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The vote did one thing well. It divided tge country. We now have half the country seen as racist and inward looking and the other half trying to understand how it could have happened.
That split is also a generation split with the latter being the younger generation.
Now divided I can't see anyway to reunite.
The country is damaged and will be for a generation or more.
Depending on how things develop we may see more of the young leave the UK, my 2 sons are looking at Canada as tgeir next home. They don't want to live in a country that has the views it does.
My work has involved a lot of what europe has gained for the UK and I think its been a big plus. My only regret is we never fully participated and prefered to sit on the fence trying to hedge our bets which then ensured we didn't get our full say.
As for WW3 well a Trump win now looks posssible based on the US voters looking as racist as the UK voters and I can't see Trump bringing calm to the world.
The world isn't a safer place going diwn the isolatist route. Safety has more chance when we join and work together.
I now wonder how the Brexit voters are going to feel and vote when their non white bulldog british community members aren't sent home. Even if we could close the immigration door it doesn't change the current position. And every voice so far has said immigration probably won't change much.
I very much doubt your sons wish to leave the UK directly because of the result of the referendum, Judging by your responses and negative language towards anyone who voted for leave, I would suggest you have had some part to play in how the see the UK, whether you realise it or not, your children do often pick up on parental views, the area you live in and the local media will also shape their views on the matter, maybe they have freinds who do get racial abuse thus are sensitive to the larger media comments coming out about the Brexit issue, from your working point of view and experience will probably edge naturally towards a pro-biased view and that's your angle and I respect that but you repeatedly react in your posts with negative comment and slurs aimed at brexiteers and this in itself show it's your attitude that creates the divide and probably more so than the far right take on Immigration you seem to paint all the brexiteers with, there are a very small number of far right activists/voters out there but they do do alot of damage, it's natural for them to vote for brexit because the language that is aimed at normal voters also appeals to them in a very different way to what its intent was meant for, 'take our country back' - 'control immigration' all mean something totally different to a far right person than any other member of the public for example the 'take our country back was a reference to the extent our powers and laws now all come from Brussels, to a far right person it is clearly in their minds it means take our country back for the white British citizen..... guess which view the remainers and far left media latched onto?.. Considering the far right only account for a fraction of 1% of the voters for brexit, I find it both annoying and frustrating that all 17million are tarred with the same brush.
You also have to realise the younger generation have been schooled now with Pro- EU propaganda and this is another plot from the EU to ensure countries become dependent, even though I have expressed all of this and can back up anything I say, I find your responses are just reactionary and you don't seem to bring anything to the table to back your views up. So why is staying in the EU better, what is your reply to the many claims I have made about the EU, its easy to be a vocal warrior on the matter and make comments like 'I wander how the brexiters are going to feel and vote when their non white.....etc' which is IMHO just as bad as the attitude Far Right Activists have to immigrants ... with all respect to your input and views which are yours to express, your coming across as a big part of the problem here regarding the country divide as oppose to someone with genuine views and a good argument base to back it up.
I don't go around complaining about the PRO EU voter been anti British, nor do I tar them all with a one brush attitude, no because I understand they voted for many different reasons to want to remain in the EU, some for personel reasons others for much broader views and here's the thing, that's every persons right to use there view to demonstrate in a vote, its almost shameful to see the language and distaste created by the far left and biased media on anyone wishing to leave, I bet the many relevent points I made for my views had never even entered your mind during the debates as I didn't see these core reasons myself in any of them so I do argue that staying within the EU was like staying on a train when you can see the track is out ahead, yes you jump off and maybe into the unknown but at least you don't end up in the mangle when its derailed at high speed.