Originally Posted by
Davystayn
People voted for Brexit due to immigration, basically. Not having control of own borders and the population increase since 1997 (running at 300,000+ net increase a year), the need to build hundreds of thousands of houses every year endlessly in a small island, building on formerly protected green belt - all this was whipped up by Farage and elements of the press for years.
The EU was the target for this feeling of helplessness at these population increases due to freedom of movement. It is a fairly basic blood and soil reasoning, small minded mentality rather than harking back to empire as many say it is.
The fact that most of the mainstream media see this thinking is racist and illiberal has helped propagate the sense of chaos in the last 4 years,.
It is shame really, media and press on both sides have a lot of responsibility
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