tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713948124674580839.post3632852462133731110..comments2024-03-28T11:06:15.778-07:00Comments on London Calling: SO WHAT NOW ABOUT THIS REFERENDUM THING?TONYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767998391294014275noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713948124674580839.post-71178758715564257992016-07-29T01:04:18.535-07:002016-07-29T01:04:18.535-07:00Thanks, Jean.Thanks, Jean.TONYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07767998391294014275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713948124674580839.post-43572371162644261862016-07-28T19:06:26.864-07:002016-07-28T19:06:26.864-07:00Tony, I can't comment on the referendum as I k...Tony, I can't comment on the referendum as I know far too little about it, but I just wanted to say I admire your "mustn't grumble, get on with it" attitude.Jean | DelightfulRepast.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038772991628796917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713948124674580839.post-63274539898222365162016-07-16T14:28:55.467-07:002016-07-16T14:28:55.467-07:00Anna, I am so sorry to hear that you have been abu...Anna, I am so sorry to hear that you have been abused and told to go back home. You should not be made to feel awkward speaking in your native tongue. It is probably even more important now that we get good relations with all countries and have a fair system of immigration to allow people with skills, those who want to come for education, and those who want to come to live and work here so that that is possible. Obversely British people should be still allowed to work and live in the countries of their choice. I don't know what sort of Britain we are going to have but I want it to be a fair place where everybody can be happy. Take care, you and your family Anna.TONYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07767998391294014275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713948124674580839.post-10216084005222588142016-07-16T14:08:54.472-07:002016-07-16T14:08:54.472-07:00Well written, Tony. I have to say that I felt exac...Well written, Tony. I have to say that I felt exactly as you did, as I woke up to the news of Brexit that morning. For the whole week, all I could do was to read the news, worry and rant to my friends about the situation. We did freak out as, being EU citizens living here, many of us have been abused and told to go back home. The reality is that we no longer feel welcome in this country, the feel of the place has totally changed since I came to study here in the nineties when everyone was really friendly to foreigners and I never felt out of place. Now, in all honesty, I feel a little awkward talking to my little children in our native tongue while we're outside. But as you say, life has to go on and we can only hope that the growing hostility is just a phase and that Brexit will become an opportunity - I hope that the current government will be able to tackle the economic problems and become more inclusive as they have manifested...Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945462611904903179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713948124674580839.post-9274846852857468392016-07-16T09:16:19.101-07:002016-07-16T09:16:19.101-07:00One thing I have learned during all this David is ...One thing I have learned during all this David is that, "truth," is hard to define but we have no choice we have got to go forward. We have got to be positive about it. Predictions of what might happen are not worth even considering!!!!!!!<br />I am not sure the rest of the world is in a postion to make judgements on us at the moment. TONYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07767998391294014275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713948124674580839.post-69901853706181475022016-07-16T09:05:38.543-07:002016-07-16T09:05:38.543-07:00"How stupid... Britain would look" The e..."How stupid... Britain would look" The events of the last few weeks have done nothing to improve our standing abroad Tony. Rather the opposite. From over here it looks some kind of Carry On film at best and a kind of national nervous breakdown at worst. Reports of racist attacks on EU citizens are a little hard to explain round here too. Look on the bright side if you want but imo no good will come of this for a very long time yet. Meanwhile you have condemned a generation of young people to another ten years or maybe longer of austerity. They will be middle aged by the time things get better if they do. And the Scots. The results were far from clear in all this. And the uncertainty and rancour is set to continue for a while yet.<br />And as for Europe. I'm not sure that there isn't a sense of relief that the sulky spoilt snotty teenage brat of the family who always wanted everything its own way isn't finally leaving. Not sure. Everyone I know is bewildered by it. Including me. I don't have any faith in May. She is no liberal. The omens are not good whichever way you look at it. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808826797585124428noreply@blogger.com