After the traumatic four-month lead-in to the Referendum, with the government’s apparatus assaulting the populace with everything they had to ‘frighten the living daylights’ out of them and resulting in an unexpected Brexit result, is it any wonder that everyone is reeling from these ‘shock and awe’ tactics? It is of limited solace that Osborne has been sacked now, for this.
Had the run-up period before the Referendum been, say, 28 days (as with General Elections) a lot of this anxiety and nervousness could have been avoided but, nevertheless, we are where we are. Continue reading