The challenges ahead are considerable and the decisions numerous – issues of finance, security, the environment, freedom of movement, rights, trade and so forth, will no doubt dominate the political landscape for the foreseeable future. The effects of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union – for good or for ill – will be felt by every British citizen, every citizen of every EU member state, and beyond. However, the objective of this vote was not to establish the trajectory of David Cameron’s career, and so our attention should not be diverted to him. David Cameron’s announcement of his intention to resign as Prime Minister was to be expected given the circumstances and it is a momentous decision – he has said that his intention is to fulfil the unenviable task of ‘steady the ship’ in the short term, but his announcement will certainly not add any stability to a government that has been split by this referendum. The sense of bafflement is palpable today on the subdued streets of London, which is one of only three areas (Scotland and Northern Ireland being the other two) to have voted in favour of ‘Remain’. By any reckoning, ‘Leave’ was the more drastic of the alternatives on offer, and the headlines and coverage so far are reflecting the gravity of the decision – words such as ‘stunned’ and ‘historic’ abound. There is no doubt that the result is a shock. That is to say nothing of the tone in which the dialogue (if one could call it that – as David Stewart SJ rightly pointed out, that word implies as much listening as talking) was conducted: it has been aggressive and hostile, and the killing of Jo Cox MP has to be considered one of the saddest moments in British political history. Dominated by financial considerations, the content of the arguments on both sides was speculative at best and misleading at worst. Roughly 17.5 million people have come to the conclusion that the future of the UK will be brighter if we sever our political union with 27 of our neighbours.Īs has been noted by my colleagues Patrick Riordan SJ and Frank Turner SJ in these pages, the debate that preceded the vote was far from admirable. The United Kingdom woke up this morning – or, in some cases, stayed awake all night – to discover that 51.9% of voters in yesterday’s EU referendum had opted for the second option on the ballot paper: Leave the European Union. Category - Stay organized and and easily find what you're looking for with Categories.In the wake of the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union, Thinking Faith’s Editor suggests that the road ahead must be paved with generosity if it is to lead to the common good.Rest easy knowing your data is backed up and safe. Dropbox Sync - A tried and tested sync solution with auto backups and accessible almost everywhere.Markdown - "Article" is written in Markdown, highly legible and structured documents which are easy to edit when needed."Article" produces a clean, uncluttered, page optimized for reading and structured in Markdown.You get the whole page: text, images and links. The "Kept" webpage is entirely archived on your offline storage.Twitter, YouTube - Keep Tweets or your favorite videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Ted, Dailymotion etc.Web Archiving - Just "Drag & Drop" or "Select & Copy" to keep webpages and images.It can save all or just a portion of web page as well as data from other applications, such as Twitter, YouTube, Pocket, and ReadKit and with Dropbox sync between the OS X and iOS version, your data is accessible wherever and whenever you need it. Keep Everything Premium saves web pages to Dropbox so you can read them later, anytime, anywhere.
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