There are so many glaring problems with the Leave campaign: nowhere to be seen was there an inspirational Declaration of Independence with signatory representatives, nor any sort of pamphlet along the lines of Common Sense (ironically written by English-born Thomas Paine) putting before the people the common sense of the subject in words so plain and firm as to command their assent, nor any coherent John Adams type to lead the recalcitrant half-hearted worriers to a final vote on independence.
240 years ago the Founding Fathers gave the Leave campaign all the cues they needed to separate from the EU. They didn’t use any of it. Great Britain still doesn’t understand how Independence is done, a quarter of a millennium later. They absolutely do not get it. The very few who do somehow manage to trickle to North America in dribs and drabs. Our revolution against them remains America’s second bloodiest war and was an enormous gambit. All the Brits had to do in Brexit was mark an ‘X’ on a ballot but with a middling 50/50 split they’ve shown they can’t even get that right no matter which way the vote goes.
I like and admire the British people very very much, but there’s a reason they’re over there and we’re over here. I’m sorry, but where liberty is concerned they’re not even up to the kind of stuff that even Canadians are made of.
Very well-stated, The KG9 Kid. BTTT!
Many of them have more urgent concerns than just taking back control of petty legislation making from the EU bureaucrats. If the UK votes to leave, the pound will likely slide by around 15% (just as it did when they withdrew from the ERM in 1992). George Soros made a billion pounds profit from shorting sterling back then. Do you think the Hedge Funds and currency speculators are just going to sit on their hands rather than profit at the UK's expense again?
If Brexit happens then the UK economy is likely to contract by at least 10% and unemployment will increase in the short-term. Money matters to most Brits more than the freedom to ignore pedantic EU directives about the maximum power rating of a vacuum cleaner, the use of metric units in shops or the flavors of e-cigarettes you are allowed to buy etc. Following your principles does not put food on the table. A lot of people will suffer if the UK economy goes into recession and many Brits would prefer not to risk that after just getting out of the last global recession.