The Brexit Party

[treelover]

Support for the Brexit Party by perceptions of being economically left behind

 

[redsquirrel]

How can 37% of men and 37% of women voters have voted for BP when the total vote for the BP was 31%?

At the very least they need some serious error bars on those graphs.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Post grad slightly misleading taking into account the age demographics tbh. Equal gender split interesting.

 

[kabbes]

From Goodwins twitter, forthcoming work, by w/Clarke, Stewart & Whiteley

Interesting to see post grads vote, etc.

Evidence that the rich don’t want Brexit

 

[Ming]

Evidence that the rich don’t want Brexit

All rich? Speculators with short positions on the UK’s short to medium term prospects probably do.

 

[Raheem]

Evidence that the rich don’t want Brexit

This is why I want a referendum on the earth being hit by giant meteor. That will really annoy the rich.

 

[Ming]

This is why I want a referendum on the earth being hit by giant meteor. That will really annoy the rich.

Don't worry. Global warming will take care of that.

 

[Humberto]

Don't worry. Unlimited capitalism will come good. One of these days.

 

[Humberto]

So don't worry

 

[Humberto]

There are places to live, just try harder

 

[Humberto]

That's enough 'don't worries'.

 

[Humberto]

ORR even more 'don't worries'

e.g. don't worry they are thinking about your interests as well as their own

 

[Humberto]

don't worry closing your jobs on their terms is for the greater good. If you are left potless, then don't worry


I'm boring mysels

 

[Ming]

don't worry closing your jobs on their terms is for the greater good. If you are left potless, then don't worry


I'm boring mysels

I think your venting at the wrong person.

 

[Humberto]

I think your venting at the wrong person.

Ok sorry about that

 

[Ming]

Ok sorry about that

No worries. I think, broadly speaking, we're on the same side and hopefully heading in the same direction (left).

 

[Humberto]

No worries. I think, broadly speaking, we're on the same side and hopefully heading in the same direction (left).

I know

Such a good website btw

 

[Ming]

I know

Such a good website btw

It's a good thing we've still got the passion for injustice that we get angry about it. One thing that the right have an advantage over us is they're united. Power and money. That's it in my opinion. All the racism, flag waving, nationalism and xenophobia is just dog whistle politics playing to peoples fears. Power and money. While we end up fighting with each other. My personal thing is if you're going in 'that direction' (to the right) then i'm against you. If you're going in 'that direction' (to the left) then i'm with you and i'll vote for it. And i don't care where you are currently on the political spectrum. It's the direction you're facing i'm interested in.

 

[Humberto]

The thing is they hate us more than our disgust at them. Hitler was basically correct is their refrain.

 

[Humberto]

and I would stab them (hitler lovers in the eye and elsewhere) but they are Hitlers

 

[Ming]

and I would stab them (hitler lovers in the eye and elsewhere) but they are Hitlers

Well i was surprised when Trump falsely equivocated between antifa and nazi marchers in Charlottesville. Plus his upcoming 4th of July military parade. Plus the appalling treatment of refugees from the places in Central America that the US started proxy wars in in the 80's. But apart from all that. Shit.

 

[Humberto]

 

[Humberto]

 

[Humberto]

That's a good bit of robert

 

[Ming]

 

[Humberto]

nah

 

[Humberto]

nah nah

 

[redsquirrel]

It's a good thing we've still got the passion for injustice that we get angry about it. One thing that the right have an advantage over us is they're united. Power and money. That's it in my opinion. All the racism, flag waving, nationalism and xenophobia is just dog whistle politics playing to peoples fears. Power and money. While we end up fighting with each other. My personal thing is if you're going in 'that direction' (to the right) then i'm against you. If you're going in 'that direction' (to the left) then i'm with you and i'll vote for it. And i don't care where you are currently on the political spectrum. It's the direction you're facing i'm interested in.

Lets have some actual content here
- what do you mean by "to the left"?
- what do you mean by "to the right"?
- are the LibDems heading in the left direction? Labour? The Greens? The US Democrats? The Canadian Liberals?

How are socialists, who believe in the workers control of the means of production, going in the same 'direction' as liberals that believe in the free market?
How are anarchists that favour the self-oranistation of people and direct democracy going in the same direction as those that favour policies and bodies that remove much of the already limited democratic control of society people have?
How are unionists going in the same direction as local councils that are attacking their pay and conditions and employing scab labour?

 

[Proper Tidy]

This is why I want a referendum on the earth being hit by giant meteor. That will really annoy the rich.

That's what I come here for, the reasoned perspective

 

[redsquirrel]

Of course it is also incorrect to say that 'the right' are united. Even looking at the most superficial electoral/party political level you have centre-right parties being attacked and outmanoeuvred by national populists across pretty much the whole of the west.

The Tory party is deeply divided and has is sandwiched between the LDs and BP; in France LR are being displaced by the RN; in Germany the CDU is losing liberal supporters to the Greens while the AfD is gaining traction; in Italy there are a whole series of right wing parties fighting for their share of the vote. If this is supposed to be unity I can't imagine what dis-unity is.