,
7 tweets,
2 min read
Read on Twitter
Labour tanked in the north east because it offered no clarity over Brexit, not because notherners are ‘angry leavers’ | The Independent independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-…
There was a rejection of ambiguity in Barnsley where there as a 17.3 % swing to the LD. There was a rejection of ambiguity in Sunderland where there was a 13.4%swing to the Liberal Democrats. There was a rejection of ambiguity in Wirral where there was a 11.1% swing to the Greens
A majority of people in 96 per cent of constituencies in the north now back a people's vote. 75 per cent of Labour voters in the party’s heartlands – the north and the Midlands – now back a people's vote and 76 per cent now supporting remaining in the EU.
”So why is the fact that voter patterns are shifting support to Remain or Final Say referendum parties a surprise? In truth, it is because of two things: caricatures and clarity.”
Journalists and commentators have turned to outdated caricatures of the North.
Journalists and commentators have turned to outdated caricatures of the North.
“Despite polling results showing the contrary, the north of England continues to be portrayed as a homogenous mass of angry leavers. At every available opportunity it has been used by journalists to fit a pre-determined narrative not the present-day reality.”
“Maybe the north east, to an area where some of the £425m is being invested by the European Union to help address economic decline caused by Conservative austerity, and ask them why are they now choosing to remain?”
“They could apologise for confusing anger with determination and the belief in better. Or perhaps for using them to portray your agenda and not theirs.”
Too. Damn. Right.
Too. Damn. Right.
