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Before Brexit I felt British. After Brexit I felt European and my British passport now feels almost alien to me.

• arethuza 4y ago
  "After Brexit I felt European" I think a lot of people feel that way going by the number of EU flags I see flying here in Scotland.
  • comprev 4y ago
    When friends ask me about Scotland and Brexit I tell them within our lifetime the Scots will split off a rejoin the EU. There is already a difference in terms of laws, currency and education. Every time Westminster shuts down another attempt the support will grow and this might take decades. They've probably already put the contract for Hadrian's Wall out for tender :)
• denton-scratch 4y ago
  > but as to the rest of the country: it suddenly felt like a foreign land that I didn’t understand and in which I was not welcome. That struck me as an odd remark. This sudden change wasn't provoked by a visit to (say) Leeds, where people made her feel unwelcome; it was provoked by a plebiscite whose outcome she disagreed with. I voted Brexit, knowing that there would be economic costs that would last at least ten years. I also knew that european governments would be angry and hostile; and that the Tories would make a dog's dinner of it. But I still voted Brexit, because for various reasons I think the EU is deeply corrupt. But I still feel like a european, because I am a european. I feel fellowship with other europeans - provided they also feel like europeans.