Of course it was not just racism
As it says in the article, half of the voters were rich eurosceptics, like Reese-Mogg.
My sister, when she was alive, used to say "I'm not racist because I hate the Polish as well. I'm xenophobic" like that made it any better.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 13:53,
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You still appear to be conflating
having concerns about immigration with racism.
It might not be any better, but your sister was technically correct.
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You don't seem to understand that 'concern about immigration' is based on irrational fear of foreigners.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 14:21,
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For some people perhaps.
For many people it's due to things like being less able to access their local healthcare or education services, and stuff like that.
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No. You see, the idea that foreigners are to blame for the shortcomings of our infrastructure is planted by racists
and technically only works on racists.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Tue 20 Apr 2021, 15:17,
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My point was though
that she was also a massive racist and when driving she would shout at black people crossing the road "You'll still die whatever colour you are!".
She just claimed she was not and claimed the proof was that she had 'concerns about immigration' and hated the Polish as well. I have had decades of experience with racists (a lot of whom I am related to) who use very similar terms and arguments to hide their racism.
She would say to Big Issue sellers "You're the fucking issue mate".
One problem I have with Brexit supporters is that they want everyone to ignore that racism played a pivotal role in the victory and that if you took the racists out of the picture, they would have lost by a landslide.
According to the article above, possibly between 25-60% of the leave vote. Far far more than 2% anyway.
Personally, I am still waiting for someone who voted for Brexit to show the benefit to the country that Brexit will bring.
So far, apart from 'keeping the furriners out', there has not been any demonstrable benefits.
How about, instead of saying 'you don't understand' you plainly state the obvious reasons why Brexit will be good for the country?
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 14:59,
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"there has not been any demonstrable benefits"
I don't know, I think the vaccination stats might disagree with you there.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 15:13,
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Not really what people voted about though.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 15:31,
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If you voted to reduce bureaucracy and red tape, it kind of is though.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 15:54,
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I get the impression that there will be more not less.
Importers/exporters, having to construct our own rules and standards for goods to trade individually with countries, visa arrangements, the Irish border problem, etc.
That's before the US push us into dropping standards so they can export their shit here. Sovereignty, don't make me laugh, this country is an outpost of the US.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 16:39,
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The true cost of brexit will be hidden by Bojo
eg such as -
negotiating teams that now have to operate
new custom IT + people
Standard committees #
not to mention all the fraud (and the cost investigation) that will happen with tax/ VAT
the massive holding areas in Kent
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But isn't the reality
that there is now even more red tape to go through for a large number of businesses, hauliers etc?
I see some businesses are moving their production facilities to the continent in order to avoid it, meaning job losses in the UK
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 17:08,
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In my very small way I sometimes 'export' stuff (selling shit to forrins on the internets)
and since January my oversees sales have fallen off a cliff. Of what I sell a good 1/3 of it is returned to the courier (due to unexpected added charges) of which 0% makes its way back to me (cheaper to just destroy all trace of it than incur further costs returning the damned stuff).
There's also the small matter of there being a fucking border inside the UK now. I don't remember anyone campaigning for that.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 17:42,
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Well that sure as hell isn’t where we ended up though.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 19:38,
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"I don't know, I think the vaccination stats might disagree with you there."
Wrong!!
The Oxford vaccine was pretty much funded by the government. They pinned down the distribution of the vaccine to the UK using a contract to AZ - nothing to do with being in EU or Brexit.
If anything the government could have got the whole EU output of the oxford vaccine if was not for the fact the UK is classed as a 3rd country.
So again brexit people being misled and lied to on the real benefits of brexit (which I've still not heard of single one!!)
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This is demonstrably untrue. In early/mid 2020, *every single* remainer in politics demanded the UK sign up to the EU's vaccine scheme, they melodramatically made out it was a national disaster if we didn't. If we hadn't have left the EU, they'd still be in charge and we would unequivocally have signed up to it like every other EU country did. Our lucky escape from the EU's vaccine calamity was entirely because of Brexit.
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The point wasn’t to sign up instead of doing our own thing
It was to sign up *as well as* doing our own thing.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 21:48,
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"*every single* remainer in politics demanded the UK sign up to the EU's vaccine scheme"
smoke screen!! nothing to do with brexit tho is it??
the same contract could have been signed with AZ whether the uk was in the EU or not. Just like we had the option to join the EU with other PPE options - brexit or not. we didn't on that and failed to get any reasonable amount of PPE! that's one of many many many failures of Bojo, the vaccine roll out and procurement was one of the very few successes
Brexit in my opinion has not produce one single benefit, except if you want a united Ireland and an independent Scotland
if I'm wrong please let me know
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Why would I state the reasons that Brexit would be good for the country?
I voted remain, and I still think Brexit is a bad idea.
I just don't automatically dismiss other people's opinions on the topic out of hand, or automatically assume that because they disagree with me that they must do so because of some extremist belief.
If the remain side had had more people prepared to actually listen to the other side, rather than simply casting the opposition as vicious racists, and complacently assuming that there was no chance of the leavers winning because they're all stupid, we might have actually won.
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Feel free to air your “concerns about immigration”.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 14:59,
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One of my concerns
is that if there is less immigration, we won't be able to generate as much tax revenue or find enough people to work in the NHS.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 17:16,
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There is the seasonal work on farms problem too.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 19 Apr 2021, 17:54,
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I'm sure the Spoons lot will be happy to pick that up
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