In the aftermath of the historic British vote to leave the EU, openDemocracy is asking for our readers' thoughts on Brexit and what needs to happen next in 350 words. We've had an extraordinary response and you can read them all here.
The false dichotomy of the media and BREXIT debate continues; remain in the EU and you're a righteous liberal who stands for modern values, or leave the EU and you're a dumb, misinformed xenophobe.
This is not the reality. The complexities of the global issues we face today are not a simplified matter of being in our out. There are many who voted remain, not because they like the EU but because they feel reform and change is needed but that no one represented them in the leave camp. There are also many who voted leave, not because they are xenophobes and want an isolationist British empire, but because they also feel change is needed and the EU is not offering an answer.
