The lapsed political scientist in me finds Brexit to be a fascinating case study, because:
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The lapsed political scientist in me finds Brexit to be a fascinating case study, because:
1) There has been for a while broad consensus across Britons of all political stripes that it was a bad idea; but
2) You will struggle to find any significant British politician willing to say that out loud
Few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything | YouGov
Even Leave voters struggle to point to the benefits
(yougov.co.uk)
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replied to Jason Lefkowitz last edited by
@jalefkowit It's utterly astounding how terrified politicians are of saying "this was a bad decision". I suspect that's well founded and in a lot of cases they'll be punished by the people who made the bad decision even if (especially if!) those people also know and admit the decision was bad.
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replied to Dan Sugalski last edited by
@wordshaper Yeah. There is probably also some asymmetrical attachment -- a majority dislikes it, but not particularly strongly, while the minority that still likes it REALLY likes it. And hard-core issue believers are the people who vote.
