Lessons from Brexit
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Just ahead of the referendum on whether to Remain or Leave the European Union (EU) last Thursday, no one seemed to take the murder of MP Jo Cox as an indication that a majority of the British public wanted to part ways with the EU. The tragic death of Cox, who had persistently campaigned for Remain, caused a wave of grief, particularly in her constituencies of Batley and Spen in West Yorkshire. The sober atmosphere, however, changed as soon as voting began.
The anti-EU and anti-immigrant sentiments are generally more pronounced outside of London, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the larger cities. Nigel Farage, an ardent anti-EU leader of the UK Independent Party, summed up the mood following the voting by saying that the public had chosen 'without a single bullet fired'.
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Just ahead of the referendum on whether to Remain or Leave the European Union (EU) last Thursday, no one seemed to take the murder of MP Jo Cox as an indication that a majority of the British public wanted to part ways with the EU. The tragic death of Cox, who had persistently campaigned for Remain, caused a wave of grief, particularly in her constituencies of Batley and Spen in West Yorkshire. The sober atmosphere, however, changed as soon as vo
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