I knew I had to be able to stand proud in the future that at least I had literally stood up to be counted when not one of my friends ever did. My hands are clean.
In 2016 I was stunned by the result. I was depressed for weeks. That turned to anger as it became more obvious that the leavers were lied to, and we were cheated.
My paternal grandparents died in Auschwitz and Teresienstadt. My father, uncles (x2), came as refugees, were welcomed here, made their lives here. And now we have to fight fascism all over again.
We have been proud to represent Britain in various capacities in different countries for most of our working lives - no longer proud to be British. That hurts.
I came to SODEM to be part of a visible display of opposition to Brexit and the lies/dishonesty that fueled it.
I'd been on the marches in London and Brighton etc., but between those events I felt frustrated that I was doing nothing except grumbling and writing to MPs to express my anger.
We were incensed by the lying and manipulation - particularly of less-frequent voters in poorer communities who were bombarded by the manipulative Cambridge Analytica campaign. That just isn't democracy.
I'm Italian. Brexit broke my soul and finding guys like you helped to restore hope in my heart.
I came to SODEM to send and signal my disapproval to parliament, at a government intent on railroading through a Brexit which would be so damaging for the people and the country.
As a result of the EU Ref, I applied to have my German citizenship restored, so that I'd keep my links with the EU, and so that my grandchildren could 'inherit' it.