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No, we will not let it go!

Is it safe to “let it go” yet? The Brexit debate still rages, despite The Government doggedly trying to take it forward. Isn't resistance-fatigue setting in? Is it time to acknowledge defeat and get on with life? For those who were, for the most part, politically apathetic pre June 2016, the relief of giving-up would be huge. Go back to checking headlines once a week or thinking about party policy only once every five years. Recover time for hobbies. Repair friendships with those who disagreed on this one decision. Get a decent night's sleep. In life, there is an overwhelming imperative for reconcilliation, forgiveness and moving on. But it is a travesty of this process to reshape it as obedient yielding to injustice. Reconcilliation can only occur when all parties in a conflict agree to talk and listen to each other. Willingness on both sides to acknowledge the root of the disagreement and damage caused is essential as is a mutual search for a way forward that respe