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In a lot of cases Brexit (and soft Toryism) is a quest founded on love. It's grandparents TRYING to build a better future for their grandkids by returning the world to what they remember
But that world doesn't - and can't - exist anymore. The battle is to make them realise that.
But that world doesn't - and can't - exist anymore. The battle is to make them realise that.
You don't beat that view by REJECTING what they see as an act of kindness. That's like being ungrateful at being offered a wedding present you don't like.
It's about doing what that grandson did - finding a better way to say:
"Thank you for caring, but please don't."
It's about doing what that grandson did - finding a better way to say:
"Thank you for caring, but please don't."
This is also why the VERY BEST THING that Pro-remain parties can do in the EU elections (and ANY new referendum) is focus on:
1) Getting the youth vote OUT
2) Finding ways to HELP that youth vote make their parents/grandparents trust them when they say 'don't do this please'.
1) Getting the youth vote OUT
2) Finding ways to HELP that youth vote make their parents/grandparents trust them when they say 'don't do this please'.
Because they're NOT going to listen to people they've been convinced are a 'metropolitan elite' telling them (smugly to their ears) they're wrong.
But they MIGHT listen to that granddaughter they love and trust when she pops in on a uni break to say thanks for the birthday money
But they MIGHT listen to that granddaughter they love and trust when she pops in on a uni break to say thanks for the birthday money
