Finally read this as you say Becky an interesting article. The writer is not advocating for Brexit but explaining this country's attitude towards the EU.

I especially agree with his point about democracy. Only a handful of countries in the EU have any history of this which is why there is no deep love for their institutions. I would go further and point out that many EU countries did not exist 100-200 years ago so again this must impact on how they feel versus how we feel.

Finally I know not all UK people feel this way but I think it does explain our ambivalence / hostility to the EU.

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Or of course the [potential] economic outcome was considered but still didnt outweigh what mattered more to those that voted...

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I think many remainers fixate on economics - e.g. where's the evidence we'll be better off. Whereas for myself it was governance.

How do you come to that conclusion?? People just want to be governed by our own rules, rules that suits us as a nation, not the '1 size fits all' rules of the EU

It seems that almost all of your anti Brexit rhetoric is connected with the economic benefits or otherwise whereas many of us made or decision based on other things.

No-one wants to worse off but if that's what it takes in the short term to be self governing then I'm happy but even so most of the alleged hardships of leaving the EU can be changed by changes in lifestyle

This argument will be impossible to prove either way.

The so called experts predict we will be worse off but they are frequently wrong and have failed to see economic crashes on many occasions.

They were also wrong when Margret Thatcher cut taxes during the recession when they said this was a bad idea. Experts are driven by political leanings the same as the rest of us so when they claim to be independent I always take that with a pinch of salt.

I said this will be impossible to prove because the economy will go through a major shakeup due to AI and automation. This will happen with or without Brexit but no doubt companies will blame Brexit as a handy whipping boy. So it will almost be difficult to prove that if we had stayed in we would be better off as the goal posts are going to move for everyone.

Like politics we will all pick our economic experts who align with our thought patterns.

Finally just a thought I heard the other day. New Zealand sign a free trade agreement with China. All the experts agreed this was a good deal for the NZ economy. What none of the experts got right was the amount of trade NZ would do. In the first year the Kiwis did the volume of trade that the experts predicted would take 10 years to reach. Why was this? Because business finds away and will always seize on an opportunity.

I voted for control not economics but I have faith that whatever Brexit looks like UK business will find a way to make it work (after much grumbling of course).

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