I need a Brexit-blocker application for my computer. I'm not getting any
work done as I'm too busy getting distracted by every article, tweet and
facebook rant. Being my own boss, I should probably fire myself. I would if I
could find the time but reading about Brexit is a full-time job!
I did consider making my blog a Brexit free space, but clearly haven't
been able to resist. Brexit brexit
brexit. It's a new kind of tourettes. I'm slowly getting over the shock of
the result. Now it's dawning on me that I've been living in a bubble where
everyone lives and thinks like me. Perhaps most of us live in a bubble like
that. Perhaps that's part of the problem.
Mike Walker wrote about not being surprised by the results in his
article, I
walked from Liverpool to London . He paints a sorry picture of
a country where communities feel forgotten, unrepresented by the rich boys in
government and blame immigration for everything that's going wrong.
I guess if someone I trusted had assured me leaving the EU would
radically improve my country, I'd have voted to leave too. Then again, as someone with
mixed European nationality, I'm pretty attached to Europe. Plus, I've
experienced what it's like to marry a foreigner who needs visas for everywhere and I
value the freedom of movement too much to risk losing it.
One thing I feel strongly is, it should be illegal for one man to
control so much of the media. On why he wanted Britain to leave the EU, Rupert Murdoch
reportedly said, 'Downing street do what I say, Brussels takes no notice'... Little surprise his newspapers made the EU out to be the enemy then! The
world is run by a few powerful men. While we're all blaming each other they're laughing at us!
Oh dear, now I'm insinuating all leave voters read The Sun. How insulting of me! I knew this blog post was a mistake!
Especially as there are plenty of bloggers already articulating their opinion
far more succintly, (and a lot more boldly), like this post, "So. You Want me to be Happy?" by Claire Broadley.
I'm just mumbling to myself over here because I'm alarmed and not quite sure what's going on... oh wait, it's not just me, no one in the country knows what's going on either!
I'm just mumbling to myself over here because I'm alarmed and not quite sure what's going on... oh wait, it's not just me, no one in the country knows what's going on either!
What? Keanu Reeves is going to be the new prime minister?
Just one more peek at the news and I'll get back to work...
Meanwhile, can we all make an effort to be kind to each other please? We are fellow human beings and that's a far more important connection than any nationality!
Meanwhile, can we all make an effort to be kind to each other please? We are fellow human beings and that's a far more important connection than any nationality!
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