Done : Why despite being open,liberal and all-for-multi-culturalism yet think Brexit is answer to Britain's woes?

People who live in Spain say that Britain should exit Europe.
To which people in the UK say, " You have not lived in the country for 2 decades", shouldn't have a say.

Unfortunately, they do, and I, being from India, have also say on Britain's Future. Many would be unhappy, but then again, the UK did make choices, and sometimes brutal choices for the world.

I, on the other end also know what I will be voting for, despite it seemingly won't make any sense. Why? My reasons would be different than Conservative Right Wing.

I take this opportunity to make more sense. I am an Indian. I have lived in the UK, China, Singapore and New Zealand, it can't get any more multicultural!


I hear from a lot of liberal and good friends and family WHY and HOW Britain should just accept multiculturalism. To be honest, after living 5 years on and off ( I know there aren't many but they are enough to be a British Citizen and I have done my time, it feels), Britain and the UK have multiculturalism.

What makes me say that is because of the following

- The UK has people working and living from every country.
-  London is the boiling point of multiculturalism with restaurants, celebrations of festivals, and shops full of exotic food and drinks.
- In the last 5 years of my stay, nobody has told me on my face anything which makes me think it is racist.

One would wonder why Britain hasn't accepted or appreciated multiculturalism.
However, having Multi-Culture and accepting multi-culture are 2 different things altogether.

Why Britain shouldn't Brexit?

There are a million good reasons for not being isolated to currency value. To have relationship with other countries and it is good for trade and economics has been proven many times. No man is an island. We all thrive to have a relationship. Britain knows this better than any other country.


Why Britain should Brexit? On the other hand, which I see.

Control Immigration : Despite what I previously said about Britain being multi cultured has little to do with how many Immigrants should come and remain in the UK.

Most debates on TV are about Immigration at it's most important reason for Brexit.

At the heart of Brexit and mainly the UK's coming out of the EU has actually snowballed from people who want to control Immigration. How has it snowballed? For years, the lower class and some middle class were unhappy about their jobs being taken by foreigners. They thought all countries like India or China weren't capped. It was soon found that rules were made stricter and stricter for Non -EU Nations; however, the door was led open to the EU. It had led to free movement within the EU, which the UK agreed to.
The number of UK people going out to the EU and people coming in is nearly the same or less than 2% of Europe's overall population.

When everybody else in the EU is happy with Free Movement. Why is the UK not ok with it ? This is a difficult question. Only people of the UK can answer, but it is not a big country geographically, like other countries, say, the USA or Australia.

UK/ Great Britain has lost its identity and sense of Patriotism: So many countries, so many traditions, and so many cultures within one country due to the Raj and the conquering world has led to the UK losing its identity and being confused on how to behave. It has led people to be socially awkward. Although Great Britain had hoisted its flag worldwide in the past but same patriotic feeling is missing currently within the country. British People should be able to hoist their flag, sing their national anthem and take pride in their country. However, not to the point of the previous form of arrogance. Some are even more patriotic towards their Football team but not to their country.

The UK has lost its role in the world:  I spoke to a very intelligent British lad who was studying to be a Doctor and made me realise how the UK as a country feels it has retired. The UK's role during colonisation was amazing and can be seen as glorious yesteryears of a young man.
The role of the UK as a country or truly United needs some sort of agreement to resolve disagreements. The UK has been asked to sit down or go and relax like a retired old man who insists on doing something.

Royal Family: The Royal Family gets tourism and gives an identity world over. Despite having the Royal Family, there has always been a sense of somebody being better, and your family's social status becomes very relevant in society. A huge amount of Britain exiting the EU can bring them back in power, or things might go as they were before.

Being Commoner: Britain still enjoys many perks from around the world over because of its glorious past and has a sense of superiority or confidence to over achieve. I can see why it would be difficult to be a commoner and start re-negotiating trade practices, getting EU scholarship money, visa rules, etc.

Mystery and Uncertainty: Like Pandora's Box, I am a woman who likes to open boxes of unknown and uncertainty, but hope doesn't come cheap. Truth is that Brexit means in some ways RE- DOING conquering of the world without exerting false power and RE-EARNING trust of others. The real question is that risk averse country like Britain would ever throw a dart in the dark. That remains to be seen. Of course, there are no plans or information on what exactly would happen after Britain exits, except that Nigel Farage, UKIP and Boris Johnson would lead the country.

I already know the answer - NO. Britain would never leave the EU.

A few lessons which Brexit or debate has really opened up aren't the question of whether it is beneficial for Britain to be in the EU?

The real questions or lessons are -

1. Being aware of the impact of Free Movement: People have genuine or not-so-genuine reasons to complain. Every complaint should be heard, if not understood or acted upon. There will always be people who wouldn't be happy with foreigners. Love of Foreign Culture and Diversity can only be instilled in a country and from a very young age.

2. Being Humble:  Whether Britain should be given the special status it has enjoyed for centuries. Britain always enjoys better living standards, and whether their people should still be complaining about their lives? Being humble doesn't mean self-deprecating humour.

3. Being Open-Minded: Instead of xenophobia, and not outwardly, or just things like restaurants and celebrations. To be truly open-minded, one needs to inwardly accept differences in society, and most people struggle to live in diversity in Britain. Once again, open-minded doesn't mean nosy, but it means

Are you giving the same opportunity as others?
Are you less biased?
Are you looking for similarity in a relationship or looking for a various range of people?
Do you only stick with people who talk like you or walk like you?
Or do you have multiple-nationality friends in your circle, but you still feel you are superior or better than them?

It is a challenge that one doesn't want to change its core values and yet appreciate others' differences.
I think that is where Britain is. They tolerate differences but aren't able to truly ENJOY differences.
It is hard for the whole generation and the whole country to enjoy diversity.

4. Genuine Friendliness to Foreigners: This is unseen, where somebody would go out of their way to help foreigners. Forget help, but just generally talking to each other is painful sometimes when talking to the natives of the UK. To help somebody truly, one has to like them, and there is still debate on whether Britain likes Foreigners or not. Genuine care and friendliness to foreigners is far away as Britain as a country are reserved, which seems as an excuse.

5. Real UK: Behind PRO - UK news and media, the outside UK world never hears about the real problems the UK are facing. To be isolated might not be the answer to figure out Real UK, but blaming immigration for all your problems isn't an answer. If the NHS, the education system and infrastructure are under stress, maybe it is time to rebuilt some old into new. Rich and Poor are everywhere, just some countries have it openly, whereas in Britain, they are hidden in council homes.

Britain needs to know its core values, traditions and culture before it interacts with the whole world. In short, Britain needs to get their act together and solve their internal problem and that is why I suggest Brexit.

Who says Brexit has to be a permanent solution?  Perhaps Brexit might not be long-term, but a short-term, few gap years or decades for this very old student would be great !!!

6. Friendly and Spiritual Britain: Country which is a financial capital of the world, where material wealth is accumulated, and people are valued based on their ability to make money. I wonder what Friendly and Spiritual Britain would look like?  Is the world ready for Britain to look like that? A country where Religion has taken a back seat and most people are members of the "Church of England" who don't practice their religion.

There are too many painful moments, and there are too many things done wrong, despite feeling associated guilt. Would Britain come out of their high horse of Queens and Kings and be equal to not-so-rich countries? Britain's past is harshest, and some countries are poor, and they can say, " Sorry, we do not loot the world over to be rich".

The real question is - Has Britain done enough good for the world after doing so many bad things? Judgement should be passed not by the world but by the British people themselves?

Vote to Remain, but there are always options to Remain Out, but more importantly, to do some Soul Searching for Britain's way forward and future.