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Nevermind how much poorer I am now than 24hrs ago.
What in God's name were those Limeys thinking voting decisively to leave the EU? Mr.Mayo, you may have more insight and, if you remain a Subject of Her Majesty, I hope you will choose to share it here.
I went to bed last night with the radio on; Mr Murphy (Goldendoodle) was visiting me and he probably was wondering why doesn't he turn that radio off so I can get my sleep?
George Harris Member # 2077
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Did not really surprise me. In fact, I would have been surprised if they had stayed in. My surprise is that the vote was so close. Most of the Brits I worked with in past years felt like that when they joined the EU they were giving away their victories in the major wars of the 20th century.
Many of the Irish I knew felt like their only reason for joining was financial benefit and the loss of independence was worth it, but a few said they were being like Esau, selling their birthright for a mess of pottage.
Gilbert B Norman Member # 1541
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A very interesting yet poignant Opinion piece from Sunday's Times illustrating the conflicts arising from Brexit on a young educator confronted by small town mentality of his family's home in Hampshire and his university community in Essex:
My parents’ house stands in the middle of a 1980s housing development of suburban ugliness, all detached red-brick blocks and generously proportioned driveways. There is not supposed to be nature in the suburbs, but in Alresford (pronounced AWLS-fud) nature is still powerful — every year the grass at the top of the road will suddenly grow tall, and fill with wildflowers, hedgehogs, little birds of delirious and unusual colors. Every morning the birds wake you up at 4 with a chorus of hoots and trills.
But no sooner has nature started to assert itself than the grass gets cut back and the mornings return to being silent and still. Alresford becomes human again. Human in a normal, provincial English way, in a place where people own homes, save for pensions and vote to leave the European Union — as 55 percent of the population of Hampshire county did on Thursday.
Passenger rail related: the joys of rail travel in England if one's origin or destination is other than London.
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