The death of hope is a balm

[andrewducker]

After three years of increasing stress watching Brexit approach, be deflected, go up against numerous crunch votes, and not quite make it through, the knowledge that it's happening has been actually very helpful for my mental health

Comments

[jusummerhayes]

Andrew, one day (I hope) we'll look back on the Country's decision to exit the European Union as one devoid of any semblance of meaning, purpose or rationale beyond feeding the desire to insulate ourselves from the rest of Europe (and the world). I hope we can heal the divisions in our Country but there's a sense that we'll never be the same again. Best wishes, Ju. 🙏

[andrewducker]

Thank you, I hope so too!

[toothycat]

I'm looking forward to hard reentry. I tell myself - maybe a decade from now, maybe a bit longer, but eventually the demographics will shift enough and a majority will want to rejoin - at that point we are unlikely to get the many appeasements we are enjoying currently again; thus, Schengen, Euro, the lot.

[andrewducker]

It would be lovely to be in Schengen.

[gonzo21]

The thing I'm struggling with the most is the climate change issue. We've got maybe 7-10 years left to make sweeping dramatic changes, and we've just wasted 5 of those on Boris. The US is about to waste another 4 on Trump. And I think that's it gone, our only chance of providing anything other than starvation cannibalism and death for ourselves in old age, but particularly the kids of today.

[reverancepavane]

There comes a time to shoot the engineer and put the design into production.

[And the economist, the historian, the scientist, the environmentalist, the reporter, the ...]

[woodpijn]

Agreed. There's no longer a sense of "should I be doing more to prevent it?"
Time to get on with restocking the stockpile I started ready for last March and have been indecisively adding to and subtracting from in the meantime.