I sympathise with both sides of the debate, on the one hand, the no camp, they want total sovereignty so that we can decide on all our laws etc. That is great then there is the other side who probably feel that modern life is so more connected now and arguably safer and much more fuller and more rewarding for that interconnection. Countries are trading more, we are going further afield, we are even playing and meeting people online and making friends. Shouldn't we be reaching out rather than retreating back to our island? This decision will be the biggest of our political lives, it even calls into question what sovereignty means, is it something to be traded away for a better horizon or jealously guarded and have the right to decide with it? So we should set the stage that feels right for the next chapter, what we want the future to be.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
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