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Unlimited migration from Schengen depressed UK wages, a lot of the people you're deriding had no chance to do skilled work and had to compete against people wil

Unlimited migration from Schengen depressed UK wages, a lot of the people you're deriding had no chance to do skilled work and had to compete against people willing to work for pittance because it was more than in RO/BG. (The fact that the government has replaced that with cheap labour from outside the EU doesn't help)

LatteLazy 3y ago
Weird how the places (and demographic groups) with any actual immigration voted remain. And how we were never on Schengen. And how we are still unable to control our immigration. The truth is none of the main "reasons" Brexit voters claimed to be motivated by (free trade, sovereignty or immigration) actually matched any facts. So either brexiteers we're really really stupid. Or they were lying about their reasons. And given the total lack of affect of any facts on people's intention to vote leave, it sort of has to be the second right?
- NoRelToEmber 3y ago
  > Weird how the places (and demographic groups) with any actual immigration voted remain. This sounds like interesting analysis - do you have a link? > And how we are still unable to control our immigration. You mean unwilling, and the "we" being politicians.
  - kingkongjaffa 3y ago
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36616028 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36616028 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_United_Kin... Percent of votes [b] City Remain Leave Edinburgh 74.4% 25.6% Brighton & Hove 68.6% 31.4% Glasgow 66.6% 33.4% Bristol 61.7% 38.3% Aberdeen 61.1% 38.9% Manchester 60.4% 39.6% Cardiff 60.0% 40.0% greater Belfast 59.9% 40.1% Greater London 59.9% 40.1% Liverpool 58.2% 41.8% York 58.0% 42.0% Leicester 51.1% 48.9% Newcastle upon Tyne 50.7% 49.3% Leeds 50.3% 49.7% -------------------------- Birmingham 49.6% 50.4% Nottingham 49.2% 50.8% Sheffield 49.0% 51.0% Swansea 48.5% 51.5% Southampton 46.2% 53.8% Bradford 45.8% 54.2% Coventry 44.4% 55.6% Salford 43.2% 56.8% Derby 42.8% 57.2% Portsmouth 41.9% 58.1% Plymouth 40.1% 59.9% Sunderland 38.7% 61.3% Wolverhampton 37.4% 62.6% Wakefield 33.6% 66.4% Kingston upon Hull 32.4% 67.6% Stoke-on-Trent 30.6% 69.4%
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netsharc 3y ago
Funnily enough Romania and Bulgaria are not part of Schengen. Neither was the UK, ever. Please don't mix up terms, it shows cluelessness and undermines your argument.
foldr 3y ago
>Unlimited migration from Schengen The Schengen area had nothing to do with who could or couldn't migrate to the UK when the UK was in the EU.
- Detrytus 3y ago
  Especially since UK was never part of Schengen

LatteLazy 3y ago

Weird how the places (and demographic groups) with any actual immigration voted remain. And how we were never on Schengen. And how we are still unable to control our immigration. The truth is none of the main "reasons" Brexit voters claimed to be motivated by (free trade, sovereignty or immigration) actually matched any facts. So either brexiteers we're really really stupid. Or they were lying about their reasons. And given the total lack of affect of any facts on people's intention to vote leave, it sort of has to be the second right?

NoRelToEmber 3y ago
> Weird how the places (and demographic groups) with any actual immigration voted remain. This sounds like interesting analysis - do you have a link? > And how we are still unable to control our immigration. You mean unwilling, and the "we" being politicians.
- kingkongjaffa 3y ago
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36616028 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36616028 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_United_Kin... Percent of votes [b] City Remain Leave Edinburgh 74.4% 25.6% Brighton & Hove 68.6% 31.4% Glasgow 66.6% 33.4% Bristol 61.7% 38.3% Aberdeen 61.1% 38.9% Manchester 60.4% 39.6% Cardiff 60.0% 40.0% greater Belfast 59.9% 40.1% Greater London 59.9% 40.1% Liverpool 58.2% 41.8% York 58.0% 42.0% Leicester 51.1% 48.9% Newcastle upon Tyne 50.7% 49.3% Leeds 50.3% 49.7% -------------------------- Birmingham 49.6% 50.4% Nottingham 49.2% 50.8% Sheffield 49.0% 51.0% Swansea 48.5% 51.5% Southampton 46.2% 53.8% Bradford 45.8% 54.2% Coventry 44.4% 55.6% Salford 43.2% 56.8% Derby 42.8% 57.2% Portsmouth 41.9% 58.1% Plymouth 40.1% 59.9% Sunderland 38.7% 61.3% Wolverhampton 37.4% 62.6% Wakefield 33.6% 66.4% Kingston upon Hull 32.4% 67.6% Stoke-on-Trent 30.6% 69.4%
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netsharc 3y ago

Funnily enough Romania and Bulgaria are not part of Schengen. Neither was the UK, ever. Please don't mix up terms, it shows cluelessness and undermines your argument.

foldr 3y ago

>Unlimited migration from Schengen The Schengen area had nothing to do with who could or couldn't migrate to the UK when the UK was in the EU.

Detrytus 3y ago
Especially since UK was never part of Schengen