chrisgerhardMar 20
E-fels

The most damaging #Brexit Myth: “The UK could keep all the benefits of EU membership with none of the obligations.”

Many Brexiteers genuinely believed:
- the EU would prioritise trade over rules
- the EU would split internally
- the EU would treat the UK as exceptional

None of these things happened because:
- the single market only works because its rules are non‑negotiable
- Brexit made the 27 more united than ever
- the EU applied the same terms to everyone

#Brexitreality #BrexitMyths

Mar 18 at 2:37pmWeb
Show threadMark MasonMar 20
@mse_eu This sums up #brexiteers thinking for me (I don’t know where it originally came from). They over estimated the importance of the UK as they always will. They are probably still scratching their heads trying to work out why Europe didn’t blindly follow us into the abyss.
Show threadNature PunkMar 20
@mse_eu they wouldn't even listen when we told them we already had a bunch of special arrangements and nobody, in or out, would ever get another deal with the EU like it but they wouldn't listen because apparently having rules on trading fruit and vegetables with a standard grading across borders meant they couldn't buy bendy bananas unless the council had given all the houses to brown people, or something. I started ignoring them long before they got anywhere near a point.
Show threadWanWizard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇳🇱Mar 20

@mse_eu Rooted in British exeptionalism: the idea that Britain is still the colonial power from Victorian times (and for those on the right a longing back to those times, when rich men were men, and the rest could f'off).

You see the same in the BS about the "special relationship" with the US. The US couldn't care less, as long as they have the UK to do their bidding.

Like a bullied kid thinking it has a "special relationship" with the bully...

Show threadswggrkllr3rdMar 28
@mse_eu nigel farage works for pooty to split up EU.