remoaners are often accused of treating the brexit voters with contempt and with good reason. i have tried to understand and tried to have reasoned discussions with folk at work and elsewhere. however, now i'm no longer capable of trying to be so tolerant. aside from the personal - all 5 of our children have many friends/partners from all over and 2 of them live on the mainland in italy/estonia - it is just become ludicrous and an insult to the intelligence to be asked to assent to something that -as you say dave- has no visible positives. if you brexiteers wish to be treated with respect you do really have to give the rest of us something to work with. i'm currently switching between trying to not engage with this insanity and just getting cross. while listening in to an adjoining conversation in the pub on sunday (the usual scroungers, muslim , EU, brexit nonsense) i was forced to give out the archiest eyebrow and sulkiest pout that a man can do. my friend gave me the scrabble dictionary saying 'just chuck it at them - go on!' i didn't want to scare the dog is my feeble excuse.......(by the way it's 33 points for 'insanity' on a triple word)