So why did Leave win?

Leaving the EU will allow us to implement our own immigration policy .eg Australia point based system

Any immigration.In my opinion we need a system like Australia, or even better New Zealand

Immigration undeniably would have been the biggest reason for the majority of voters (of which muslim immigration would be the biggest deterrent).

But how is Muslim immigration the fault of the EU? Most Muslims either come from Pakistan, India, the Middle East or parts of Africa.
On top of that, they have an extremely high birthrate meaning many are born here. Why is that the fault of the EU?

It's not that everyone's saying it that's the issue, it's that it's incorrect

Couldn't we have done this towards non-EU migration anyway?
Ah, I think that's still a bit of an iffy reason to leave the EU tbhA bit silly and reactionary don't you think? It's not the leave vote I've even got a problem with, it's the motivations behind it. There are so many reasons to leave, but Muslim immigration doesn't make sense to me.

Couldn't we have done this towards non-EU migration anyway?
Ah, I think that's still a bit of an iffy reason to leave the EU tbhA bit silly and reactionary don't you think? It's not the leave vote I've even got a problem with, it's the motivations behind it. There are so many reasons to leave, but Muslim immigration doesn't make sense to me.

No we couldn't have done that under the EU, and there are many other factors to vote leave. Google some, always look at 2 sides to the argument

They see Germany, Sweden, Belgium and thought nope.

cos it rained...
hyped up brexiters vote regardless
passionate remainers also vote
the large remainder of people sitting on the fence, who would vote in, didnt as they didnt feel like getting wet

There should be a revote on a sunny day

Revote. Please be trolling. Do you not understand democracy.

I did, I was very much on the line. I only ended up voting remain because the lack of a clear plan for the future proposed by anyone. Otherwise I'd have voted leave for sure
I'm just bored and restless rn so I'm making conversation on here

That's understandable tbh, although we could've just put pressure on our government to do one and not accept refugees it that was the case

As much as I am for remain could you just STFU? Whats done is done whats the point mourning about it, nothing is going to change no matter what you say dont you get that? Cameron himself said we are not going to have another referendum so i dont know whats your goal here.

I think it was a massive mistake for the government to pump out one sided propaganda, it certainly made me do my own research and end up voting leave

Leaving the EU will allow us to implement our own immigration policy .eg Australia point based system

The best article I've yet seen about why this happened is in today's Guardian. "If you've got money you vote in,if you havnt got money you vote out"

Pretty much nails it.The article not the quote.

*******s. We live in a democracy and we have a right to express our discontent. If people made a terrible decision, they shouldn't be allowed to bury their heads in the sand while we all suffer the consequences.





In your research, did you come across the fact that most of our immigration comes from outside the EU, and immigrants from outside the EU make a net contribution of 32% less than those from inside the EU and are 10% less likely to be university educated?

We could have implemented our own immigration policy to control the least beneficial immigration without causing all this upheaval. We never needed to leave the EU to control immigration from outside the EU, which is where most of the problem is. We made all this fuss over nothing.




If you haven't got money and you're easily manipulated you vote out. While the EU was redistributing wealth to the poorest parts of the country, our government was trying to repeal all the expensive "red tape", i.e. employment rights for the working class. And people decided to give the government more power.

*******s. We live in a democracy and we have a right to express our discontent. If people made a terrible decision, they shouldn't be allowed to bury their heads in the sand while we all suffer the consequences.





In your research, did you come across the fact that most of our immigration comes from outside the EU, and immigrants from outside the EU make a net contribution of 32% less than those from inside the EU and are 10% less likely to be university educated?

We could have implemented our own immigration policy to control the least beneficial immigration without causing all this upheaval. We never needed to leave the EU to control immigration from outside the EU, which is where most of the problem is. We made all this fuss over nothing.




If you haven't got money and you're easily manipulated you vote out. While the EU was redistributing wealth to the poorest parts of the country, our government was trying to repeal all the expensive "red tape", i.e. employment rights for the working class. And people decided to give the government more power.

There is still a large amount coming from within the EU, and that doesn't matter about contribution, immigration needs to be slowed down. It's like having a water balloon, yes you can add more water but it will start to stretch then pop

Would like to get some ideas on what others thought of why leave won?

I think it was a mixture of:
- Higher Turnout in Leave Areas,
- Lower Turnout among younger people,
- Arrogance and Complacency in Remain Camp throughout entire debate,
- Overuse of Insults for anyone considering Leave,
- Anti-Establishment vote,
- Uninformed voters,
- Belief Leave could never win.

Any suggestions?