For all those Leavers telling us to shut up I have this to say:
You’re laughably hypocritical.
You tell us to listen, ‘the people have spoken’ and yet Leavers have been ignoring and trying to silence Remainer voices expressing genuine concerns about Brexit for the last 18 months.
So NO.
If Leavers aren’t going to listen to us why on earth should we listen to you? We will continue to keep making the case for Remaining in the European Union until someone on the Leave side actually listens to us and addresses the quite natural and comprehensive concerns as to how we surgically dissect ourselves from a political Union we have organically grown intertwined with for 4 decades without our economy haemorrhaging to death.
It’s not just money, it’s the very fabric of how our society has functioned; energy supply, medical testing, scientific collaborations, security co-operations, licensing for all our products into and out of the EU, regulation compliance, Patents, qualifications being recognised, almost every facet of our society has been entangled with the EU and you guys just want to walk away without any clear plan for the future.
Until our concerns are taken seriously and answered by Leavers we won’t shut up, we won’t stay silent. You cannot, will not, Silence those patriotic Brits who don’t want to see our country fail because of an ill thought-out ideal of independence. Give us a plan we can all get behind without the insults and the rhetoric and maybe then we will listen to you. But so long as all the answers boil down to “We won – get over it” you’ll find Remainers continuing to complain. Give us a plan for the future we can believe in or give us a vote on the Final Deal, otherwise we will continue to make the case for remaining in the EU, as is our democratic right to do so.
Rosie Richens, January 2018 (reused from a Facebook post with permission)