The Brexit Thread

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Primo

Yes there was another way. Corbyns version of Brexit was a credible option, based on five pillars. The customs union, the trade relationship, protection of consumer and environmental rights, and of course the Good Friday agreement.

Johnsons tories were never interested in any of that. They just wanted to avoid paying tax, remove peoples human rights (look already at the removal of the right to protest) reinstate fracking, and pander to the most reactionary of bigoted short sighted pensioners and nimbys.

You are right that the UK public voted for it, in many cases like Turkeys voting for Xmas. Here across the SW peninsula it has been devastating. Commercial fishermen shafted by the clowns they voted for, Cornwall a county transformed and sustained by EU money persuaded to stick their middle finger up to their European compatriots. Stupid stuff.

We will never know how successful Corbyn’s version would have been or more importantly how much the EU would’ve moved the goalposts in order to shaft and punish the U.K. for daring to leave the EU. Digging their heels in for one last payday.
And yes Cornwall benefited from EU money , but this was in return for restricting the fishermen’s ability to earn a living by imposing ridiculous fishing borders and unfair Quotas on them whilst allowing European fishing boats to fill their boots and work to a very different set of rules.
How can it be for example, that French and Spanish fishermen can pillage U.K. waters and have way more generous quotas to work to ? It’s fucking disgusting to be honest, and that is why 90% of the Cornish fishing industry voted for Brexit.
They were fucking imprisoned in their own waters while EU boats cashed in.

That is just the lie you have been sold. Farage and the other bullshitters lies worked even on someone who doesn't see himself as British like yourself. Farage never even turned up to any meetings at the EU to fight for more sustainable fishing rights for British fishermen. He used to claim it was 80% caught by the EU fishermen as opposed to 20% by Brits. The reality is much closer to 56% EU and 44% UK. The whole idea of fish being 'ours' is reductive nonsense anyway, the same as the invasive species bullshit as though animals should have passports etc. Crackers.

The Cornish EU money had absolutely nothing to do with fishing rights. It was to do with preserving Brittonic languages and Celtic culture. So many Cornish idiots hated the EU because they are bigots and despite economic migrants going to and from France since the 16th century many loved to pretend they had not.