Apologies if a thread has already been started on this - feel free to ignore this one!
I was an ardent remainer. I spent Friday morning crying every time I thought about my children's futures. However, this petition that has been signed by so many I think is wrong.
- We are a democratic nation - the leave side "won". Apparently, many people have regrets now, well actually that's too late.
- Another referendum would be massively unsettling and I think would cause civil unrest led by the far-right of the leave side (no I am NOT saying that all leavers are xenophobes and racists but there is an element that are).
- How utterly weak would we appear on the global stage particularly in Europe? Even if we ran another referendum and voted to stay, the EU would laugh us out. Our deals would be nowhere near what they are now.
I think unfortunately, we have made our bed and now we have to lie in it. The only way forward is to prepare ourselves for a rocky ride and get on with it.
My credentials, for what it's worth - I studied the EU for 4 years at degree level and European politics at Masters levels. I studied in France for a year funded by the EU. I am at the very core European and I am deeply saddened by the result, but I really believe we have to move forward.