Tolerance

Shortly after the "Leave" result came through, I had one person tell me, "Over half of the UK are racist!"

Obviously, in this person's mind (as with many others, I've found), people who voted to leave the EU are now branded as racists. What amazing tolerance we have in the UK!

The irony is that it's not just about immigration: do people in the UK really want to be forced to accept EU laws? Do British citizens want to have their court rulings overridden by EU courts?

But concerning immigration, most of the people voting to leave the EU because of immigration did so because it has become unsustainable. It's not about "hating immigrants", it's about the UK not being able to cope.

Plus, when we visit non-EU countries, there are restrictions on our visit: visas, work permits, etc. Does that make every other country racist towards us? No, it doesn't. It simply puts the UK in line with other non-EU countries.

"Leave" voters are not (necessarily) racists. They just don't want the country spiralling out of the control of the elected government, to be guided by non-elected people of other countries. That's not the type of democracy that is wanted.

UK's referrendum on the EU

The one thing I've thought all the way through the whole process is this:

"You can't achieve great things without an element of risk."

Sure, remaining in the EU does offer an element of security, and things may continue much the same way (which includes the little EU laws coming into effect in UK without the possibility for much resistance).

And sure, leaving the EU brings with it a lot of uncertainty. But is the unknown a bad thing? Yes, it could make things worse, but it could also make things much better.

Are we wanting things to remain the same, or do we want the potential to make UK a much better place?

You can't have security with great aspirations.