[–] flat_hedgehog 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago
I'm a 25yo female Brit and I voted Leave. I won't encapsulate everything but here is a rough version.
The EU holds up the "single market". It means freedom of goods, services and capital but also freedom of movement. In practice, it meant that millions of people from poorer countries (mostly Eastern Europe) came to live and work in the UK. Nice hard-working people I'm sure, but it had terrible effects in this country. The unlimited pool of unskilled labour meant that wages for working-class people haven't risen in the past 10 years. You're a qualified plumber who wants to charge £20/hour? Tough luck, a plumber from Hungary or Poland will do it for £10/hour.
These migrants were allowed to bring spouses, children, etc. So schools become over-crowded, it puts a strain on our National Health Service, GP surgeries, public transport etc. Rents in places like London rose due to high demand for places to live. Combined with a lack of wage growth, a lot of my colleagues currently spend half their income on rent and bills. Higher if you want a nice place to live.
There is also the sovereignty issue. The EU has repeated over-ruled our attempts to deport terrorists and criminals and the like. Merkel seems to think that she can boss all the other countries in the UK.
[–] flat_hedgehog 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Definitely. Big business and the rich elite everywhere like immigration because they benefit from the large pool of cheap labour. The rest of us suffer wage stagnation.
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[–] flat_hedgehog 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
It only went on as long as it did because getting a referendum was very difficult. It took Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, 25 years of campaigning. David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party and the current Prime Minister, only promised the referendum to stop massive defections of his voters and his MPs to UKIP. He gambled and lost but his hand was forced.
[–] Cb404 2 points 9 points 11 points (+11|-2) ago (edited ago)
Germany once again went to war with the world. This time instead of military might, thorough pasification and mass migration.
"If you build it , they will come"
Merkel was inspired by field of dreams. She is a huge Costner fan , hoping to recreate the environment of Water World and the Postman across Europe
[–] Pwning4Ever 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Its important to note that Merkel initially opposed multiculturalism and said its a failed experiment.
But she got bribed or blackmailed or anything, who knows.
[–] gregorypeckerwood 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Once a Communist, always a Communist
[–] Ben77 2 points 8 points 10 points (+10|-2) ago
One point not yet mentioned:
The remain camp used some absolutely despicable tactics, including fearmongering, outright lies, rich liberal celebs patronisingly lecturing people on subjects they have no idea about themselves, threats of a 'punishment' budget if we left, and trying to make political capital from the murder of a young female MP.
Just as has happened in the USA with Trump, these tactics made a lot of people even more determined to give the establishment a bloody nose.
The fallout is spectacular; The PM resigned, The Chancellor of The Exchequer (once one of the most popular politicians in the country for his initial deft handling of Labours destruction of the economy) has destroyed his career thanks to aforementioned budget threat, and the Labour party is on the brink of all out civil war (probably the Tories too if truth be told)
[–] flat_hedgehog 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
Well mentioned. The Thames flotilla battle summed it up perfectly. Nigel Farage led a group of fishermen up the Thames in boats to protest EU fishing quotas that destroy their livelihoods. Bob Geldolf and a bunch of students turn up on a speedboat, shout abuse and raise two fingers at the fishermen. You could taste the contempt for working people.
[–] 5620068? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Why, well I don't know much, but those who want to leave want to because they don't want immigration and/or want to stop the control the EU has over the UK(which isn't that much, it is one of the most important members and they accept the treaties they want, but whatever). Also, they probably don't want to support the rest of the EU(Eastern Europe, Greece, etc.)
It's quite possible that the UK economy will not be able to recover from this blow in our lifetimes. The second-order effects of Brexit are likely to be horrifying.
[–] remixedcat ago
The only ones that are "suffering" from the exit are trilateral commission members and bilderberg members and the like... The rest are going to be fine.
The TC and BB members own the media and they are manipulating people to go along with their plans and people should not let themselves and their families, etc be swayed by the elite and media.
[–] 5619555? 0 points 30 points 30 points (+30|-0) ago
Different reasons but the short version would be this:
Two years ago a lot of people were happy to be called European, but nowadays the EU is being hated on. If the EU would have the balls to have a referendum in every single country then a lot of countries would probably leave the EU.