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If you live in the uk you’ll realize the only place you’ll probably hear honest viewpoints aired in public is small village pubs. The only place I’ve heard peo

If you live in the uk you’ll realize the only place you’ll probably hear honest viewpoints aired in public is small village pubs. The only place I’ve heard people vocally support Brexit or say anything other than support for the Labour party is when visiting relatives and going to the pub while there. I’ve never met a single supporter of Brexit or Tories outside of that. What you generally hear on the street, in media and in the workplace clearly isn’t reflected in the voting booth.

thrwyoilarticle 6y ago
Do you find the small village pubs are open to left-wing viewpoints?
- whywhywhywhy 6y ago
  Generally in the pub you can air an opinion and have a quite heated debate about something then just move on and still be civil.
  - thrwyoilarticle 6y ago
    Keir Starmer was kicked out of a pub last week.
    - whywhywhywhy 6y ago
      Think there is a big difference between being a nobody with an opinion and being a politician.
  - PeterisP 6y ago
    Depends on the pub, you might also get a quick escalation to violence.
eyko 6y ago
I've met many supporters of Brexit in local pubs here in London, I don't think it's that uncommon. I've had work colleagues that argued for and voted for Brexit, here in London. We had fun conversations on the topic, changed our opinions on many points, but still ultimately agreed to disagree. In the meantime, the media helped polarise the debate by making it about them hating those damn "forriners" on one side, or the EU being akin to a stalinist dictatorship on the other side. The "gammons" to the right, the "remoaners" to the left. I think the issue is that most progressives in cities in the UK live in progressive bubbles and are unlikely to come across people with very opposing viewpoints on a daily basis. They're also quite arrogant, which is something I've noticed amongst friends (most of whom are progressive). I'm a non-white EU citizen (forriner to the average brexiteer in a village pub) living in the UK so it's already a matter of fact that the majority of people I speak to are of a different identity. If anyone gets their information about a group from what the media reports instead of from actually speaking to members of said group, then they ought to reconsider their views.

thrwyoilarticle 6y ago

Do you find the small village pubs are open to left-wing viewpoints?

whywhywhywhy 6y ago
Generally in the pub you can air an opinion and have a quite heated debate about something then just move on and still be civil.
- thrwyoilarticle 6y ago
  Keir Starmer was kicked out of a pub last week.
  - whywhywhywhy 6y ago
    Think there is a big difference between being a nobody with an opinion and being a politician.
- PeterisP 6y ago
  Depends on the pub, you might also get a quick escalation to violence.

eyko 6y ago

I've met many supporters of Brexit in local pubs here in London, I don't think it's that uncommon. I've had work colleagues that argued for and voted for Brexit, here in London. We had fun conversations on the topic, changed our opinions on many points, but still ultimately agreed to disagree. In the meantime, the media helped polarise the debate by making it about them hating those damn "forriners" on one side, or the EU being akin to a stalinist dictatorship on the other side. The "gammons" to the right, the "remoaners" to the left. I think the issue is that most progressives in cities in the UK live in progressive bubbles and are unlikely to come across people with very opposing viewpoints on a daily basis. They're also quite arrogant, which is something I've noticed amongst friends (most of whom are progressive). I'm a non-white EU citizen (forriner to the average brexiteer in a village pub) living in the UK so it's already a matter of fact that the majority of people I speak to are of a different identity. If anyone gets their information about a group from what the media reports instead of from actually speaking to members of said group, then they ought to reconsider their views.