It's been a tumultuous few days since polling stations closed at 10pm on Thursday June 23 and the UK awoke on the morning of Friday June 24 to the news that the result of the national referendum on whether this country would remain a member of the European Union or not turned out to be not. I am very sad at this result - one that took many people by surprise, me included - as I believe that our future is intertwined with that of our European neighbours, individually and collectively; that … [Read more...] about The EU referendum was a political gamble that didn’t pay off: what’s next?
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A clear case for ‘Remain’ in the EU referendum vote
The simple cartoon above by Will Dawburn sums up many people's feelings about political campaigning on the EU Referendum that we'll be voting on in four days' time, on Thursday June 23. For me, most communication by the Stronger In and Vote Leave campaigns, by other campaigners, by (a biased) mainstream media, by many politicians, by individuals with strong opinions across the social web, has been characterized by ugliness, lack of thought-leadership, relentless doses of FUD, half-arsed … [Read more...] about A clear case for ‘Remain’ in the EU referendum vote