I seem to be in a minority here but I don't see Brexit as a singular event. And yes, this is where I moved to more than a decade ago, it's not changed. The people who voted brexit in 2016 where the eurosceptics that scared me when I loved here in 2006.
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There's always been an element of that (particularly in the Tory party) but it was an undercurrent until a few years ago. At least, that's how I perceived it anyway - metropolitan filter bubble maybe. There has definitely been a shift in the last few years though.
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It’s not just how you perceived it. A few weeks ago there was a paper circulating about this. Five years ago British people didn’t care about Eu.
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Yes, exactly. People didn't care that much until they were told they had to.
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I disagree. I really do disagree. My experience moving to the UK (originally York) was a constant barrage of anti-EU stuff. It didn't get detected because the UK-born people have been drip fed it slowly over decades.
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What I am saying though is more nuanced than British people caring about EU. It is a set of specific steps and I noticed the media coverage before it culminated in "British people care about the EU". Specific steps need to be taken in order to turn the tide of public perception.
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The fact than many didn't notice is something I question though. Yes, maybe you all in this thread didn't notice, but I know plenty who did. They just didn't talk about it with you and don't tweet about it because of their exhaustion with this issue.
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I absolutely share this experience - despite being white. When people have mistaken me for being polish they’ve been less than welcoming, well before referendum. But that was an anti-foreign sentiment which is a different issue, albeit with considerable overlap
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Replying to @hisotalus @o_guest and
I think you may have misconstrued what I was saying or maybe I expressed myself wrong - EU was a non-issue previously in the sense that asking people about big issues facing U.K, very few considered EU an issue until Cameron brought it on the table. I don’t think anyone is
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Replying to @hisotalus @o_guest and
denying that an anti-EU sentiment existed before, it just wasn’t prevalent. People didn’t know about the Eu (they still don’t) and certainly 53% of the electorate didn’t care.
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This might be interesting/depressing to you also @Eric0Lawton — 2009!
"A Eurobarometer survey of EU citizens in 2009 showed that support for membership of the EU was lowest in the United Kingdom, alongside Latvia and Hungary.[1]:91–3" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euroscepticism_in_the_United_Kingdom …
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