The past 23 of June the result of the Brexit referendum, the UK's political goal for leaving the EU, ended with 52% of the votes in favor of the break with the Eurozone, a fact that in addition to not having satisfied the majority who voted to stay, begins to create a certain guilt among those who voted in favor of yes, a been baptized already as regexit.
An event that has also revolutionized the Internet and among whose consequences we find the interaction of those many British writers who have weighed in on Brexit on social networks like Twitter, one of the most common for short but sharp thoughts.
Magic in troubled times
JK Rowling alluded to magic to solve the Brexit problem last weekend while Paula Hawkins, author of the best-seller The Girl on the Train, continued to work despite not being sympathetic to the breakdown of the United Kingdom and the Eurozone.
Examples of how social networks have become channels for opinions from around the world, including some writers who as intellectuals and models around the world have not been able to avoid showing their opinion about Brexit.
Rowling or Hawkins have been joined by many other authors such as Neil Gaiman or Salman Rushdie, all of them in favor of continuing in the EU and denouncing a gray future for the United Kingdom, its economy and yes, its culture as well.
The gallery of opinions is extensive, forceful and very thoughtful:
I don't think I've ever wanted magic more. https://t.co/gVNQ0PYIMT
- JK Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 24, 2016
Not to be self-centered or anything, but Brexit really isn't conducive to work. Could we stay in the EU just so I can finish my book?
- Paula Hawkins (@PaulaHWrites) June 26, 2016
Dear UK,
good luck.
I am afraid you are going to need it,
love
Neil.
- Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) June 24, 2016
Old Farts 1 The Future 0. Well done England. Maybe lose to Iceland next & get out of Europe properly? https://t.co/ka5Qvm2ajU
- Salman Rushdie (@SalmanRushdie) June 24, 2016
We had a headache, so we shot our foot off. Now we can't walk, and we still have the headache.
- Philip Pullman (@PhilipPullman) June 24, 2016
7am and woken up to UKIP ENGLAND. Never cried for my country before. But it isn't my country anymore. Now we have to build a new Left
- JEANETTE WINTERSON (@Wintersonworld) June 24, 2016
Speak for yourself. I'm a pro Indy Europhille with globalist orientations and interplanetary ambitions. #Brexit https://t.co/u3Dw0t5Ffv
- Irvine Welsh (@IrvineWelsh) June 25, 2016
These British authors who weigh in on Brexit confirm the refusal of much of the UK to leave the EU.
Another thing is that certain decisions can be reversible.
What do you think of Brexit?