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That Exit Again
Aug. 1st, 2020 08:19 pmI was listening to a repeat of a Reith Lecture by Hilary Mantel and when it came to the Q&A session one member of the audience asked her about Brexit. This is her reply from the transcription.
"There has been a gigantic failure on the part of the voting public
in Britain to know their history, to examine the evidence that was put before them, and a
giant failure of imagination. I think the whole thing is shameful, regrettable and I think -time will prove how destructive it may be. All nations have a fantasy of a golden age,
but I would say ours was to come. I'm not so sure, now."
Exactly, and her words resonate even more now.
"There has been a gigantic failure on the part of the voting public
in Britain to know their history, to examine the evidence that was put before them, and a
giant failure of imagination. I think the whole thing is shameful, regrettable and I think -time will prove how destructive it may be. All nations have a fantasy of a golden age,
but I would say ours was to come. I'm not so sure, now."
Exactly, and her words resonate even more now.
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