The nightmare continues

[crossroads3]

Have woken up this morning to the gut wrenching realisation after being asleep that we are still leaving the EU, and we still now have a political vacuum which is likely to be filled by people with even more of a neo liberal agenda than Cameron. At the head of a government which has a mandate of 36% of the electorate.

What is going to make any of this better?

There are two types of Brexiters - the OAP free market libertarians keen on low flat taxes and very little state support and the racist disaffected very poor in the regions. If is the former not the latter who are in power. That for some will be the silver lining in the cloud - much easier not to abolish the triple lock protection for state pension, free bus pass etc etc which costs us so very much. particularly as it was the "pensionser wot won it" who brought this on. The turkeys voted for Christmas and they will have to live with the consequences.

I'd say there are three, people do exist who have concerns about the running of the eu etc etc etc without the extreme racism. We came to different conclusions, but at least they looked into it. They are a much smaller group than the other two though, and i wish they would acknowledge the existance and selfishness/racism of the other two

Don't forget about the protest voters.

DH went out with some friends last night.

One of them admitted that he had wanted us to remain in the EU, had expected the vote to be a Remain victory - but had voted Leave because he doesn't like the government and wanted to stick two fingers up at them. He didn't think his leave vote would matter. Fucking idiot. The worst of that for him is that this man's job will probably be axed once EU funding goes.

Okay then, four

Much worse than that, but ITV managed to find a woman who voted Leave because her local council closed the public toilets.

interesting article about the reason for the Brexit majority across the political divide

I am with you OP and tomorrow I will want to talk about it again

We have a right to be grief-stricken.