In Boston, Lincolnshire 75.6 per cent voted to leave the EU, the highest leave vote in Britain, but most people I speak to express relief rather than joy that it’s finally happening. “Most of the people we know voted ‘leave’,” says Jayne Shinn, also washing up. “But we’re sick of hearing ‘Brexit, Brexit, Brexit’.”Why did they vote leave? “They don’t work like that anymore.”“I used to work on the land,” says Michelle Casey, another employee. Europe wants to use us, but they don’t like us.” Photograph: Patrick FreyneFor Dani the leave vote was about “dignity and sovereignty”.

Source: The Irish Times January 29, 2020 19:00 UTC