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muriel_volestrangler

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7. And many Brexiteers already say they see five fingers

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 02:28 PM

Feb 2020

The claim that the electorate voted in 2016 for a “hard” Brexit is the precise equivalent of the Interrogator in George Orwell’s “1984” who shows Winston Smith only four fingers but insists that his victim should be willing to say he sees five at the Party’s behest.

When I pointed out to a rabid Brexiteer that the official Leave campaign said

"Some claim we will not get a trade deal but there is a European free trade zone from Iceland to the Russian border and we will be part of it.

he denied reality and said that "will" means "could". And then said that since being a member of EEA, the European free trade zone that includes Iceland, would mean being part of the single market and using the European Court of Justice, it would actually be against the decision to leave, but everyone should have known that, and so a hard Brexit is the only thing any Leave voter wanted.

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Brexit: The British government starts to recognise reality [View all] Celerity Feb 2020 OP

And there you have the game plan of rw politics. defacto7 Feb 2020 #1

Great comment. volstork Feb 2020 #2

You've hit the nail squarely on the head... Raster Feb 2020 #3

And people still don't understand the consequences of what is going OnDoutside Feb 2020 #4

I don't claim to be a political scholar but it doesn't take one defacto7 Feb 2020 #8

Probably the best term for them is the low information voter. There's massive cognitive dissonance, OnDoutside Feb 2020 #9

+1 Newest Reality Feb 2020 #6

They will still blame the EU (and everyone else) at every opportunity T_i_B Feb 2020 #5

And many Brexiteers already say they see five fingers muriel_volestrangler Feb 2020 #7

And with the U.S. and Australia telling the U.K. that they must do a deal with the EU first, OnDoutside Feb 2020 #10