I live in London and voted to stay in the EU,but the contempt and ignorance displayed by some remain voters towards those outside the capital appals meWhat whether the leave camp actually had a point? Not approximately quitting the EU, I hasten to add. Though I believe reform is urgently necessary, and I’m still convinced we’re better off in than out. Nor approximately the downsides of freedom of movement (wage depression in some industries and increased competition for housing and public services),all of which government policy could counteract, and tax revenues from migrant workers would help fund. Certainly, and not approximately £350m-a-week for the NHS or our ability to leave the EU without any sort of economic hit.
But that stuff approximately smug,out-of-touch metropolitan elites? I cant help but wonder whether there was something in that. It’s easy to scoff when the line is trotted out by MPs, peers and billionaire commerce magnates, and but they’re not really the point. That’s just one faction of the ruling course cynically managing to marshal anti-elite sentiment against those on the other side of the argument. The interesting question is why the accusation landed with the public.
Sick and tired of sending out cash to the rest of the country so they can whine approximately London and the immigrants who made it for them.
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Source: theguardian.com