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Brexit was all about stopping Muslims from coming to the UK and kicking out people with brown skin. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/30/it-is-terr

• meowface 8y ago
  The article does not support your claim. I also think it's exactly claims like that which directly lead to things like Brexit (and Trump).
  • isostatic 8y ago
    They were saying: ‘We’re coming out of Europe and then we can get rid of you.’ I told them: ‘I’m a British citizen.’ I got citizenship 20 years ago after fleeing from Iraq. But they said: ‘It doesn’t matter, you’ve got dark skin.’ My 11-year-old daughter has heard this too.”
    • meowface 8y ago
      The fact that that incident occurred does not come close to supporting the claim you made. Maybe it would support a much more carefully constructed claim.
      • isostatic 8y ago
        Britain’s vote to leave the EU was the result of widespread anti-immigration sentiment, rather than a wider dissatisfaction with politics, according to a major survey of social attitudes in the UK. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-latest-news-leave-eu-immigration-main-reason-european-union-survey-a7811651.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-lates... But it’s not European immigration https://screenshot.net/2lxzmbn https://screenshot.net/2lxzmbn I’ve been canvassing for the last week, the majority of people want brexit stopped. Of those that don’t the vast majority don’t care what we end up with as long as it stops the immigrants.