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@i_am_lono
Something troubling just crossed my mind; I didn't even want a referendum on EU membership. I love voting; a shaky "X" in an inkjet-printed box is one of the rare times when you feel innately connected to effecting change through democracy, or that satisfies a pure, human desire to be small yet mighty. Whilst acknowledging an In-Out vote was part of Tory Dave's platform for being re-elected as PM, I do fear that it has seen an ugly, mistruth-ridden campaign reveal something even more insidious and rotten about how we view "the other" in our sceptered isle. We're no longer able to command an empire based on exploiting largely brown people; the village green where once echoed the thwack of leather on willow is history - it's some German discount supermarket. Ergo, a leave vote cast as an "anti-establishment" statement or a desire for getting "our" country back depresses me not just for its short-sightedness but more for what it says about us - and it IS us - that some of us do not seem to care about "the other." Realistically, the Gove-Johnson-Farage "anti-establishment" triumvirate represents a Marxist freedom fightin' troop about as accurately as a child's drawing of a potato is likely to resemble a Dali meisterwerk. I hope to wake up tomorrow being completely wrong on all the above points and able to enjoy another smashing day on the frankly tremendous Isle of Bute. Night night.