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The author does have a choice as to whether to stay or leave. (They are actually in a very fortunate position if they can just leave the country.) It's also premature to presume that all of the Tory policies will actually be implemented. An alternative course of action would be to stay and campaign against the referenced policies.

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>An alternative course of action would be to stay and campaign against the referenced policies.

God forbid people do that and actually try to influence and improve the society they live in. It's all about the individual and their comfort. Their city/country etc either has to be as they want, or they leave.

(Some of them even think that this behavior helps, because their privileged decision to leave they think would somehow register as a specific vocal complaint (e.g. because they put it on a blog)).

I'm not sure what your point is here. Yes, he has a choice and that's a good thing. Why do you bring that up? They are making a choice based off fundamental disagreements with policies that the now-ruling party stands for. Of course it's impossible to work out exactly what policy will be implemented, that's not really the point.

No, the author claims he has no choice: "By voting in a Tory government, you basically did not leave us any other choice." This feels like a dishonest representation of the situation.

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