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Exclusive: Majority Of Voters Want Next Government To Take UK Back Into European Union (www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)

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[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 56 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I've been patiently waiting for all these Brexit benefits we were promised. But they haven't been forthcoming. In fact, it's just been a shambles from day one. We've just given ourselves more problems to (not) deal with.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 34 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The main Brexit benefit appears to be the disintegration of the conservative party. Pretty good benefit really.

[–] Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

That's how politics work. Conservatives do a few awful things then it swings over to the liberal side... then the liberals go a bit too fast and it swings back.

I just can't believe the US wasted it's political clout on fucking Biden. Another Obama would have been killer, but instead we have the guy nobody really wants and is only chosen because his opponent is hitler 2.0

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago

Partygate triggered that. it had nothing to do with Brexit

[–] Delusional@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Hey that's exactly how it is with American conservatives. Just constantly causing more issues without solving anything whatsoever.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Well you forgot the most important step to get those benefits, that would be the application to become America's 51st through 89th states. Though most of your 39 counties probably don't have the necessary population to become their own states.

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The UK is in trouble, but not that desperate

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Could have fooled me with the Tories in power for so long trying to dismantle the NHS and all the other few benefits that you guys have over The US.

Like you guys haven't given Labor actual power since Thatcher and Reagan. We at least gave the Democrats a supermajority, kinda, for a total of 6 months across 3 different administrations.

Not great, and we seem to have shown the rest of you how to turn into plutocracies.

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 4 points 3 months ago

I'm not British

[–] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

That would actually be pretty good tbh, mostly because the football hooligans would have to start waving a different flag and that would be hilarious to watch.

Also it would make the us impressively wide, almost (?) shorter to fly away from it to get to the other side.