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Leave won because of a variety of factors, including economics, racism/xenophobia, misinformation, youth apathy, belief that protest vote wouldn't win, so on an
by vacri 10y ago
Leave won because of a variety of factors, including economics, racism/xenophobia, misinformation, youth apathy, belief that protest vote wouldn't win, so on and so forth. There isn't a single main reason it won, and it barely won anyway (and probably wouldn't have won if all voters showed)
- neximo64 10y agoAnd also that the highest court should be in the UK, often overlooked but main reason for many (sovereignty). The ones you mentioned were irrelevant to me and a lot of people I know. I watched in dismay a few years ago at the prospect of Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), it was delayed as a result of this referendum - it would practically a disaster for the City of London and nothing the UK could do to stop it, despite parliament having control of the law.