"Not on a 'whim' but in the belief that the future of the UK should not be dictated by the EU."

Which is a tragically mistaken belief. The EU dictates nothing. Policies are made by the member states' elected representatives with methods just as democratic as any policies made in tbe UK by the UK government. And we have a veto over the more important decisions in any case. For example, there is no EU army because the UK has vetoed it. "Being dictated to by the EU" was one of the biggest lies of the leave campaign (optional add-on: "by unelected bureaucrats", an even bigger lie). It's a lie that I see you are still falling for. Unfortunately, that deficit in your education and that of millions of others, which was so easily exploited by the ruthless liars of the leave campaign, is the reason we are in this unholy and incurable mess.