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Eyeball_Kid

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4. Rural Brits were captivated by:
Tue May 28, 2019, 10:31 AM
May 2019

Tribalism, egged on by Cambridge Analytical/Russian bots, disregard for their own economic plight, anti-immigration sentiments, and a terrible PR effort by those wishing to remain in the EU. Overall, an exit from the EU will invariably mean economic collapse in the UK. Right now, Corporations are fleeing the UK ahead of trade complications. They'll lose money if they stay. IOW, capital is leaving the UK and not coming back. But the Brexiteers don't care. They see political advantages in leaving, certainly not economic ones. It's as if the UK is holding a gun to its head and a mosquito is pushing in on the trigger finger.

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