Originally Posted by
Graeham
Why are they idiots? Have you paused to consider that those votes come from the areas that were effectively left to rot? I grew up on the Wirral, for example, around the same time that Birkenhead began to collapse and become a cesspit even as money was pumped into Liverpool. Thus making that city more attractive at the cost of the livelihood of neighbouring towns and cities. I haven't lived in the area for about a decade now but from what my friends/family tell me little has changed.
Luckily I live somewhere much nicer now - that benefits directly from EU funding, ironically. Though a quick look at the areas around me that don't get any benefit from that funding (or much from the UK government for that matter) makes it easy for me to understand why many votes were cast that way.