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> Leave voting neighbours who were very much the supposedly angry working class type that have been ridiculed and condescended to repeatedly by the liberal medi

by 2wrist 7y ago

> Leave voting neighbours who were very much the supposedly angry working class type that have been ridiculed and condescended to repeatedly by the liberal media. I can understand this but, burrowing in to it, we have a class of people who are struggling for opportunity, work and dignity in an environment which is openly hostile to people in poverty. The bit that hurts my head is that people want to leave the EU as they think the government will then step in and give them the opportunities, work and dignity which they have crave. When it was the governments (of the last 40 years) which have put them in this position.. Here in the North East we have investment from the EU, do you honestly think that the tories are going to jump in and replace that investment? If you say that they have said that they will invest x amount then that it merely a drop in the ocean for regions like this. IMHO.

rtempaccount1 7y ago
For me brexit has, for many people, been a case of them voting against their own best interests, due to believing what they're being told by politicians. The Leave camp, during the campaign, were very strong on the idea that leaving would have economic benefits, not penalties. When combined with the UK press use of the EU as a scapegoat for many unpopular decisions over the last 40 years, it's not surprising to see the outcome we did. Reality will only sink in, once we've left and the outcome becomes apparent. I really wish that weren't the case and that people would look at the people pushing brexit to see they are not likely to act in the interests of the majority of the population, but I don't think that's what's happened. EDIT: to provide one example look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum#/media/File:United_Kingdom_EU_referendum_2016_area_results.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_United_Kin... The North east of England voted Leave in almost every area...
- 2wrist 7y ago
  I agree. I am from that yellow bit and people were stunned the day after. The whole thing is crazy. Society feels fundamentally broken.
mellosouls 7y ago
No. Like I said, I voted Remain and regret the decision to leave and think the burden will be borne heavily by the little man.

by 2wrist 7y ago

rtempaccount1 7y ago

For me brexit has, for many people, been a case of them voting against their own best interests, due to believing what they're being told by politicians. The Leave camp, during the campaign, were very strong on the idea that leaving would have economic benefits, not penalties. When combined with the UK press use of the EU as a scapegoat for many unpopular decisions over the last 40 years, it's not surprising to see the outcome we did. Reality will only sink in, once we've left and the outcome becomes apparent. I really wish that weren't the case and that people would look at the people pushing brexit to see they are not likely to act in the interests of the majority of the population, but I don't think that's what's happened. EDIT: to provide one example look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum#/media/File:United_Kingdom_EU_referendum_2016_area_results.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_United_Kin... The North east of England voted Leave in almost every area...

2wrist 7y ago
I agree. I am from that yellow bit and people were stunned the day after. The whole thing is crazy. Society feels fundamentally broken.

mellosouls 7y ago

No. Like I said, I voted Remain and regret the decision to leave and think the burden will be borne heavily by the little man.