pity the poor brexiters - they could win yet still lose | rafael behr /

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Even if the EU referendum goes their way,the leave campaign’s many disparate grievances could not be satisfiedIn the aftermath of a British vote to leave the European Union, French wine and Greek cheese would still be available in the shops. Budget airlines would still waft to continental destinations through skies that would not contain fallen down.
Campaigners for a vote to Remain warn th
at Brexit is hazardous but there would be no overnight calamity, and only shock and political frenzy. The prime minister might resign. Markets would lope. There would be great disappointment too,felt as a sharp sting by pro-Europeans but also as a tedious burn by sceptics. Remainers would get over their defeat while the leavers would spend years mining fresh grievances from the newly blasted quarry of their victory.
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Source: theguardian.com

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