Denial
Lies, Damn Lies & Remoaners
Since the Brexit vote we have had to put up with a sustained barrage of misinformation and a concerted effort to undermine peoples right to an opinion and its validity.
Are we in or out yet? - one minute everything is fine and dandy because we have triggered Article 50 yet. Then it’s the exchange rate because of the vote. So when is it we are out? Or at least when the vote takes any effect. We were told the day after was going to be pretty grim pre-vote but so far all the signs are everything is AOK aside from the drop in the pound which was inevitable the result going against what was expected and being long overdue for an adjustment.
350 Million Quid a week? - I never noticed it but this bus apparently won the referendum. We all fell for it and voted leave to get that £350m for the NHS. Of course very few did. We all understood the difference between gross and net. The amount made little difference anyway. It’s huge enough. They could have said we could use it to buy jellybeans and the bus would have been equally effective. It was just a relatively small part of the equation and something that was actually rarely disputed or denied in the campaign. The cost of EU membership was clear, agreed by all parties and understood. No one was tricked, however many times you claim they were.
The exchange rate - It happens. It fluctuates all the time without this amount of hysteria albeit it was definitely a step. Now everything has the narrative of people voting to be ‘worse off’ and the price of everything going up. Of course this is nonsense. The exchange rate change will mean that even post-Brexit our exports will cost less in the EU. We will also new able to then buy tariff free from new markets that previously had huge additional costs added on. It will go up and down forever and a day. It will do so based on the sentiment of the market and people will rarely pay too much attention to it aside from when they go on holiday. For now however, it can somehow be the proof of everything and yet nothing at all in reality.
The economy - The fact that the UK is performing better than anyone else in the world since Brexit is purely down to the fall in the value of the pound. That awful thing that apparently has made the economy great at the same time - somehow…
Immigrants’ feelings - Documentaries and anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that nearly every immigrant currently working in the UK is ready to flee. As if they feel unwanted and hated now. The media coverage might certainly have helped give them that impression but really? Seriously what made you come to the UK and what has really changed? Nothing I say. With any luck the UK will become even more attractive. No one is going to be thrown out and no one has ever said they would be. Before every election various people promise to leave whatever country it is but few if any ever actually do. Talk is cheap, but if anyone is that deluded and wants to cut off their nose to spite their face then go ahead. There will be ten others who will be more than happy to take your place for the same reasons you came here.
Hate crime - There was a widely reported spike in hate crime straight after the Brexit vote. I’ve no doubt that were a few words said and tempers raised but I honestly don’t believe that all but a few ‘emboldened racists’ actually went out and committed any hate crimes. People’s awareness was raised, leaflets were handed out to encourage the reporting of hate crime. Nothing wrong with that per se. The interesting thing was that once the dust settled was there actually any increase in prosecutions as you’d expect? No, not significantly. Nothing really changed aside from a few ruffled feathers and an acceptance that the UK was now full of racists that would never have existed if we had just voted remain.
Two Thirds Out? - Apparently, because of the huge gravity of the decision it should have required a two thirds majority to come into law. Put aside that that wasn’t the case in the seventies, that we never actually ever voted to become members of the EU at all or at any point when we gave up more and more with each new treaty. No. That doesn’t count apparently. These people who are now so keen on the intricacies of the law and political process didn’t have any concerns at any point anywhere along the line whilst the flow was in their direction. Total hypocrisy of course.
Basically the whole thing was a lie. We misunderstood. We were stupid. Ignore what we said before, you only heard their ‘lies’, what has happened since proves everything and nothing? What it is? There is so much denial amongst the remoaners they can’t even admit it to themselves. Some do admit they will do anything to remain. Others insist that nothing could be further from the truth and are happy to accept the awful choice of the people. They still go through the motions though that delay, distort and attempt to derail what the people have voted for. Oh yes, that’s the other line you hear now. We voted for control, for our parliament to be sovereign and therefore we should hand back the choice to the politicians to go against them.
Be aware people are not that stupid. Least of all Brexiteers. I think the campaign was one of the most long and well argued - far more so than any election I recall. Every aspect was covered and all views debated week after week. People are not stupid, they did not vote out of ignorance and equally 90% will see through your paper thin arguments and explanations now. You have been warned, although I think in your hearts you actually know this already.
Are we in or out yet? - one minute everything is fine and dandy because we have triggered Article 50 yet. Then it’s the exchange rate because of the vote. So when is it we are out? Or at least when the vote takes any effect. We were told the day after was going to be pretty grim pre-vote but so far all the signs are everything is AOK aside from the drop in the pound which was inevitable the result going against what was expected and being long overdue for an adjustment.
350 Million Quid a week? - I never noticed it but this bus apparently won the referendum. We all fell for it and voted leave to get that £350m for the NHS. Of course very few did. We all understood the difference between gross and net. The amount made little difference anyway. It’s huge enough. They could have said we could use it to buy jellybeans and the bus would have been equally effective. It was just a relatively small part of the equation and something that was actually rarely disputed or denied in the campaign. The cost of EU membership was clear, agreed by all parties and understood. No one was tricked, however many times you claim they were.
The exchange rate - It happens. It fluctuates all the time without this amount of hysteria albeit it was definitely a step. Now everything has the narrative of people voting to be ‘worse off’ and the price of everything going up. Of course this is nonsense. The exchange rate change will mean that even post-Brexit our exports will cost less in the EU. We will also new able to then buy tariff free from new markets that previously had huge additional costs added on. It will go up and down forever and a day. It will do so based on the sentiment of the market and people will rarely pay too much attention to it aside from when they go on holiday. For now however, it can somehow be the proof of everything and yet nothing at all in reality.
The economy - The fact that the UK is performing better than anyone else in the world since Brexit is purely down to the fall in the value of the pound. That awful thing that apparently has made the economy great at the same time - somehow…
Immigrants’ feelings - Documentaries and anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that nearly every immigrant currently working in the UK is ready to flee. As if they feel unwanted and hated now. The media coverage might certainly have helped give them that impression but really? Seriously what made you come to the UK and what has really changed? Nothing I say. With any luck the UK will become even more attractive. No one is going to be thrown out and no one has ever said they would be. Before every election various people promise to leave whatever country it is but few if any ever actually do. Talk is cheap, but if anyone is that deluded and wants to cut off their nose to spite their face then go ahead. There will be ten others who will be more than happy to take your place for the same reasons you came here.
Hate crime - There was a widely reported spike in hate crime straight after the Brexit vote. I’ve no doubt that were a few words said and tempers raised but I honestly don’t believe that all but a few ‘emboldened racists’ actually went out and committed any hate crimes. People’s awareness was raised, leaflets were handed out to encourage the reporting of hate crime. Nothing wrong with that per se. The interesting thing was that once the dust settled was there actually any increase in prosecutions as you’d expect? No, not significantly. Nothing really changed aside from a few ruffled feathers and an acceptance that the UK was now full of racists that would never have existed if we had just voted remain.
Two Thirds Out? - Apparently, because of the huge gravity of the decision it should have required a two thirds majority to come into law. Put aside that that wasn’t the case in the seventies, that we never actually ever voted to become members of the EU at all or at any point when we gave up more and more with each new treaty. No. That doesn’t count apparently. These people who are now so keen on the intricacies of the law and political process didn’t have any concerns at any point anywhere along the line whilst the flow was in their direction. Total hypocrisy of course.
Basically the whole thing was a lie. We misunderstood. We were stupid. Ignore what we said before, you only heard their ‘lies’, what has happened since proves everything and nothing? What it is? There is so much denial amongst the remoaners they can’t even admit it to themselves. Some do admit they will do anything to remain. Others insist that nothing could be further from the truth and are happy to accept the awful choice of the people. They still go through the motions though that delay, distort and attempt to derail what the people have voted for. Oh yes, that’s the other line you hear now. We voted for control, for our parliament to be sovereign and therefore we should hand back the choice to the politicians to go against them.
Be aware people are not that stupid. Least of all Brexiteers. I think the campaign was one of the most long and well argued - far more so than any election I recall. Every aspect was covered and all views debated week after week. People are not stupid, they did not vote out of ignorance and equally 90% will see through your paper thin arguments and explanations now. You have been warned, although I think in your hearts you actually know this already.