For posterity, the tweets I sent as the #EUref decision became apparent
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The sunny Edinburgh lunchtime outside my window looks sublime, and I'll be finishing up here soon so I can get out there and enjoy it. It's Sunday, so about 48 hours after the UK's 52% / 48% vote to leave the EU. The country will be going through some weird times in the days and months ahead, but for now here are some of the tweets I've sent since Thursday night relating to the EUref. This is mostly for posterity, so I have somewhere to refer back to should I ever wish to relive that sinking feeling in the stomach. (Top image courtesy of the Scottish Government, from Flickr.)
Ever woken up and wondered where you are? Things look the same, but feel strange. 🇦🇹🇧🇪🇧🇬🇭🇷🇨🇾🇨🇿🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇷🇭🇺🇮🇪🇮🇹🇱🇻🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇹🇳🇱🇵🇱🇵🇹🇷🇴🇸🇰🇸🇮🇪🇸🇸🇪/🇬🇧
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
The evening had started so well!
Well done to everyone involved in @leithlate! We had a lovely time on Thursday evening. https://t.co/4SCk5NztHz pic.twitter.com/gwdCDKs6N1
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 26, 2016
As the reality began to take shape about the referendum result…
And it came to pass, that the internal mess of a weak, divided, reactionary government took a country to the brink. https://t.co/eDmkCl8cuf
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 23, 2016
I'm not enjoying this.
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 23, 2016
This could be a waking nightmare. Or maybe we're all asleep. :-(
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 23, 2016
I just don’t get it. https://t.co/ya6GgVengq
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 23, 2016
Some connections being drawn between the #EUref and Scotland’s #IndyRef from 2014:
Maybe some psychology in this: Leave would feel so final; a No vote in 2014 was never going to be the end of it. https://t.co/NrHdeOn83i
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 23, 2016
Because of an internal dispute within the ruling party? Weak leadership and myopia? This is exhausting.
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
Back to the misery…
Nicht gut, Wiebke. ❤️🇩🇪
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
Oh, I dunno. Sleeping sounds preferable to just feeling numb and confused.
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
Morning. What a funny way for us all to spend the night.
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
Well done St Albans. That’ll be the Roman influence… I’ve always liked Italy. / @StAlbansAbbey https://t.co/k8tZcMpRZy
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
This was weird…
.@lindsaylohan is the one to follow for referendum coverage tonight.
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
Slightly surreal! I wonder if @lindsaylohan is in a more sociable time zone.
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
Details started to emerge, about the vote and its consequences. Who voted which way? Who's 'to blame'?
Oh to be a baby boomer. https://t.co/00hdD9k1AS
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
Divisions, divisions, divisions. How long have these splits been building, or was it ever thus? https://t.co/F8F1YiSJlX
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
Sterling, doing its best Edinburgh Castle Rock impersonation. #EUref https://t.co/CSYxPhFTCN
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
You're painting a picture of my immediate future there. I feel a little queasy.
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
Scotland's future got more and more attention as it became apparent that Scottish voters had diverged so dramatically from vast parts of England and Wales:
If there is to be an #indyref2 I imagine the fall in oil prices would mean a debate focused on more realistic and costed proposals.
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
Would #indyref2 be fought on more overtly nationalist lines, thanks to #EUref divisions? Rather than @theSNP‘s previous social democracy?
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
That’s reassuring. Hold your nerve. https://t.co/7t98TGDdjt
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
The sun's coming up already. Way to go Scotland. pic.twitter.com/uEpi0dkquQ
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
If I had to put my faith in someone to make things better, there are worse choices than @NicolaSturgeon. #indyref2 pic.twitter.com/v19QqOAWCq
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
Time for Scotland to prepare for an influx of refugees from the rest of the UK?
Come to Scotland, Polly! You and @bobburgoyne can get an Airbnb for a couple of weeks while the immigration paperwork gets done.
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
What of referenda as a means of government?
We seem to be getting a taste for referenda. Your argument suggests we're not very good at it yet. Sigh.
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
Analysis of the fallout started to pick up, from many directions:
Please read this. To those younger than me, I say get out there and see the world. Take your friends. Be awesome! https://t.co/pkEe4xHHQV
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
I really like Katya, but her profile pic has some of the saddest eyes on the internet. Maybe she's seen the future. https://t.co/cb6WqBBspL
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
If you’ve started to lose that dizzy, nauseous ‘…what have we done?’ sensation, this will bring it all back. #EUref https://t.co/2q5XnejMrG
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 26, 2016
A little humour. Just a little.
I'll be looking out for England footballers being 'substituted' at half time to account for their defections to Iceland.
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 24, 2016
@maryannehobbs ‘Who actually counts tears?‘ I’d rather have a referendum on that question than anything else we’ve voted on recently.
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 26, 2016
And so to the future:
UK’s place at UN Security Council has to be under pressure in the coming years. If we leave EU we’re diminished; renege and trust is shot.
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 26, 2016
Joyce McMillan on #Leith and ‘The SNP currently looks like the most credible political force in the UK’ / @leithlate https://t.co/JWTYvjTOVV
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 26, 2016
Westminster might never give notice on Article 50. Brussels might kick the UK out anyway. The rules all seem fluid! https://t.co/8r45kKNyFO
— David Jarman (@dsrjarman) June 26, 2016
It seems that the most enthusiastic pre-Brexit camps may now be those in Brussels, Berlin, Paris, Frankfurt and across the rest of the EU. Tired and bored of the UK's messing around many will just want us gone, as soon as possible. Will that be time enough for the Scottish Government to put into place special arrangements for Scotland? This is becoming a humanitarian rescue mission.
