Britain decided to leave EU, yet somehow Brits felt entitled to Single Market. It could have customs union like Turkey has, but that would require some compromises on Brexit, which cult of Brexit did not allow.
I don’t think we wanted to leave the single market and I’m unconvinced that people actually wanted to leave the EU — mainly because they didn’t know what it meant and even the Brexit promoters said a Yes vote wouldn’t mean leaving the EU
What they wanted to do was give the Establishment / Tories a black eye but ended up enabling the people what who were pushing for a hard Brexit that worked against most people’s interests
One of the things that I detest about the Brexit referendum was that "Brexit" wasn't at all defined (apart from leaving the EU). There were lots of hot air about Brexit not at all meaning a "hard" exit from the single market, and yet here we are.
My favourite analogy on the referendum is having people vote on whether to have "meat" or "vegetarian" dinner:
Suppose 40% of people enjoy vegetarian food, 20% only eat pork, 20% only eat beef and 20% only eat chicken.
Then, after "voting", the results come in as 60% for "meat" and 40% for veg. However, what meal can you prepare to satisfy the "meat" vote considering that you can only satisfy 20% of them?
(By the way, I was thrown off by your use of "As a Britain" rather than "As a Brit")
Britain decided to leave EU, yet somehow Brits felt entitled to Single Market. It could have customs union like Turkey has, but that would require some compromises on Brexit, which cult of Brexit did not allow.