The recent hoohah about Grimsby voting Leave but wanting to escape its effects depended upon the vagueness of the term 'Grimsby'. What actually happened was that 70% of its inhabitants voted Leave, and since then some industry representatives (who presumably voted Remain) have asked for special dispensations on imports. It clearly showed the divide between typical Leavers and Remainers but little else.
For breathtaking hypocrisy we need to return to 2016, just after the referendum. This was when the Cornish Council asked for their soon-to-disappear EU grants to be replaced by funds from the UK Treasury.
The council leader said:
"We will be insisting that Cornwall receives investment equal to that provided by the EU programme which has averaged £60m per year over the last ten years."
Insisting?
This despite the fact that most of the councillors supported Brexit, that before the referendum they posted a statement on their website stating that EU funding would not be affected, that Leave campaigners promised Brexit wouldn't change the funding received - and that Cornwall residents voted for Brexit (57% to 43%).
Interestingly, after the referendum the council said that they were going to study the possible impacts of Brexit on Cornwall. It is unclear why they so strongly pushed voting Leave before knowing the consequences.
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