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People who voted for Brexit didnt vote because of GDP and Investments
by bloqs 11mo ago
People who voted for Brexit didnt vote because of GDP and Investments
- bigbadfeline 11mo ago> People who voted for Brexit didnt vote because of GDP and Investments. Nevertheless they got the opposite of what they voted for, besides lower GDP and investments.
- toomuchtodo 11mo agoAnd the ones who tipped the scale are already dead based on voting by age cohort. Like ordering dinner and dipping out before they’ve served the meal. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36616028 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36616028
- illiac786 11mo agoHow do you decide which were the 2% that tipped the scale? Could have been the 18-22 years old too, no? Could have been any cohort, it’s a mathematical fallacy to pretend otherwise I feel.
- thih9 11mo agoThis has been the sentiment at the time, I suppose coming from the percentages in the cohorts: > 64% of over-65s voted for Brexit - compared with 71% of under-25s who voted Remain Source and more context: "Vince Cable: Young 'shafted' over Brexit" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-40842017 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-40842017
- miohtama 11mo agoEvery democratic country gets a government they deserve
- Gud 11mo agoNot really? There are multiple forms of democratic systems. The one utilised by the UK doesn’t appear to be very good, producing sub par results.
- illiac786 11mo agoWell if your definition of “what a democratic country deserves” is “their current government”, then yes, but it does feel a little circular. If not, how do you define what a democratic country “deserves”?
- rich_sasha 11mo agoHaha, they mostly had no investment and didn't contribute to GDP. This is deepening as people with either are now leaving in droves...
- ahtaarra 11mo agoWell, yes. But then again the 'Take Back Control' campaign had those UKIP buses saying "We send the EU £350 million a week, let's fund our NHS instead". An average person is a bit too removed from the GDP/investments conversations anyway.
- oliwarner 11mo agoSome did. Economic Euroscepticism is far older than the EU. The idea that the UK can return to the productivity of the Victorian industrial era, with WW2 bravado. Of course it's tosh, and it unravels as soon as the first horse spooks, but in the run up to the referendum people were making all sorts of stupid claims about what we'd be able to have. Remember Soft Brexit? The idea that the EU would give us favourable terms when we were in no position to negotiate? Absolute madness.
- HK-NC 11mo agoAnd their representatives didn't want to leave so decided to drag their feez and do a shit job of it anyway. I didn't vote either way but I expect those paid to represent us to actually do it.