STEFAN MAKHOUL Academia can often be an echo chamber, where the same (typically left wing) ideas bounce around and fester, while the rest of the country looks on with contempt. There is undeniably a certain amount of classism endemic to academia and the media which makes them naturally opposed to Brexit. Nationalist sentiments are often viewed as ‘simple’. However Brexit is, on a purely economic basis, a bad idea. As one would be hard pressed to find a way in which the UK is economically better of outside of the EU than in it, there must be more to people's views on the issue than simply economics. The past decade has seen a rise in (in many cases extreme) right wing sentiment in the UK. In the 2015 general election, a total of 12.6% of the United Kingdom voted for UKIP – a far-right nationalist party which harbours strong nationalistic sentiments. During its period of activity, the EDL ran small but vocal protests, decrying the increase in immigration and what they perceive as a f...
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