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Brexit proponents’ false promises crumble

Posted by seumasach on June 28, 2016

“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players”

It’s just too bad to be true- one could almost imagine that the whole thing is a giant psy-op to discredit the Brexit faction! A bit like letting Temer take power in Brazil. Funnily enough, the NYT has also featured prominently in debunking Temer and his cronies.

New York Times

Well, that didn’t take long. Some of the most prominent politicians behind the “Leave” campaign are backing away from the false claims and dubious promises that they made in the run-up to the referendum to take Britain out of the European Union.

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Brexit: Iceland president says UK can join ‘triangle’ of non-EU countries

Posted by seumasach on June 28, 2016

The Leave Junta’s astonishing and incoherent claims give the impressions that they are just complete fools. I would say in their defence that the goal of Brexit is not so much to leave the EU as to destroy it. The plan, however, is not going very well.

Independent

28th June, 2016

Britain has been offered a rather smaller vision of trade than the one it has just opted to exit.

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