Christ on a bike how many old people do you think there are in this country 17+ million is it?
Sick of the need to blame one section of society wake up will ya all ages and gender voted for it sadly not just the over 65's in this country this need to aportion blame rather than deal with the reasons for them voting for it and working on answering their problems is exactly why this bloody country is so toxic right now.
I think you also need to move away from the notion that anyone who voted to leave is a moron as again if you dont listen to them you cannot hope to resolve their attitudes .
towards the E.U.
Just for reference i voted to remain as did most of my over 65 friends ( anecdotal i know but its a funny old world)
I agree with this, there hasn't been enough open and honest discussions on issues such as sovereignty, single currency, the cost of the EU parliament and what seems to be the most important issue - immigration. Any discussion on immigration immediately seems to escalate into racism accusations, but what are the actual figures? Let's see them, is there a genuine concern here, if so what are the reasons? I've heard Leaver's say that the population is getting too high and this has led to an excessive requirement to build more houses and more pressure on the NHS. Is this due to immigration? What are the figures, I know that the NHS is hugely reliant on foreign medical staff and this is sold as a positive, but is that a good place to be in if your own people are not developing skills? I really don't know enough about this area, I've debated with Leaver's in other areas where I've had access to facts and figures and I have been listened to.
For Remainer's to simply dismiss all Leaver's as old stupid racists isn't helping the debate, in fact it makes the Remainer's look equally as stupid and arrogant. Yes there are some Leaver's who are hard liner's but equally there are many who are open to a debate and a discussion and can be influenced, after all the less hard liner's were influenced in 2016 weren't they? Remainer's need to sell things like FOM and back it up with figures if they can and also acknowledge the negatives of the EU, it isn't a panacea to solve every problem, if it was then there wouldn't be any debate in the first place.