06-25-2016, 12:11 PM
Brit leave voter here and I'm both absolutely overjoyed and somewhat terrified at the result :)
We British like to mock you Americans for your overt patriotism and flag waving while downplaying our own love of our national identity. For some of our middle class "elite", however, they seem to be embarrassed to be British and ashamed at our past. They are the ones that were pushing hardest for us to give it all up and move towards the "European Project". They are the ones pushing for more faith schools, more respect for non-integrating muslims, more anything that isn't British.
On Friday they got a big shock when they realised that the British Bulldog spirit is alive and well for a great deal of the population.
The more the Remain campaigned wheeled out rich and powerful people (+Obama) to tell us to vote their way while threatening everything from economic collapse to World War 3, the more stubborn we Brexiters became. On Friday the markets went a little crazy, but they will correct. Maybe we will lose Scotland. Maybe we will lose a lot more. Maybe we'll end up in economic meltdown while the Euro-zone soars and we end up crawling back with our tail between our legs. Maybe.
But if this is the final throws of Empire, and the final collapse of a once great nation then know that to the end we fought for what we believed in and faced down our fears, rather than surrendering meekly like lesser nations.
A little melodramatic? Maybe :)
Can't wait to find out, though. Till then, I'll just spend some time on youtube...
We British like to mock you Americans for your overt patriotism and flag waving while downplaying our own love of our national identity. For some of our middle class "elite", however, they seem to be embarrassed to be British and ashamed at our past. They are the ones that were pushing hardest for us to give it all up and move towards the "European Project". They are the ones pushing for more faith schools, more respect for non-integrating muslims, more anything that isn't British.
On Friday they got a big shock when they realised that the British Bulldog spirit is alive and well for a great deal of the population.
The more the Remain campaigned wheeled out rich and powerful people (+Obama) to tell us to vote their way while threatening everything from economic collapse to World War 3, the more stubborn we Brexiters became. On Friday the markets went a little crazy, but they will correct. Maybe we will lose Scotland. Maybe we will lose a lot more. Maybe we'll end up in economic meltdown while the Euro-zone soars and we end up crawling back with our tail between our legs. Maybe.
But if this is the final throws of Empire, and the final collapse of a once great nation then know that to the end we fought for what we believed in and faced down our fears, rather than surrendering meekly like lesser nations.
A little melodramatic? Maybe :)
Can't wait to find out, though. Till then, I'll just spend some time on youtube...
