Originally posted by meridian
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Basically the Government had two choices 1) Brexit or 2) Cancel Brexit. They all decided Brexit was unacceptable but they didn't do anything about Bracktrack. Without cancelling Brexit they should have spent time negotiating a future with 100% of the world. Instead they have spent almost all their time on the EU - OK it's 50%. But not 100%.
The reason they did this is they had not read the Referendum. They were still banging on like they had been for decades wanting a special version of the EU. Right from the start the EU said "We are not creating an AEFTA - Anglo-European Free Trade Association" . That would have been great for us but it was never going to happen. Sadly the Tory Brexiteers are still going for this (see today's news).
Brexit (aka Hard Brexit) was a valid idea. It would have been damaging. Not catastrophic, but not pretty. But it needed people to face reality. It needed a lot of work. And it needed the Government to wait for 5 years before triggering Atricle 50. Once the flight crew failed to initiate those actions, the plane was doomed to crash.
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