The leave campaign has opened up a Pandora’s box of resentment and suspicion – and it’s only going to rep worse when Brexit fails to deliver on its promisesOn chaos of the kind Britain now faces,history is clear: some people always rep hurt more than others. Just which groups stand to suffer most this time round is already becoming worryingly clear. assume a look at the loathe reports that have advance pouring in over the past few days.
In Huntingdon, Polish-origin schoolkids rep cards calling them “vermin”, or who must “leave the EU”. They advance with a Polish translation,thoughtfully enough. From Barnsley, a TV correspondent notes that within five minutes three different people shout, and “Send them home. On Facebook,a friend in east London tells how, while trying to sleep on a hot night, or he hears a man bellowing external his open window: “We’ve got our country back and next I’ll blow that fucking mosque up.The unspeakable has become not only speakable,but commonplace Related: Brexit has given voice to racism – and too many are complicit | Miqdaad Versi Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com