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Would the engineering community support a second referendum?

Timothy East
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    Can’t we go back to what type of clocks we like best, or was that a cunning tactic to drag Switzerland into the argument devil I hope that I don’t have to get the blue beret out of the loftfrown. Our brexiteer members were the outsiders trying to upset the  “status quo” and now the position is reversed. I agree completely that when the dust settles, we will need to manage whatever challenges are presented.  Without empirical evidence to support it, I would expect a majority of IET members to favour remain, but even if they do, what right do we have to “take a side” against the minority who won the public vote, it just isn’t our function.  Obviously rational discussion about the best way forward , including the option of calling the whole thing off , is fair enough, but let’s tread carefully through this emotive minefieldangel.


    My own perspective is; I can confirm from first-hand knowledge that the result of the referendum aka “Brexit” has damaged some UK business, it also clear that there is a risk of further damage going forward. However some have benefited, through exchange rate movements for example. At this stage we still cannot have any clear picture of the short, medium and long term consequences of our decisions, whatever they actually turn out to be.


    From a purely personal point of view, my wife (of nearly 30 years standing) who is a dual UK and Polish National and I, were just getting on with our lives in which the EU was “part of the furniture”. Some others didn’t like that furniture so it is now scheduled to be thrown out. We can only hope that whatever we end up with does its job. If we do break, then only history will tell whether the EU was insidiously poisonous or good for us all along. If we don’t, then we will need to repay all that we have squandered in the effort to leave so far, whilst managing the consequences of millions feeling betrayed. Either way, prosperity is a great healer, without most people feeling its benefits, residual bitterness will linger for at least a generation.        

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    Can’t we go back to what type of clocks we like best, or was that a cunning tactic to drag Switzerland into the argument devil I hope that I don’t have to get the blue beret out of the loftfrown. Our brexiteer members were the outsiders trying to upset the  “status quo” and now the position is reversed. I agree completely that when the dust settles, we will need to manage whatever challenges are presented.  Without empirical evidence to support it, I would expect a majority of IET members to favour remain, but even if they do, what right do we have to “take a side” against the minority who won the public vote, it just isn’t our function.  Obviously rational discussion about the best way forward , including the option of calling the whole thing off , is fair enough, but let’s tread carefully through this emotive minefieldangel.


    My own perspective is; I can confirm from first-hand knowledge that the result of the referendum aka “Brexit” has damaged some UK business, it also clear that there is a risk of further damage going forward. However some have benefited, through exchange rate movements for example. At this stage we still cannot have any clear picture of the short, medium and long term consequences of our decisions, whatever they actually turn out to be.


    From a purely personal point of view, my wife (of nearly 30 years standing) who is a dual UK and Polish National and I, were just getting on with our lives in which the EU was “part of the furniture”. Some others didn’t like that furniture so it is now scheduled to be thrown out. We can only hope that whatever we end up with does its job. If we do break, then only history will tell whether the EU was insidiously poisonous or good for us all along. If we don’t, then we will need to repay all that we have squandered in the effort to leave so far, whilst managing the consequences of millions feeling betrayed. Either way, prosperity is a great healer, without most people feeling its benefits, residual bitterness will linger for at least a generation.        

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