A LETTER TO MY NATIVE COUNTRY

Dear Great Britain, aka the United Kingdom, issuer of my passport, former colonial power, home of Sir David Attenborough and manufacturer of good crisps, Royal scandals, comedy shows and inventor of the word “sorry”-

So, you got Brexit done.

But are you great? Are you united?

As someone born within your shores I am supposed to have acquired a stiff upper lip but after the 2016 referendum, while my beloved 85-year-old uncle – a diehard Leaver – celebrated with a glass of Laphroaig, I cried.
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