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The claim that Turkey was soon going to join the EU (which isn't going to happen) and flood the country with Turkish immigrants was a major component of vote le
by arethuza 6y ago
The claim that Turkey was soon going to join the EU (which isn't going to happen) and flood the country with Turkish immigrants was a major component of vote leave messaging: "Turkey/NHS/£350 million".
Edit: FYI Dominic Cummings actually blogged about the important of Turkey to their success:
https://dominiccummings.com/2017/01/09/on-the-referendum-21-branching-histories-of-the-2016-referendum-and-the-frogs-before-the-storm-2/ https://dominiccummings.com/2017/01/09/on-the-referendum-21-...
- nailer 6y agoTo be fair Angela Merkel flooded Germany with millions of immigrants from the middle East.
- nailer 6y agoHere's a source if you need one: https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/europes-border-crisis/germany-s-merkel-faces-political-crisis-over-migrant-policy-n883441 https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/europes-border-crisis/germ...
- baybal2 6y agoTurkey has actually turned in a net labour importer not so long ago, and it has a robust industrial sector. Rural Turkey has unemployment issue, but that's a separate matter to Turkish migrants to EU. Turkish migration to EU is much more white collar, and urban. P.S. The most hilarious rightist conspiracy theory I've heard of was that of Boris Johnson being a Turkish spy