power destruction on steroids.
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Gerard
@groverxv.bsky.social
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Brexit falls into the trap I keep warning my kids about ... "It's important to believe in things. It's way more important not to believe too much in anything." Anti-EU zealots in a cult on a crusade. Aided by the least astute UK PM in history - Cameron.
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Marguerite
@candyworks.bsky.social
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Damn, I love your way with words!
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jtadetroit.bsky.social 🇵🇸 🇺🇦
@jtadetroit.bsky.social
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They’re still in denial that their glory days are long over
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Timlagor
@timlagor.bsky.social
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Your excerpt lost all credibility well before the highlighted bit
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JZS
@jzsamm.bsky.social
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The Brexit vote was a wakeup call for me that the insane, corrupt orange guy might actually get elected President. We tend to become complacent and forget just how breathtakingly stupid human beings can be.
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gdeck
@geedeck.bsky.social
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We need some British leadership to visit Mississippi. They find God real quick
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Flobby Gunt
@flobby.bsky.social
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Racism is expensive and costly.
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Simon Watkins
@simonywaking.bsky.social
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Not constructive to voice this view in the UK, but those who wished to remain in the EU hold a deep and bitter contempt for those who voted leave (and slightly, but only slightly, less contempt for those who did not vote.) It may be politely hidden; but this contempt will take long time to pass.
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ThomasRouge
@mrn0one.bsky.social
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The fact that the people responsible for it happening never faced punishment for it will forever be a great injustice
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Sinboy
@sinboy.bsky.social
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I remain convinced Russia intentionally colluded with Brexiteers on this in order to weaken the UK.
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Micah
@rincewind.run
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to support Brexit you must embrace Trumpian dishonesty, because the actual facts are so universally damning
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Ellen McGrath Smith
@ellenbreezely.bsky.social
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A RU op weaponized their weak point (racism) just as they did to install Trump in 16.
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Elsie Yorks
@elsieyork.bsky.social
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“Nativist dipshittery” is so succinct and accurate. Thank you.
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Rye appreciator
@jimadamsgeo.bsky.social
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Biggest UK foreign policy blunder since Suez and I'll argue a greater one. All the more ridiculous for being completely self inflicted and the results being predictable.
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@ldacker.bsky.social
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Is this true?
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3 wheel stable
@2jamie.bsky.social
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“Fit of nativist dipshittery” 👏
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
@outerleftfield.bsky.social
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How Nigel Farage and any other notable Brexit proponents can walk around Britain without actual pitchforks coming out is beyond me, they basically owe everyone on Britannia 80,000 £
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Charles King
@cfk1.bsky.social
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Wondering when "Farage/d" will become common slang for unforced screw-up.
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Alan Neff
@alanneff.bsky.social
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I remember listening to that awful process on BBC radio while driving through rural Wyoming, surrounded by Cheney for Congress signs and hearing how Trump was completing his seizure of the R party. Not-good times...
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Dieterjosef
@dieterjosef.bsky.social
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They were poor before but with Brexit they also lost subsidies from the EU (and some other benefits of course).
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J
@arthurdeodat.bsky.social
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While Brexit was obviously regressive and a huge mistake, don't be so quick to accept the "facts" posted. See this and my response. bsky.app/profile/sher...
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