We voted to leave, not to almost leave

HAVE you ever seen a pair of little dogs fighting in the street, they are so preoccupied and obsessed with each other that they do not see the cars speeding towards them bringing imminent disaster?

Prior to being given the opportunity to decide their own future, the then Prime Minister David Cameron clearly stated to the electorate on many occasions that any vote upon the future of Britain within Europe would have a to be a simple “yes or no”, in completely or out completely, as to try to do anything else would be impossible, we could not keep free trade but not have Europe make our laws for instance, it was explained to us, the in some detail and on more than one occasion.

The vote came and we voted to leave, which of course meant “leave”, not almost leave or keep one foot in the door, it meant leave. As usual, our elected representatives have become so obsessed with scoring political points against each other, flexing their non-existent muscles, that they have kicked sand in all of our faces, again. Lets face it, did anyone speak of hard or soft Brexit before the referendum? If they did, I certainly did not hear it.

By demonstrating contempt for a democratic vote, our politicians are now treading on very thin ice and pushing us closer towards possibly civil disobedience or worse, how is anyone going to have respect for parliament when they clearly have no respect for us?

Personally, I am sick of them, I am disillusioned by them, I am embarrassed for them and I fear for our future with the lack of a leader with beliefs, a leader with conviction and the ability to connect with the silent majority, ie the people who want to know what we can do to help make our country great again, to engage with growing economies and do business with them and to leave the morally and financially bankrupt region which is Europe, behind us. John Dimbylow

Hay on Wye