Comments on: What does it mean to be European?

By: Janet Simmonds

Janet Simmonds — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 11:18:15 +0000

Hi Diane – as the dust starts to settle – we will embark on a 2 year leave journey when the Btitish government invoke Article 50. Then there is a 2 year time scale. I don’t think there will be any significant changes in the near future. I still feel very sad and upset. On a more cheerful note I travel and write about Italy all the time – I recently wrote about the charming small city of Ferrara – it might cheer you (and me) up thinking about that!!
I do appreciate your comment and that you shared your thoughts with me – makes me feel less alone!

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By: Diane Gallagher

Diane Gallagher — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 11:05:31 +0000

Ditto here to what Lyn said except I am Canadian. I spend part of my year, every year in Italy. My husband is Italian and I will be starting the process for citizenship this summer. One of the things I was truly looking forward to was the possibility of a longer stay in the UK at some point without having to get a visa. I guess this is off the table now. I so agree with your comments that this is the result of uninformed and xenophobic attitudes. I believe, and have believed for a long time, that we are all part of a global community. Our ‘siblings’ in Africa, Syria, Pakistan, El Salvador, Colombia, Burma, and every other place that there is and has been difficulties, are still are our global family and should be treated as such. To look at it any other way leads us into NIMBY-type thinking which is truly good for no one. Research in countries in the global north all over the world shows that immigrants – particularly refugees – make good, hard working citizens in spite of what the media tells us.

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By: Lyn

Lyn — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 05:37:27 +0000

In reply to Janet Simmonds.

here you go Janet. lynd09@gmail.com

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By: Janet Simmonds

Janet Simmonds — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 05:17:18 +0000

In reply to Lyn.

Yes – I think the outcome might be positive eventually – I hope so. Certainly the EU has become a massive cost to all EU member states. It does seem to me though that the politicians forget that people are just people. Mostly friendly, caring, interesting folks……as my son likes to say about us humans…..’We are all just monkeys in shoes….’
May I have your e-mail address – I’d like to send you something – please.

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By: Lyn

Lyn — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 23:04:40 +0000

Thanks for explaining. When I heard the news yesterday afternoon here in Australia, I was shocked and in disbelief as I felt in my heart that it would not happen. Although I am not a Brit, I am a descendant, I am very SAD. I do not understand their thinking. It certainly has affected the entire world. Our stock market plummeted and lost about 53 billion dollars in one day. I suppose we just now wait and see what the outfall is.

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