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BlueIdaho

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5. To be honest...

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 12:14 PM

Jul 2020

Most of the Brexit fans I spoke with in the U.K. during the three year run-up to the vote were some combination of racists and nationalists. Especially the further north and more rural you traveled.

When the smoke clears, I suspect the U.K. will find itself on the losing end of any trade negotiations. So Johnson may reach his end without any help from a more enlightened US Administration.

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Brexit : The UK is SO screwed in negotiating trade deals. MPs Vote to Give Up Control. [View all] OnDoutside Jul 2020 OP

No surprise the Brexiteers voted to have no control; they called the Supreme Court muriel_volestrangler Jul 2020 #1

The "Win" is paramount, in a display of uncanny similarity to Trumpists. OnDoutside Jul 2020 #4

I don't know what they thought would happen BlueIdaho Jul 2020 #2

I doubt few of the Man in the Street Brexiters realise yet how badly kippered they actually are. OnDoutside Jul 2020 #3

To be honest... BlueIdaho Jul 2020 #5