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Originally Posted by Rooksx
It was bad party management by Cameron, compounded by admittedly effective campaigning by UKIP. Tory backbenchers, spurred by the surprising success of UKIP, were calling for a referendum. Cameron made a promise that there would be one in order to pacify the rebellious elements of his party and get re-elected.
Cameron also never expected that the Tories would win outright in the 2015 election. If there had been a coalition government again, this referendum would probably not have happened.
Cameron has changed his tune over time. First he wanted to take us out of Europe or at least was sympathetic to the cause, then he says we will only stay if his special deal got ok'd, then it didn't and he goes on to campaign passionately for remain in a manner that at times was somewhat extreme and unreasonable regardless. I wonder why.
Rightly or wrongly this referendum was about trust as much as anything else. The British people were asked if they trusted Cameron et al, if they trusted brussels; 52% said no.
All this talk by remainers of blaming everything on austerity: who brought austerity measures in? Two of the most prominent remain faces is who. Maybe the remain campaign should have found some new representatives early doors and it would have been 52% the other way. It was always going to be close and throwing around chants of racist and stupid is itself narrow-minded and stupid.
Either way we all have to get on with it now.