Why the left voted to Leave the EU

Why the left voted to Leave the EU

The votes came in during Thursday night, and the world woke up to shock on Friday morning. The UK had voted to leave the EU.

There is no denying that the voting was very close with 51.9% people voting to leave and 48.1% of UK citizens voting to stay.

This map of the UK on the BBC news site shows the breakdown of the vote.

There is also no denying that the UK is now very split because of the decision. Apart from London, the cosmopolitan city of the world where a hundred nations have their own "China Town" areas, the rest of England voted to leave in strong numbers.

Wales also overwhelmingly voted to leave, but Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to stay. This is obviously going to cause many further issues with the SNP already calling for another referendum on leaving the UK.

We could be seeing the breakup of the UK and maybe even the EU with many other nations wanting their own vote to leave the EU.

However despite the issues many people will be wondering why so many people on the left side of politics voted to leave the EU.

We already knew that huge swathes of right wing Tories and UKIP supporters have been waiting for years for a chance to vote to leave the EU, but lots of you will be wondering why so many left wing and Labour voters chose to also vote to leave the EU.

Isn't the left supposed to be all for the EU, and the social aspects of a Europe. An area where we all are one people on the same continent, working and living where we want, and having our rights protected on a European level?

Well this video might help you understand why left wing voters decided to support a BREXIT.

It's a talk by Mark Blyth a professor of Political Economy at Brown University.

In the video he talks about the BREXIT vote and the ramifications for the ‎UK and ‎Europe.

He also considers the current situation in ‎Greece and the long run effects of what he calls "Trampism".

It is well worth watching if you are wondering why people voted to leave from the left.



So did that video help you understand why the left voted to leave the EU?

Remember, the Blairites are not real left wingers and their opportunistic attack on Jeremy Corbyn just proves that fact.

Labour is supposed to be the party of the workers but many of the poor white working class Labour voters have been the people to suffer worst from globalism and "free trade", a system where prices and wages are pressured downwards to the lowest level.

You could be having your job threatened by workers from the Eastern European countries who are willing to work for less than you.

Or you could be waiting long times for doctors appointments due to the large number of people needing the services and not enough GP's and consultants to handle the pressures.

Or you see successive right wing (Blairite and Tory) Governments not funding our public services to the right levels, or building enough council houses.

If so then you are going to be angry and pissed off.

Who are you going to blame?

Well many people on the right have blamed the migrants but many on the left blame the establishment and the constant push towards globalism.

The UK government, Blairites, the EU and all the other globalist entities including the worldwide corporations who benefit from cheap labour and their ability to base companies in cheap tax havens, are the ones who have been the ire of many on the left.

These people are not racist they are just suffering, and they see the EU and other global forces and ideas such as the TTIP trade agreement. 

This is one agreement which we are now hopefully out of due to it being agreed on an EU / US level. 

The forces who want TTIP have helped push countries to offshore their jobs to lower wage countries and allow cheap labour to flood into the UK. These are all globalist plans which have hurt so many poor unskilled, skilled and even professional workers.

So hopefully that video will help you understand why many on the left wing voted for BREXIT and it may even make you think that it was the right decision.

Let me know in the new poll at the top of the page,

68% of you voted to leave in the last poll so that may tell you something about the division in the country over the EU referendum vote. It's definitely a country split down the middle on the EU.

However now we have left you many have changed your mind about your decision.

Put your mouse where your heart is and tell me what you think.

The Great Intelligence Squared Brexit Debate

The Great Intelligence Squared Brexit Debate

This is debate between pro-remain campaigner Nick Clegg who has actually worked in Europe and a Labour MP, Gisela Stuart who heads up the Vote Leave campaign. The debate also contained 3 special experts on the economy, law and immigration plus a "Fact Checker", who is on hand to call out any BS arguments made by the panel.

The blurb on the video says:

In this major debate, we hosted former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, who has long supported further European integration. Against him was Gisela Stuart, the Labour MP and chair of Vote Leave. No ‘little Englander’, she argued that BREXIT is the progressive choice. But this was a debate with a difference. As well as our two main advocates, there were three special experts – who shared the findings of their research on the economy, law and immigration.

In addition, there was a professional fact checker from Full Fact, an independent factchecking charity, who was on hand to resolve any disputed claim at the click of a button.

Did you find having a "Fact Checker" on hand during the debate helpful to clear up any bad arguments made by Nick or Gisela?

Are you going to cast your vote based on facts or emotions?

Would you consider yourself a little Englander for wanting to vote leave and if you want to stay does that mean you are 100% behind a Federal Europe or do you think it can be reformed from within so late in the day?

Why Vote To Leave The EU - The Basics

Why Vote To Leave The EU - The Basics

The basics of why we should leave the EU.

The video explains why we should leave from our joining of the EEC NOT the EU, our lack of power in the EU, our security and NATO membership and our economy.

BREXIT - The Day After

BREXIT - The Day After

This video discusses the "day after BREXIT", for the English.

Would the City of London still be the Financial Centre of the world, would the EU then integrate further, would the British economy suffer?

It looks at trade, prices, politics, jobs and the daily life on both sides of the channel?

One commentator says "it's one of the most stupid decisions of the 21st century", and bad news for the English and the European continent.

The panel is made up of a pro leave campaigner, a German politician and someone in the centre.



A balanced discussion on the EU referendum and the possible ramifications of leaving the EU?

Professor Patrick Minford on Economic Benefits to leaving the EU

Professor Patrick Minford on Economic Benefits to leaving the EU

Here is an economist, Professor Patrick Minford, talking about the costs and benefits of the EU to a Government Select Committee.

Here he discusses trade tariffs and agreements that will be signed with the EU and how the EU will have to sign agreements with us because they sell us so many goods such as German cars, French farm produce and so on.

It is an interesting talk by an economist you should listen to when thinking about the economic downsides or benefits to leaving or staying in the EU.


After watching the video has he changed your opinion or do you feel he is biased towards the BREXIT leave campaign?

Some Points To Think About - BREXIT

Some Points To Think About - BREXIT

As you consider whether to vote yes to leaving the EU or no and staying within it have you thought about all the consequences?

Here are a few points to consider which people bring up all the time when debating BREXIT.

• The economic benefits or pitfalls of leaving. How much will it hurt your wallet or will you actually have more money if we leave the EU?
• The democratic decision making that lets laws that affect us come from the EU. The most democratic part of the EU, the EU parliament which we vote our MEP's to, is the least powerful part of the EU. Major decisions are made in the Council of Ministers or the EU Commission.
• What really are the pro's and cons of being able to control our own borders. Maybe we will stop some migrants that shouldn't be allowed in the country but will France just wave them onto the Eurostar if we leave?
• Would still have to pay the EU money to be part of the free market as Norway and Switzerland do. This is a major claim of the BREXIT campaigners that we just want a free market and none of the EU super state excess. However there maybe a cost to this and the EU countries may decide we would have to pay to access this market. Do we really have enough countries outside the block to sell our goods to. Can we really make reciprocal arrangements with hundreds of countries or is the benefit of having a single trading block that we deal with more important.
• What will happen to ex pats living abroad in Spain and other EU countries. Will they have to go and get Visa's and re-apply for citizenship? If we kick out people that shouldn't be here will other countries respond in kind.
• Would an Australian points style system benefit us or would you miss your cheap £10 car wash and valet at the local garage by the Polish workers running around like bee's for a pittance. Would they be able to get into the county if we had a points style system?
• What about NHS workers, cleaners and manual workers that we all depend on. Will they be able to stay in the UK?
• Are benefits really the biggest issue? We spent a trillion pounds in the last decade on wars in Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan. That money could easily pay for the hole in the pension pot and any benefits we desire. Remember it wasn't the poorest people who caused the economic collapse it was the Bankers. How our taxes are spent should be up for debate and the EU plays a very small part in that when you look at the big picture.
• If we leave the EU we will still be handing over our banking transaction details (SWIFT) to the USA as we currently do through the EU. GCHQ is the NSA's foothold in Europe, would we lose out on invaluable security information or would the flow of data to and from the USA remain the same?
• Can we honestly believe a Tory Bill of Rights to replace the Human Rights Act (which the Tories created after World War II) would be worth the paper it was written on. They promised us a rollback of Labour police state policies when they were in coalition with the Lib Dem's who had proposed their own Freedom Bill. However when the combined bill came out it was watered down so much the only important part was the stopping of private car parks to clamp your cars. Compare the original Lib Dem's bill to what we got. Would a Bill of Rights be a new version of the American Bill or a watered down version that gives parliament and corporations more power over us?

These are just a few points to consider. 

Please add your own in the comment box.

President Obama says we should stay in the EU

What do you think about Obama telling us to stay in the EU?

Does the US President have any right to tell us whether or not to leave the EU?

How would the USA respond if the British told them to open their borders with Mexico and allow free movement of people both ways?

They would probably tell us to Fxxk off it's none of our business.

Is it any of the Americans business whether we leave the EU or not?



How do you think the Americans would respond to us telling them what to do politically?

Does the special relationship go both ways or is it just a one way street for the US to get the UK to help them out in their wars and illegal spying?

They have Obama we have Australia - Australian MP stand up for BREXIT

Australian MP Defends BREXIT campaign

This is a video of an Australian MP discussing the BREXIT campaign and saying the UK should leave the EU to become more prosperous.



What do you think about an Australian MP telling us in the UK what to do?

Does it counter balance US President Obama saying we should stay in the EU?