Maybe the real reason that some in the Tory party were holding out for a hard Brexit...

[johnny9fingers]

www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/18/european-commission-to-crackdown-on-offshore-tax-avoidance

Why do you think so many folk with huge offshore assets are posing as being "of the people" rather than the elite. Even so they don't seem to want a people's vote. Does your Hedge-Fund Manager support Brexit? I wonder why?

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[tcpip]

I've observed for a while that Brexit seems to exploit fears of immigration for mass support when the purpose is for the benefits of the local capitalist class.

This adds as evidence to those thoughts.

[johnny9fingers]

I'd say that's certainly an aspect of it. One of the principal backers of Brexit shorted Sterling before the referendum, and again before some of the indicative votes.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-odey/brexit-donor-odey-renews-sterling-short-position-does-not-see-hard-brexit-idUKKCN1Q71JE