I find it interesting that even though a fundamentally British issue, certain Americans are getting tied up in knots over it. Whether you like it or not, this is democracy in action and whichever way the vote goes, it is hardly an astute comment to call the 'winning' section of the population 'dumb'
It is what it is and we now have to work on it. I see the result as a precursor for something better down the line and I full predict we will see some new faces at the helm when the dust settles. Politicians with vision & conviction not the unelected mud coloured Euro-clones that dominate our lives with rules & regulations that only the British, yes, that's right, only the British obey.
Whichever laws are passed in Brussels, they are almost completely ignored in France, from Fishing to Farming. French & Spanish trawlers take British registered boats and fish up to our harbour steps, whilst our own minimal fleet get surrounded, sabotaged and screwed up if we venture within 3 miles of the French coast (which we are entitled to do). The authorities take not a blind bit of notice.
Our lamb is much in demand abroad but owing to market CAP farmers get less that £25 for a whole sheep. It's hardly worth rearing them and yet we have millions of acres of fields 'set-aside' as we are not allowed to grow/produce on that land to keep farmers prices artificially high. It goes on and on.
To put the matter straight. In 1975 we voted for a 'common market' NOT a Federal Europe' .This progression was hidden from the voters in the depths of the treaties and we only became aware of the ghastly contents in a trickle-down fashion.
I could go on, but I would like to point out to Mr Young, that what swung the final vote to LEAVE was Labour's traditional tranche of votes from the British Working Class. This was unexpected but they are also the ones most affected by the serious issues of immigration and security by virtue of their geography.
If democracy is to be applauded, then so must the huge number of voters who turned out to register their vote. It is the highest percentage of the population on record to do so.
I don't know what sort of whacky world you inhabit Jeff, but I celebrate the referendum - no-one got shot in a polling station and there was no violence - just a great nation exercising its democratic rights calmly and peacefully.
As for 'globalisation' - all that has led to are companies or entities more powerful & richer than governments and completely unrepresented by the People.
In fact Marxism, the lynchpin of International Socialism would appear to have more in common with globalisation that's the so called 'free market' who's entire world production is carved up amongst the big players. So perhaps Jeff, this is the model you should be leaning towards.? The elephant in the room of globalisation is of course, climate change. It's going to be hard to balance your unelected dynasties with their need to curtail their manufacturing processes.
You sir, have done us a great injustice calling us 'dumb' because you didn't agree with the outcome. I hope you can realise what a juvenile attitude that appears to be.
I trust now that we can retire the rhetoric and name-calling here once and for all, but I wasn't going to let that pass.
