Disgusted Of Just Down The Road From Tunbridge Wells

[poliphilo]

Last night's EU Referendum broadcast on behalf of the Leavers was truly horrible- xenophobic, mendacious, cynical. Just nasty. My brain feels dirty from having watched it and my fingers feel dirty from writing about it. I believe they've lost my vote.

The campaign is nothing but a popularity contest between two lots of neo-liberals and, basically, I don't like any kind of neo-liberal- so I'm considering not voting at all. Ailz says I should show my disgust by spoiling my ballot paper.

Inside? Outside? I don't think it matters a whole lot. The EU is tottering and neo-liberalism with it. My vote goes to the incoming tide that'll sweep the whole lot away.

Comments

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

I went to hear Gordon Brown speak on Wednesday night at the Sage in Gateshead (built with EU money). He was quite inspiring.

https://leftfootforward.org/2016/06/watch-gordon-browns-brilliant-new-video-making-the-patriotic-case-for-eu-membership/

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I was in favour of the EU for most of my life- and for much the same reasons as Gordon Brown. Now I'm not so sure.

But I'm still waiting to hear the killer argument from either side.

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

The original founder members of the EU have been at each others' throats for thousands of years. They are now enjoying the longest period of peace since the Roman Empire. They've joined together with other countries including three former fascist dictatorships and ten former communist countries, and they are all more or less stable democracies. Sometimes I think the EU is the only thing between 550 million people and another dose of fascism. I think it's good to be talking with all these countries about our common cause. I've been working very very hard for Remain these last few weeks. I can tell you at least that a lot of very sincere people believe that staying in will do a lot of good, and that leaving will plunge us into deep economic difficulty and an ever worse mindset of isolationism, where we can demonise everyone who is Not Like Us.