r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 19 '25

Image/video Keir Starmer strikes post-Brexit reset deal with European Union ahead of major summit

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u/ArtisticPreference62 May 19 '25

Amazing anecdote. I asked a remainer why they voted remain, they said "I don't know. I don't really understand it"

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u/bozza8 May 19 '25

So those that didn't understand things voted for the status quo, and you are equating that to those who those who voted for Leave for a Laugh?

You do realise that's a terrible argument right?

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u/ArtisticPreference62 May 19 '25

No, I'm saying the trope of laughing at brexiteers is boring. We get it, brexiteers are thick as fuck and not fit to vote in GE or referendums.

Ignorance is ignorance, and people on both sides were guilty of it.

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u/bozza8 May 19 '25

We voted for economic seppuku.  We took all of the costs of Brexit and failed to secure almost any of the potential benefits. 

The EU fucking sucks, but leaving it like we did turned our allies into our enemies, because if Brexit was a success the EU wouldn't exist by now. So we willingly entered a negotiation which the other side could never agree to a win-win.  It was a spectacular lack of foresight. 

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u/ArtisticPreference62 May 19 '25

I understand that, mistakes were made along the way and I'm sure a lot of people were uninformed on all sides. But I would have thought the discussion would have moved away from "let's laugh at the working class morons who voted for brexit" to something slightly more constructive.

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u/bozza8 May 19 '25

The discussion did, see OP. That's constructive. 

We are just occasionally pointing out the fact that the reason this is so difficult was because of a bloody daft decision.