You and
@horsechoker are quite right.
Closer alignment with the EU need not be against the vote to leave the EU.
The 2 are not incompatible. It is perfectly possible to have left the EU but retain close alignment.
But we are not talking about logic with regards to Brexit, because there was no logic at all.
Brexit was all about emotions. And the illusion that somehow leaving the worlds biggest trading block and going it alone was even remotely the right thing to do, based on a complete pack of lies.
I am still livid at the sheer stupidity of the outcome. And as you say, the damage it is doing to us all.
That is why I am not unhappy at the emerging problems. Too bad.
What goes around comes around.
Don't ask a question unless you know what to do with the answer.
The idiot Cameron did exactly that.