Dear everyone disheartened by this: please don't be.
Now, more than ever, we need to have courage.
Now, more than ever, we need to have strength.
For so long, we have simply resorted to fear to make our case.
Fear of the man next door, fear of the unknown.
And believe it or not, this makes people scared.
So now, as we face the unknown, we can not be frightened.
One decision is made. But other than that, everything is on the table.
The road ahead need not be that which we assume.
So, to those who voted for the first time, thank you.
Britain came out in such great force yesterday
So we need you to not be scared. To not be disillusioned. To vote again.
It is the job of those in politics to make this new message hopeful.
That we are not just a community of an island, but of a world.
To inspire the next generation into a country they want to fight for.
What has happened in the past is unchangeable.
What happens next is up to us.
So please, be strong. We need you.

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Written 8 years ago, the morning after the results came in.

https://harryisapoet.blogspot.com/2016/07/on-brexit.html