No they hadn't. They really hadn't and now, 5 days later, they still haven't. Their reactions to the vote have been vahue and befuddled, with none of them willing to give any concrete plans for a future outside the EU.
At the last moment Nigel Farage for instance thought the LEAVE campaign would lose, as I also thought.
Right, and that's why he had no plans for the possibility of winning. Which goes against your claim above that Leave had "thought out their plans". At best, their plan was to leave the details to the current government, but Cameron scuppered that idea by resigning.
The UK does not wish to stay in a single market but will trade internationally including with Europe.
Boris Johnson, Leave leader and potentially the next Prime Minister (the one who's going to have to deal with the mechanics of leaving the EU) wrote in his
Telegraph column the other day that the UK would stay in the single market, but without being bound by its freedom of movement legislation or extending the same rights to EU citizens as he expected to be given to UK citizens in the E. The EU, of course, told him - more politely than I could have managed - that he "can't have his cake and eat it".
In cases of the premier resigning, the deputy leader can take over.
Wrong. If the PM resigns, there's an election within the rulig party to decide his successor. Until that election occurs, the PM is a lame duck. There is no automatic line of succession as in the US system.
One may argue that there was already a power vacuum when the conservatives were elected.
One may argue that the moon is made of green cheese, it still wouldn't make it true.
There will be uncertainties on the fine details but there were a lot of uncertainties as the UK was entering the common market.
There are huge uncertainties already, which is the cause of the economic turmoil that's already taken effect. And if businesses make good on their statements that they'll leave the UK to protect their dealings in the EU single market, there won't just be uncertainties in the UK economy, there'll be chaos.
It’s not certain what is meant by promises the political class had no intention of keeping, especially when we have not reached the point where the promises could either be applied or otherwise.
They;re backtracking already on promises that were made during the campaign.
Britain has problems with racial incidents regardless and of whether a referendum vote took place. A British citizen, no matter what ethnicity is still entitled to full rights under the law.
Hate crimes increased by 57% in just the 4 days after the vote. The result has made racists feel empowered, and they're starting a backlash already.
However, whoever is elected at the next general election, must protect the British workforce. As I have suggested, a pay scale for non-British workers must be at least the same as for British workers and that they come with a work visa which is based on a contract. (It worked to a great degree in Hong Kong).
In many areas, EU Employment Law is/was the best protection the British workforce has/had. Without its constraints, the Old Etonians who make up the English political class will be quite happy to roll back working conditions to Victorian days.
Because immigrants were being driven into Europe by the EU unelected committees, many found their way in trucks and through the Chunnel. Some have found a way of sharing someone’s NHI and doctoring the card with their own photo when photo copying the details. Others work cash in hand for peanuts for sweatshops (introduced from abroad). More unfortunate ones live on the streets. Some who want to return have problems because they threw away their IDs. Those from India will wait several months to get anything back from their government back home.
Daily Mail scare stories. Blame the powerless immigrant.
Legal immigration to the levels of the 1970s or according to unfilled vacancies would work better.
Pipe dream. 1970s levels would be nowhere near enough to replenish the workforce. And again, you assume that immigration is "the" problem. It's not. It's a scapegoat, one that the Leave campaign exploited to ther advantage.
Broken promises? The two main parties have been doing that anyway and not doubt some BREXIT promises may be discarded, to the advantage of the UKIP. At least Boris (the Clown) Johnson can provide some entertainment. However some benefits towards the NHS (a few million pounds a day) and towards pensions would be ideal to spend the savings on.
The NHS promise is one that has already been becktracked on by Johnson and Farage (who can promise what he wants, anyway, because he has no power or prospect of power). "Boris (the Clown) Johnson" is likely to be the next PM. Not a job which calls for an entertainer. As for pensions - forget it. They're already being squeezed by Austerity, and with what Brexit will do to the economy, they're more likely to plummet than rise.
