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Emotive Intuition and Brexit. (First published June 2016)

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David Cameron announcing his resignation 24 June 2016. During his resignation speech David Cameron said, "We should be proud of the fact that in these islands we trust the people for these big decisions." His body language told me a different story. My intuition told me that he was absolutely gutted at the decision to leave the EU and was struggling to understand how people could have been so recklessly stupid. As he finished the speech he may well have said," Right, you bunch of t******' now you can get on with it, I'm off." The referendum was a massive political gamble and one that I don't think should have ever been undertaken. What is the point of politicians if such huge decisions are left to the masses of uninformed, angry, disillusioned, fearful, desperate voters who couldn't have been informed enough as to the consequences of such an overwhelmingly life changing decision?  The result of the referendum will have consequences which will ...

Brexit Briefing: One Year After The Referendum.

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I am extremely unhappy that I am to be stripped of my European citizenship. I have absolutely no faith in the Brexit  process. I feel embarrassed to be a (reluctant)  victim of a warped democratic process. I am angry that HM government is so weak and wobbly. I am very angry that while GB is under siege from terrorists we are turning our backs on our allies. I am disgusted to be living in a country where the richest borough fiddles the books and a towering inferno occurs killing dozens of innocent people. I support the ECHR. (I dread to think what would be going on without it) I have no faith in our PM. I would accept an olive branch from Tusk.  Why is this happening? Does anyone really BELIEVE Brexit is a good idea? And I mean, 'believe' not just a stubborn 'we won, get over it' stupid answer. Donald Tusk said today that he can 'imagine' GB deciding to stay after all and he quotes John Lennon.I do hope he...