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Originally Posted by Pierre
I very much doubt “economics” came into it. The disenfranchised areas in the midlands, North and also in other areas around the country. That have seen through membership of the EU and the 4 freedoms seen manufacturing plants moved to Europe and Eastern Europe. migration issues.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...dustries---an/
http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2016/06...d%27s+Diary%29
https://independencedaily.co.uk/the-...oh-no-it-isnt/
And i’m Painfully aware that with any anti-EU article, there is a pro-EU article that can debunk it and vice-Versa.
However, certain areas have seen a massive decline, New Labour with Blair forcing through the Lisbon Treaty and not implementing controls ( that were available) on immigration, and generally ignoring their heartlands in these areas so much so that the BNP got a foothold.
New Labour embraced the Westminster bubble
Labour didn’t save this.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...1600-jobs.html
But criticised Tories when it eventually went under.
The days when Northerners would hang monkeys and blindly vote for any knob wearing a red rosette are happily over. |
Thanks for this insight which also doesn’t answer the question. Unless your answer was xenophobia I suppose.