Tegan.'We can influence very little. We owe it to ourselves not to fret about things out of our control'
..hang on a minute; wasn't brexit all about 'taking back control'?
Yes, it is.
However, stating the pretty damned obvious Tegaan, we have to allow our politicians to shape that process, in negotiation with EU bureaucrats who'll obviously be fighting to make the transition as difficult and expensive for us as possible.
And there will be the scaremongering that this, that and the other WILL be what we face in the future. Soothsayers all.
but for a reason.
I get the feeling those people who are spreading the doom and gloom about a future they cannot see, a future they presume will happen as they peep through their blinkered and pessimistically tinted glasses are almost willing the UK to be a poorer place after Brexit. Instead of uniting for the best deal and for a better UK they want division and fear because they are still angry the referendum went against them.
It's happening. You know what? it could be that flights are cheaper. It could be that three years down the line we have airlines offering decent fares and new routes into Europe opening up. Who is to say that is not a possible scenario?
I am not privy to the negotiations, nor are you. We never were going to be, so the "I thought we were taking back control" is a red herring.
When negotiations are done, we will have taken back control, even if EU politicians try to sabotage our exit process with threats and scaremongering. I don't want to be part of a Union resorting to those tactics. The UK government is working for the best deal we can get as we extricate ourselves from the EU.
I am prepared to see what unfolds. I don't think any of us has any other choice. That won't stop the doom and gloom merchants however.
I just feel there could be a new scare every two minutes in the present climate, fuelled by those who want to remain in the EU.
I am following what's happening but cannot invest the emotional energy some do in trying to second guess the future. A futile exercise.