I voted for Leave this morning.
The European Union is clearly in need of reform: it needs to become more nimble, more democratically accountable, and be more responsive to the people it serves. But I also believe that this is more likely if Britain argues for it inside the club.
But on the other hand, I am afraid that if Remain won by a large margin, the EU would relapse to its usual complacency. Therefore I concluded that the best outcome would be a narrow win for Remain.
The polls this morning suggested that the UK would most likely remain; I also expected a last-minute swing towards the status quo as we saw in the Scottish referendum. Based on that, I tactically voted for Leave.
I would have liked to write a longer piece, but I don't think I could do better than Deryck Chan. If I were to vote by post last week, when Leave was leading in the polls, I would have voted for Remain. But as events unveiled, I became convinced that Remain would be likely to win and I could afford to vote tactically for Leave.
Hopefully my vote would have done a little bit in ushering in a reformed EU - as early results were coming in, I might have well made a very wrong decision!
P.S. I found this sentence quite convincing for me indeed.
The European Union is clearly in need of reform: it needs to become more nimble, more democratically accountable, and be more responsive to the people it serves. But I also believe that this is more likely if Britain argues for it inside the club.
But on the other hand, I am afraid that if Remain won by a large margin, the EU would relapse to its usual complacency. Therefore I concluded that the best outcome would be a narrow win for Remain.
The polls this morning suggested that the UK would most likely remain; I also expected a last-minute swing towards the status quo as we saw in the Scottish referendum. Based on that, I tactically voted for Leave.
I would have liked to write a longer piece, but I don't think I could do better than Deryck Chan. If I were to vote by post last week, when Leave was leading in the polls, I would have voted for Remain. But as events unveiled, I became convinced that Remain would be likely to win and I could afford to vote tactically for Leave.
Hopefully my vote would have done a little bit in ushering in a reformed EU - as early results were coming in, I might have well made a very wrong decision!
P.S. I found this sentence quite convincing for me indeed.
It appalls me that thousands of Europeans are moving to the UK without any meaningful prior connection, but at the same time international students are not given the chance to further their professional career in the UK.
