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    Observing this from overseas...sorry maybe a dumb question but how is it possible that half the country still supports Brexit after the shitshow of the past few months?

    What outcome are they hoping for from all this, considering that every analysis shows the UK will be various degrees worse off after leaving?

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    • Economically you're correct. However, there is an underlying UK 'pride' that regrets becoming part of the common market in the 1950s because...Morning_star
    • ..we lost control of our borders and legal system and there was too many 'foreigners. This view is mainly held by the older generationMorning_star
    • we hate johnny forinner and want rid of him at any cost.hans_glib
    • fecking euros coming over here telling us what we can and can't do - it's TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. feck off out of it!hans_glib
    • It's not about being better / worse off for 'leavers'. The EU has been successfully blamed for many of ours and Europe's problems and only leaving willFax_Benson
    • give an opportunity to fix that.Fax_Benson
    • which may turn out to be true - but nobody thought about the process of leaving, what replaces membership and what comes nextFax_Benson
    • Seems to me the greatest aspect of EU membership would be the chance to live and work in 28 of the best countries in the world.yuekit
    • that'll still be possible, tho there'll be more paperwork involvedhans_glib
    • Seems slightly insane to throw that all away when there are people literally risking their lives in boats (and dying by the thousands) to come live there.yuekit
    • agreed, but that appeals to people with a European outlook. Others see FOM as greasing the wheels of mass immigration.Fax_Benson
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