This was the day the British people defied their jailers

The Telegraph ^ | June 24,2016 | Tim Stanley

[Hojczyk]

Why did they do it? That, we’ll pick apart in the next few weeks. I think that Leave genuinely ran the better campaign, more hopeful and upbeat.

Immigration mattered a great deal – although one YouGov poll ranked it third behind democracy and the economy. It’s possible that voters grasped the essential point about this referendum better than we the commentators did.

It was a vote of confidence in Britain. Should we run our affairs or should we delegate it to foreign bureaucrats? When I was leaving my polling station, I said to a chap: “I found voting quite emotional.” He replied that this was the day we got our freedom back. That’s how it feels for millions of Britons.

Not how it feels, perhaps, for Londoners or Scots. We’ve seen a new division emerge within our country. Scotland increasingly defines its politics as Left-wing and Europhile. London is simply a different country: the metropolis triumphant. The young may have overwhelmingly voted Remain, too – but, hey, they will grow older someday. The young who voted Remain in 1975 overwhelmingly voted Leave in 2016. In part, perhaps, because they didn’t like being characterised as ancient bigots by the Remain side. Top tip for winning future elections: don’t call the electorate “thick” or “losers”. It, er, turns them off.

What happens now? We drink. We be happy. We sing a song. Then we piece back the country and get on with the great project of building the British century. We voted the right way because we’re a nation with a sense of destiny. The world is ours now. Go get it.

[Impy]

Most of Scotland sadly has Stockholm syndrome.

[The Toll]

The term TAX SLAVE needs to become extremely common. I see it everywhere. It my county, the productive working class is constantly drained to pay for the unproductive parts of the county. This needs to end, world wide!

[Albion Wilde]

So happy today. Answered prayer! God is great!

[KC_Lion]

Grace, That is GREAT!

Stealing that!

[caveat emptor]

Get used to it, get mad, go live at Ruby Ridge, whatever. It's very hard to escape the bureaucratic state - Red Tape.

[1Old Pro]

Good for the Brits, the shackles of the EU are broken and now if they can shed their liberal government they can actually revive a great nation - Make Britain Great again.

I really enjoyed the presumptive President’s talk today at his Scottish links.

[Reverend Wright]

well the UK had the chance to escape their EU jailers, and they took it.

Why would those who wish to live as a free people not vote for exit ?

[combat_boots]

The British Tea party.

Someone on the news this am said that the EU was going to take the Brit’s electric toasters and tea kettles away (I don’t know whether this was about just having one kind or what). The reason given had to do with ‘the environment.’

Imagine. Brits without tea.

[caveat emptor]

well the UK had the chance to escape their EU jailers, and they took it.

Yes indeed. But bureaucracies are like poison gases seeping through the trenches in WWI. They will have home grown bureaucrats doing the job soon enough, IMO.

Why would those who wish to live as a free people not vote for exit ?

At this point, it's symbolism. Fine, if it makes you feel good. I'm an American living in Canada, but still get to vote in some elections in the US. Every two years I get to vote for a conservative in Nancy Pelosis 12th Congressional District, and this year I'm voting for Libertarian Gary Johnson, but I'm not kidding myself about my impact.

[Trod Upon]

Interesting. I wonder how that breaks down by age group. Probably dark brown at the left and pasty white at the right.