Isn't it strange! Only a few yrs or so ago most people didn't give a damn about politics. Nobody could be bothered to inform themselves about the EU. They relied entirely on the tabloids to give them foot high headlines on some dastardly deed or other the EU had 'supposedly' done. Usually sourced from that notorious liar Boris .Now everyone is an expert ? The government 'fixed' the working class by getting rid of the unions..along with manufacturing .in the 80's Leaving whole swathes of the country reliant on the dole..(a system Maggie encouraged ) Those who were proud hard working people left without jobs were forced to leave their homes and 'MIGRATE' to wherever work could be found... The 'bludgers' remained and happily took the handouts feeling they were 'owed' The middle class simple grew richer for the most part and their contribution to British society was to start buying up second homes left right and centre.(sometimes even third ones) not forgetting ones abroad, especially in Spain. That it would deprive the locals of affordable homes,and then eventually even their own kids ,mattered not in those greed filled yrs.They also felt 'entitled' and rewarded themselves with multiple 'breaks' at home and abroad Enjoying yourself was the buzz words of the time The upper classes.or top 2%.remained the same.in control, getting richer in fact on cash made through the totally out of control money markets,especially the city of London that had cleverly avoided the irksome part of joining the EU club by retaining the pound. Trouble was although the country no longer had to deal with those blasted unions along with the great unwashed, living 'oh I don't know' somewhere above Watford? The country stopped making anything. The people however didn't stop buying.On credit of course It became apparent recently that the UK has accumulated a debt larger than anything in it's history. unpayable in fact.. Talk about Greece lol what to do? well blame the EU of course. Get the money we pay in to allow us to trade freely. back! (Stick a fictitious figure on the side of a bus and get those poor people mad) The total 'no brainers' in power realised without the cash cows that had once been Liverpool (almost 250 yrs.. with 100 yrs of that providing 93% of GDP for the UK) or Manchester (cotton/textile king for over 100yrs) or Birmingham (car manufacturing) etc etc.Nothing much seemed to be coming in apart from that which was derived from the city..now almost wholly owned by America. It was just so easy to cry 'wolf' .Yrs and yrs of blaming the EU, to divert attention from the real crisis at home. The huge growing divide between the rich and the poor in the UK.The lack of jobs .The sneering that was commonplace at anyone living above Watford.. London and the home counties had indeed become another country.They voted that way as well. Immigration was always up to the uk Government to allow or not..Nothing whatsoever to do with the EU. True the policies of the free trade is to allow free movement of people. However . how a country implements that is ENTIRELY UP TO THEM. The Netherlands for instance does not allow you to remain n the country without a job for longer than 6 months.You are monitored upon arrival.. your papers checked. throughout your stay etc.You are NOT eligible for any assistance i.e. dole until you have worked in full time employment for at least 6 months.You will NOT get a job that can be done by a Dutch person.(a la USA) and you will not be deemed a resident for 5 yrs Hence there is no flood of immigrants to NL. SO It's the UK's policies or lack of in regard of EU migrants.. OR there are in fact jobs for them? I suspect the latter Immigrants from outside the EU.. well.. Thats that old chestnut the handing out of British passports to people from the old Empire.. AGAIN nothing to do with the EU. Refugees... Thats ENTIRELY due to the UK's friend and special relationship buddy the USA. AGAIN.. Nothing to do with the EU. Given the above .I can't believe my fellow countrymen are so thick they haven't been able to work this out by now.. Apparently many are...They needed to have got off their butts yrs ago and sorted out their own country first before blaming the rest of the world and especially the EU now for their self inflicted ills . Shame on them.