cafe inside

February 13, 2024

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camber sands

October 4, 2022

^{[I originally posted this entry as early access for my Patreon patrons on 28 September 2022].}

Despite visiting Camber Sands with friends on such a lovely day with perfect weather, albeit a bit windy, I barely took in my surroundings. I only captured a handful of photographs with my dSLR and my iPhone.

And some of those iPhone photos were taken while I sat in the car with my mind elsewhere.

Specifically: on the outcome of the Brexit referendum, which had taken place the previous day.

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I'd stayed up into the wee hours keeping an eye on updates but had finally succumbed to sleep before the result was confirmed.

I woke up a couple of hours later and checked the news on my phone. Seeing the headlines, I tossed my phone on the bed in disgust, went to the bathroom, and then returned to a fitful sleep, brought on by my disappointment and disbelief.

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My mood hadn't lifted over breakfast. It wasn't helped by our B&B hosts being unashamedly pleased with the outcome. Phil and I both struggled to contain our frustrations out of politeness to our otherwise welcoming hostess.

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Even now, my disappointment over the decision for Britain to exit the European Union is still present. It's reinforced every time the current Conservative government takes the Overton Window further and further to the right.

The political situation in the UK, US and Australia had already been heading that way for at least two years. But I feel Brexit was the beginning of an even more accentuated move away from common sense toward the politics of Drumpf and beyond.

And it doesn't seem to be swinging back anytime soon, unfortunately.