Don't hate the British people, but feel desperately sad for the country, that I love - it changed so much from a welcoming vibrant place of the 2012 Olympics to a sad and insular island. I am not saying nationalism is unique to the UK - plenty of idiots in our respective countries also. What saddens me the most is that UK seemed to be the most progressive in terms of positive multiculturalism, where everyone was welcome, and this seems to have been lost.
I completely agree with the above post, especially the last sentence. I'm from Finland and arrived here in the 1990s, and while this is my home and I don't hate anyone, I do sometimes feel less welcome than before. I never even used to think about someone possibly resenting me being here, but in the last few years I have felt that and it has been very strange.
Some people seem to react (hostile stares) if you speak a different language in public and I've noticed being 'cold shouldered' sometimes when arriving in a new community for example, especially outside London. I've also had some people confiding in me about their resentment of, for example, there being 'too many' Asian people in particular schools, and I've noticed lots of racism towards Eastern Europeans.
It felt unreal waking up to the result of the Brexit vote, and feeling that a large part of the country that I had called home for 20 years suddenly seemed to want me out!
I feel really sad and shocked at the popularity of the dog whistle politics of Boris Johnson and his cabinet. He appears to me completely false and appealing to the most base instincts of people, courting popularity by stoking xenophobia, racism and old fashioned British exceptionalism.
My country isn't perfect and there is appalling racism and ultra right wing support, but I do believe in the integrity and values of our Prime Minister and her cabinet. The contrast to BJ seems really stark and I'm amazed every day that people here aren't thoroughly sick of him and his lies.