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In his comment piece today, Matthew states: Our choice is a hard Brexit-or turning back. artycelia   'To turn back would still be a national humiliation, though' Would it? I don't think anyone should feel humiliated, this isn't a game.  Exactly a year has passed since the referendum and every day we seem to learn a bit more about what we have let ourselves in for, and in my opinion, the more forthcoming the information the worse the situation seems to be. The Remainers, and I am one, would sigh with relief if we could exit Brexit but there would be absolutely no gloating. I think we could all learn valuable lessons from this huge blip in our democratic process.  The EU have far more important matters to deal with and would probably just accept and be thankful for a change of heart in GB. Then we can all just get on with our lives without this silly nonsense holding everybody back, causing bad feeling, confusion,economic uncertainty and ...

  artycelia   Everyone has a different view on Brexit: hard, soft, poached, boiled, scrambled or fried. I suggest The Times and The Sunday Times launch a campaign to over-turn the result of the referendum. It is abundantly clear that the politicians cannot agree on what Brexit actually means. How then, could the voters have known what leaving or remaining in the EU actually meant as they popped their cross in that damned box? Madness. Ban Brexit. Delete 69 Recommend Reply Keith Grant   21 hours ago So the talk now is of managed immigration, as all but the wildest Brexiters recognise is needed as the economy will collapse otherwise. Germany has hinted some version of this might be possible. Even Ukip supports it. So why bother with Brexit and risk the huge economic and trade disruption it will bring? Stay in the single market and customs union, especially as the European economy starts...

Update: 8th May 2017. Five Suicides at The University of Bristol. University of Bristol. Most of the headlines on today's newspapers are about yesterday's 'Autumn Statement. I watched that on TV yesterday and listened to the debates. Scrolling a little way down my news app (The Times and Sunday Times) I am shocked and dismayed to see the news of three suspected suicides at Bristol University, all of which have occurred in this new academic year. We all read and watch so much news that our 'shock' reaction button has become somewhat muted but I find 'news' like this utterly shocking as well as so desperately sad. I walk my dog around a beautiful park everyday, there is a particularly lovely old tree that has little flowers planted at its base, the flowers are incongruous to the seasons, obviously picked up in a nursery and planted with hope that they will survive the frosts to which they are unaccustomed. The tree has recently had some of its branch...