"Project Fear" was a brexit fiction. It didn't exist, except in the Mail etc.
Hold on a minute! I never said I didn't know what it was! It was D_W...
Ok, I certainly haven't kept a dossier of who told what lies, how many and when. I have neither the time or the interest in doing so. My perception, for what it's worth, is that at the beginning of the campaign the biggest liars were definitely leave. As it progressed the balance changed. As the fateful day drew closer remain started to panic as it became increasingly apparent that things weren't going as expected. They then turned up the lying in a desperate effort to salvage the situation. Since the vote I think there can be little doubt that Boris wins the lying contest, oven ready deal my buttocks. But who was really daft enough to believe that? Could the EU have given us a very favourable deal, yes, there was no physical obstacle to that. Were they ever going to, no. They clearly couldn't give us all the benefits of full membership and waive the membership fee, that would be completely daft from their point of view, and a completely unreasonable expectation from ours. What we have now is something that has enabled the politicians on both sides to strut their stuff and, in their eyes at least, satisfy their respective audiences. What will happen now is that the civil servants on both sides will get to work and tidy up after them as they always do. I remain quite confident that over time things will get tweaked and finessed as necessary, and in a few years time we will probably be left wondering why we made such a song and dance about it.
Had to revisit this it kept me awake last night!
Had to revisit this it kept me awake last night!
It applies to every transaction - go into a pub and "they take your money and give it back to you" (as beer), or a shop, ditto and you come out with the Daily Mail and a loaf of bread.
It's biblical: Jude 1:16 NIV: These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage. a sort of miserable blinkered view of everything
Even more chronic when our Jude says e.g. of the NHS "no it's not free because somebody pays for it"
Brexiter psychology - biblical! (in a very negative sort of way)!
I'm sorry.
We already had one. Now we haven't.
yes but with strings attached that some of us didn't like.
Ah I see. Remainer lies were just silly ideas that no one took any notice of anyway. Leaver lies on the other hand swayed the poor ignorant public en masse to vote the 'wrong' way. Can you seriously not see how daft that is. And I would remind you that Osbourne promised that there would need to be an emergency budget "within days" of a leave vote in order to mitigate the effects of the chaos that would ensue. Never mind though, not a lie, just another daft remainer scare story that no one will have taken any notice of anyway.
You should get professional help if what’s been said on the internet keeps you awake at night.Had to revisit this it kept me awake last night!
It applies to every transaction - go into a pub and "they take your money and give it back to you" (as beer), or a shop, ditto and you come out with the Daily Mail and a loaf of bread.
It's biblical: is it Jude or Jonah? A sort of miserable blinkered view of everything
Even more chronic when our Jonahs say of something absolutely free e.g. the NHS "no it's not free because somebody else pays for it"
Brexiter psychology - biblical! (in a very negative sort of way)!
Who is the carrier out of interest? None of the major carriers seem to be having these problems.
Remainer "lies" and scares weren't shared by many remainers and were peripheral to the remainer position, which was basically optimistic, forward looking, positive about the benefits of the EU.
