Although I'm not from the UK myself, looking at it from the outside, Brexit to me has always come across as essentially a way to eliminate the citizenship status of many of the country's migrants from other parts of Europe (namely Eastern Europe) and thus establish a kind of two-tier working class similar to what we have in the United States around our 11 million or so undocumented immigrants, to which end it has not surprised me that our Donald Trump enthusiasts seem to be its most adamant supporters in my country. |
If it was mainly about the European migrants the No vote would have won. The issue became once the Middle Eastern migrants started flooding across Germany and the UK citizens saw the kind of destruction they were causing in Hungary, Sweden, Austria, Germany and other countries hit hardest. EU wanted to force these migrants equitably across EU nations and that is really why the Yes vote won. In reality Angela Merkel can be blamed for Brexit more than anyone. The US has always been a multi ethnic society, but Europe hasn't, so I believe they have the right to protect their society from cultural and ethnic dilution.
