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I am going to start a thread. Quite a few people have asked me why I voted to leave the EU. Although I don't feel like I have to explain myself there are a couple of things I think people fail to acknowledge about the #Brexit vote.
Over 30% of Labour voters voted to leave and about 20% of Green party voters did the same. Not all leave voters are UKIP or even remotely right wing. I am a Labour voter and sit firmly on the left of the political spectrum. #Brexit
Nobody knew what would happen if we voted to leave the EU. There was so much nonsense, from both sides, that it was virtually impossible to be "well informed" about #Brexit
Right or wrong here are some of my reasons for voting for #Brexit
FMOP. I was actually of the opinion that FMOP was actually the Free Movement of Cheap Labour and that it was driving down wages across Europe. I now actually realise that this is more down to business taking advantage of migrant workers and that my blame was misdirected.
FMOP like it or not does add extra strain to public services (try getting an appointment at the quacks). Or that's what I thought. It took me a while to realise that this strain has been caused by years of under funding by successive governments.
Jeremy Corbyn. After years of disillusionment with politics I like what Jeremy Corbyn stands for. He's a well known eurosceptic so that was good enough for me. Now I realise even good people can be wrong.
Echo chambers. Once I started to lean towards leaving I found that I tended to end up reading more & more negative stories about the EU. Social media can be very good at confirming bias without you realising that this is what is happening.
My most embarrassing reason but I think if leave voters are honest they may agree. Protest vote. Cameron & Osborne were poisonous to the remain campaign. After years of austerity and watching the way they treat vulnerable and poor people I couldn't bring myself to side with them.
The #Brexit vote was a conservative indulgence and the Tories got nearly all the coverage in the run up to the vote. You could vote with Cameron and Osborne who were forcing austerity on to people or you could vote with BoJo who seemed like a harmless buffoon. Little did we know.
One more thing. I was absolutely 100% convinced that we wouldn't leave (even if we won the vote). I thought the EU would make some concessions and that a deal would be struck to keep us in.
