The most controversial word in British politics in the last few decades, Brexit divided the nation also straight down the middle. Before the referendum was called, leaving the EU wasn't really in the front of most peoples mind, but due to a political play from the prime minister of the time, David Cameron, it was thrusted into the limelight.
UKIP (UK Independency Party) had been campaigning for this for since 1993 and had seen an increase at each general election before the decision to hold a referendum was made. However this share of the vote only stood at 3% in 2010 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/]
In my mind it was crazy we were voting on such a complex subject with only 2 options: In or Out. The rest would be left up to the politicians to figure out. However after the surprise result, all trust was lost when the politicians spearheading the leave campaign wanted nothing to do with implementing it.
In the choice between controlling our own laws and having open borders, I'd much rather keep the to EU the laws (soft Brexit) than what we got. My understanding is the legislation EU makes isn't designed to make the life of the average person harder.
Claims that the country would have more freedom to trade with China and the US seems like bullshit when we would be damaging relations with countries on our doorstep. Especially when the quality of the food we'd be getting would be worse [https://www.soilassociation.org/causes-campaigns/top-10-risks-from-a-uk-us-trade-deal/]
This video has a good retrospective on the whole thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ldfpUW0cEk, if a little to the left.
It's infuriating, but now we've all got to live with it.
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