UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

Re:UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years by albertgoeswoof on Thursday December 31, 2020 @07:26PM (#25599054)

Indeed, trade deals and international relationships are bipartisan issues, labour’s last leader was anti EU for decades. The party lines in the UK are drawn along class and aspirational values, not policy decisions- although when a referendum is called 2 sides always step out to divide up the electorate in their favour

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Re:UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years by dmje on Thursday December 31, 2020 @07:35PM (#25599144)

Agree. I'd always argue that this was broadly an anti austerity / inequality vote: people just basically pissed off with having a rubbish life voting against some notion of "authority" or "centralisation".

The sad fact is that it's exactly these people (in the Midlands, NE, those on lower wages, in rural communities, etc) who (generalising a bit, not much) voted out - these are the communities who will be hit hardest.

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Re:UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years by mjburgess on Thursday December 31, 2020 @08:01PM (#25599452)

I think this analysis has been shown to be false. This does not apply to significant majority of leavers.

It explains a minor boost on the left, not main leaver sentiment.

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