Signed the petition yet?

As one who loves a futile gesture, I certainly did, and indeed, the total is hovering around 3 million as I speak. Unfortunately there was a petition a couple of days ago, signed by 16 million people who wanted to stay, and that wasn't enough, and this won't be either. Feel free to sign it if you, like me, like closing doors days after the horse got the hell out of there. My mind is now full of things like maybe Labour (sans Corbyn) could win the next election and orders another referendum, or even just cancels the result, but these thoughts are like the desperate mental bargaining that goes on when your favourite girlfriend leaves you and you're desperate to get her back.

Like nearly half of the population, I am waking up feeling like I've been kicked in the stomach and the feeling isn't going away. Here in Cardiff where I live, there was a sound majority to remain. Given the 150 year history of ethnic blending that has been going on here, that isn't surprising. But Wales as a whole voted to leave, a pretty astonishing result when one considers that the Principality has been a net receiver of funds from the EU to the tune of a quarter of a billion pounds annually, as parts of it are among the most economically deprived in Europe. To my knowledge there has been nothing said about making this shortfall good by the leavers, or wreckers as I am now calling them.  Lots of international companies have based themselves here because of the highly advantageous subsidies they receive from the EU. They are now set to live in their droves, and Wales is facing a surge in unemployment which will make the steel job losses look like very small beer.