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The EU is far from perfect, but the UK government has proven time and time again it requires oversight. The UK governments stance on e.g. encryption is nothing short of an international embarrassment. I am woeful for the future of this tiny island (I am a UK citizen).

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So, I repeat in slightly different words:

You want an external entity to have control over my democratically elected government because right now the decisions aren't your personal preferences.

Yes, that is sort of the point of the EU. Whatever I wanted though, the vote has already happened, and the leavers won. We'll all be seeing what happens to the UK as a result.

The EU operating against the will of the people is why Leave won.

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