• I cycled to work this morning through a never ending sea of LEAVE posters and placards. I didn't see a single one for 'Remain', although someone had spray painted 'HATE' onto one placard, a small act of defiance.
    Round these parts (Leeds) I think it's seen as manning the barracades, a chance to defy the enequality of the north south devide. I've told people that this is not the right battle ground but they say it's the only battleground they've been offered, the only chance to voice dissent from a crooked system. I agree with them that it's a great chance to bloody the government's nose, and part of me wants that, but is it worth biting your own nose off to see this happen? I don't think so.
    Everyone I know round here are voting Leave. I am definitely in the minority.

  • Bloodying the governments nose, but being the ones who really feel the effects of a recession caused by us leaving the EU? Do these people not have the power of critical thought?

  • Bloodying the governments nose, but being the ones who really feel the effects of a recession caused by us leaving the EU? Do these people not have the power of critical thought?

    To be fair, a lot of people have got fuck all to lose. The recession never stopped round here. Our family is £10,000 down on where we were three years ago. Thanks, Cameron. The roads are knackered but they want to build a fucking great train track from here to London. Who'll be on it? Very few Northern businessmen, that's for sure. It's an elaborate commuter train for those with the money. Thanks, Gideon.
    I don't want to Leave, I want to Stay in Europe, but I'm not sneering down my nose at what some people see as a vote of desperation. If the politicians could be trusted we wouldn't be in this mess.

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