In favour of Brexit? Don’t read this
Yay! Saturday and the end of another working week for many, but not all. A few more photos from my recent Rhodes trip today.
It’s not like me to get involved in political discussions, I left all that kind of local and wider politics to my father, who was a district and local councillor for years, and my uncle who was alarmingly close to his local Conservative party in South London years go… But this ridiculous Brexit vote is coming closer and I’ve been reading some posts online and hearing some snippets of news – and I’ve come up with an idea.
From what I have read and seen (and I know I have not seen or read as much as many, and I only tend to listen to the European news channels as I don’t like what I hear about the BBC, and since they axed Eldorado in 1993 I’ve never really trusted them), there is one particularly hysterical point of view coming out of Britain. I’ve been keeping an eye on some community groups form various places around the country and have read with interest posts from friends-of-friends and it seems that this focused point, this one stirring issue alone, is that if the UK leaves the EU there will be a huge celebration. Horary! Why? Because no more immigrants will be able out get into our country; thus we will be able to provide homes for all of ‘our own kind’; we will be able to control our borders and stop Johnny Foreigner from getting into our wonderful haven of perfect life; Utopia for all! (As long as you are British; even if you are mixed-race British? Even if you have lived abroad for many years and need to return? Who knows.)
In the words of the younger generation: WTF?
Apart from the fact that there must be more to being in or out of the EU than simply wanting to stop any more people entering the country; apart from the fact that even if you could and did, would that stop those already there popping out four children each and then complaining about lack of housing and resources; apart from the fact that those wanting to leave seem only to be seeing one part of one argument; apart from all that, it feels like everyone in favour of leaving is joyously supporting the extremes of those in power in their country, while at the same time I have all this ‘in-coming’ from the same people about how dreadful those in charge are (the government et al), and yet they blame everyone else for voting them in.
In the words of the younger generation: OMG!
So, leaving the EU will mean no more non-Brits moving in to scrounge off the social will it? Because that, clearly, is what these people think they all do. And leaving the EU will mean no more overcrowding (on an island that is 93% non-urbanised and even those urban areas are 53% ‘greenspace’, but that’s another story). Yippee, problem solved in an instant. There must be other arguments surely? Or has the old country become so right-wing (thanks to the Government that no-one will admit voting for, apart from one brave Facebook friend) that it can only see as far as this one point?
I don’t know, it’s all very confusing and I really don’t want to get into it, but all this malarkey seems to come down to one simple equation in these people’s minds: UK out = foreigners out.
In the words of the younger generation: LMAO
But still, my idea: How about the EU issues passports. Those who want to be European can apply and hold dual citizenship; I’ll be in that queue. Here’s my UK passport for if I ever want to admit to having one again, and here’s my EU one for when I am too embarrassed to say exactly where I am from. And those who signed for Brexit can stay with their limited UK passport and just deal with it.
I’ve got a headache now so I am going to chill out and go and write something amusing instead. Have a good weekend and do what you want while you can as, in the words of the younger generation, YOLO.
