Sometimes, I do try to pause to take a breath, and chill. Honest.
I genuinely do try to tell myself that maybe it won't be as bad as some of us fear, that maybe Britain will somehow come out of this alright. That my family won't be doomed to live in a needlessly impoverished nation, ruled by the worst kind of bullies. But then... facts kick in. See, that's the problem, isn't it? Some of us simply cannot "compartmentalise" facts, or fail to look at the reality of the situation. We just can't.
Chequers is dead. It's taken the Tory government more than two years to work out their plans to have all the cake and eat it too, are doomed. Britain now simply has to acknowledge facts. That starts with accepting the EU is not going to play ball, and/or just roll over. They never had any reason to, but erstwhile had hundreds to remain firm and protect the integrity of their union.
Eg: exactly what "remoaners" have been saying from Day One.
Home Truths
FACT:
A country that was until recently considered one of the most stable in the world to be a resident of, is now divided and hateful, and for WHATEVER reason, is now talking about rationing and stockpiling... in peace time. (Quite a jump from "Best for Britain".)
FACT:
Economists/politicians and journalists the world over are saying Britain could be headed for the most extraordinary crash. In terms of services, jobs, investment, not least that most of our food and medical supplies have come from our European neighbours next door, for decades.
FACT:
We already have spiralling poverty in the UK, and one of the grossest wealth inequalities in the Western world, comparable to the USA. (Quite a feat, considering the difference in population size.) And that's before any of this even happens in March 2019. We already have millions relying on food-banks, disabled people being left to rot, people in work being homeless etc. How much worse it could get post Brexit, is just unthinkable.
FACT:
If Brexit goes ahead, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is highly likely to disintegrate. Not only have tensions and troubles already returned to the border in Ireland, troubles that were virtually consigned to history, but we might even face a hard border in Britain between Scotland and England, if the Scots demand independence.
FACT:
If Brexit goes ahead, Britain WILL be behest to Trump's America. Subject to the whims of a madman who contradicts himself from minute to minute.
Brexiters seem to think that the "ambiguity" of these quandaries, or the chance they're exaggerated and/or may not turn out to be quite as bad, is a justification to go ahead with it any way. Almost as a point of principle.
No... no it's definitely not.
Naive, unrealistic people languishing in fairy-tales have zero right to risk OUR families, OUR happiness, OUR prosperity, OUR careers, all in the name of a nationalist experiment. Even if there is a small chance it "might" not be Armageddon! If you stand in the middle of the M25, you might just survive it, but that doesn't mean it's a risk most of us would deem acceptable.
And of course, that's not even touching on all the corruption and illegal activity which by itself should have rendered the referendum void.
Things made simpler
We have a stark choice now. None of this needs to happen. So we either upset the Gammon... doing the sensible thing and reversing the whole process, though admittedly risking some sort of epic right-wing tantrum, OR, all but the richest among us get tipped into potential economic catastrophe.
I know what any sensible person would choose.
The funny thing is, leading Brexiters do too. That's why they're betting AGAINST the UK economy, moving their companies, and applying for EU resident status. So they're alright, while the rest of us burn.
#ExitFromBrexit
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