Hi all.
I'm Scottish and a proud European and a proud member of this and other
lists
, concerned with the blind community , which include all of my friends in
Britain America, Canada and Australia.
Can I please assure you all that Scotland did not vote last night to leave
Europe!
In Scotland we have 32 Local Authorities and each returned a vote to
remain
with in Europe. That's Leave 0 votes, Remain 32 votes, to keep things as
they are, which represents 62 % of our voting community, so pleas, to my
American friends, don't be Trumpted with this rubbish, the result was a
vicctory for my little country..
However, little Scotland is only a quarter of the UK and it seems that
almost every one else voted to leave.
I'm a proud Scot, a British resident and until yesterday, a equally proud
Euro pean.
Today, Well I’m gutted. I'm no longer considered, against my will, to be
European as I've been dragged out of this relationship by my English
naibours and I find myself Scottish and Brittish only once more..
To be honest because of the treachery from Westminster, I've turned my
back
on Brittan and declare that I'm Scottish and only Scottish and proud of it
and have lifted the flag for Independence again. I intend to volunteer to
work voluntary with the Scottish National Party and intend to work flat
out
to help us make our country remain as a part of Europe, and continue to
welcome all workers and visitors from all over the world to make the
Scottish Experience a reality for them, and above all, an enlightened and
valuable experience for them.
Donald Trump has today, on the shores of Scotland expressed his delight
that
the UK has voted to leave the EU.
He's daft. He expressed his feelings in a country that is devastated with
the result of last nights vote.
Does he have no P. A. staff:
Surely, before opening his big fat mouth "again" he would have checked the
beach to make sure there was a safe landing for him and his cronies.
But this is Donald. This is the future with Scotland forced into turning
her back on friends and collegues in Europ with Donald Trump as the most
powerful man in the world.
As for me, I’m Scottish and like many of my American and Canaidian
friends,
I’m very proud of my country and heritage and I'm sure you will agree,
that
there is nothing wrong with that!
No matter the future, I will remain very much part of our very special
blind
community and I’m proud of that also.
So thanks guys and thanks for thinking of little Scotland at a time of
turmoile.
We will always be friends in this small blind community of ours, and
that's
a promise, so please fink of us in your thoughts tonight. Our special
relationship goes back to the war of independanse and valuable and not to
be
tossed aside by the likes of Trump!
Very best wishes as always.
Andy Logue from Kilcreggan Scotland.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kawal Gucukoglu
To: Macvisionaries
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2016 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: Brexit, wishing our friends across the pond well
So today, I have very anxious feelings of what will be for Britain next?
Scotland wishes to leave and may be we get the reunification for Ireland
so where does this leave the rest of the UK, England and Wales?
I just hope inflation and interest rates will not rise and present risks
to our livelihoods. I deplore British citizens saying that this vote was
worth people losing their jobs. I have been feeling very emotional and
upset because of some selfish people in society. I voted to remain like I
said and on TV at the moment there are those who are still arguing as to
what happens next and the rest of the EU saying that there will be
consequences. How can the world heal, come together and be more tolerant?
Then Mr Trump changing his tune to fit the circumstances. American are
also
in some difficulty as the Democrats had a sitting in congress to get gun
laws but the republicans say no so there is no unity in the world and at
present I am worried about how things will pan out for the world. Sorry
this is pessimistic but I live for the long term and not the short. I am
a
deep person and take seriously the world’s problems to heart.
Kawal.
On 24 Jun 2016, at 13:05, CHUCK REICHEL
<soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Scott,
Sorry to hear about your loss. :(
As for England I also will raise a frosty mug of Sam adams and
celebrate
and wait till "november" here in the USA for the same!
GOD Bless America!
Home of Apple! :)
Talk soon
Chuck
On Jun 23, 2016, at 11:58 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
Well I’ve been riveted watching this all day, I’m going on 24 hours
here, it’s also a welcome distraction to some really really bad stuff
happening on my family level right now so forgive me if I use your country’s
politics as a distraction.:) My grandmother oddly enough who is the
connection to Britain for me passed after 96 years on this rock and it’s
all
closing in on me now that I am only one of 3 left in our family and the
other 2 are on the shorter end of their lives than longer so I’m feeling a
bit freaked out and my numbers are dwindling down to 0 so if I get in the
weeds you get it.
To give you an idea why I feel such a connection with your country
my
family on my mother’s side came to this country fairly recently. My grand
mother and grand father came over to this country on boats I believe
before
world war 2 and settled on the east coast as well as Detroit. My great
Grand father, mother’s grand father actually worked on your crown jewels.
I
have jewelers drawings hand made by him used to create some of the items
in
your tower of London today. I’ve frequently thought about giving them to
one of your museums if you’d have them but I have no idea their value or
if
they represent any thing special to the British people or even what or who
should have them. It’s this man’s daughter, my grand mother who passed
this
morning. She taught me so much about your part of the world from your
money
to telling me stories about my cousins who I don’t know but sell fruit in
fruit stands somewhere in London or another husband and wife relation of
ours who I met once years ago and don’t know exactly how they fit but they
own a sweater company in Scotland. I remember these people coming to
visit
us and my Grand Father who is from Whales loved taking them to sites
around
the north east US where we americans beat back the British during the
Revolution.:) He loved giving the English side of our family a real
ribbing
about the revolution when they would come to visit. In the same breath
though, my grandfather served during World War II and I know always talked
about the Brits he served proudly with.
I say all this because I’m not the only one. So many of us have
such
connections to your island. So understand when you say all in together
and
all that, I consider very much we folks on both sides of the pond on the
same team.
BTW, BBC and ITV just called it in favor of leaving I’m shocked but
you’ve definitely made things interesting over here. Your vaporizing my
financial holdings as I watch this, thanks guys☺, but I’m in, I wish we
could shake off our oppressive federal government like you all just did
the
EU. The rebel in me feels a real connection to your side right now. Not
for racial reasons, not for fear of any group but for self determination,
self rule, beating back the huge corporate and global interests that do
not
have your country’s best interest at heart. I know the economic arguments
made against you leaving and I say bunk. You’re a strong country, you do
not need the approval of brussels to get through your day. The UK alone
is
a massive economy, thankfully you never wrapped your self in the Euro so
your pound will carry on. I will buy many of your pounds when they tank
over the next few days because the fears are irrational and I will do well
as will you all doubling down on yourselves.
So folks in Florida or Texas, if you wish to break away from the
union
let me know, I’ll move down and join you.:) I feel like blasting dixie
and
blasting a few hundred rounds in the air in celebration of someone,
finally,
beating back the powers of globalization and centralization of regulation
with out representation. In stead so I don’t get labeled a racist or
arrested for making to much noise or being armed in the US I will hoist a
cold one in your country’s honor.
To my Grand Mother Jean and to the fine people of Britain, stay or
leave, way to go! Nicely done and all that on all counts. I drink a Sam
Adams beer from the Boston Brewing company in your honor. The irony is
not
lost on me nor is it lost o nme that I’m siding with the tories.:)
And the associated press just called it and someone is pounding on
Borris Johnson’s door trying to wake him up. Great stuff!
CNBC just called it in favor of leave also.
Wow, I’m shocked!
On 6/23/16, 6:11 PM, "Sabahattin Gucukoglu"
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of listse...@me.com> wrote:
Mmm, your president does seem to have quite a fascination with
teats,
doesn’t he? :)
Regardless, I imagine his comments did more to inflame the Brexiters
than to encourage the Bremainers. But, as it happens, I too hope to
remain.
The worst part about it is that it’s based more or less purely on
pragmatism rather than principle: the far-right government now in power
will
only use Brexit to lurch even further to the right, without our
delightful,
if meddlesome, friends in Brussels to prevent them by (undemocratically,
it’s true) arriving at sensible and socially just policy decisions on the
merits. The hypothetical independent state of Britain, in a climate of
establishment neoliberalism and first-past-the-post voting, seems
distantly
unlikely. And as a believer in more EU unification in any event (Turkish
parents), I can’t say I feel too bad about that. Better together, and all
that jazz. :)
Still, I do wonder what that hypothetical Britain, under the rule of
a
democratically elected liberal government, would look like. It’d be cosy,
but would it make me happy? Initially, probably. Maybe we could make it
work at the negotiating tables where decisions are made. But I’d feel bad
for the other EU member states, and the project. We’d be turning away
everything it, and all of the men, women and children in its member
states,
represent. My individualistic side says it makes no difference as long as
I’m living in the exact same country; my squidgy insides say otherwise.
No,
the EU isn’t a utopia, but by remaining, at least we can fix its faults,
which is something a lot of Brexiters seem completely reluctant to take
any
interest in doing. And maybe we can one day look forward to a truly
united
Europe.
So maybe it is about principle, after all. :)
Well, we shan’t have long to find out, at any rate. About eight
hours, in fact.
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