Why Tony Blair is WRONG: New poll finds Britons just want to GET ON with Brexit

UK Daily Express ^ | 02/24/2017 | Alison Little

[SeekAndFind]

The ex-prime minister’s call for pro-Europeans to “rise up” came as a poll found the vast majority of voters wanted politicians to get on with quitting.

Mr Blair’s arrogant speech sparked outrage and even some Remain supporters were aghast at his bid to reverse June’s historic decision to leave the European Union.

Respected pollsters ICM revealed that 68 per cent of voters now agreed the Government should “get on with implementing the result of the referendum... and in doing so take back control of our borders, laws, money and trade”.

That was up from 54 per cent in December when people were asked a similar question.

Significantly, 42 per cent of Remain voters now back swift progress – up from 26 per cent in December.

Mr Blair claimed Theresa May was being rushed by Right-wing Eurosceptics into “Brexit at any cost” when fuller debate was needed on every aspect of the exit deal.

Conservative MP Dominic Raab, of pro-Brexit group Change Britain – which commissioned the poll – said: “These figures show how out of touch Tony Blair is with the mood of the country.

“Far from wanting to reverse the referendum, the overwhelming majority want the result respected and for politicians to get on with making a success of Brexit.

[SeekAndFind]

As Mr Blair tries to block Brexit, a new poll reveals voters are demanding to 'get on' with exiting

[1Old Pro]

Like Trump said today at CPAC, how many times do we have to vote for the losers to realize they lost.

[Calvin Locke]

Perhaps he’d find Denmark, Sweden, France, or Frau Merkel’s Germany more to his liking?

[freedumb2003]

Interesting.

It looks like the Remainders who listened to the “the sky will fall and the Pound will be worthless!” people looked around after nearly 10 months and noticed the sky was firmly in place and the Pound only fell a few percent.

Now they feel, correctly, this won’t have a huge blowback and are looking forward to their independence from the dictatorship they signed on to.

[Winniesboy]

It looks like the Remainders who listened to the “the sky will fall and the Pound will be worthless!” people looked around after nearly 10 months and noticed the sky was firmly in place and the Pound only fell a few percent.

The trouble is that what's happened to the pound, or indeed the sky, in the months since the referendum is pretty well irrelevant to what might happen once Brexit has actually taken place. Nobody who makes confident predictions, whether positive or negative, about what might happen then isn't to be trusted, since the truth is NOBODY KNOWS. There is no close historical precedent on which such predictions could be soundly based. Anything that happens to the economy or anything else before then simply reflects changes in confidence, not the probable post-Brexit reality.

[Go_Trump_2016]

"the Pound only fell a few percent."

Actually, it fell 18% against the US dollar and inflation on food and fuel is accelerating in the UK now. A few foreign investors have been able to profit from Brexit by buying up cheaper UK companies recently, but the average working Brit is getting financially shafted.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

The economy has grown and unemployment has fallen, probably thanks to an increase in tourism and exports in the wake of a weak pound. I haven’t noticed an earth shattering difference in the cost of living but I’m glad to know that the country’s long term prospects are much greater.