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Are There Any Re-Leavers Among Us?
Anyone thought twice about it?
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Yes, as a businessman with quite a few employees, it did present a dilemma. My heart was saying "lets get out of the EU, the sooner the better" but my head was saying "what if what if...?". My main concern about leaving was that the economy would suffer in the short term and how would the business cope with a downturn. As it happens, I did vote to stay, but it seems like almost all of my employees voted to leave! I am quite happy with the situation, and now remain focused on making the most of Brexit- it will bring it's challenges, definitely, but will also open up new opportunities. If I have learnt anything from this, I'd say trust your heart, not your head.
I think the poll has to be treated with caution. (This is apart from the caution with which all such polls should be treated).
I imagine the difference between the 52% who voted to Leave and the 68% who now say (according to the poll) that they support Brexit can probably be explained by Mamy’s stance. They haven’t changed the way they would have voted but now accept the result and want to see the government get on with it and make it successful for the UK. It’s true there have been reports in the press of people’s utter dismay and anger at the way (according to some reports) the EU has reacted. It may have caused a few people to say “with friends like these….etc”. But I think they are probably a small minority. I imagine a second poll (simply with the “Remain” or “Leave” option, none of this fannying about with the acceptability or otherwise of a “deal”) would produce a similar result. Nobody I know who voted to leave (which is virtually everybody I know) seems to have any regrets or thoughts of reversing their decision given the opportunity. Of the very few people I do know who voted to remain, I think most of them think similarly. The important thing to remember is that, apart from the utterings of a few bumptious politicians (on both sides) nothing has substantially changed ad nor will it for a year or two.
I imagine the difference between the 52% who voted to Leave and the 68% who now say (according to the poll) that they support Brexit can probably be explained by Mamy’s stance. They haven’t changed the way they would have voted but now accept the result and want to see the government get on with it and make it successful for the UK. It’s true there have been reports in the press of people’s utter dismay and anger at the way (according to some reports) the EU has reacted. It may have caused a few people to say “with friends like these….etc”. But I think they are probably a small minority. I imagine a second poll (simply with the “Remain” or “Leave” option, none of this fannying about with the acceptability or otherwise of a “deal”) would produce a similar result. Nobody I know who voted to leave (which is virtually everybody I know) seems to have any regrets or thoughts of reversing their decision given the opportunity. Of the very few people I do know who voted to remain, I think most of them think similarly. The important thing to remember is that, apart from the utterings of a few bumptious politicians (on both sides) nothing has substantially changed ad nor will it for a year or two.
Well, one-half rather than two-thirds, but let's not split hairs. The point still stands that rather few people will have changed their minds since last June. Indeed the poll shows a 50-50 split among Leave v. Remain support -- consistent with what NJ says, for example. It will be many years -- and at least some understanding of what Brexit actually brings to, and takes away from, the UK, before we can really start discussing changing our minds one way or the other.
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