People aren't anywhere near as isolated as you apparently think. They watched on the TV, or heard on radio or read in a newspaper or on social media. That usually included the side of a bus with the promise of £350 million back, which included the £100 million rebate we didn't pay and all the other money we get back. Tories and UKIP promised a quick and easy negotiation of a trade deal, after more than 6 months turns out it's extremely slow and horribly complex. We have about 750 other trade deals to renegotiate too, as well as sorting out huge amounts of legislation.
I agree a lot people feel resentment, people who didn't understand everything and were lied to by Conservatives and UKIP. EU workers don't just fill jobs, they create new additional ones and pour money into our economy. The maximum jobs limit is a myth and we don't have enough people to fill the jobs if the EU people all go home - you fancy gathering spuds for 6 hours a day as well as doing your present job? Germany and all the other EU countries enacted legislation to reduce the flow of workers from the ten new entrant countries, UK has never bothered, perhaps we should try using the tools we have rather than just throwing everything away?
Corbyn wants out so he can nationalise everything - not going to happen. The Tories want out so they can sell off the NHS and UKIP are mostly racists. Both Tories and UKIP are stuck with the idea of empire, and the UK could be powerful again - if only we could be separate from the EU. You can't be entirely separate, ECJ will still apply to all trade and EU law is presently being copied into UK law en-block. ECHR will still apply too, this is the court that says you can't deport terrorists/criminals, not the ECJ.
As for old people, ask them if they want to go back to before the NHS, and have to pay for doctor's appointments, hospital visit and everything else that's covered, in cash. The referendum gave the options leave or stay, not hard Brexit or soft Brexit. A huge number of people believed that leave would mean a deal for access to the single market, because that is what was promised. If it can't be delivered there should be another referendum, abandon Brexit or Hard Brexit, and see what the results would really be.
Who believed what was on the bus? Actually... who believes any politician about anything!
The bus said we send £350m a week to the EU.
Lets fund the NHS instead.
Where did it say it was all going to the NHS instead? That would not be possible as NHS are devolved in Scotland, NI & Wales - so how do they share that out?
That was assumptions.Our net spend is about £70m a week. So that includes the rebate & the other money we get back. As for a trade deal - the vote was to leave the EU & EEC - Trade deal only came afterwards when it was mentioned about softening brexit. Voting to leave you knew there was no trade deal on the able & you would be out of the EEC & Single Market - So not sure how you can say that it was promised, when clearly stated a vote was to leave the single market. If a deal cant be delivered, then the country gets exactly what it was told its voting for. Leaving the EU & Single Market.
You say people was lied to - no they was not. A large part of voters was those who had already decided to vote leave due to the resentments. Another load because it was seen as a vote against tories.
That is exactly what happened in my part of the country. Labour stronghold for 100 years.
You can go back to the Vote to take us into the EEC - wasnt that also one big lie? We did not get to vote to move from the EEC to the EU. We didnt because the pro EU government knew they would lose a vote.
The biggest problem about the EU was the expansion of the 8-10 countries. Poland benefit by over £5 billion a year. Every expansion country get back more than they put in - so again, you can see why people think they get a raw deal of being a member of the EU. I have been to quite a few Eastern European countries & they are about 25-30 years behind is in infrastructure. It will be a long time before they are at a level that we enjoy today.
Again your mentioning NHS - its devolved. So tories could never sell off the NHS outside of England... Not unless they gain power in Hollyrood & Cardiff Bay!
Though the NHS is broken & needs streamlining. There is to much waste. Especially on prescriptions being handed out that are costing £5-£10 to the NHS for pills that can be bought over the counter cheaper!
The referendum gave the option to leave or stay. Not on condition or a promise of any EU trade deal or single market access. We've voted. We're leaving. To do a U-turn now would be bad for Britain. The EU would bully us at every opportunity.
I look forward to leaving & I look forward to France picking up our Tab.