A view from Anglesey on the EU referendum - Part 2

(Continued from yesterday)

As far as the vote went, the vast majority of England and Wales, excepting the cities of London, Manchester, Liverpool and the Welsh Capital Cardiff voted to leave, whilst Scotland’s 32 areas all voted to Remain, which will likely trigger a second “Independence Referendum’ and the same went for Northern Ireland with the majority voting Remain, which has prompted the Republican Sinn Fein to suggest a referendum to reunite Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland.

Already the Prime Minister David Cameron has announced he will step down as Prime Minister and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is also facing huge pressure by his fellow MPs to do the same. The real winner is United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage whose party scored some impressive results in last year’s general election despite only winning
one seat.

Cool heads and responsible government are needed on all sides to maintain a United Kingdom and not the fragmentation of the Union of these four integral parts of this unique set-up.

On a personal note, I was unable to vote myself as I had not registered on the electoral role and am not a permanent resident of Britain having lived and worked in Bahrain for more than 30 years.

Anglesey an island off the north-west of Wales and roughly the same size as Bahrain with a population of around 70,000 people was one of 17 of 22 council areas to vote leave, it was a narrow majority of just 715 to Remain who got 50.94% of the vote of 37, 951 who took part with a 73.8% turnout.

For the last three days and including referendum day, I proudly wore my BREXIT shirt made in Bahrain as a way of showing support for the Leave
campaign.

We had a polling station near my mother’s house in Amlwch and I observed quite a number of local residents voting throughout the day in nice sunny
weather.

Speaking to local people on the day of the referendum, I called in to the public house and all eight people inside all said they had voted to Leave and three of my mother healthcare carers who look in on her also said they had voted Leave and my mum voted Leave by postal
vote.

I felt great satisfaction that may local people had basically sent out a strong message to the establishment that enough is enough.

Seeing the UK has now got control of its destination back in its own hands, I feel that despite in the short-term alot of uncertainty may prevail, long-term Britain has the knowledge and capability to be at the top table both regionally in Europe and worldwide and prosperous and influential again!!

God Save The Queen!!