Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "British Leavers and Remainers are equally unhappy about Brexit process, poll shows" video.

@hamwhacker Let's review what really happened. After umpteen rounds of negotiations, the UK government agreed on a mutually acceptable deal with the EU-27 -- only for this deal to be massively rejected by the House of Commons, and not once but twice, thoroughly embarrassing May's government, and by extension, the UK. I don't know, should the EU-27 have negotiated with Corbyn, Farage or you instead?
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We had pity on them.
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@hamwhacker Why are you pretending that the EU offered you a deal, out of the blue, so shockingly bad that you had to reject it? No, what happened is that the British government and its it EU-27 counterparts negotiated for well over a year and finally, late last year, came to an agreement. If that amounts to blackmail, May must be an accomplice. I'm afraid you're in denial. The sad truth is that your PM is a bumbling fool when it comes to negotiating Brexit. She completely and utterly misjudged how MPs would feel about her deal. Sadder still is that she's the second bumbling fool in a row, because Cameron's spectacular miscalculation caused this mess. Your next PM had better be someone who can deal with the EU.
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@hamwhacker More pretense. The EU isn't a monolith, but the sum of many parts -- 27 parts, if we exclude the UK. The fact of the matter is, these EU-27 have been surprisingly unanimous in agreeing on the UK's withdrawal terms and this despite the UK cosying up to potential dissenters in an attempt to get more favourable terms. There are many things the EU-27 disagree on, but Brexit isn't one of them. Let's be honest, Cameron wasn't out to reform the EU -- he was out for more exclusive privileges at the expense of the others. His arrogance prevented him from seeing that patience had worn thin, so he failed miserably. Had Cameron genuinely sought reform, he would've readily found allies, but a privilege is not a privilege if it's not exclusive. Arrogance also made him miscalculate the outcome of the referendum. Perhaps the best antidote to a poisonous referendum is another referendum, but I see leading Brexiteers are finally falling behind May to stave off something that might cancel Brexit altogether. Good on them, because I think that as a nation, you need some alone-time in the wilderness.
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@hamwhacker Well yes, it's painfully obvious that a striking number of Britons are maintaining delusions of grandeur based on past achievements rather than present ones. You desperately need to come to terms with your place in the world. Don't flatter yourself with being an exceptional financial contributor to the EU. I've paid taxes in three different EU countries, each with a higher per capita net contribution to the EU budget. So, should my vote have more weight than yours? Also, you're not the reformists you make yourselves out to be. Every EU member is constantly demanding reform in one form or another. Prior to the referendum, some of the EU's smaller and more progressive members proposed a joint bid for reform to Cameron. He ignored them. Evidently, the UK preferred to pursue its own interests without unnecessary distractions. Cameron must've mistaken the EU for the British Empire.
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@hamwhacker You're quite the hypocrite, aren't you? You have no qualms about calling the Austrians, Belgians, Bulgarians, Croatians, Cypriots, Czech, Danes, Estonians, Finns, French, Germans, Greeks, Hungarians, Irish, Italians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Luxembourgers, Maltese, Dutch, Poles, Portuguese, Romanians, Slovaks, Slovenes, Spanish and Swedes mafiosi, bullies, racketeers, usurpers, hijackers, evil-doers, blackmailers and censors. But when I accuse "a striking number of Britons" of having delusions of grandeur for constantly digging up past achievements that have no bearing on the present, you're deeply offended. But thanks for lending credence to my assertion that in an European context, Brits make poor team-players. It must be especially hard for you to conform to other nations' wishes when they don't exactly coincide with yours. Compromise is beneath you, eh?
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How come you're privy to the globalists' plans? Are you one yourself, maybe even without knowing it? Should we put you on suicide watch?
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