*Thread* I voted remain in 2016 and I was hugely disappointed by the result at first, seeing it as a victory for the right. But soon the cheap, condecending, and outright idiotic comments from remainers started rolling in and have continued ever since. They've changed my mind.
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I oppose the call for a second referendum on a number of grounds - as a democrat who respects the result, as an anti-fascist who doesn't want to see a resurgence of the far-right, and as someone who doesn't want to see that kind of tension in my community again.
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But if there is a second ref, not only would I vote to leave this time, I'd give my time to a left campaign for leave - the kind of campaign that's needed to take the limelight off the reactionaries who've piggybacked on popular anti-EU sentiment.
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We need a left that's confident enough to express our principles honestly, that fights to implement them and takes opportunities as they come, not one that expends our energy desperately defending pseudo-progressive (ie neoliberal) scraps, as if these are the best we can do.
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That kind of confidence and ambition, drawn from the knowledge that we represent the interests of our class, is how the left can win a socialist government and a Brexit that benefits workers.
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Now this is the most disgusting and dishonest thing you tweeted. You know why the EU is pushing these anti-immigrant policies? Because of YOU! Because of Brexiteers like yourself. The supporters of Brexit get into bed with Marine Le Pen, Victor Orban and the AFD
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It is ALL about hating immigrants. They are empowered by your Brexit, by people like you, to keep out the immigrants ESPECIALLY POC and muslims, because that is a cornerstone of their hatred and their movement
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THIS is the face of Brexit you support. This nazi invoking message right herepic.twitter.com/rHUxsVwUpz
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This is what Brexit is, how they campaigned and what you support. Beware the brown people! Beware the Muslim! Evil foreigners! Especially POC!pic.twitter.com/890rw265qb
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How dare you sit there and be angry with the EU for putting up walls and limits when you are here championing those who pushed for them in first place, who constantly feed the hatredpic.twitter.com/V1f9j8i651
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You whine about Remain voters and push the "elite" lie and then crawl in bed with Farage and Johnson and Orban and Le Penn. The dishonesty and the hypocrisy is disgusting in how blatant it is. I hope you are a Russian bot, at least then you'd have a reason for peddling these lies
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This is why 1 in 3 Brexit voters was BAME. They wanted equal opportunities for immigration. The EUs FoM is an inherently racist system that prioritise low skilled white workers over highly skilled BAME workers.
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Bigoted And Middle-Aged? ;) "So let's wreck the country because how dare some other nationalities who happen to be majority white because Europe have an easier time getting into the UK than us. Never mind it won't make anything better for us and nor will the economy crash."
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BAME stands for Black & Minority Ethnic. A lot of people just wanted a fairer opportunity to come to the UK. Many see it as completely unfair that low skilled European workers are able to come here without visa but highly skilled surgeons from the rest of the world cannot.
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Thing is, immigration system will never b fairer 4 BAME. If any1 has known the immigration system over the years, they would’ve known that immigration has tightened 4 them. Look at how the Windrush generation were treated. Look at the proposed immigration white paper. FoM is not
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racist as anyone regardless of race can work, live or study in the other European countries IF they’re British citizens.
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You've missed a beat here. BAME people want fairer immigration so their families can have equal opportunity to come to the UK. Whether or not British Citize s can go to Europe is irrelevant to the fact EU citizens have prioritised immigration versus the rest of the world.
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I haven’t missed any point. What they wanted isn’t what they’ll get. Ending FoM will not make immigration fairer towards them. It’ll only make it worse. Instead, the rights of their children or family already here as Brit citz, are being limited as FoM affects them more than EU
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citz. I’m a BAME person myself & I spoke with others who supported Leave 4 the same reason as u said. I have a Jamaican friend who’s been here 4 over 10 years, has had 2 kids, worked/studied throughout her time here & still doesn’t have ILR. Instead the cost 4 their visas has
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I live very happily in Bow, London. Most of my lovely neighbours are Bangladeshi or Pakistani, are they white? Been to Paris lately?
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