It’s difficult to post rationalise a leave vote because the rational reasons for it are thin. No, it's because the reasons for voting leave are based in an ideology rather than a measurable construct.
All of the analysis of voters seem to agree that Remainers voted because of economics and Leavers because of immigration and sovreignty.
All voted because of a financial imperative, but believed different root causes / effects and it seems that identification with 'Europe' was quite key. The less European you felt the more likely you were to vote leav - all paraphrased from the Nuffield's Social Investigation Unit which has short and long reports which are quite interesting reads!
For my part I beleive that the EU is not democratic, that the immigration policy imposed upon the UK is in itself racist in that it positively discriminates infavour of white Europeans and makes trade with some African countries frought with danger to those working, making, selling etc.
I work with a charity send modified wheelchairs to Africa and have seen the damage done by restrictive trade tariffs, we, countries in the EU, force some African countres to sell at a deficit in order to feed us products like string beans. If you odubt that ask UK farmers about how they are paid... and then imagine that on a nationwide, all products scale.
And think about that, an arid continent known for its famines growing non indigenous, non essential foods for export.
And that is before you get to my favourite hobby horse, The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Many years ago I read a sci fi book about a large multinational coiorporation thatgrew so large it ran the world, then the universe - Heinlein based it on Coca Cola (how right he was), Asimov had idea about trade boards, Herbert had his own Guilds.
Nowadays it exists and will make every nation in Europe subservient to multinational businesses. Corporations will be able to sue governments if they implement a change to the law that causes the corporation economic loss. WaronWant say this
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a major new deal being negotiated behind closed doors between the EU and USA.
It will cost at least 1 million jobs, undermine our most treasured public services, lead to a ‘race to the bottom’ in food, environmental and labour standards and, for the first time, allow US companies to sue the UK government in special courts.
Such is the stuff sci fi nightmares and blockbuster movies are made of. In the movies we have Bruce or Tom coming to save us. In real life....? Not sure about that but voting Leave and stepping out of such an arrangement seems like a good idea!
And yes, I knew all of that before I voted!