We are living in troubling times, for sure. I knew after Brexit that Italy was poised to be the next to propose such a thing, althogh Brexit hasn't actually happened so who knows, maybe it is all talk.
As an American I am sad in general about the affairs overseas in general because for me it is impossible to stay very easily or very long in the EU and even going in and out of the UK can be troublesome. I don't really have an opinion on the affairs there as it is not my country, but I am worried. Sometimes if you look at historical perspectives you can see similarities and I don't like to think about that. They say History repeats itself, so one has to only use the Past as a Playbook to read the Future.
I love UK and Europe and hope for happy and good outcomes. My best to you and your country, but as you know, the USA is also going through some interesting times. What is most upsetting is how these political changes seem to be set to mostly pit the common people of the countries against one another rather than looking at those at the top alone. We seem to want to 'pick sides' and then call names and throw stones and this division of the masses is always a scary place to be.
May goodness will out!
Some italians think to propose a sort of Brexit for our country, but just because they don't think about the differences between the Uk and Italy. Our currency (it was the italian lira) was not strong like the Sterling and we are really less strong than a country like the Uk, so I think a sort of Brexit can't be a good solution for us. I worked for many years as fund raiser and european project planner, so I know how important is to stay in the Ue for my country, but people seems to think that our troubles are just because we are a part of the Ue and they don't think that if we are in trouble is because our own behaviour. Now on Facebook italian people look really crazy , but you're right, if we look at historical perspective we can see similarities and it's not so good. I really hope in the better time, for everyone and for every country.