{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Sgwrs Tei Bow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.clarkeroberts.co.uk\/cy","author_name":"Clarke Roberts","author_url":"https:\/\/www.clarkeroberts.co.uk\/cy\/author\/clarke-roberts\/","title":"Brexit: The Biggest Con in UK History | Bow Tie Talks","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1trO7p7S1B\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarkeroberts.co.uk\/cy\/2016\/06\/25\/brexit-the-biggest-con-in-uk-history\/\">Brexit: The Biggest Con in UK History<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarkeroberts.co.uk\/cy\/2016\/06\/25\/brexit-the-biggest-con-in-uk-history\/embed\/#?secret=1trO7p7S1B\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Brexit: The Biggest Con in UK History&#8221; &#8212; Bow Tie Talks\" data-secret=\"1trO7p7S1B\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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The United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. And no, I&#8217;m not happy about it. I&#8217;m heartbroken, I&#8217;m disappointed and I&#8217;m angry. A decision has been made that will forever change the face of politics here in the UK, across Europe and perhaps even the world. But those of you who voted LEAVE have just bought into one of the biggest cons in UK history and that became clear yesterday as the markets fells, the pound slumped and Nigel Farage admitted his \u00a3350 million a day figure would in fact, not be going to the NHS. They also bought into the idea that immigration numbers would be cut: yet again another fallacy spread by the Leave campaign, which was highlighted in the BBC&#8217;s debate on Tuesday night.\u00a0Head of the TUC, Frances O&#8217;Grady, asked the direct question to the Leave panel as to whether or not they had ever promised to reduce immigration. The answer? A big fat silence met with a bumbling response which pretty much translated as a &#8220;No&#8221;. This campaign wasn&#8217;t about our relationship with Europe, to the men and women in the polling station, it was about immigration and nothing anyone tells me is going to persuade me otherwise. People interviewed as to why they voted LEAVE\u00a0spewed out phrases like &#8220;taking back control&#8221;, &#8220;stopping\u00a0them from coming over here&#8221;, &#8220;stopping immigration&#8221; and one misguided fool even voted LEAVE to &#8220;stop the Muslims from Syria coming here&#8221;&#8230; oh dear. Now I&#8217;m not saying that concerns about immigration weren&#8217;t valid reasons for voting LEAVE, but what people have failed to recognise is that this was not a single-issue decision. And for that, I blame the Leave campaign. They used people&#8217;s fears and concerns surrounding immigration to bolster their support without giving their voters any indication about what else would happen when the UK left the EU. What about the very likely event of Scotland becoming independent? What about the tensions created on the Northern Ireland\/Republic border, which is so tightly bound and relies on EU involvement? What about our passports? What about banking jobs already being moved out of London? None of these concerns were addressed by the Leave side. They had their single-issue to campaign on and used the complete ignorance of the British regarding the EU to push forward their narrow-minded, Little England agenda. On the topic of Little England, people yesterday who were celebrating the result were adorning themselves in the St George&#8217;s Flag proclaiming that they had got &#8220;England back&#8221;. I mean, seriously? If that doesn&#8217;t demonstrate the rising of English nationalism which, I feel is vastly different to Scottish or even Welsh nationalism, then I don&#8217;t know anything that will. Not everyone who voted LEAVE is a racist, bigoted xenophobe &#8211; but all the racist bigoted xenophobes DID vote for Brexit. It&#8217;s clear that England and even Wales want to be outside the EU &#8211; although Wales&#8217; decision makes absolutely zero sense as they will [&hellip;]"}