On a London high street, Brexit fatigue sets in by hannahmckay88 BillReuters
"I've given up on it slightly, to be honest. It's gone on so long," the 56-year-old street vendor, a Leave supporter, said as he removed a bouquet from its plastic wrapping. "It looks like we'd take any deal now just to get it done."Elliott drinks a cup of tea with friend Shirley Williams whilst waiting for customers.
But he says that might now be worth the risk. "Sometimes I think we should just have a clean break and see how things lie in five years' time with our economy," Elliott said. Prime Minister Boris Johnson once said he would rather be "dead in a ditch" than ask for a delay to the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline, which is already the third such cut-off date.. London, United Kingdom. Reuters/Hannah McKayFor many voters in Streatham, leaving the EU is just as worrying a prospect as it was when the referendum was held in June 2016.
She said several of her friends had left the city for Berlin, Barcelona and Spain since the referendum. For Kafele Fairman, 54, who moved to London aged 16 from Jamaica, Brexit comes with a different worry - the fear of racist discrimination on the back of tougher border controls.
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