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That's true but which bit of change are they voting against? Are they against changing the status quo or the change that is happening/has already happened. One of the things that the referendum campaigns are exposing is just how racist Britain is as a country and how that bigotry is manifest.
If Britain are deeply conservative and don't like change then the perception that voting Brexit will stop the change that they currently don't like is going to have a big impact. The motivations around the Scottish Referendum were very different to this referendum. The vote to leave the UK was about not being plunged into the unknown. For a lot of people, they don't really know Europe and don't think they want to beyond a place you go to for a couple of weeks every few years with the clear prospect of coming back. They want the unknown to stop. To me the Scottish Referendum tells me we'll vote leave because, ostensibly, we're voting for the same thing.
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If Britain leaves the EU I will sue HMRC for paid taxes and NI contribution. I'll want an advance on my pension pot too.
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To me the Scottish Referendum tells me we'll vote leave because, ostensibly, we're voting for the same thing.
Like @mi7rennie I voted "Yes" in the Scottish Referendum and shall be voting "Remain" for this one, with a large part of me hoping if we do leave we'll have another shot at Indy Ref 2.0. The amount of obfuscation/woolliness/out-and-out propoganda from the Brexit lot (perhaps due to being able to manipulate "the unknown") plays directly into the hands of folk who'll most likely vote "Leave" from an emotional viewpoint - squint bananas etc - and who are probably easily swayed by figures. I know from my own work on the Indy Ref (I worked for French TV interviewing voters a year before the vote and on the day itself) that the cult of personality was a huge factor in people voting "No." Nonetheless, it troubles me deeply that I'd ever be in agreement with Dave et al.
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i_am_lono
I was worried I'm not now - look at Scottish referendum - social media said it was inevitable, a landslide - British people are deeply conservative and don't like change