Remain's "Project Fear" V UK Government's "Project Pollyanna"

RWe should always be wary of Polls conducted on behalf, and it is important that we see the questions asked . but the  a  new YouGov poll has revealed that more people in Wales believe that the UK leaving the EU will have a negative effect on Wales than believe it will have a positive effect. seems to have an air of authenticity

The poll commissioned by Plaid Cymru, asked 1,034 Welsh adults their views on Brexit between 9th and 13th August 2018.

When asked about the impact of Brexit on the UK and on themselves and their families, more people also chose “negative” than “positive.” The data showed 

that people believed Wales would be worst off from all three categories.

Only 35% of people thought Brexit would be positive for the UK, while 44% expected it to be negative.

Twenty-five per cent think leaving the EU will be positive for them and their family, while 36% expect negative consequences.

The most pessimistic attitudes concerned Wales’ future.

Just 28% think Brexit will be positive for this nation. Nearly half (48%) predict a negative outcome.

Plaid Cymru Westminster Group Leader, Liz Saville Roberts MP said:

“These new figures lay bare Wales’s belief that leaving the European Union will have a negative effect on our country.
“People clearly believe that not only will the effect on the UK be negative (44% as opposed to 35% positive), but, in greater numbers, that Wales will be worse off - with 48% anticipating a negative effect (compared with 28% positive).
“The false promises of a post-Brexit ‘land of milk and honey’ are increasingly falling apart. According to some reports, so badly is this Government handling Brexit we would be lucky to have any milk or honey left come March 2019. 
“Plaid Cymru has consistently argued for remaining in the Single Market and the Customs Union to safeguard thousands of jobs and vital economic ties.
“We will not allow the concerns of farmers, fishermen, business owners, doctors, lecturers and our communities as a whole to fall on deaf ears. If the deal struck by the Westminster Government will see them lose out, people in Wales must have the right to reject it.”

Former Conservative Assembly leader Andrew RT Davies, one of Wales’ highest-profile champions of Brexit, insisted there was a 

"brighter, more positive future ahead of us when we leave the European Union”. 

“Despite all the scare stories, the positive numbers around the economy – both employment and take-home pay – continue to go in the right direction. And if we reach out for the opportunities that lie ahead then there is a very positive future for Wales.
“But sadly, the Labour-led Government in the Welsh Assembly have obviously led us up many cul-de-sacs and we have got to make sure that doesn’t happen again.”

 Mr Davies linked the pessimism about Brexit to a “project fear campaign” conducted by “politicians and opinion-formers”.

He said: 

“They obviously, despite much of the negativity they have tried to portray, have been proved wrong by all the economic numbers that have come out.
“People will continue to propel project fear out there because that’s what their agenda is, and what we have to do is obviously make sure that the positive narrative that the electorate voted for in June 2016 is delivered – and delivered by the Conservatives in government in Westminster.”

The use of the  term"Project Fear "  by Mr Davies and other Brexiteers is rather   iconic as it  was coined by Rob Shorthouse, who was the "Better Together" campaign's director of communications during the Scottish independence referendum

On 23 June 2013, in an article marking the campaign's first anniversary, the Sunday Herald claimed that "Privately, some inside Better Together even refer to the organisation as Project Fear".^[10] The name "Project Fear" subsequently appeared in other news outlets^] and was co-opted by pro-independence campaigners.^[The following line of the Sunday Herald's article said that "[Blair] McDougall is unrepentant about the tactics", but on the following day's edition of Scotland Tonight McDougall denied ever hearing anyone use the term "Project Fear".

So considering many of the Better Together were Tories who wanted a no vote in the Independence Referendum and used the Tactics of "Project Fear" in Scotland  and will again. How can they be taken seriously when they use it as a counterblast to concerns about the future under Brexit?

In truth they are using "Project Pollyanna" and  irrepressible perhaps irresponsible  optimism ,

I would like to see more details of this poll, but I suspect it is broadly accurate 

The Westminster government  resembles  a Football Chairman whose Club has been relegated attempting to assure Fans that they can undertake major signings despite being in a lower division and facing an increased loss of income,

Indeed we might predict that this club would slip further down the league.

For Wales already the poorest part of Western Europe the prospect under Brexit does not look good.

It is time we realised  that we need to take our future  in our own hands . I am more convinced than ever that our future lies as an Independent Nation in Europe.