British people have spoken, given thumbs down to EU membership that has rocked the political establishment, forcing PM Cameron to resign and eventually bow out of politics that was his life as long as we can remember. This is indeed a stunning, unexpected verdict that will shape nation’s future for decades to come. While many of us voted for Brexit, we were not sure it would be the right decision. Only Kapil was sure of the outcome and lend his support to Brexit from the start, in his popular column “Kapil’s Khichdi.
In democracy, we have to accept people’s will, no matter how unjust it may sound to critics. People have right to settle their own destiny, not political elite who are isolated in their “Ivory Tower” and live in bliss of ignorance, unable and unwilling to understand the mood of electorate or their struggle to survive in ever changing world! There is wide, open world outside Europe, including our Commonwealth, with India and China fast becoming economic superpowers, in sharp contrast to near bankrupt European countries burdened with bureaucracy, obsolescent, unrealistic economic and political expectation that could never be fulfilled, with younger generation losing faith and hope, as most are unemployed. Perhaps Brexit is an odyssey that will secure our future after short interlude.
Bhupendra M. Gandhi
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