I voted Remain. I reckon that I'm fairly switched on when it comes to the EU and the economic situations of the modern world, but compared to nowadays I knew fuck all before the vote. The depth with which we've now understood how we fit into the EU and the wider European people is ten times over from what it was before the vote.
Totally agree with that.
But we voted to Leave. Democracy doesn't come with a star next to it and a Terms and Conditions Attached smallprint. The people have the choice to determine how they are governed and it's not up to you, me or the Government to tell them that they're wrong. That's the great thing about democracy - it's incredibly honest. We will live or die from our collective decisions and we will learn from the mistakes that we make and grow stronger from the correct ones. That's the only way for a society to progress; if most people think we should leave then we should leave. If we fuck it up then that's a lesson for future generations to take on board. Moddycoddling the population doesn't help anyone. We voted leave, so we leave and we see how it turns out. Might be brilliant, might be shit. But the choice will be ours either way, no blaming immigrants or Europe or anyone else here. Responsibility is the cornerstone of education.
Democracy is the greatest force for prosperity in human history and we shouldn't ignore it when we think it might be wrong.