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In reply to the discussion: EU support falls after Jo Cox murder [View all]PSPS
(13,584 posts)12. ... says a startup "polling" outfit that polls people via "apps." Geesh.
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The British far-right and our own Trump support Brexit. British unions, our Bernie, Barack and
pampango
Jun 2016
#15
Fascists and the far-right are ultra-nationalists at heart. The EU goes against that grain and
pampango
Jun 2016
#19
I didn't say it was about hate. I said fascists are ultra-nationalists who don't care about workers'
pampango
Jun 2016
#28
I do not agree that the EU parliament has no power. And the left thinks EU worker protections are
pampango
Jun 2016
#33
If "name calling is an appeal to emotion", then don't call elected politicians "the oligarchs"
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2016
#42
I'll point this out again: the main reason people voting 'leave' are giving is to stop immigration
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2016
#53
A sliver of the far left (~6% in Sweden's 2014 election) agree with 'vast swathes' of the far-right
pampango
Jun 2016
#47
Quite funny to see Gisela Stuart claiming she wants Labour to be 'radical'
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2016
#18
Not sure how useful a poll from a company that hasn't done a referendum poll before is
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2016
#9
And if Brexit succeeds Scottish voters (who are quite liberal) may push again for independence so
pampango
Jun 2016
#16
I wonder if xenophobia plays a role here. The UK doesn't want the migrants
riderinthestorm
Jun 2016
#21
"With Jo Cox being murdered by a radicalized Muslim". That is not who killed her. It was a neo-Nazi
pampango
Jun 2016
#24
Thanks for the clarification. I've had a family emergency and haven't kept up
riderinthestorm
Jun 2016
#27
Thank you. Yours is a fair summary of people's frustrations with taking immigrants in large numbers.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#49