For my British friends …

Only 60% participation in election…

Labour Party takes more than 400 seats …

A very serious damage to the Conservative Party ..

WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THE REASON FOR THIS??

Could it be the BREXIT policy??

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MartinII · 70-79, M

No. On the contrary, one major factor (there are many others) was the failure of the Tory government to do anything with the freedoms Brexit gave them. Most obviously, immigration has actually increased since Brexit!

helenS · 36-40, F

@MartinII ... which is something I really don't understand 😐

MartinII · 70-79, M

@helenS Nor me!

OldBrit · 61-69, M

@helenS @MartinII we need immigration for our economy to function let alone grow. We've an aging population and we don't train anything like the numbers we need as doctors, nurses, care workers, teachers etc. Then for 14 years those public jobs have seen 30% real terms pay cuts making them professions many see as unattractive.

My last job before retirement was in a public funded organisation trying to recruit the best software engineers etc. I couldn't recruit UK candidates they weren't there and wouldn't accept the salary limits I had imposed on me. So then I could easily recruit from EU but then the vote and that dried up. Largely my last hires were all from India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Turkey etc etc despite the huge visa costs only way I could get any staff.

antonioioio · 70-79, M

@MartinII one of the many big lies that..Boris told the British 😂