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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Replying to @HPluckrose @gregstevens
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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Replying to @SaintTzu @gregstevens
Oh, I know why ppl are going for extreme, nationalist populist solutions. The left bears much blame for that.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @gregstevens
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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Replying to @SaintTzu @HPluckrose
@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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Replying to @SaintTzu
Last year, yes. Too polarised now. Like a party popping up & saying 'actually Trump/Clinton aren't only options...'
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Ach. Fair enough. This is where my view from across the pond is letting me down.
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Replying to @SaintTzu
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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Replying to @HPluckrose
I might be slightly more hopeful than that. I’m hoping both our politics and our institutions come out of this a bit smarter.
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Yes, learning lessons without irreparable damage done in the meantime.
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