Second Referendum or No Brexit

The decision by the British public on 23 June 2016 to leave the European Union should be accepted and as a democratic society; we should accept the will of the British people, whether we like it or not.

However, the British public should be given the opportunity to vote on the agreement to leave the European Union and decide whether the status-quo is a better situation or Brexit deal, and not parliament nor right-wing zealots of the Conservative party backed up by the Democratic Union Party of Northern Ireland. The British public voted without the basic understanding and knowledge of the terms of Brexit when the conditions of Brexit become far more apparent to the eyes of the British people; it is their democratic right to change their mind.

By taking a look at the demographics of the European Union referendum, it is clear to see that majority of the older voted to leave the union while the younger voters voted to remain.

It is disgraceful and harmful that the older voters who were the first to benefit the European Union project, to take it away from our generation. It will be our generation who will be impacted the most by the Brexit vote, not the old. The old weren't the ones who paid to attend universities and face significant debt, it isn't the old who pay high rent prices, and it isn't the old who will impact by the lack of funding to social programs like the library, leisure centres, and youth clubs. The elderly won't be affected by the Brexit vote, with their well-protected pension system and high housing prices. It is our generation who are facing cuts to their benefits while the old get a rise in their pension.

The Breexiters long complained about the cost of the European Union membership. If you believe the left camp, the figure will estimate at £361 million a week, and little did they know the actual cost of the European Union. The UK government gives about £161 million a week to the European Union, where £210 million a week is provided by the European Union to the UK government to spend on programs like fisheries and farming, infrastructure and development. If we were to compare the overall weekly UK government spending, you would see the government spending £2.6 billion on the NHS and £3.6 billion on pensions.

The Breexiters argued that the European Union membership fee would send to the budget of the NHS and the state of the healthcare system would great. The government weekly spending figures suggest the opposite, and it was the old and so-called martyrs of the European Union who fell for it. The Breexiters also claimed that the immigration is the reason for the housing shortage and its affordability. Under the Conservative government, housing developments have fallen while the need for housing grew massively. It is also the old who own the majority of the houses in Britain who are pushing the rent up and up to a point where the young generation can no longer afford.

We the young generation must fight back

We the young generation must fight back and let our voices be heard. The majority of us voted to remain in the European Union, and yet our voices aren't being listened to at the negotiation table as It will be us, the young generation who will carry the burden and debt of the country given by the previous generation.

We demand a deal that works for us and our interest. We require an agreement that protects the right of our fellow European friends who claimed Great Britain as their home, entrenched in our society, co-workers and classmates, partners and spouses in some cases. We demand Britain being the land of opportunity for anyone who wants to work hard and transform their situation, and the land of refuge to anyone who leaves their country due to conflict, prosecution, natural disaster or poverty. We demand a deal protects British jobs by remaining in the single market, a market of over 500 million customers that brings opportunities, investments, and developments to Britain.

Importantly, we demand political figures not to divide us, but to bring us together. We shouldn't let them share us on race, sexual orientation or gender. When we fight this cause together, White, Black and Asian, gay or straight, woman or man and demand this country works for the many and not for the few. We will be then able to transform Great Britain into a society that works for all.

Stop Brexit, but also stop the Tories.

At 2017 general election, we did the first part of fighting back by preventing hard Brexit on us. The general election was our moment of revenge.

However, we failed to make June the end of may, but we achieved an incredible result. We were able to weaken the Conservatives and force them to rely heavily on the DUP. With a few rebellions, the Conservative majority in government is at risk.