The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #162855   Message #3900628
Posted By: DMcG
20-Jan-18 - 03:48 AM
Thread Name: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
Subject: RE: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
As far as entrenched positions is concerned, I think I fit quite well into the "7/10" rating for the EU that Corbyn famously declared. I think there are a lot of remainers who are similar, and no doubt also a goodly proportion of leavers. Zealots on either side are probably a minority, however vocal.

In my case, the thing that made me most inclined to vote 'Leave' was how the EU treated Greece. While that was undoubtedly a difficult situation to resolve, it seemed that the rights of the people, including their democracy, were ignored to meet the financier's objectives. That was a system I wanted no part of, so seriously considered voting leave. However, it also seemed to me the costs of leaving were too great, so I ended up voting to stay in a less than satisfactory system, with the - albeit difficult - possibility of improving it.