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I like that Economist article because it recognises the point that uneducated people tend to be more anti-EU/pro-exit because they are more exposed to the downsides of migrant labour, rather than because they are too thick to understand the issues*. I think if the "in" campaigners are to win they need to come up with some solutions to the immigration issues so many people are worried about.
At the end of the day it's easy for me to feel pro-European. My wife is Italian and my UK-specific technical profession shelters me from competition from short-term migrants. I've had nothing but positive experiences out of Europe. If I had an unskilled job and suddenly found myself competing for it with half a million eastern Europeans maybe I wouldn't feel so cosy about the EU.
*Obviously, some of them will be thick.