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OK, now that the Brits understand that no deal brexit will destroy their economy, why don't they have another referendum?

And why did they want to leave in the first place?  Xenophobia?

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Per my spouse who is from the UK:

1. EU began over reaching, in some cases, mandating ridiculous things, like...
2. UK is the premier destination for EU citizens from poorer countries. EU mandated that UK must provide social welfare to any EU citizen from day one.  If it wasn't for this mandate, I don't think UK citizens would've been so anti-immigrant

The British people are very stiff upper lip and are willing to handle some difficulties, a bit like some Americans here who are willing to suffer for a trade war (of course, many of those are getting large subsidies from tax payers so, of course they don't mind as much).   They also don't think that it will be as bad as some experts say it will.  But, I think there is an element of ostrich going on here (head in the sand).

When a large bank in the UK stated that they were going to move operations to the mainland, along with many high paying jobs, many pro Brexiters thought it was just bluster. Then when the bank actually picked up and moved, these same folks were shocked and angry, saying, "I didn't think they'd actually do it.. how dare they", as if the primary purpose of a company was to employ UK citizens and not maximize profits.[/quote]

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