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The politics of anger
Many Brexiteers built their campaign on optimism. Outside the European Union, Britain would be free to open up to the world. But what secured their victory was anger. Anger stirred up a winning turnout in the depressed, down-at-heel cities of England (see article). Anger at immigration, globalisation, social liberalism and even feminism, polling shows, translated into a vote to reject the EU. As if victory were a licence to spread hatred, anger has since lashed Britain’s streets with an outburst of racist abuse.
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"Brexit risks becoming just the start of an unravelling of globalisation and the prosperity it has created." LOL
Wrong on so many levels. One can not blame proponents of Brexit for opposing the laughable edicts from Brussels. These Brits merely want their sovereignty back. Stop the nonsense, name calling/pejoratives.
The elder population carried the day, those who remembered Great Britain.