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   Wokerati (wokerati@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 18:59:55 JST Wokerati

   Universally Fuckin' Obvious (UFO)

   #UK #EU #Brexit

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 18:59:53 JST pettter

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     @wokerati To be clear, they were also told in no uncertain terms by various campaigners, politicians, and a very broad swath of the media that Brexit would be awesome, actually, and as a bonus it would be a middle finger to those oppressing them.

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 19:03:28 JST pettter

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     @wokerati And the overwhelming message from the remain side was 'no things are currently awesome actually' against all available evidence.

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Thursday, 16-Nov-2023 02:05:19 JST pettter

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     • Stephen J. Anderson

     @utterfiction @wokerati That's what Corbyn said, and he got widely panned in the media for being a secret Brexiteer for it.

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     Stephen J. Anderson (utterfiction@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Thursday, 16-Nov-2023 02:05:20 JST Stephen J. Anderson

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     • pettter

     @pettter @wokerati I remember the message being “It’s not perfect being in, but it’ll be better than being out. Being out will be rubbish.”