Well, you'd know better than I, since you live right in the midst of it. But, from my perspective, reading the news reports and such, I did not get any whiff of xenophobia or racism from the Leave camp, although I was well aware of the accusations thereof.
There are different, sort of ,definitions of what constitutes xenophobia and racism (speaking from an American perspective here). Sometimes when I hear some faction or another upset about some sort of racism they see, I look at the situation and can't for the life of me figure out what they're suggesting is racist. Sometimes, just being "anti-immigration" or even just "anti-illegal-immigration" is declared racist. Often, it's a function of one faction basically discerning a hidden meaning or agenda - knowing what someone really means -- then you hear claims that some non-racist statement is really a "dog whistle" and everyone really knows what the person means, nudge nudge wink wink.
Sounds like people weren't being very nice.Rum wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 7:04 pm
The truth of the matter is that nobody knew what the vote really meant. Even now ‘leave’ and its consequences aren’t clear. Imagine the complexity of one of your larger American states leaving the Union. Europe might not be quite as integrated as the US but it gives a flavour of the unravelling that will be required.
Prior to the referendum people were making it up as they went along.