• TheHalc@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Because it’s toxic for the type of brexiteers who objected to the EU because it meant there were more foreigners in the country. Even “worse”, these people will mostly be visible minorities.

    This is a crucial constituency for the Conservative party.

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      People were warned in the run up that we’d have to bring in workers from somewhere and if not the EU then probably the commonwealth. I personally wasn’t bothered as I feel more kinship with West Indians and Indians than most people in the EU based on my life experience.

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      1 year ago

      This is a crucial constituency for the Conservative party.

      Exactly. And let’s not also forget the Labour majority in the red wall that voted for Brexit. Equally abhorrent.