It does seem many people have their heads in the sand over Brexit. To be honest I don’t blame them - it’s a stressful topic to think about and we have had to deal with Covid.
I find it incredible we have reached this point. Frankly, going ahead with a huge change which was only supported by 51% in a referendum was clearly going to be incredibly divisive. I really hope that the 49% will be recognised and there will be compromises made, otherwise it will continue to be a divisive issue for decades to come. And would we have these increased concerns with Scotland and Northern Ireland if we just left things alone? Probably not!
Sadly I never got to vote in the refurendum - for reasons I’m still not sure of. I voted from the same address before for a local election, but for some reason I wasn’t on the electoral register for the Brexit vote - bizarre! (I really regret not checking I was registered first!).
While it is perhaps unlikely I will move abroad to an EU country, I have been learning some more German (my language skills have never been good though). I also have Italian ancestry, and I’ve read that you can apply for a passport through ‘right of blood’, as long as those ancestors were citizens of the actual unified country of Italy - I need to do further research on this though, as it looks like a complicated process, and there would probably be certain requirements. I think I’d prefer to live in Germany though. I’m not a huge fan of some of the EU’s actions, but overall I think it is a good thing. It has benefitted peoples lives more than some realise, and it is a shame to lose some of those rights for reasons I’m still not sure of.
I’m also not sure why the politicians and media keep going on about fishing - it is such a tiny part of the economy, and most of the current issues with fishing were caused by the UK, and not the EU (like so many things!)