If the nation is an imagined community as Benedict Anderson has argued, why place limits on our imagination?
BREXIT means YES for jumping into uncertainty just to show “who has the control”.
The politics of escapism won the day; yet the Leave campaign leaders are escaping from taking responsibility for the xenophobia and social divisions in the country.
“The old notions of social divisions somehow seem to radically over-simplify what is happening or seem outmoded as a framework for coherent explanation.”
“I fear for my generation, a whole generation put out in the mud mainly due to the bigotry on one side and the scorn on the other.”
“Many in the UK feel totally disenfranchised by the entire political establishment. By not noticing this, the ‘remain’ camp went horribly wrong.”
“As democracy loses either way, it is to be hoped Brexit can be buried in its own technical unwieldiness to keep at least as large a playing field as possible.”
"My name is Laura and I am one among the millions of Europeans living in the UK."
"In the aftermath of Brexit, we need to cast doubts on the presumed “rationality” of actors, commonly discussed in economic theory."
“Theresa May asserts that there will be no general election before 2020. But we need to decide what we want before we start negotiations.”
“Politicians recognise that serious, informed debate does not translate into votes, so the primary focus is on finding a scapegoat, not a solution.”
"They can hardly call for a General Election. For they will have to state in their Manifesto whether they intend to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty."
