How to Survive the Brexit Verdict

If you missed it (where have you been?), last night the most brutal, vitriolic political battle of this century came to an end. It was won on a knife edge with the politics of fear – particularly the issue (ahem, scapegoating) of immigration – proving victorious. It was a divisive race with clear lines of opposition being drawn – young vs old, city dwellers vs the provincial, Scotland vs England, London vs England, Northern Ireland vs England, Europe vs England. Can someone tell England's mum that he is not socialising well with the other kids in class?

It was a gruelling and exhausting experience, but it’s not over yet: David Cameron resigned this morning, and the markets plummeted. The impact will be felt for many more weeks, if not months and years. Winter is coming, and we need to plan.

Before we get into the nitty-gritty let’s take a moment to shout out all the people that fought so valiantly to keep us in the EU. Big up to Liverpool, Newcastle, Orkney and Scilly Isles, Cambridge, Oxford and a ton of others. It was close, let’s not forget that.

And of course, a massive shout-out to London whose collective power (and high population density) kept the fight going hard. London, (GoT spoil alert!) you’re like that giant wildling in Game of Thrones taking out ten men for every one of yours, before Nigel Farage shoots you in the eye while you’re down. And you, Scotland, like Tormund Giantsbane, leading when leaders were too feeble to. If only we had our own Jon Snow…

Okay guys thinking caps on. Didn’t we elect leaders so that they make the big decisions, especially ones that would take decades of experience to fully understand?

Is the Brexit win seriously going to be enforced when 48% of people don't want to leave, which incidentally is considerably more people than the 37% that voted this government in?

Where was Jeremy Corbyn in all this? Jeremy, what are you doing mate?

Something’s not right. It might be time for some new blood, some young blood. What’s Stormzy up to?

It might also be time to start considering that the Baby Boomer generation (people that are 50+ years old) may not have our best interests at heart. Young people have been consistently asked to shoulder debts in part related to an ageing population (pensions, NHS) all the while knowing we’re unlikely to achieve the same level of wealth or comfort. By the time we’re old we’ll be lucky if there is an NHS or any state pension at all, and let’s not get into the whole property ownership thing.

Many critics are pointing to the high turnout among the over 60's as indicative of a protest sentiment from the silver-haired generation. They're angry about cuts to public services and blame the EU, even though it was the UK government that implemented those cuts and it was the middle-aged-plus crewdem that voted them in. Baby boomers, are you thinking straight?

Besides, didn’t that generation already have an EU referendum? In like 1975? How many referendums do those guys need? Real talk: Will they even be around to feel the full effects?

The first thing to do is simmer down and take a couple of deep breaths: things are moving fast. In parliament, a petition to register a vote of no confidence for Jeremy Corbyn is already in motion. In Scotland, the move to break away from the UK is on the table. It's unlikely we'll be able to reverse the decision, but we can make sure that whoever takes over knows not to fuck with us. How we do that is not clear, but for those looking to get active right now, join the march from Whitechapel to Newscorp tonight, and sign this petition asking to null the referendum. Call your crewdem, talk to like-minded people, remind yourself you're not alone. Get online, let's figure out a plan. This is far from over...