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It can’t all be explained with stupidity/gullibility. Similar to the trump phenomenon-loads of them knew full well what brexit meant and they wanted it anyway
"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? >

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. >

Important thing to note, the person in question is the Irish Prime Minister. He had nothing to do with leave and is just using diplomatic language. He can't just call all of the leave supporters idiots and expect a reasonable diplomatic solution to still be possible. >

I’m just trying to clarify what that person meant, but good looking out. >

If a teacher or your kid ever asks you about the passive voice, “mistakes were made” is the perfect example. 
Who made the mistakes? It’s deliberately unclear because the passive voice hides the “doer” of the action verb. It’s a tool for politicians or lawyers when they want to deemphasize who’s responsible for doing something bad. >

What mistakes were made by the Irish and the EU? >

He is specifically talking about the Northern Ireland protocol, which really is a tricky situation that needs resolving. >

UKs doing, they can fix it. >

I mean, that would be great, but in the meantime others still have to deal with reality. >

Only people from the UK have to deal with it right? They kept the border open between Ireland and Northern Ireland, and you have to do migration just if you travel from there to the rest of the UK. >

Actually immigration checks haven't changed since Brexit: there's a Common Travel Area covering the UK and Ireland which means citizens are entitled to travel freely between them. (Though planes/ferries between the two islands have asked for a passport since long before Brexit.)
The checks that have been introduced apply to goods and animals, as the UK hasn't committed to following EU market regulations for things like food safety. Instead of being checked at the NI/Ireland border, they're checked at the NI/GB border. Noncompliant items can be brought into NI but have to show paperwork proving they aren't intended to be moved across the Irish border into the EU proper. >

Brexit is the mistake. It has one side. >

And in case anyone asks: it's on the people who voted to leave. >

It's more on the politicians intentionally lying about the outcome. Yes, voters are stupid and gullible, but that's expected.