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We did, but it was pretty clear that they didn't want to. It was a "shut the swivel eyed loons up" move and backfired in spectacular fashion.
The Prime Minister quit the next day, and the only person that looked pleased was Nigel Farage as he knew he'd never have to deal with it or be held accountable in any way.
The Tories will be annihilated at the next general election. Polling like 20-30% lower than Labour.
And that's when anti privacy bills will come through. Labour is hyper anti privacy for a long time.
While I agree that Brexit was a stupidity, I also firmly believe that EU in its current form is equally as stupid.
I mean the idea behind the EU at least seems solid. The idea behind Brexit on the other hand was…