The 2016 vote to leave the EU was a momentous decision by the UK’s population.
It clarified a position that had become clear over a long period of time.
It wasn’t summed up in the campaigns, but found in the painstaking work that went into meetings and gatherings that didn’t have such a poignant moment in mind.
The ethics of such a decision are summarised in three key points.
The UK believed it could understand self-rule better than a relatively new Union that did poorly at it.
The UK has a potential to recognise threats much better than the EU has ever been able to.
The UK remembers its duties in a constitutional sense more so than the EU feels its own responsibilities.
The points are technical conclusions to the concerns of many, many people here, but particularly those in our fundamental industries.
They could see that the UK was struggling under the machinery of the EU, that didn’t produce reasons as much as answers.
This meant it was time to reign back control, and to regain a sense of purpose in ourselves and renew our national direction.
