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LeftishBrit

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15. Putin might have tried to influence it, but I don't think that was a big factor here

Sun Mar 26, 2017, 07:35 AM

Mar 2017

There has been a sizeable group of people with a tendency to use the EU as a scapegoat ever since we entered. It includes groups on both the far right and far left, but the far right have been much more influential.

Add to that that austerity has created a lot of unhappy people ripe for being presented with a scapegoat, and a lot of politicians wanting people to use anything other than themselves as a scapegoat. And that there are always a lot of older people nostalgic for their youth, and just enough of them were persuaded to associate that with the time before we joined the EU.

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Brexit protest: thousands march in London to 'unite for Europe' [View all] T_i_B Mar 2017 OP

Does anyone still want to to leave the EU over there? Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #1

Oh yes T_i_B Mar 2017 #3

The elderly? Really? That's surprising, I assumed the opposite. Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #4

Nope T_i_B Mar 2017 #5

Part of the problem is that there is a lot of propaganda that still implies that the Europaean LeftishBrit Mar 2017 #13

I firmly believe that Russia also had a hand in Brexit passing because it's one of the biggest shraby Mar 2017 #2

I'm not sure you'll find many of us who live in the UK sharing that belief. Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #6

Do you blame Murdoch / News Corp? sharedvalues Mar 2017 #7

Not just News Corp T_i_B Mar 2017 #8

Similarly in US: CNN, NBC, etc. all owned by big corps sharedvalues Mar 2017 #9

T_i_B's already answered with some of what I would have said. Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #10

Thanks for this sharedvalues Mar 2017 #11

You're welcome, Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #12

Very good summary LeftishBrit Mar 2017 #14

Putin might have tried to influence it, but I don't think that was a big factor here LeftishBrit Mar 2017 #15