It’s absolutely maddening that there are people who still think Brexit is a good thing. There are Brexiteers who are saying Brexit will make Britain strong and independent again and that the UK is a ‘laughing stock’ in the EU.
Do you see people laughing at France?
No. They are laughing at us and the mess we’ve got ourselves into as we try to keep the Brexit ship afloat, still believing in this ignorant and backwards delusion that we will be stronger and better off outside the EU.
Inside the EU, that’s where we are strongest. We’ve reached a point in history where the only way we are going to save ourselves is to work together. If we carry through with Brexit, I fear that we will live to regret that decision. Brexit equals regression in many, many ways.
It’s getting to the point where I am becoming ashamed to be British; the world looks at us and sees a nation of fools.
On Saturday 23rd March 2019, I, and an estimated one million people marched in the streets of London to demand a people’s vote - a second referendum. People were calling the march and possible vote a threat to democracy. They were mistaken. The march was probably the most pro-democratic event I have ever seen. There were no traitors to democracy there, only people who loved their country and didn’t want to see it destroyed and humiliated.
One million people marched in the capital city to demand a people’s vote.
Meanwhile, Nigel Farage addressed a crowd of 200 at a pro-Brexit rally in Nottinghamshire.
Tell me, how is the former a ‘betrayal of democracy’ but the latter is, apparently, ‘the will of the people’ ?
A second vote is not undemocratic. What is undemocratic, however, is having one million citizens protesting in the capital city for a second vote and completely ignoring them.
Yes, I know that 52% voted leave in 2016. But that was 2016, when the Brexit vote was ignited by a self-centred leader who was desperately trying to gain support to save his own skin. It was not a well thought out or well intentioned decision. As a result, when it came to voting day, no one really knew what they were voting for. A lot of rumour was being interpreted as fact, with racism and xenophobia at the center of a lot of that rumour.
Three years on, and with little progress made, we now see the truth of Brexit, and we, the people, understand that we made a mistake, largely thanks to rumour and misinformation, and now we want to change our future, we want another referendum where people can vote with decision based on facts rather than fearmongering.
Politicians, if you have any concern for the future of the country that you were elected to run, support a second vote.
People, if you want your voice heard, if you want another chance to either change or reinforce your view, support a second vote.
Don’t let Britain be remembered as a nation of fools.
