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