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Historically labour voting workers have been displaced from their jobs by low skilled immigrants. Don't just take my words for it: https://medium.com/mosquito-
by anothermouse 10y ago
Historically labour voting workers have been displaced from their jobs by low skilled immigrants. Don't just take my words for it:
https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/brexit-wins-an-illusion-dies-b60b6efad2d7#.so91zzfau https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/brexit-wins-an-illusion-di...
"Britain has voted to leave the EU. The reason? A large section of the working class, concentrated in towns and cities that have been quietly devastated by free-market economics, decided they’d had enough.
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Neither the political centre or the pro-remain left was able to explain how to offset the negative economic impact of low-skilled migration in conditions of (a) guaranteed free movement (b) permanent stagnation in Europe and (c) austerity in Britain.
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Were you think physically displaced, rather than "taking over the role of" displaced?