I am amazed - really quite amazed - at some of the Brexit opinions I am reading here on DU

[LeftishBrit]

59. There wasn't an EU at that time, so it was hardly a case of England choosing isolation

There were a few years when the Common Market existed, and England was excluded. But when most other countries weren't in it either, we weren't off on our own in isolation.

Part of the problem IMO is that many parts of England ARE worse off than in the early 70s; but it isn't because they were screwed by the EU; it's because they were screwed by Thatcherism. And the most neo-Thatcherite of our politicians and media types managed to persuade just enough people to blame the EU and the immigrants, rather than Thatcherism.


The worst IMO is not that we're out of the EU as such. That's a very bad thing, especially under current economic circumstances, but no doubt we could muddle our way through to compensating to some extent. The worst is that we've given our country on a silver platter to our worst right-wing demagogues.

I despair at times.

Please, Americans, don't make the same mistake in November.