A Brexit thread for old time's sakes

[jon1959]

I have yet to speak to a Brexit supporter who didn't show themselves up as anything other than xenophobic, ideological wankers within 2 minutes.

Interesting. I have spoken to dozens if not hundreds of Brexit supporters and very few of them have shown up as you describe. A few, but not many. Maybe I just live in the wrong place?

They have all sorts of reasons for voting Brexit - with 1970s opposition to the Common Market and frustration with what they have been told is a global/Brussels elite shafting working class communities at the top of the list. Some also fell for the NHS lie on the side of the bus. Hardly any of them came across as racist or xenophobic, and a lot despised Farage, Gove and Johnson. I would describe most of the Brexiteers I have spoken to in recent years as 'Dennis Skinner Leavers'.

I voted Remain.