Ed, I'd agree the structural issues within the UK have been ignored for too long but my opinion is that isn't necessarily a remain/leave issues. I suspect prominent Brexiteers such as Farage and Reees-Mogg were more concerned about controls in the financial services that the EU was driving rather than inequities in society. True, there may have been some unintended consequences from opposition actions, but I don't think Labour was the only opposition party suggesting a second referendum, and I seem to remember our own Tory MP, Ms Greening, came up with a proposal for one. Perhaps it was a pity Ms May failed to engage the opposition when she invoked Article 50? Anyway, as our US friends would say, we are now where we are now; the British electorate gave Johnson an overwhelming mandate to execute Brexit, perhaps one day he'll sort it out? Not much point in going over past ground is there?I think it's very unfair to say Remainers have been quiet regarding the treatment of Europeans, I have a number of European friends and ex-colleagues, and I do care what happens to them - a German legal colleague of mine from several years ago posted on FB yesterday that she's decided she won't take up the option to drive an HGV if she receives a letter offering the opportunity. (I think given current shortages in the UK she'd like to return to Germany longer term where apparently things are better, but her English policeman husband has to learn German first.)Low salaries are an issue but that's also partly driven by global economics, particularly organisations such as Amazon, Uber, etc trying to promote the gig economy models. I don't think NASA is fussed about beating anyone to be on the moon next, its original plan was to put a lunar gateway mini space station in lunar orbit c2024, with a lunar landing around 2028. If was a political decision to shuffle that plan to have lunar landing in 2024, which I suspect has had the effect of delaying the whole programme. I think the US military are the ones more concerned about the Chinese space programme.Yes, the US does lack health care for all; however, I'm sure the US is rich enough to support NASA as well as a proper health system, given the inefficiencies in the current system that my US friends tell me about. Holidays is an interesting one, but when I worked for a US company some of my US colleagues did take long holidays - they negotiated time off in lieu or unpaid leave after getting bonuses, but it was probably easier to do that in a small software house rather than a meat processing plant ...As I said, Johnson and co have their mandate; irrespective of whether Brexit is good or bad, dogma will not help resolve practical issues such as Irish border problems, cross border delays and bureaucracy between GB and the EU, shortages of skilled labour in certain areas - training takes time ... and Sean has a good point, Brexiteers have got what they wanted, it's up to them to sort it out or, if they want help, compromise.
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