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Forgive me reader, for I have sinned

Forgive me reader, for I have sinned.   Many years ago (well three and a bit to be more precise), I did a very stupid thing.   I voted leave in the Brexit referendum.   It is not something I am proud of, and as soon as the leave result even looked likely I was already wishing that I could have changed my vote.   So some explanation/ penance is due to every other person on the entire planet for forcing all this rubbish on then on an almost daily basis for the last 1,168 days (and counting).   If you have read my previous posts about Brexit (https://oldandireland.blogspot.com/2018/11/brexit-dirty-word-in-any-european.html, or https://oldandireland.blogspot.com/2019/02/brexit-revisited.html), you may be surprised that I voted this way. It’s not completely my fault, (says he trying to cover his tracks).   The politicians and every bit of media discussion on the vote seemed to be saying that remain votes would be the overwhelming majority.   I don’t ...