Because Englands' paper pushing tyrants sought an alliance of infinite convenience with their counterparts elsewhere, pretty much the sole reason why things like this happen. It's not like the average citizen is gung ho about giving over their nation to foreign officials who only look at them as just another commodity and resource.
The Fresh Prince of Baudelaire
Banned at least 10 times. Don't give a fuck, going to keep saying what I want how I want to.
Eat meat. Drink water. Do cardio and burpees. The good life.
EU included UK to make a place for the whole Europe in the world. To be a major player on level of US or China. UK bailed on it despite all the special treatment it demanded from EU. So yeah, EU is salty. EU has the right to be salty. All the whining it had to take from UK turned out to be in vain. I expect that the situation between UK and EU will stabilize, but EU has the right to make UK suffer a bit for all this bs.
My part in this story has been decided. And I will play it well.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
You don't have to take a bailout. You all benefit from implicit subsidy.
If I bet on horses but the state promises to bail me out if I lose, I am going to make money either way eventually. This does not make betting on horses useful to society or the economy, I am a net drain on the state.
But there won't be an agreement that is all unicorn cum like some UK nationals are saying either, regardless of how strong UK negotiators may be. UK will end up in weaker position than it was before, making it an exercise in futility. EU doesn't have to do anything here, UK already did it to themselves.
If the brexit is the start of a chain reaction destroing EU, for sure england won't be immune to the economical crisis that would folow such event. Let's hope that EU can put down the raise in euroseptic, cause with UK leaving if they cannot figure out a way to show how important EU is and it start to break up, it's gona be fucking nasty for everyone inside or outside.
Wouldn't the EU be happy they don't have to deal with the odd ball in the group? I mean the UK has a different legal tradition and everything and was kind of a constant thorn in the side of the project? Why punish the UK? Its relatively a good thing they bailed for the EU project.
The only reason for punishment is basically Junker's pride, or someone's foolish pettiness. Its not even like leaving the EU is some unplanned thing, its even legal.
On MMO-C we learn that Anti-Fascism is locking arms with corporations, the State Department and agreeing with the CIA, But opposing the CIA and corporate America, and thinking Jews have a right to buy land and can expect tenants to pay rent THAT is ultra-Fash Nazism. Bellingcat is an MI6/CIA cut out. Clyburn Truther.
I'm aware that there are complexities to the economics of immigration and situational negatives.
My impression of most brexiteers is that they didn't know and didn't care about that stuff, they just hated foreigners. There are, I am sure, some right and left-wing intellectuals whose position was more nuanced but they weren't representative.