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My point is that it's completely idiotic to characterise highly-prestigious globalist think-tanks as anti-immigration or lacking intellectual capacity. They hol

by lhnz 10y ago

My point is that it's completely idiotic to characterise highly-prestigious globalist think-tanks as anti-immigration or lacking intellectual capacity. They hold globalist perspectives which are worth reading and understanding; in fact the more divorced they are from establishment positions, the more worthwhile it is to understand them. You are right that there are lots of people without University educations which backed Brexit. Rather than hating them perhaps you could try to understand their struggles and feelings on how they have been betrayed by the establishment [0]? [0] http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/25/meet-10-britons-who-voted-to-leave-the-eu http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/25/meet-10-brit...

ZeroGravitas 10y ago
Many of the Leave campaigners do actually subscribe to these libertarian views, including the only UKIP MP. But they clearly believed so strongly, that they didn't think it was wrong to stoke immigration fears to win, and then turn round and explain that actually, free market economics suggests that low wage immigration is actually a good thing. This is playing with fire, and may end tragically.
- arethuza 10y ago
  I'm actually expecting a future government to turn round and refuse to replace the funding that used to come via the EU - as the economy will be in a bad state and we don't have the money anymore and, the main reason, which is pure ideology.
  - DanBC 10y ago
    Which is already causing some angst. Cornwall mostly voted Leave (higher the UK average) but have since asked for the EU funding for Cornwall to be protected. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-cornwall-issues-plea-for-funding-protection-after-county-overwhelmingly-votes-in-favour-of-a7101311.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-cornwa...
  - ZeroGravitas 10y ago
    Certainly in the areas that don't consistently vote for the government making the decisions anyway.

by lhnz 10y ago

ZeroGravitas 10y ago

Many of the Leave campaigners do actually subscribe to these libertarian views, including the only UKIP MP. But they clearly believed so strongly, that they didn't think it was wrong to stoke immigration fears to win, and then turn round and explain that actually, free market economics suggests that low wage immigration is actually a good thing. This is playing with fire, and may end tragically.

arethuza 10y ago
I'm actually expecting a future government to turn round and refuse to replace the funding that used to come via the EU - as the economy will be in a bad state and we don't have the money anymore and, the main reason, which is pure ideology.
- DanBC 10y ago
  Which is already causing some angst. Cornwall mostly voted Leave (higher the UK average) but have since asked for the EU funding for Cornwall to be protected. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-cornwall-issues-plea-for-funding-protection-after-county-overwhelmingly-votes-in-favour-of-a7101311.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-cornwa...
- ZeroGravitas 10y ago
  Certainly in the areas that don't consistently vote for the government making the decisions anyway.