Political chicanery now2 Aug 2018 23:37
Only needed because they all were too busy looking after their own votes at the time of the original vote on the Europe referendum and didn't see the bigger picture. I'm sure when they voted to give the actual choice to the public there was no way they thought these people would turn down all the good side the EU ie lots of cheap labour to look after their gardens, build their extensions and wait on them hand and foot. what they didn't realise is that is not the reality for most people and real or imagined it drove a wedge between the political class, London and the rest of the UK. Probably also thought that shutting down debate on immigration by labelling anybody who discussed it a racist had been a successful tactic for the previous ten years-ish so why wouldn't it work this time.
Sorry cant fathom Scotland as it is a contradiction in terms, wants independence to become a union ??
I guess its still an independent choice
The rise of Trump and the right leaning politics in the west IMHO can be laid at the political establishment thinking they had the public in their pocket and all sorted to conform.
on the bright side it has made politics really interesting over the last 3 years :)
Chuteless