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I think people underestimate Brexiteer fears of foreigners. Unless you live as a person with an accent like myself in this country you have no idea how many people look away or call you love in a patronising way. English are v adept at the double entente and overt hostility.
20 yrs ago it used to be open curiosity or just acceptance. In France I was constantly interrogated where I was coming from. Here no one batted an eyelid, maybe out of politeness. But I felt I could blend in, people didn’t care who I was, where my accent was from.
Now one can see and most importantly feel a change. Often impossible to exactly point it out but there is a market change in the temperature in the air.
