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> The UK left screaming, huffing and smashing the door

Huh? This is your characterization of a referendum on membership?

Well, actually it is a good characterization of the leave campaign, which won the vote and thus a valid analogy.

It's an equally good characterization of the remain campaign as well, so I'm not sure that's a good argument...

If that's a valid characterization of the internal debate, of what concern is that to the EU? So far, I don't see the UK screaming, huffing, or smashing doors with respect to the EU.

well, look at "Leave" campaign: racist party [1] spreads false information about almost every aspect - "let's fund NHS instead" was false and Farage almost instantly rejected that it was a proper promise; said that UK lost their borders, which is false - UK is not a member of Shengen zone;

there were constant phrases from "Leave" party that relationship with EU is abusive, UK is like slave.. it doesn't look for me like intelectual debate with polite arguments.

[1] http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage-claims-...

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