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redfiona99) wrote2016-06-25 11:22 pm
redfiona99) wrote2016-06-25 11:22 pm
Brexit
So how do I feel about Leave winning the referendum?
I'm not sure.
I think it's still sinking in. There's a distinct feeling that it's screwed up some of my future plans both in the long-term and short-term.
There's also a feeling of guilt, like could I have done more to help Remain win? Not because I'm some super-influencer or something but more, could I have done anything to make it clearer how much good the EU has done for me?
Then again, it's not like the actual Remain campaign did a brilliant job of that either (although they were hamstrung by a lot of the loudest media voices being anti-EU for a variety of reasons).
I also don't know that many people who are likely to have voted to leave, at most 3, and none of those are what you'd call convince-able.
So yes, I think uncertainty, discomfort and guilt are my over-riding emotions.
I'm not sure.
I think it's still sinking in. There's a distinct feeling that it's screwed up some of my future plans both in the long-term and short-term.
There's also a feeling of guilt, like could I have done more to help Remain win? Not because I'm some super-influencer or something but more, could I have done anything to make it clearer how much good the EU has done for me?
Then again, it's not like the actual Remain campaign did a brilliant job of that either (although they were hamstrung by a lot of the loudest media voices being anti-EU for a variety of reasons).
I also don't know that many people who are likely to have voted to leave, at most 3, and none of those are what you'd call convince-able.
So yes, I think uncertainty, discomfort and guilt are my over-riding emotions.