The issues they have with the EU seem genuine, and there doesn’t seem to be a path to addressing them from within.
Yes, it is an emotional thing. My mum & dad voted leave. It was all abt nostalgia for a past that is gone.
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"We did fine before the EU! We were thriving & more successful & more powerful!" Yes, we had an empire. It's gone now
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Husband & two best friends voted leave due to fears abt mass immigration & catching the 'Islamisation of Europe.'
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Reduced issue to 'Remain means become Muslim majority. Stay culturally Christian non-religious.' Erm...
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Right! Exactly so. And both sides exclude the middle. But no one on the pro-EU side was even willing to mention it.
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Yes! Big themes again. Anti-nationalist, globalist, anti-racist, remain = good person. Leave = bigot.
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That, yes. I can see some of the immigration issue as well. Germany is facing serious long-term troubles. >
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> And at the time, *any* concern about it was brushed aside as some sort of bigotry. (which also exists, of course)
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Oh, I know why ppl are going for extreme, nationalist populist solutions. The left bears much blame for that.
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It seems to me, from way over here, that there’s an opening for someone to claim the excluded middle and win big.
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@gregstevensWhat if Party X said ‘we want to address these Leave issues, with this plan that keeps Britain in the EU’? Possible?
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Last year, yes. Too polarised now. Like a party popping up & saying 'actually Trump/Clinton aren't only options...'
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Ach. Fair enough. This is where my view from across the pond is letting me down.
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Democracy will play out. I think we both just have to hope for minimal damage & a chance to change minds later & fix things.
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