Do people really think no black British or immigrants voted Brexit?

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Just that really. Laughing at some of the comments about Brexit being a racist vote from people who don't like 'brown people'.

I wonder how many of these people commenting live in predominantly black areas and are remotely aware of how many non-white people voted for Brexit. Lots of naive Mumsnetters.

Majority of the working class? Eh? The key features of the Brexit vote - as I'm sure you know - were age - over 45 - and education - lack of degree - were more likely to vote Brexit. All those older people are working class now? Who knew?

Are you actually still buying into the idea that the Daily Mail, Banks and Farage, Johnson, Rees-Mogg, Davies, were leading some kind of working class revolt? Isn't it a bit...embarrassing for you now?

Life is going to get very, very difficult for many of us for a long time because of Brexit - we will always remember the people like you who did it to 'empower' us.

Do sneer away, it's ever such a convincing line of argument.

The report from the Centre for Social Justice and Legatum Institute found that people in the “AB” class – the middle and upper classes - were the only group which had a majority voting to Remain at the June 23 referendum

The majority of people in all the other income groups - described as C1, C2, D and E - all voted to leave, the report said. While 57 per cent of voters in the more affluent AB group voted to remain, the proportion in the other four groups was 36 per cent

It said: "At every level of earning there is a direct correlation between household income and your likelihood to vote for leaving the EU — 62 per cent of those with income of less than £20,000 voted to leave, but that percentage falls in steady increments until, by an income of £60,000, that percentage was just 35 per cent."

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/29/britains-ruling-classes-were-only-group-to-vote-to-stay-in-the-e/

I would just like to point out that all the reports and surveys operate by extrapolating results from a small sample to millions of voters, and therefore cannot be regarded as 100% proof that a particular group (or even the majority of that group) voted a particular way - not least as there is no guarantee that those surveyed told the truth about anything.

You did think you were joining banks, farage, Davies and Johnson in a working class revolt?
I see...

This is why farageshould be knighted and there should be an Independence Day- and us w/c people should never forget the brexiteers who voted so bravely for our empowerment in June. We thank you.

Indeed, was that is true. And it's also the case that "working class" is a bit of a nebulous category. However all the surveys I have seen suggest a similar picture and there is a lot more than age and education affecting vote, most obviously geography.

histiny Just as a side issue, it is possible for people with completely different political views and aims to agree on a single particular issue. So the people you name may want to leave the EU for one reason, and other people, including me, for another. I don't have to agree with everyone who voted the same way as me or see them as speaking for me. We were asked whether we wanted to leave the EU or not. I have wanted to leave the EU my whole adult life. My vote was nothing to do with Farage, Johnson etc.

Xpost which hopefully answers your point anyway.