More People Seeing Sense.

[Khandro]

Now even Robert Peston says voting remain was a mistake, are you going to see the light too?
He says;

" I now fear that those that did [vote leave] were on the right side of an important argument and the right side of history.”

In an interview with Iain Dale, Peston said:

“When I discovered it wasn’t just me but my entire circle were out of touch with millions of people I genuinely felt ashamed… this was the only opportunity millions of people were ever going to have to say to the people who run this place ‘you’re not listening to us’, it was a massive wake up call to everybody… I take my hat off to them, they have thrown all the cards up in the air… it was the right thing to do.”

[sp1814]

How can anyone know whether leaving was a mistake until we actually leave?

[New Judge]

"How can anyone know whether leaving was a mistake until we actually leave?"

Apparently Mr Peston did not comment on leaving or remaining. He commented on voting to leave or remain:

"Now even Robert Peston says voting remain was a mistake"

[TWR]

My view for what's it's worth, I think the EU are trying to frighten people with " What Could Happen" can you honestly say that BMW & the likes will not trade with us, I doubt it, the food suppliers of Europe, are they going to cease trading are china not going to import their fake goods.

[TWR]

Export.

[ichkeria]

That article, which is excellent, doesn’t say anything of the sort! It’s just an honest assessment of the motivations, aspirations and misconceptions of both sides.
And it ends by saying: ‘what do we do now!’

[Khandro]

ichi; It isn't an 'article' it's from his new book;
https://order-order.com/2017/11/03/pestos-brexit-conversion/#disqus_thread

[gulliver1]

Wonder how many people who voted out , will think Bregret, if and when it happens.

[jim360]

Depends on what you see voting Leave as being for. I kind of get the feeling that Peston is talking about voting Leave as not being about the EU at all, which I think many Leave voters would disagree with.

Certainly the referendum was a clear opportunity to send a message to the "political elite", given that most of them were in favour of remaining. But I think that there were better opportunities to send that message, or at least I'm not sure I agree with the timing.

And besides, has it really worked? Well, we'll have to wait and see. But it's not clear that politicians have listened to the right thing, yet. Theresa May in particular pulled the normal political trick of saying one thing and doing another (in calling an election she said she would not), and while she paid the price for that I'm still not sure she and her colleagues got the right message.

So we'll see. Certainly a victory for Remain would have been a lot more boring.

[vetuste_ennemi]

//How can anyone know whether leaving was a mistake until we actually leave?//

There's pounds, shillings and pence. I don't deny their importance.

And there's the right of free men to govern their own affairs. This seems to be a concept outside the moral compass of many.

[douglas9401]

It matters not a jot whether Peston's words are take out of context, plans are well afoot for the dropping of exit from the EU.

A crisis of great proportions is being developed and will see this madness in the long grass for an unspecified length of time and then quietly forgotten about.

[THECORBYLOON]

"When I discovered it wasn’t just me but my entire circle were out of touch with millions of people I genuinely felt ashamed"

Was he not in touch with the millions who voted to remain?

[THECORBYLOON]

The quote is not from his new book it's from an LBC interview where he was talking about the book.

He also said, “I am not saying, because I don’t think any of us can say this at the moment, that Brexit is going to turn out to be this wonderful thing." (KHANDRO missed that bit out from the chunk he quoted)

[cassa333]

Some Remainers will regret their decision. Who knows why? Seeing the way the EU act? Realising economic doom may not be imminent? Who knows.

Some Leavers may regret their decision. Who knows why? The OMG it's far too tricky to work out how to get out? The OMG how can we possibly negotiate new deals out of the EU?

All the Leavers I know have not changed thier minds. In fact they are more set on leave than before.

Funnily enough the Remainers are remaining quiet on the subject.

[Khandro]

Corby; I didn't miss anything out, I gave the link to the whole of what was quoted in Guido, and we all must agree that at this moment it isn't possible to say exactly how the fiscal arrangements are going to turn out - however, I have great trust in businessmen to sort things out in the most mutually advantageous manner in the long run.
One thing we can be certain about though, is that Britain will get its sovereignty back and will no longer be dictated to by a bunch of unelected second rate bureaucrats in Brussels.

[jim360]

Not sure that cassa's last point is entirely fair. When most Remainers *have* been asked they tend to stick to their original choice also. Certainly I'm happy that I made the right choice last year.

[sp1814]

v_e

You wrote:

//There's pounds, shillings and pence. I don't deny their importance.//

1. The point is that no-one can know whether voting leave remain was the right thing to do until we actually leave and discover what impact it has.

2. We don't have shillings. Haven't for decades.

[vetuste_ennemi]

I was trying (and obviously failing) to make the point that some people voted to leave out of moral principle rather than financial calculation, SP.

[THECORBYLOON]

Apologies KHANDRO but as the link you gave followed your claim it came from his book, I didn't check it as I knew it was from a recent radio interview.

[Zacs-Master]

I’m afraid Mr Peston doesn’t speak for me.

[chrissa1]

Back in 1975 when we voted to join the Common Market, we voted for just, that. A “common market.” Not the behemoth the EU has become. Full of overpaid, unelected civil servants who dictate how we live our lives.