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I have been fortunate enough to have worked in a couple of ountries on the continent, and alyjough i have not done so for three decades, the notion that this would cease to be an option in the future is most distressing. In those thrity years I have not had to conjure up any sense of British identity.
I only know two British-Finnish couples, living here in the U.K. and I am sure that one of those at least is under great stress, as workers in the performing arts, from the Brexit possibliities. The arts is an industry of great insecurity and pressure, and anyone relient on plying their talent on the continent as well as in Britain will know.
The presentation in the video was interesting, but I couldn't help wondering how diferent it may have sounded if it was presented in Finnish.
How our lack of understanding of other European languages has been a major contribuotr to our failure to integrate with the E.U.
Daniel