Multiculturalist Ideology (Part One): A Rationale For Race War Politics
An Examination Of The Logic of Multiculturalism
An Examination Of The Logic of Multiculturalism
Repeatedly those who are demanding that Brexit be cancelled are alleging that people voted to leave the EU for a variety of reasons, and that the voters did not understand what Brexit entailed. Brexiteers are condemned for making their case as if they do not represent the Brexit voters.
That is hogwash.
Those of us who campaigned for and voted to leave the EU knew perfectly well what we were doing. We spoke to one another and with the voters, and are generally aware of the reasons for why we voted as we did. We do not need Remainers to tell us different, and such is offensive.
Thankfully, immediately following the referendum result, Lord Ashcroft released a report of voters’ motives (detailed in Brexit Means Brexit on page 67). The report revealed that 49% voted to leave primarily because they wanted decisions about the UK to be taken in the UK – ie they wanted to take back control, they wanted national sovereignty. A desire to control immigration was cited by 33% as their main reason. Together, these two issues motivated 82% of the leave voters and the issues are clearly interrelated.
Of those who voted to remain in the EU, only a piddling 9% cited their main reason for doing so was due to holding ‘a strong attachment to the EU and its shared history, culture and traditions’. A desire to have ‘the best of both worlds’ was cited as the main reason by 31% of those who voted remain, and a whopping 43% were worried about the impact of leaving on the ‘economy, jobs and prices’. In other words, they were swayed by Project Fear. Subsequent economic growth proved that Project Fear was a pack of lies.
Lord Ashcroft’s report debunks the arguments of those who are trying to cancel Brexit, and buttresses the confidence of the Brexiteers who are right to assert their case. The Brexiteer campaigners better represent those who voted to leave than the Remain campaigners represent those who voted to remain in the EU. Those who are trying to cancel Brexit, due on the 29 March, represent no one other than themselves.