I STUDY Spanish and Portuguese at university. I speak French.

At my very core, I feel a deep and meaningful connection with Europe. I was raised on the values of tolerance and multiculturalism, yet I am now resigned to the fact that Britain must leave the European Union.

There are many things that I love about the European Union, from the free movement of people to close co-operation with our continental neighbours.

Yet I have always viewed myself as somewhat Eurosceptic, lamenting the bureaucratic, neoliberal and undemocratic nature of the organisation.

Although my preference undoubtedly would’ve been to remain and seek reform from inside the structures of the union, I have recognised that the opportunity for this has vanished.

While a second referendum may at first seem to be the most desirable solution to the political turmoil that we as a nation have found ourselves in, overturning the democratic will of the British people and opting to remain would have a disastrous impact upon British politics and society for a generation.

The statement “I will never vote again” has repeatedly been communicated by members of the electorate, be it on Question Time, a vast array of news platforms or by other means, in response to what is viewed as a betrayal of democracy, as the Conservative government has continually failed to deliver Brexit as promised.

Meanwhile we have witnessed a surge in the far right that would only be amplified by a second referendum. In fact, we may soon find ourselves in a situation in which the likes of Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage not only hold seats, but also significant sway in Westminster.

A hard-right prime minister of this country has already arrived in Boris Johnson and his Cabinet is made up of the most deluded of Brexiteers.

As a growing number of the electorate feel disenfranchised, it is not only anger that Westminster must fear, it is also apathy.

In my opinion we should never have had a referendum. The whole exercise was David Cameron placing party before country, as he sought to gain a few extra seats by appeasing those on the right who were demanding to leave.

Such was his arrogance, he never considered the possibility that Britain might actually vote to exit the European Union. Having placed the country in its biggest peacetime crisis, he resigned.

Of course, life isn’t too hard for Cameron now as he suns himself in his new hot tub and falls onto his feet with a lucrative position in the corporate world.

And as much as I dislike Theresa May, Farage, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Johnson and others, it is he who I resent the most, and by some distance.

I’m sick to death of the deceitful fools behind the Brexit campaign and I’m bored to tears with the sanctimonious nature of the Remain campaign.

I hate the whole rhetoric around the two campaigns, which simultaneously claim to represent the masses. They don’t.

Many of those behind the Leave vote have undoubtedly misled the nation and have driven it to the point of crisis, while those behind the campaign for a “people’s vote” represent a combination of the Establishment and the elite’s finest self-righteous bigots, who specialise in patronising the working class as they push to give them “another chance” to make the right decision.

Brexit has always been an issue which divided the nation in half. The notion continually pushed by both of these campaigns, that every individual in our diverse and eclectic nation stands staunchly behind the polarised positions, of either a cliff-edge Brexit or overturning the result of the referendum, lacks any nuance and is a ridiculous generalisation.

In fact, I feel I am in a silent majority: those who just want a return to real politics.

Many people are fed up with the Brexit debate stealing the limelight away from the burning injustices in our society.

They hate the fact that Brexit has absorbed the space for genuine political discourse about the issues that really matter in our society and they would rather discuss the future of our health service or new and exciting ideas — universal basic income, for example.

That’s why, as a young person who would’ve voted to Remain, I say, no, I don’t want to have my say in a second referendum.

Hector Gibbs is a student at King’s College London, a proud socialist and member of the Labour Party.