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Not that person, but it seems like they’re saying that the people in charge who could have and should have made plans failed to do so, and now they’re trying to shift the blame or act like these are unforeseen consequences despite the damage their lack of plan has caused.
"I'm sure we've all made mistakes in the handling of Brexit.
"There was no road map, no manual, it wasn't something that we expected would happen and we've all done our best to deal with it." >

Are you implying that the EU was abusive when they believed Brexiteers' "leave means leave" slogan?