Danllan
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A lot of remoaning ninnies - who, of course think joining the EEC / EU was a good thing - are claiming that everything they think is wrong with the UK has been caused by Brexit.
Many of us who advocated and support Brexit made it very clear that because the UK had allowed the EU to become so entrenched in many areas of life, there would of course be a lot of changes when we left. We also made the bleeding obvious point that it would not be possible for everything to be sorted overnight, some saying it would take a few years and some - myself included - saying longer, five to ten years being a fair estimate.
The funny thing is, those who advocated the UK's joining the then EEC, gave similar predictions, i.e. that it would take some time for the UK economy to settle and to benefit from the new arrangement, meaning its membership.
Now, as it happened, the UK joined the EEC in 1973 and well in to the 1980s EEC supporters were still making claims that membership was yet to show its full benefits. This was made clear by both Margaret Thatcher arguing with her anti-EU faction, and Neil Kinnock arguing with his - remember, he had to fight very hard to get withdrawal from the EEC removed as a a key party policy.
Of course Remainers on the whole are good, fair-minded, reasonable people, so surely they would consider it unjust for Brexit to be judged by a different standard that their own preferred EEC / EU membership was. Wouldn't they?
Many of us who advocated and support Brexit made it very clear that because the UK had allowed the EU to become so entrenched in many areas of life, there would of course be a lot of changes when we left. We also made the bleeding obvious point that it would not be possible for everything to be sorted overnight, some saying it would take a few years and some - myself included - saying longer, five to ten years being a fair estimate.
The funny thing is, those who advocated the UK's joining the then EEC, gave similar predictions, i.e. that it would take some time for the UK economy to settle and to benefit from the new arrangement, meaning its membership.
Now, as it happened, the UK joined the EEC in 1973 and well in to the 1980s EEC supporters were still making claims that membership was yet to show its full benefits. This was made clear by both Margaret Thatcher arguing with her anti-EU faction, and Neil Kinnock arguing with his - remember, he had to fight very hard to get withdrawal from the EEC removed as a a key party policy.
Of course Remainers on the whole are good, fair-minded, reasonable people, so surely they would consider it unjust for Brexit to be judged by a different standard that their own preferred EEC / EU membership was. Wouldn't they?
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), our business has nothing to do with the UK at all - but getting metal for subsoilers from the uk have just proved that it’s not worth the bind.
. Used to drive Mrs Czech nuts too
