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Comment by teamonkey | original | Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private
[−]teamonkey · 2026-08-30 Sun 13:49 UTC · link
Turnout was about 72%, so really it was (approx) Leave 37%, Remain 35%, Don’t Know/Care 28%.

Also worth pointing out that the hard Brexit we got, where we left Schengen and abandoned much of our cross-European programmes, was almost unthinkable, and not seriously considered by the media. Whenever it was brought up, it was decried as “project fear” by those who pushed for it.

[−]hurfdurf · 2026-08-30 Sun 16:15 UTC · link
UK was never part of the Schengen area, there was only cooperation in the form of information exchange and similar.