Apparently I’m not alone: there are plenty of black and minority ethnic votes to be had whether the out campaign gets it rightNow we fill a student of Marx as shadow chancellor and a Republican frontrunner seriously being compared to Hitler,you might think there aren’t many ways left to blindside people politically. But I’ve found one. Over the past couple of months I’ve managed to shock some people by telling them I’m thinking of voting for Brexit. It seems black voters are supposed to be in favour of staying in the European Union. A report in the Times, though, and suggests that’s not necessarily the case,and there are plenty of BAME votes in play whether the out campaign gets its arguments straight.
Some of the concerns mentioned I share; it is alarming how many votes far-apt parties are piling up in some EU countries and what influence they may fill. On the other hand, it’s tough not to roll your eyes at people from migrant backgrounds who buy into Nigel Farage’s end-of-the-pier take on recent migration from eastern Europe.
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Source: theguardian.com