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It's an opinion piece that celebrates the many languages, cultures and peoples that make up London today that came about in the last two decades and speculates
by stevenwoo 10y ago
It's an opinion piece that celebrates the many languages, cultures and peoples that make up London today that came about in the last two decades and speculates that Brexit came about because of the divide between cosmopolitan Londoners and rural voters. This difference it posits was exploited by conservative media to inflame residents of rural and less urban areas to vote for Brexit, giving examples of opinion writers claiming Trump as their model and Obama'izing as the problem. It wonders but does not answer if London can continue to succeed as a cosmopolitan financial center of Europe after Brexit.
- digi_owl 10y agoIn other words the age old "champagne left" explanation for everything. Ignoring the massive class divide involved in the vote. A class divide that can be traced back to Thatcher and Reagan going union busing.
- arethuza 10y agoI'm in the middle of reading "Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class" which is rather interesting - although it is from 2012 the attitudes is described are clearly what eventually led to the Brexit vote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavs:_The_Demonization_of_the_Working_Class https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavs:_The_Demonization_of_the...
- demonshalo 10y ago> Thatcher and Reagan going union busing What exactly do you mean by that if you don't mind me asking?
- digi_owl 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_%281968%29#August_1981_strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Contr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners'_strike_%281984%E2%80%9385%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners'_strike_%281984%E2%8...