Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.

  • floofloof@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    35
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Once the campaigns were underway, yes. But the opportunity came from a huge blunder by David Cameron. He called the referendum expecting an easy win for the remain side that would silence the anti-EU faction in his party and shore up his position as PM. Instead, the anti-EU faction won, prompting his own resignation and causing damage to the UK’s economy, a loss of global influence, the loss of British people’s right to live and work in the EU, and reopening difficult issues in Northern Ireland that had been laid to rest for years. It also arguably sped up the Conservative Party’s lurch to the right and its embrace of UKIP-like policies, disempowering Conservative moderates and leading to the spiral of ever less competent governments we have seen since then. In particular, Boris Johnson’s rise was a direct result of post-referendum power games among Conservative politicians.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      1 year ago

      So what’s David Cameron up to these days? I’m sure such a massive and unnecessary screw-up has landed him in dire personal straights. /s

    • new_acct_who_dis@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      1 year ago

      I didn’t keep up with this at all (I’m from across the pond) and I wondered why Brexit was even thought up in the first place.

      It’s so sad to see conservatives fucking things up over there too.

      • floofloof@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        1 year ago

        Well, I’m in Canada and our Conservatives are pretty active in making this a worse place to live too. Currently they run almost all of the provincial governments, but they may take the federal government after the next election. Not something to look forward to.

        • new_acct_who_dis@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          7
          ·
          1 year ago

          It’s heartbreaking to see happen with y’all. We’re a mess, PLEASE LEARN FROM US!

          religious right wingers are dangerous AF. Don’t let religious folk skate by on some “we’re persecuted” shit.

          They know what they’re doing, don’t treat them with kid gloves like we did in the US