Keeping up with the Brexit

[bimo]

The dialogue on Once upon a Time may not always be perfect, but there is this delightful line, spoken by Rumplestilstkin, that magic always comes with a price. It’s wonderfully catchy and universal, quite applicable to a lot of things, actually. Being the information junkie that I am, I would never have thought, though, that trying to keep up with

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[kathyh]

A friend of mine said after the vote that it "was as if a dream had died", which is a pretty good description of how I feel about it :(

I find it very hard to deal with the fact that 48% of us voted against this but the view of a small majority takes precedence in something as important as this. It should have required at least a two thirds majority to pass, but it's easy to be wise after the event.

I am still torn between rage and fascination at the whole disaster. As someone with training as a historian it is interesting to see such a convergence between social trends and the actions of individuals in bringing an event of historical importance about. Historians will be arguing for decades (possibly centuries) over what was more important.

"Clownish, nonsensical and ugly bizarro world" is a very good description of the whole ghastly mess.

[bimo]

As someone with training as a historian it is interesting to see such a convergence between social trends and the actions of individuals in bringing an event of historical importance about.

Given the general state of the world, David Cameron probably could not have picked a worse time for the referendum to take place if he had tried to. Therefore I personally would argue just slightly in favour of social trends being the deciding factor. :(