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Would John Lennon voted Leave or Remain?

If John Lennon is still alive for the 2016 referendum, would he voted to Leave or Remain?

From my point of view I think he would have been a ‘traditional socialist’ standing up for the working class in which case he would’ve voted leave as many Labour politicians of that era would have done as well.

I want to know your thoughts?

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Reply 1

StevenP83

We can only Imagine...

Reply 2

username2998742

Original post by StevenP83

We can only Imagine...

Got there before me you sneaky little :grumble:

Reply 3

StevenP83

Original post by Glaz

Got there before me you sneaky little :grumble:

Don’t be a Jealous Guy

Reply 4

username2998742

Original post by StevenP83

Don’t be a Jealous Guy

If you don't shut up, I'm going to do Something violent.

Reply 5

Notoriety

He wanted rid of borders, so I think pro-EU.

But then he'd be concerned about giving France preferential custom arrangements over the most destitute countries in need of the most help.

So 50/50.

Reply 6

StevenP83

How Do You Sleep making threats like that? I’ve never, In My Life, been so offended. Anyway, try it and Instant Karma’s gonna get you.

Reply 7

harrysbar

Original post by AnxiousAtypical

Neither, he'd probably still be living in his swanky apartment in New York

Reply 8

MagnumKoishi

OP: gives a well-structured, sensible argument

You: hUrR LeAvE iS Bad hUrR HuRR

Remainers really don't help themselves

Reply 9

londonmyst

No idea, I'm not a Lennon fan.
But one could say that he did vote leave when he went off with Yoko Ono.

Reply 10

MagnumKoishi

That is true, but you'll notice that traditional, working class areas are by far the most likely to vote for parties like UKIP and now the Brexit Party.
Until fairly recently, these areas would have voted Labour. But now Labour has got a lot more liberal and "soft", you'll see a clear shift to middle class areas voting Labour instead.
Although this by no means suggests brexit is in the interests of the working class, it is true that the working class are majority leave voters.

Reply 11

math42

Based on Imagine, remain.

Reply 12

StevenP83

I think a more complicated debate would be how Joe Strummer would have voted

Reply 13

MagnumKoishi

I know practically nothing about John Lennon. I'm not informed enough to agree with either you or OP on Lennon's hypothetical brexit standpoint.

My original point was that instead of telling OP why their argument may be wrong, you seemed to instantly jump to attacking Leave itself which is a bit dodgy imo

Reply 14

MJlover

In his song Imagine there was this message of a lack of borders and a united one world.

I think remaining is closer to his vision cos there are less border restrictions with the EU, it relaxing movement between people of member countries?