Gideon wrote:Rex Kramer wrote:Article 50 shouldn't have been invoked until all that planning had been done. The sheer lack of understanding by those in government has amazed me. You would expect those in the civil service to know just how long it takes to actually get stuff done.
It shouldn’t have even been put to a referendum without some kind of basic research into the short, medium and long term costs, infrastructure requirements etc.
It’s like DO YOU WANT TO BUY A HOUSE YES/NO? Except you’re not allowed to look at the house, visit the house, ask how much the house costs or where it is or how much money you have saved and also the house might not exist.
Even now, over a year later, the public aren’t even allowed to see the government’s own research.
I agree with this. More specifically, because of the NI/ROI border.
Bear posted polls on United Ireland on the previous page which are interesting to me. I'm slightly worried about this as small pockets of NI are still staunchly Protestant and would not like this one bit. I hope it is something that happens, but we need to give it a lot more time. I was raised in a Protestant household and some of my family will never accept it.
I don't think it's hyperbole to suggest that Brexit could destabilise the peace process. And for that reason, it should never have been called. The UK government has a duty to perform in mediating peace, and they are doing things which make that position harder to maintain.
But here we are, over a year on