BREXIT
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 171
If you voted for reasons other than the lies that were bandied about by Vote Brexit, then that is OK by me. Those that believed the lies were just morons and fu


I hope you did not supported the lies that Vote Brexit peddled, to get the result you wanted.
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: uk
Age: 63
Posts: 59
Moron might not be the most appropriate word but, it is a known and documented fact that the more educated you are the less likely you were to vote leave, the less educated you are, the most likely you were to vote leave.
Brexit voting and education | The Stats Guy
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...attainment-uk/
votes by social class and age band in the above link is quite interesting too... Not criticising or blaming the Leave voters, just a constat of the situation and frustration at seeing that ignorance, old and narrow minded people outnumber the young, educated and open minded ones... That's what democracy is all about so now, we have to live with it until the next U turn...
Brexit voting and education | The Stats Guy
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...attainment-uk/
votes by social class and age band in the above link is quite interesting too... Not criticising or blaming the Leave voters, just a constat of the situation and frustration at seeing that ignorance, old and narrow minded people outnumber the young, educated and open minded ones... That's what democracy is all about so now, we have to live with it until the next U turn...
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: inv
Posts: 321
Moron might not be the most appropriate word but, it is a known and documented fact that the more educated you are the less likely you were to vote leave, the less educated you are, the most likely you were to vote leave.
Brexit voting and education | The Stats Guy
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...attainment-uk/
votes by social class and age band in the above link is quite interesting too... Not criticising or blaming the Leave voters, just a constat of the situation and frustration at seeing that ignorance, old and narrow minded people outnumber the young, educated and open minded ones... That's what democracy is all about so now, we have to live with it until the next U turn...
Brexit voting and education | The Stats Guy
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...attainment-uk/
votes by social class and age band in the above link is quite interesting too... Not criticising or blaming the Leave voters, just a constat of the situation and frustration at seeing that ignorance, old and narrow minded people outnumber the young, educated and open minded ones... That's what democracy is all about so now, we have to live with it until the next U turn...
Not so sure about that my uncle has a double first from Cambridge and is a hard core Brexiter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: inv
Posts: 321
About 70, but my father is 75 with a first and second from Cambridge and is very much a remainer as is my mother who is 78 with a first from Oxford (maybe that's why the marriage did not last) also my wife who has learning difficulties along with my dyslexic daughter and both sons one with sever learning difficulties, myself with only a collage education and my brother and his wife who are university educated are all hard core remain.
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Northampton
Posts: 520
Moron might not be the most appropriate word but, it is a known and documented fact that the more educated you are the less likely you were to vote leave, the less educated you are, the most likely you were to vote leave.
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 171
There were a number of reasons why someone would vote leave, not just the lies that Vote BREXIT peddled
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: uk
Age: 63
Posts: 59
???? Then, may be, (but I might not be right as I do not have your impressive CV, being low hours on turbine helicopter!), you probably are one of the 26% with a degree who voted to leave? I never said every Leave voter was uneducated, I just provided and commented a chart...
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 5,645
Moron might not be the most appropriate word but, it is a known and documented fact that the more educated you are the less likely you were to vote leave, the less educated you are, the most likely you were to vote leave.
Brexit voting and education | The Stats Guy
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...attainment-uk/
votes by social class and age band in the above link is quite interesting too... Not criticising or blaming the Leave voters, just a constat of the situation and frustration at seeing that ignorance, old and narrow minded people outnumber the young, educated and open minded ones... That's what democracy is all about so now, we have to live with it until the next U turn...
Brexit voting and education | The Stats Guy
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...attainment-uk/
votes by social class and age band in the above link is quite interesting too... Not criticising or blaming the Leave voters, just a constat of the situation and frustration at seeing that ignorance, old and narrow minded people outnumber the young, educated and open minded ones... That's what democracy is all about so now, we have to live with it until the next U turn...
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sweden
Posts: 431
I will be 53 years old next month and I am a staunch Remainer.
Whilst I may not have darkened the door of a university (other than to attend my wife’s graduation as a medical doctor) I do understand enough about statistical probability to realize that just because I am statistically more likely to be a Brexit supporter, it does not mean that I am preordained to be one...
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Northampton
Posts: 520
I am from a working class background. There was no way a university education was ever on the cards for me due to the finances of my family. I chose to leave school at 16 with a handful of O-grades and joined the RAF. I trained as a technician
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sweden
Posts: 431
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Southwold
Age: 68
Posts: 58
It would be interesting to know the thinking of those who still prefer Leave. I can easily understand how they got to 52% but I can also see how the roughly 15% swing in the other direction in the last four years has come about. So my question to those who still prefer Leave is this : Do you now accept that you chose the worse option taking into regard the generally poorer economic outcome of your choice? And secondly, if you do, what in your opinion is the main advantage(s) of that choice?
I ask this because, try as I might, I really cannot see any advantage now, apart from possibly if you are a currency speculator or hedge fund manager intending to use the impending chaos to make money.
I ask this because, try as I might, I really cannot see any advantage now, apart from possibly if you are a currency speculator or hedge fund manager intending to use the impending chaos to make money.
Thought police antagonist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Where I always have been...firmly in the real world
Posts: 55
As Halton is getting a mention, ex Halton and a passionate remainer. Actually, it was two Gov't funded holidays in Germany that opened my eyes and mind to mainland Europe.
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sweden
Posts: 431
In my case it was my post RAF experiences that made me more outward looking. A 5 year stint in Australia, followed by several years contracting.
Having experienced living and working in Germany, France, Luxembourg, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Norway with no hindrance whatsoever I really cannot see any logical reason or practical advantage to pursuing Brexit.
Having experienced living and working in Germany, France, Luxembourg, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Norway with no hindrance whatsoever I really cannot see any logical reason or practical advantage to pursuing Brexit.
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Carlisle
Posts: 6
if you do, what in your opinion is the main advantage(s) of that choice?
Dare I say it, it appears that at the moment we are told that the Government is powerless to stem the boat loads of uninvited visitors running up the beaches at Lydd, but after next January we might be in a position to change the situation.
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: England
Posts: 356