tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6124912913312333884..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Reality bites, and it hurts - Liz KesslerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-63259778952051962702016-06-25T17:31:13.901+01:002016-06-25T17:31:13.901+01:00I live on the other side of the world, but it will...I live on the other side of the world, but it will affect us eventually, just as it affected us back in 1972 when a British government decided it was in the UK's best interest to join and focus its trade, etc. on the continent rather than the colonies. We'll have to wait and see. I know someone who decided to replace her Aussie citizenship with Polish, to which she was entitled, just so she could live in London. I wonder what will happen to her now?<br /><br />Next week, we face an election here, and I wish I could say there WILL be change, but I fear the current mean-spirited government will get back in, and if they do they will be able to ram through a lot of horrifying legislation they failed to get through the upper house this time. So forgive me if, for the moment, that takes priority for me, but I do understand how you must be feeling now. For you, it's a huge change! Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-68853493983742054702016-06-24T21:42:01.430+01:002016-06-24T21:42:01.430+01:00Well said, Liz. Still reeling from the result, bu...Well said, Liz. Still reeling from the result, but hope Celia is right, that there is still some common ground between the two factions. Lynne Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412874594191347503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-54727653145957439462016-06-24T18:58:54.314+01:002016-06-24T18:58:54.314+01:00Susan, I have every sympathy with your position. I...Susan, I have every sympathy with your position. I held my nose and voted Remain along with the neoliberal, undemocratic, big business elite, just as you must have held your nose when voting Leave alongside a small bunch of racists and Litte Englanders - there were good, left-wing arguments for both Leave and Remain. I don't think the fact that Leave won means the UK has suddenly turned into some unrecognisably parochial and racist enclave. I think we are still the same country we were, and there are decent, kind, open-minded people on both sides who need to pick up the pieces now and try and find common ground.C.J.Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288574235370421625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-7587667221507802742016-06-24T14:37:26.918+01:002016-06-24T14:37:26.918+01:00If not European then what? No man is an island...If not European then what? No man is an island...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846839494891623600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-29901275349877256472016-06-24T14:23:46.160+01:002016-06-24T14:23:46.160+01:00Well said, Liz.
I also think it was notable that ...Well said, Liz.<br /><br />I also think it was notable that it was the cities with the highest immigration levels that voted mostly for remain. Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-20353051824201669662016-06-24T12:07:05.331+01:002016-06-24T12:07:05.331+01:00Liz, I share all your fears and I voted Leave - no...Liz, I share all your fears and I voted Leave - not without trepidation and I don't feel triumphant now.<br />What do those who voted Remain do now? - They join those of us who voted Leave for left-wing, anti-globilisation, anti-TTIP reasons to kick Farage and the Tories back where they belong and to try and build up what the Tories and their helpers in Nu-Labour have been dismantling for almost 40 years: a decent society that works for everyone in it instead of mostly for the rich.<br />But there is a huge risk and I share your fear that it's all going to go horribly wrong. I've never felt such conflict about voting. I've never felt so bad about being on the winning side.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57256690707466534342016-06-24T12:02:46.871+01:002016-06-24T12:02:46.871+01:00My partner this morning said, "oh, look, we&#...My partner this morning said, "oh, look, we've turned into prewar Germany, isn't that ironic?" I found it hard to disagree but I know I'm just in the doldrums because of this. I think it's a wake up call that we all have to calm the hell down and start looking forward, as Heather says, to a better future full of heroes. Maybe it's a good thing, because now we have to stand up.Justina Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12320115891268044710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-46251943323824143142016-06-24T11:37:45.624+01:002016-06-24T11:37:45.624+01:00Your feelings are echoed by everyone on my Faceboo...Your feelings are echoed by everyone on my Facebook page this morning. It really is a divided nation, but I too have hopes that the younger are more accepting, forward thinking and inclusive. They want to be part of the world. Those leavers who fall into the category you describe are fearful, that's all, and stuck in their ways and wanting to revert to 'how things were' because they feel afraid of change and newness. Here's the perfect reason to keep writing and reading, because storytelling is the single biggest thing that tells us to 'grow and change' in order to become heroes. Not shrink away and shut the doors. Heather Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16663116147353986746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-5045656302060267872016-06-24T11:19:56.913+01:002016-06-24T11:19:56.913+01:00Thank you, Liz. Thank you, Liz. John Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937505376169411724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-54171835336396186572016-06-24T10:50:37.256+01:002016-06-24T10:50:37.256+01:00There are two writers in this house and we are des...There are two writers in this house and we are desperately trying to do that today - write the words, heal the world in the way we CAN control.Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-56049437448961793772016-06-24T10:21:56.262+01:002016-06-24T10:21:56.262+01:00A wise post for today. Thanks! A wise post for today. Thanks! Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.com