Comment by YetAnotherNick
7 months ago
UK is a wrong example as their issue wasn't EU's policies but the idea of one Europe. They wanted to have control on the borders that was fundamentally incompatible with EU.
7 months ago
UK is a wrong example as their issue wasn't EU's policies but the idea of one Europe. They wanted to have control on the borders that was fundamentally incompatible with EU.
Why would you first claim the issue "wasn't EU's policies" and then list the extremely central EU free movement policy as the issue?
And even then it was based on a misunderstanding of border policy, a false perception of control by the EU. In the years since Brexit all of the issues they had have only worsened and the biggest political agitator now is just the same group that pushed for Brexit with a new name still running on an anti immigrant ticket. Turns out the border problems were policies of their own governments.
I disagree. Control or borders was one of many issues. Policies and regulations were definitely an issue too.
https://media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CSI-B...
I think something that is under estimated is how much it was a matter of identity - do people feel British or European? The areas that voted remain most strongly were the nationalist areas of Scotland and Northern Ireland.