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When a bloke from Wigan says to @lisanandy “Look, love, it was better before we were in the EU. I remember it, you don’t,” what he's saying is he wants it to be 1970 again.
Someone should tell him that leaving the EU won't bring back chips in newspaper.
theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
Someone should tell him that leaving the EU won't bring back chips in newspaper.
theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
And what @lisanandy is saying is, the only way to prevent populists mopping up the votes of disillusioned voters is to emulate the populists - even though you know that their snake oil will only make things worse.
You can lead appeasers to history books but can't make them read.
You can lead appeasers to history books but can't make them read.
Here's an alternative hypothesis. I noticed that all the people interviewed by the Guardian were old. Could it be that many young people have moved elsewhere because the town offers them no future? If so (and I'm not saying it is), Brexit will only make it worse.
