Quote Originally Posted by Graham Breeze View Post
Indeed.

Nobody voted to leave with any idea of what that meant, since the political drivers themselves clearly didn't know - as we now see every day. But people have always been foolish enough to buy a pig in a poke.

Voting for freedom to make our own decisions as a country is a lovely idea, along with being in favour of "motherhood and apple pie", but back in the real world...

I feel sadness for the working people who will pay the price for our leaving and annoyance with the intellectually self- indulgent, well-off professional classes and politicians who will float above whatever mess we finally end up with. "Oh dear, that hasn't turned out well has it, but another bottle of Petrus, shall we?"

I am going to Belgium for a holiday tomorrow. I hope people will treat me with pity.
The pig in the poke was Major and Maastricht. Until then the EEC had worked reasonably well.

Quite strange how after 5 years of Major, The Tories slumped to their worst election result ever.

Now some portray him as some sort of enlightened sage.