Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?

What promise? There were next to no details given on what form of exit would transpire. That was one of the major talking points of Brexit.

As the debates inevitably increase about an improvement of relations between the EU and the UK, I'll be watching out for those voices trying to sow division. It's pretty clear that Russian influence was all over the referendum. That same influence is everywhere (including on this platform).

All they want is more conflict and more chaos to weaken opposition to their world domination ambitions. In this global game of Traitors and Faithfuls I'm keeping my eye on those who want to divide. It could be along political lines but also taking advantage of racial tensions too.

Unfortunately here in the UK we've got the Reform party that's doing exactly that. They keep getting caught doing corrupt things and their Welsh leader is still in prison for taking money from the Russians. Somehow though, their popularity has not diminished as much as it should have. I guess the lure of a simple enemy (immigrants in this case) to blame is too attractive for a lot of people.

Regardless of all this I am optimistic for the long term. I think there's going to be a huge upheaval before we get there but it feels like pivotal things are about to happen that will most likely be triggered by the upcoming likelihood of a massive Republican defeat on Tuesday.

The question was “in or out”. Britain (mostly England) chose “out”, because evidently they don’t teach history in the schools.

What the campaigners promised wasn’t linked to the reality of the EU treaties UK had signed when the EI formed, or the reality of needing to negotiate with the EU from a significantly weaker position.

Maybe another negotiating team would have gotten a sweeter deal, maybe not. In any case, it’s the deal UK voters asked for (by electing successively worse governments).

Who said this? “Brexit is a con, a trick, a swindle, a fraud, a deception that will hurt most of those people it promised to help, a dangerous fantasy which will make every problem it claims to solve worse ... Friends on this side of the House tell me to appease Labour voters in industrial towns - the former miners, the factory workers, those who feel they’ve been left behind. I say we must not patronise them with cowardice, let’s tell them the truth - you were old a lie. Immigrants have not taken your jobs, our schools and colleges failed to give you the skills, hospitals are not crumbling because of health tourists but decades of austerity that ground them down to the bone, you cannot afford a house because both parties failed to build, not because of Mohammed down the road who moved in, and wealth was hoarded in London when it should have been shared across the country. Blame us, blame Westminster, do not blame Brussels for our own country’s mistakes and do not be angry at us for telling you the truth, be angry at the chancers who sold you a lie ... Just as I speak plainly to the government this time around, let me also speak to the opposition about some home truths. There is no leftwing justification for Brexit. Ditching workers’ rights, social protections and ending environmental cooperation is not progressive. This is a project about neo-liberal deregulation, it’s Thatcherism on steroids pushed by her modern-day disciples. Leaving the EU will not free us from the injustices of global capitalism, it will make us subordinate to Trump’s US. Socialism confined to one country will not work, whether you like it or not, the world we live in is global, we can only fix the rigged system if we cooperate across border lines. The party of Keir Hardie has always been international. We must not let down our young supporters by failing to stand with them at the biggest issue of our lives."