Yeah can't call racists racist, that's just rude.
Leave ultimately boiled down to 3 main points:
1 - Immigration. The problem with this argument is that leave the EU doesn't solve it and EU immigrants tend to be more in line with British culture than immigrants from east asia. It also ignores that the government has done nothing to keep immigration down within it's power so why do you think leaving the EU will change that? Also ignores the massive skills shortages in the UK, we simply aren't training up enough people to fill various roles without immigration. Also, contrary to popular belief, immigrants to the UK are on average better paid and more highly educated than your average Brit. The argument that immigrants drive down salaries is ********. Immigrants on average also pay more in tax and take less in benefits.
2 - Sovereignty. Bit laughable since sovereignty lies with Parliament, not the people, and yet those arguing for Parliamentary sovereignty are now whinging because Parliament is exercising that sovereignty. Parliament could choose to completely ignore the referendum if it chooses because it is Parliament that is sovereign and cannot be bound by anything. Also can people list all the laws forced on us by the EU that Britain voted against? (clue, we have a veto of huge swathes of legislation.) Also funny enough those that complained about the lack of democracy in the EU also then complained at the EU Parliament being given extra powers and more legislation moving to a simple majority vote to pass.
3 - EU controlled by the French / Germans. Utter crap simple as that. If anything the Germans have been some of our closer allies in the EU pushing for similar reforms as Britain has. If the Germans have a lot of influence it's largely because we were standing beside them throwing our weight into it too. With us gone the Germans will find themselves facing the Mediterranean countries without another Germanic culture supporting them and will likely become less able to get things done. People seem to forget that by numbers we were one of the most influential countries in the EU and, in terms of shaping legislation, we probably had more influence than just about any other nation since we joined. We also had a huge influence in setting up the precursors to the EU but leavers love to portray us as some sidelined power ignored by everyone except for when they are inexplicably going out of their way to solely screw us over.
