Memoirs are often a purgation of emotions on the part of those who write them. It is an attempt to explain their past actions as a way of drawing public understanding for the mistakes or wrong steps they may have taken.
Or, more to the point, it is a sign of a guilt complex that may be working in some, if not all, of those who write them. Autobiographies are certainly part of the process of the movement of modern history, but to what extent one can take them seriously depends on the one who happens to be reading them.
Britain's former prime minister David Cameron has just come forth with his memoirs, within the pages of which he explains the fiasco which has now come to grip the country as Brexit. Cameron does not lose the opportunity to berate two of his former colleagues in government, the current prime minister Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, people who believe trashed his government over the Brexit issue.
Not everyone, of course, agrees with Cameron and there have been a good number of media comments critical of his leadership before and during the referendum three years ago. And, yes, there are those who sympathise with him and with the moral stand he took when he decided to resign following the defeat in the referendum.
The bigger point emerging from Brexit and now from Cameron's memoirs is the beauty which underlines the democratic process. In these past three years, Britain has lost two prime ministers over Brexit and if things do not go well for Johnson, he might end up being the third. Whether London goes for a no-deal Brexit at the end of October is a big question. Much talk goes on in Britain on the issue. It is a beautiful din and noise of democracy one hears in the country today.
Democracy is beautiful.
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