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[–] Nighed@sffa.community 4 points 1 year ago (11 children)

He wasn't intentionally bad though, he just made a (huge) miscalculation about how much the leave campaign were willing to lie.

[–] brewery 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Why did he leave then straight away and dissappear from public life? He's completely arrogant and only cares about power. Why didn't he have a plan is it did go wrong? He's grossly incompetent. Any half decent government should prepare plans for even unlikely situations if they are possible and would cause so much damage.

[–] FishFace@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No matter what he wanted it probably would've gone worse for him to have remained. Can you imagine what the ERG would have attempted had he stayed? They only just about let May get in.

[–] brewery 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then it's fine that he left but he shouldn't be allowed back in surely?

[–] FishFace@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Why not? Enough time has passed now that the aftermath, or at least the immediate aftermath, has all been handled.

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