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VMA131Marine

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1. The problem with the first referendum ...

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Mon Dec 4, 2017, 09:36 PM

Dec 2017

Was that nobody who voted to leave really knew what they were voting for. Today's debacle on the Irish border issue shows that it is still not possible to predict if there will be an agreement on the terms of Britain leaving or if the country will crash out of the EU and be forced into WTO rules. Anything that results in a hard border in Ireland will be a disaster.

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Brexit poll: Half of Britons support second referendum [View all] shenmue Dec 2017 OP

The problem with the first referendum ... VMA131Marine Dec 2017 #1

Lack of knowledge is the single biggest problem here T_i_B Dec 2017 #2

Actually it would be a third referendum. The Brexiters didn't Respect the Result in 1975 LeftishBrit Dec 2017 #3

Brexit? It's rather 'screwxit'. blacklisted Jan 2018 #4