- Cameron called an election after party pressure from his own party and from UKIP, he called it because he thought he would win but the British public went against him and left a nation divided.
Advantages And
Disadvantages For Remain And Leave
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Remain
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Leave
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Supported by: The
government, endorsed by senior business figures, Bank of England,
military, security services and American President Obama.
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Did not believe that
economic costs would benefit the country |
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Economic case for the EU
with jobs in the EU and more FDI |
Concerns over cultural
issues |
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Support from younger people
who knew the EU was the future and they liked it.
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Access to the single market
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More free trade |
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Costs that damaged
Cameron’s credibility
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UKIP |
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Support from the newspapers
who also wanted to leave |
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What
Did The Vote Highlight Between Age, Class, Region And Education:
- Sharp demographic differences were evident
- Clear majority that young people wanted to remain whilst the older people wanted to leave
- Middle class voters backed remain whilst the working class wanted to leave
- Voters with university degrees were strongly in favour of remain, people with no higher than a GCSE voted leave
- Some northern regions wanted to leave because they felt as though they had were “left behind voters”
Differences
Between Cosmopolitan And Non-Cosmopolitan:
- Cosmopolitan: Social liberal attitudes and pro-immigration, positive about social/cultural change. University educated with professional occupations, younger and more likely to be in London
- Non-Cosmopolitan: Known as communitarians, are social conservatives, attitudes negative about immigration, opposite to cosmopolitan.