Once in a blue June.

[Sweder]

You're right about the outcome. It will be close and therefore divisive. My issue is, this is what we elect politicians for. Our PM was blackmailed into handing this decision to the masses by a man unelected in the UK. Fear drove Cameron into this corner, now fear is being wielded like a mighty sword on both sides. I've never heard so much misleading bullshit spouted, again on both sides.

There is a xenophobic element to 'Leave' that sticks in my craw. In the 1950's and 60's Britain desperately needed workers to take on the jobs we didn't want or couldn't fill. We saw an influx of afro-Caribbean people. That created unrest and lead to Enoch Powell's infamous 'rivers of blood' speech in parliament. Poorly educated, chippy Brits moan about foreigners stealing their jobs today even as they spend hand-outs on beer and tabs, or down the bookies. They won't like it when Boris slams the door and says 'right lads, time to get to work'.

The UK is being asked to vote yes or no on a subject that is far from black and white.
Parts of the EU - bureaucracy, money distribution, Walking Dead-style open borders, lashing disparate economies to the same fiscal rules and currency, the Idealogs seeking total political union - are awful.

Others, the easy blend of cultures, human and civil rights, minimum wage/ equal pay, free trade, peace amongst nations previously at war, embracing Mother Russia's former satellites, are to be admired. It's all-or-nothing. I prefer to stand and fight our corner inside the club, others to turn away to be free to trade with whomever we please.

There's no right or wrong, other than the wrong of giving the general population this incredibly important decision to make. The whole thing smacks of political cowardice.