Brexit vote was 'tantrum' by British working class, says Alan Duncan MP

Brexit vote was 'tantrum' by British working class, says Alan Duncan

Europe minister strays from official government line, warning that labour shortages after Brexit could damage UK

He also warned that labour shortages after Brexit “could cause us a lot of damage”, especially in the National Health Service.

“The manner in which the campaign was fought stirred up a lot of sentiment amongst people that are not habitual voters, particularly on the issue of immigration. You could feel in the last 10 days of the campaign, traditional blue-collar urban Labour opinion going viral for leave. They were stirred up by an image of immigration, which made them angry and throw a bit of a tantrum. That was part of the chemistry that explains the result.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/03/brexit-vote-was-tantrum-by-british-working-class-says-alan-duncan