Though the average low-information voter will still see brown faces on the street, hear people speaking in unfamiliar languages, see shops with foreign names selling weird spices and conclude that Britain is critically imperilled by a tidal wave of foreigners, and only Farage and/or Tommy Robinson can save it.
…or Trump
…seriously saw a guy interviewed saying they want Trump there to save them (half of what he said was unintelligible because of the spittle)
The average reformer will still think there’s a million rapists a day coming in
It would be interesting to see how the numbers changed after this, divided by application type and previous area of residence.
In Canada, we have the same problem: people believe our immigration rate is rising, despite it having fallen sharply over the past year. But, to be honest, the truth rarely matters anymore in the attention economy.
I’ll tell you how the numbers changed: educated, hardworking and capable native born and already migrated people left and will keep leaving.
Any stats behind that or?
Yeah, one programmer left. It was me.
https://fastercapital.com/content/The-Brexodus-Brain-Drain--Losing-Talent-in-the-Wake-of-Brexit.html
Here’s one of several links you can find if you search for “Brain drain post Brexit”
Ok, good for you. I came to Britain so I guess we balance out. What now
do you have a link showing that due to brexit more intellectuals are arriving in the uk as well?
