As a university educated young woman, I would like to believe I can keep an open mind until weighing up all the facts and objectively working out what is best for myself and for the rest of the world. However, in this particular political decision, I really struggled to see both sides and ignore the ignorance and stupidity of some of the arguments the leave campaign broadcast. Let me give you one of the millions of examples of this misleading argument. "We send the EU £350 million: let's fund our NHS instead." Well, Boris/Nigel, you have most certainly misled the public with that one!
#1 no attention has been paid to the amount of money that we get back from the EU - significantly more than the amount we put into it.
#2 the same day the results were announced in favour of leaving the EU, Nigel Farage himself stated that this money would not be going back into the NHS at all, and in fact it is unlikely that the NHS would improve at all through leaving the EU. Brilliant, well done on false information.
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Another example of this campaign being flawed, is the racism attached to it. I read the other day a quote that I think sums it up perfectly "I am not saying that all Brexit supporters are racist, but I am adamant that all racists are Brexit supporters". The disgusting behaviour that has followed this campaign can be see in every news headline possible, because ignorant and uneducated idiots think we are "getting our country back" by "chucking out all the immigrants". Again, idiotic comments from misinformed and uneducated individuals.
Photo Credit: The Independent
Aside from the campaign, the point I am trying to make is there was no campaign necessary. The [vast majority] of people who voted for Britain to exit did not need a campaign, and instead made an, in my opinion, huge misjudgement based on racist agendas.
The unfortunate reality is that the towns and cities that voted to remain [aside from Scotland and Northern Ireland] are predominately red brick university towns that are currently educating the elite of our country. These towns are as follows:
1) Newcastle
2) Hertfordshire
3) Lewes
4) Winchester
5) Bath
6) Cotswold
7) West & South Oxfordshire
8) Oxford
9) Cambridgeshire
10) London
11) Leeds
12) Windsor
13) York
To place this further into perspective, have a look at this demographic of which age group voted for which decision:
The majority of leave voters were over the age of 50, with an average amount of years left to deal with the decision 25. This leaves the younger generation picking up the pieces of a racist and largely nazi-similar agenda. Fantastic.
I could sit here for an hour with reasons to stay: Global warming prevention, LGBT+ rights, the economy, terrorism prevention, positive immigration, trade links... the list really does go on. s. And yet I, a university graduate, can discover no legitimate reason to leave the EU - despite a 'majority' vote believing so. Almost every industry is affected by this decision, from the finance sector to the intellectual property industry - everyone will see the consequence
The campaigns are over, and I am not here to sit and try to convince anyone of the reasons to stay - it is too late. Instead, I am here expressing my disgust at the nation that I live and support that such a decision has been made. I can only hope that we have the chance to rejoin the EU one day, to be a united front and make the world a better place. The world we live in right now is full of racist and terrorist attacks, and Britain is adding to this awfulness. This is not independence we have achieved, it is a secluded and vulnerable position that has very little chance of improving. Well done Britain, in fact not Britain, England, because the rest of the 'United' Kingdom had the sense to vote remain. Happy 'independence' day, idiots.
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