I can't help thinking that a significant majority of the leave voters voted so primarily because of the immigration issue. Britons have a reputation for not speaking their mind and being passive-aggressive and I postulate that the sizeable majority of leave voters would have been happy to stay in the EU if immigration had been seriously addressed. Every time I've spoken to a 'leave' supporter over recent weeks, it pretty much always turns to immigration. The problem is that a condition of EU membership is the freedom of all EU citizens to work and live wherever they desire in Europe - so you are never going to be able to control EU immigration as long as that condition remains.
I think it's a shame that, in all likelihood, the whole referendum has probably really been about those who are relaxed about loads of foreigners working here and those that think it's not right - but too cautious to say it out loud for fear of being branded racist, so claim it's actually about Brussels laws etc.
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The 'Out' campaigned stoked that particular fire very effectively and Remain avoided addressing it time and time again by constantly diverting the argument back to the economic benefits of staying. Which looked and sounded pretty disingenuous, even to me as a 'Remain' voter.
I voted Leave and immigration didn't even come into it for me. I have a slight issue with benefits being paid out and being sent abroad, but that didn't influence my vote either.
I'm mainly against the ever closer integration and loss of national identity. I don't want to end up living in one of the United States of Europe.
I have no problem with Europe, but I do with the EU. We can still be friends with European countries. I have really close friends, we'd do anything for each other, but we don't want get married and live together until we die.
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Exactly this.
She voted Leave.
Some people should not be allowed to vote.
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I did say "but we don't even have a manufacturing industry anymore" he didn't even think of it like that.
He then said "Greenland voted out"..
I did say that was 30 years ago.
I'm glad he voted, I genuinely mean that. I'm just scared of what may follows. As nobody really knows.