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The Truth About Brexit and Xenophobia
The push to leave the European Union was never about anything but immigration
Despite the government’s statements, it is clear now that everyone who has any knowledge or expertise about pretty well anything agrees that Brexit will make the U.K. worse off. Even the government’s own research reaches this conclusion. The tech sector, the music industry, the games industry, the car industry—all of them, and more, are expressing serious concerns about the economic impact of Brexit.
“Control over borders” is just a euphemism for controlling immigration. And “controlling immigration” is just a euphemism for xenophobia and racism.
Theresa May has fallen back on claiming that her deal will give the U.K. control over its borders, which is “what the British people voted for,” she says. The rest of what she says is waffle, empty verbiage, or just untrue. We have now finally reached the truth about Brexit: It is about our borders, nothing else. “Control over borders” is just a euphemism for controlling immigration. And “controlling immigration” is just a euphemism for xenophobia and racism.
Brexit is about stopping foreigners from coming here. It is a populist agenda…
