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[thisbluespirit]

Sorry about all the political posts yesterday, when I usually avoid such things in fannish spaces, but yesterday was exceptional. It's not every day you wake up to find out that not only have we voted to leave the EU, but that the PM has resigned, the Opposition are calling for a vote of no confidence in their leader, Scotland and Ireland are making plans to leave the UK and the economy has crashed. It's a shock. I feel like a small alien walking around in my north east town full of flags hanging out of houses, and I'm British. (I think. It's a bit hard to tell suddenly.) (I was trying to remind myself it might be for Euro 2016, but they weren't there last time, and then extra Union Jacks appeared. Oh, the irony.)

The point of this post being really, I'm sorry! Fannishness and cheer will now resume (I hope) while my country takes a few weeks/months/years to figure out what comes next (politics is mostly v slow) and hopefully we'll all work to make things get better. And I have a hurt/comfort bingo table to work on while the country falls apart, which seems vaguely appropriate...

But for the moment: I just don't know or recognise my country any more. I don't know what it is or will be. I didn't know I could feel like that. It's unhelpful, but it's true. What may come may be good, but for today I am very sad - for me and for everybody else who didn't want this, especially those who didn't even get a say and who have now been made to feel afraid and unwanted here. <<♥>>

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[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I've been feeling well enough the last couple of days to actually write!

Also I left the house this morning and took some exercise - walked to the local Tesco Express store. I was pleased I had the energy for that, because 4 days ago, I didn't have the energy to reach the garden gate (a distance of about 6 metres, max!)

[thisbluespirit]

Hurrah! ♥

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

It's a relief since I am dragging myself back to Oxford on Monday via the train, and to work on Tuesday - totally dreading the latter.