DaveWHU1964 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 11:31 am
So it's still all on the foreigners? Sorry Pinks - you're re-writing history.
Imho, this country's leaders and to a far, far lesser degree, its leave voters needs to take responsibility for what they wanted snd got. And that means taking all the plaudits if it turns out to be a resounding success but accepting responsibility to whatever large or small degree, depending on the individual if it tanks.
Dave
I've been open and honest on here many times as to how I voted and why, and I would do the same tomorrow if asked again.
To recap, rather than rewrite -
I wanted a fully locally accountable Parliament that sets my taxes and follows a locally determined foreign policy
I wanted a balanced economy based upon high technology, not low labour costs
I didn't want to see politicians in other countries be granted more powers based upon elections in which I had neever taken part, nor had the msjority of this countirs citizens
I didn't want a European army
Consequently, when I was asked the question, there was only one answer I could give, and I gave it secure in the knowledge I would queue forever when going abroad.
What I hadn't factored in was the degree of upset for those who wished to remain - and that does bother me, but given the almost total silence from a remain camp and the low turn out at the ballot box, how many were really that bothered.
As a nation we never truly engaged with the European Union in the way they wanted us to, and they had reached the point where they( primarily, the French) wanted us to crap or get off the pot.
This isn't xenophobia, it's a simple recognition that many people in this country wanted something different to some citizens in other countries.I own properties in the EU, had my first job working on a production line in a German factory over 30 years ago and have lived at least a third of my life in the EU.
As a Nation we can still trade with EU countries, and as a citizen I can still visit, I'm fine with where we are in our relationship with them. Small businesses have been impacted, I get that, the extra admin is a burden, but the EU and the UK could agree a way of working if they both wanted to.Until then, lets all be honest, the EU backed us in to a corner, and were more than a little surpised to see us vote the way we did.
I'm ok with it though.