while you celebrate, think.
So, we're leaving the EU. It's official, it happened. I was against it, but maybe you were for it. That's okay, we disagree, it happens, still friends. And I trust that when you voted, it was because you truly believed it was for the best. But while you celebrate, think. Think of the people living here, working here, who have built a life here - but who weren't born here. They had no say in this election, but it will impact on them, far beyond our understanding. I don't know what this will mean for them, but neither do you. However, here is what I do know, as someone who lives as a resident in a country not their own - essentially an immigrant*. It is scary to live in a country where you have no say. It is scary when votes happen and you can do nothing but shoulder the outcome. Your life is in the hands of the people around you, and oftentimes, those who shout the loudest win. And that is terrifying, because those who shout the loudest, well they...