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Scotland. Northern Ireland. Wales. Did the lower operational costs and anti-Brexit sentiment of these regions not occur to him or did journalistic bias force th

Scotland. Northern Ireland. Wales. Did the lower operational costs and anti-Brexit sentiment of these regions not occur to him or did journalistic bias force the author to write 'UK' rather than 'London'?

splodge 8y ago
He is quitting the UK, regardless of your semantics
jjgreen 8y ago
Wales voted to leave by about the (UK) national margin.
- newsgremlin 8y ago
  It's beggars belief, they have the lowest immigration numbers of all the UK and some of the most funding from the EU.
  - Aromasin 8y ago
    Disinformation was rampant in Wales. Many of my Welsh friends were aware of massive ad campaigns from the Leave campaign in their areas. A good few places in Wales are struggling under the current government austerity, and blaming the EU was an easy scapegoat to sell to the misinformed.
    - mcv 8y ago
      Disinformation was rampant in England too. British tabloids have a long history of blaming the EU for the weirdest made-up stuff, as well as for unpopular laws from the UK government, while the government loves to take credit for popular measures from the EU.
      - yostrovs 8y ago
        Contrary to the disinformation campaign, the British people chose what they thought is best for them. I'm just glad that democracy is strong and respected there.
        mcv 8y ago
        Well, yes and no. It's certainly better than some places, but it's clearly very vulnerable to disinformation campaigns, and the government's unwillingness to put this to a vote is causing chaos. It appears a small group has used the situation to take control of the future of the country and steer it into a direction nobody wants, and is now denying the people a vote on the mess they're making.
        yostrovs 8y ago
        The people already voted. There was a clear understanding that that vote was the one and only. There wouldn't be a vote at every step. Britain is a representative democracy and the representatives deal with the details.
        mcv 8y ago
        There was not a clear understanding what the vote was about. There contradictory promises being made about what a Brexit would mean. It would mean saving tons of money that wasn't there, staying in the common market for goods and services, yet somehow leaving the common market for labour, except maybe not when it benefitted Brits. The whole campaign was a bunch of lies, and those lies are what informed the people's vote. There was absolutely nothing clear about what a Leave vote would actually mean. It makes every sense in the world to hold a new, more honest vote once that has become clear. It's a betrayal of democracy to plunge the country into such an ill-advised and irreversible direction based on a single, poorly defined and poorly informed vote.
  - stuaxo 8y ago
    People are more xenophobic in places where they see less immigrants. Compare the Brexit heartlands of Essex and Kent to London.

splodge 8y ago

He is quitting the UK, regardless of your semantics

jjgreen 8y ago

Wales voted to leave by about the (UK) national margin.

newsgremlin 8y ago
It's beggars belief, they have the lowest immigration numbers of all the UK and some of the most funding from the EU.
- Aromasin 8y ago
  Disinformation was rampant in Wales. Many of my Welsh friends were aware of massive ad campaigns from the Leave campaign in their areas. A good few places in Wales are struggling under the current government austerity, and blaming the EU was an easy scapegoat to sell to the misinformed.
  - mcv 8y ago
    Disinformation was rampant in England too. British tabloids have a long history of blaming the EU for the weirdest made-up stuff, as well as for unpopular laws from the UK government, while the government loves to take credit for popular measures from the EU.
    - yostrovs 8y ago
      Contrary to the disinformation campaign, the British people chose what they thought is best for them. I'm just glad that democracy is strong and respected there.
      - mcv 8y ago
        Well, yes and no. It's certainly better than some places, but it's clearly very vulnerable to disinformation campaigns, and the government's unwillingness to put this to a vote is causing chaos. It appears a small group has used the situation to take control of the future of the country and steer it into a direction nobody wants, and is now denying the people a vote on the mess they're making.
        yostrovs 8y ago
        The people already voted. There was a clear understanding that that vote was the one and only. There wouldn't be a vote at every step. Britain is a representative democracy and the representatives deal with the details.
        mcv 8y ago
        There was not a clear understanding what the vote was about. There contradictory promises being made about what a Brexit would mean. It would mean saving tons of money that wasn't there, staying in the common market for goods and services, yet somehow leaving the common market for labour, except maybe not when it benefitted Brits. The whole campaign was a bunch of lies, and those lies are what informed the people's vote. There was absolutely nothing clear about what a Leave vote would actually mean. It makes every sense in the world to hold a new, more honest vote once that has become clear. It's a betrayal of democracy to plunge the country into such an ill-advised and irreversible direction based on a single, poorly defined and poorly informed vote.
- stuaxo 8y ago
  People are more xenophobic in places where they see less immigrants. Compare the Brexit heartlands of Essex and Kent to London.